Dave Mellor NJ Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Here's an interesting exercise for all you eagle eyes. How many cars can you identify from the top view? I already pegged most of them but will hold off till all votes are in. From Dog427435 on Hamb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 (edited) Here's a shot, top row, '35-'36 GM, Olds or Cadillac?, next '40 Ford, then next a ca. '35 and a ca. '32 something.bottom row, the white ones appear to be '41 Mopar, Dodge? The 3rd one appears to have straps going down from the trunk hinges and a divided rear window which i think were '35 Olds characteristics, but it has a top insert rather than a turret top and lacks the suicide front doors, so ?? 4th one, with the crease on the lid looks Nashish, ca. '40-'41, 5th one maybe '36 Chevy flat back. Edited December 18, 2011 by Dave Henderson (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 I remember i.d.ing these cars a while back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Old48Truck Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 I can't identify the cars, but I'm wondering how the drivers got out of most of 'em... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 The first car in the front row is a 40 Chevy. The third car and the first in the second row look mostly the same which I think is 37-38 Mopar. The rest I generally agree with Dave Henderson or am not sure. It looks like the cars were all parked by an attendant in a lot to take up the least room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Dave, I'm skeptical that the first car in the top row and the third in the bottom row are the same, and that they are as new as '37-'38. The tag positiion is on the left on the top row car and it has a single handle on the lid. The other car's tag appears centered with a light over it (a good clue) and it also has more bow to its rear bumper, double lid latches at the bottom, (a Mopar characteristic ca. 1935) and decorative straps going down below the hinges. It may have a trailer hitch (the light color vertical thing). I'm sticking with ca. '36 GM on the top row car, maybe Mopar on the other. Did the '35 Chrysler have those straps on the lid?? Great fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 That 3rd car in the first row does correlate with Chrysler, 1936. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 There certainly are differences but the basic structure is the same although I agree that they're probably 35-36. Note the back windows and the trunk bulge. Also the Front fenders with the inner piece separate from the outer. Keiser said we've been here before, can we see the thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Dave, yes they have a lot in common. What I am noticing is the hinges look like they are set closer together on the top row #1 car, and the rear window appears wider in comparison to the lid, than on your blue Dodge. The Dodge lid line at the top between the hinges is slightly bowed while the @1 car's doesn't appear that way. There is also a difference in how far the lid reaches downward, with the top row @1 car showing more body metal below it that the Dodge. If the basic bodies were the same I would expect that those details would be also. Could it be that the lighting makes fenders look 2-piece? I couldn't see them on the #1 car, too dark. The crown of the rear fenders differs too, with the Dodge having no ridge along the crown. Granted that the different perspectives and lightong can play tricks. Just my thoughts from the peanut gallery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted December 21, 2011 Author Share Posted December 21, 2011 I agree that #1 top needs more light but what I see of the front fenders and their relation to the headlights look the same. The hood has a chrome strip while #3 bottom doesn't and the rear pan /bumper does look straighter but that could be the perspective. I still think they are in the Chrysler family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 It is very likely the bottom #3 car is a Chrysler. The simulated strap trim below the hinges is distinctive. As far as I can remember the only other use of it during the time period was on the '35 Olds, and that car had suicide front doors, which the pictured car doesn't. Too bad the top construction details of #1 car in the top row can't be seen, at least by me. By '35-'36 GM cars had 1 piece "turret" tops, while mopars lagged behind, as shown on the #3 bottom row car. On that top row #1 car I do notice an appearance of it being more "sculptured" in the area area surrounding the bottom of the trunk lid, and rounded corners at the lid's bottom, unlike the blue Dodge pictured. All in all a lot of differences between the 2 cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 Here's a 36 Airstream with the straps. That settles that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Yup, nailed by those straps. They were a nice touch. The Chrysler example pictured is a good looker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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