Wade Lanning Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Can anyone tell me what kind of car this is and what year? The Hopewell, VA emblem on the radiator grille is a town in Virginia. The woman is my grandmother's twin sister. They are not Bonnie & Clyde although it sort of looks like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Car is a Pontiac, year perhaps 1926 -27? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Lanning Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 The plate looks like 1928 or possibly 1929, so the car would be older than that, thus 1926 would seem logical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Series 6-27 Pontiac's were built in 1927 and 1927. The 1926 ones have a stepped fender so this one must be a 1927. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Lanning Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 Is that a Pontiac logo on the radiator shell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 1 minute ago, Wade Lanning said: Is that a Pontiac logo on the radiator shell? Yep. Here is the hood ornament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHuDWah Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 You guys are wrong - not a Pontiac. Obviously a Hopewell - says so on the radiator! 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwells Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Yes, it is. This is a 1926 Pontiac grille. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Lanning Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 Great! It looks like it might have detachable side curtains. If so, would that be a touring car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 This is our one. Whether it had stepped or plain fenders back in the day we don't know but the block casting date is September 1926. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcarfudd Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 It's a touring car if it has a full back seat. If it only seats two people inside, and possibly two more in an external rumble seat, it's a roadster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Lanning Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 I guess we can't really tell for sure if its touring or roadster from this picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinneyhill Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I think the plate says "VIRGINIA 1928". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert b Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I wood say roadster by the top stay under the mans elbow and how big the rear window looks , if tourer you wood see the curve of body to rear seat and the window would be much smaller . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32Pontiac6 Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 (edited) It is clearly an open car. The first open car for Pontiac was with the New Series 6-27 which were sold from July 1927 to the end of the year. They made only one open car at this time, a roadster. The body was not Fisher body but one made by Stewart. In my humble opinion they were some of the most beautiful roadsters made. Now if it is phaeton it would have to be a Series 6-28 which was produced the first half of 1928. However, if the hood ornament is correct then it would be New 6-27 Stewart Body Roadster produced sometime in the second half of 1927. Tinindian.... correct? Edited January 8, 2019 by 32Pontiac6 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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