Model A Roadster or not?

[Oregon Desert model 45]

This photo is a relative of mine posing with his car and deer, and I thought the car was just a modified 1930 Ford Roadster, but the only person still alive who remembers this car told me it was a 1928 Huppmobile.

 

Which is it?

 

[Gunsmoke]

1930 Ford Model A Roadster. Split windshield is unusual though as are disc wheels.

 

[Matt Harwood]

I believe the fender-mounted elks are aftermarket, as well.

[Dave Henderson]

Yes, a '30 Model A.  Split windshields came in vogue in the mid '30's and that is emulated here by a bar having been placed vertically in the center on the flat glass.  Later Ford wheels from '32-'35 and  '40- '48 would fit right on any Model A.  These look like 16", a common switch during WWII because the original 19" size tire wasn't as easy to get.  Bald tires such as seen here weren't looked upon with disfavor as long as the fabric wasn't showing through during the war. The headlights aren't Ford either, and the top may be other than canvas. 

Edited February 18, 2019 by Dave Henderson (see edit history)

[trimacar]

12 minutes ago, Matt Harwood said:

I believe the fender-mounted elks are aftermarket, as well.

Was that the rare Rudolph Red Light option? Goes with rest of added lights... Like the split windshield, though...

[zipdang]

Did Model A's have that many horns?

[Ben Bruce aka First Born]

8 hours ago, zipdang said:

Did Model A's have that many horns?

 

 GRROOAANNN.     

 

  Ben

[lump]

I think the animals are deer, not elk. The driver's side animal looks like a whitetail, while the other reminds me more of a mule deer. What state was the photo taken in...out west some where? 

[Matt Harwood]

28 minutes ago, lump said:

I think the animals are deer, not elk. The driver's side animal looks like a whitetail, while the other reminds me more of a mule deer. What state was the photo taken in...out west some where? 

 

Yeah, but "elk" is a funnier word than "deer." 

[Oregon Desert model 45]

Thanks for all the funny comments.

Location is Oregon

There is another furry animal on the hood, but I can't make out what it is.

[JACK M]

12 hours ago, Oregon Desert model 45 said:

There is another furry animal on the hood, but I can't make out what it is.

I was looking at that too.

I was even thinking fish.

[lump]

Almost looks like a raccoon skin, perhaps tied to the radiator cap? 

 

And that looks a little bit like a foot-long piece of a late 1940's chrome plated bumper end bolted between the front bumper bars, with a hole drilled in the upper tip end, and a rope extending to the antler on the mule deer, to keep it from falling off the passenger side fender. But my eyes are old and feeble. 

 

[mikewest]

I really like the split windshield!  It must of been home brew made?