WJFalls Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Hi. I'm trying to identify the vehicle in this old photo of my deceased grandparents. I'm hoping to nail down the year this was possibly taken. Thank you very much for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 1932 Chevrolet sedan.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 If you tell us what state they were in when that photo was taken, the license plate colors could give us the year it was taken. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJFalls Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 Either VA or NC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Maybe a 1933 Virginia plate.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Maybe 1938 Virginia plate.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 In both the Virginia plates shown, the state and year come out as wide as the numbers while those on the subject car don't come out as far 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustycrusty Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 A "short" state like Maine or Ohio? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJFalls Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 Could be a friend's car I suppose. They only lived in VA and NC, so I assumed it was one of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustycrusty Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 (edited) It does have an WWII era "A" gas rationing sticker in the rear window, so the picture was taken in 1942 or later. Those stickers tended to stay on long after the war was over, I remember cars and trucks well into the 1960's with them still hanging on! Maine plates (along with Idaho and Utah for similar reasons) are eliminated from consideration because they had their state name above the numbers and a "Vacationland" motto below. Only Ohio plates of this era had just the state name and the year at the bottom, but Ohio also transposed the location of the state name and the year , leaving them at the bottom but switching them back and forth depending on the year issued. IF it is in fact an Ohio plate, 1942-43, 1945, 1946 and 1948 had "Ohio" before the year, and were light coloured plates with dark numerals and letters. Edited April 17, 2020 by dustycrusty (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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