South Africa, December 1942 photo -- is it a 1939 Dodge D13 Sedan?

[BernardKruger]

[hwellens]

Look like 1939 Plymouth

[keiser31]

10 minutes ago, hwellens said:

Look like 1939 Plymouth

Yep. 1939 Plymouth.

[58L-Y8]

From the Standard Catalog of American Cars: 1805-1942. 3rd Edition, Edited by Beverly Rae Kimes and Henry Austin Clark, page 480:

 

Dodge - Series D12 & D13 - Six: Continuing the practice of offering a junior series Dodge in the Canadian and export markets, Plymouth again supplied body, chassis and running gear to Dodge. A Dodge grille and trim gave the cars separate identity.  Export junior Dodges were again built in the U.S. while Windsor built conversion mainly for the Canadian marketplace. Nearly 6,800 D12 Sixes of U.S. origin were sold, 3,438 were right-hand drive, 38 fitted with the small-bore (2 7/8 inch) export engine; 2,924 were shipped as built-up units, the remaining 3,885 as CKD ( completely knocked down) units for final overseas assembly.  Windsor accounted for an additional 10,328 units for the Canadian trade.

[keiser31]

The car in question has the ship on the hood not the ram.

Edited December 14, 2020 by keiser31 (see edit history)

[nzcarnerd]

This one is a Dodge D12. As noted by others the mystery car has the ship hood ornament. This one has the ram. 

 

 

[nzcarnerd]

There was also a DeSoto version - SP8 I think it was called - 

[BernardKruger]

Thank you, guys -- that was very helpful! Great info for my book on the family history.