I wish I knew 30s cars better

[rocketraider]

TCM showing "Bonnie and Clyde" tonight. I can tell the Fords but not most of the non-Fords.

 

Anyone have more insight on the B&C movie cars? The big sedan they stole from Gene Wilder's character?

[Xander Wildeisen]

If they were driving a Hudson, they might have gotten away.

[ply33]

I haven’t always been happy with all the identifications posted on the Internet Movie Car Database but I guess it gives you a starting point: https://imcdb.org/movie_61418-Bonnie-and-Clyde.html

[DB26]

5 minutes ago, ply33 said:

I haven’t always been happy with all the identifications posted on the Internet Movie Car Database but I guess it gives you a starting point: https://imcdb.org/movie_61418-Bonnie-and-Clyde.html

That’s exactly what I was going to link to 

[34CR12]

     From what I know ... the 1933 Hudson Essex Terraplane 8 (straight eight 94 horsepower) sedan was the ultimate getaway car & it was John Dillinger's car of choice!  Supposedly those cars hit 85MPH.  But a Packard twelve could go 93 mph (or better?), and a big Hudson, depending on model(?), yeah, sure, maybe 100mph?

     There were a bunch of 1930s cars made in 1930-1934 models, faster than a 1934 Ford V8!

 

[Dave Henderson]

I just watched B & C last night, thoroughly enjoyed it.   
I believe the sedan that was being chased and was stalled when it ran up what may have been a fallen tree was a '32 Nash Standard 8.  The very unusual car that was being used as a police car in a brief shot was a Hupp Aerodynamic.  Another police officer driven car was a '34 Chevy 2 dr, not a common choice for a cop's car. 
They could have done much better in choosing a candidate for the fatal '34 Ford sedan.  The real one had a Potter trunk, which the movie car did not.  Also wrong for the time was its modified dash and seat covers.