Photo was taken about 1944, but there is not enough of the car showing for me to figure it’s make/model.
Anyone know?
Sorry it’s sideways
Anyone know?
Sorry it’s sideways
Can anyone identify this Pre war convertible car
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1941 Dodge looks close?
I Googled a hunch, and came up with this:
I Googled a hunch, and came up with this:
warmsecondrinse
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My hunch is 1941 or 42 Hudson. The pics of '41 and 42 showed multiple styles of chrome strips along the hood. And I swear some of the pics are the same whichever year you look at
https://external-content.duckduckgo..._Hudson.JPG/1200px-1941_Hudson.JPG&f=1&nofb=1
Now I'm curious.....
Jim
https://external-content.duckduckgo..._Hudson.JPG/1200px-1941_Hudson.JPG&f=1&nofb=1
Now I'm curious.....
Jim
I think its the 41’ Dodge too. Look at the the parking light next to the headlight bezel, it matches the design on the photo of the 41’ Dodge, the hub caps look the same too.
Eddie
Eddie
I it dose
look like the Dodge because of the headlight.
look like the Dodge because of the headlight.
Here a better photo
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Would the radio aerial be an after market installation then? It's on the wrong side per the pic in reply #1.
Also, what's in front of the headlight in the original picture? Is something leaning against the grille or is it just the camera angle?
Also, what's in front of the headlight in the original picture? Is something leaning against the grille or is it just the camera angle?
Note that the windshield wipers sweep towards the center of the divided windshield, a Chrysler Corp. trademark at the time, not to the outside as on the Hudson.
Looks Like a '41 Dodge to Me
Yeah, not the Hudson, although I think it's better looking.
I found this on line. Looks like a close match, right down to the spotlight and presumably post-production aerial.
Yeah, not the Hudson, although I think it's better looking.
I found this on line. Looks like a close match, right down to the spotlight and presumably post-production aerial.
Looks like a Dodge but
Im not seeing the rear window on that Dodge, it looks like the roof mechanism takes up that space. The headlamp looks like a dead ringer to the Dodge.
The hub caps look like Buick to me. Interesting
Im not seeing the rear window on that Dodge, it looks like the roof mechanism takes up that space. The headlamp looks like a dead ringer to the Dodge.
The hub caps look like Buick to me. Interesting
"Im not seeing the rear window on that Dodge"
That little window is visible in reply #1.
That little window is visible in reply #1.
Try checking some other years too. I'm not a vintage Dodge guy, I just remembered seeing that headlight detail in a restoration thread years ago on an automotive forum, and 1941 happened to be the one that came up in a search. (I have no idea when that body style started or ended, or what trim levels looked that way...)
Other Model Years
I thought the same thing, considering that styles didn't change much, if at all, once the war started. It appears that Dodge had already tooled up and had produced the 1942 models before auto assembly lines were switched up for the war effort, because the headlight treatments and front grilles were different from the '41s.
I didn't bother to check further, but would guess that the '42 styling remained basically unchanged for a while after the war ended. It took Ford until 1949 to come up with a radically new body style, and that seemed to be the situation with other manufacturers as well. 1948 was the last year for the bulky pre-war styling among most auto makers.
I thought the same thing, considering that styles didn't change much, if at all, once the war started. It appears that Dodge had already tooled up and had produced the 1942 models before auto assembly lines were switched up for the war effort, because the headlight treatments and front grilles were different from the '41s.
I didn't bother to check further, but would guess that the '42 styling remained basically unchanged for a while after the war ended. It took Ford until 1949 to come up with a radically new body style, and that seemed to be the situation with other manufacturers as well. 1948 was the last year for the bulky pre-war styling among most auto makers.
Ralph,
Most cars maintained their 42’ designs when production resumed in 46’, with minor changes thru 48’. In 49’ most of the manufactures came out with new designs. By the time the war was over in late 45’ people were just happy to be able to buy a new 46’ model and weren’t concerned much about innovation and body style changes.
Eddie
Most cars maintained their 42’ designs when production resumed in 46’, with minor changes thru 48’. In 49’ most of the manufactures came out with new designs. By the time the war was over in late 45’ people were just happy to be able to buy a new 46’ model and weren’t concerned much about innovation and body style changes.
Eddie
1948 was the last year for the bulky pre-war styling
No it was not!. First off Chrysler Corp continued making their 1948 cars until the true 1949 models came out in January/February 1949 and those cars were known as the first series '49s while the true 1949 models were sold as second series 49's. GM did that 20 years later with the 1970 Camaro and Firebird, the first half of the 1970 model year being the old 1967-69 design with the new 1970 model debuting in February 1970. Buick also continued the 1948 body for the 1949 Buick Special until the new Special was introduced late in the 1949 model year as an early 1950 model. PATRICK COFFEY
No it was not!. First off Chrysler Corp continued making their 1948 cars until the true 1949 models came out in January/February 1949 and those cars were known as the first series '49s while the true 1949 models were sold as second series 49's. GM did that 20 years later with the 1970 Camaro and Firebird, the first half of the 1970 model year being the old 1967-69 design with the new 1970 model debuting in February 1970. Buick also continued the 1948 body for the 1949 Buick Special until the new Special was introduced late in the 1949 model year as an early 1950 model. PATRICK COFFEY
Could it
Possibly be a 41 Chrysler ?
Possibly be a 41 Chrysler ?
We're down to splitting hairs now. I know GM sort of phased in their new styles, none of which were as radical as Ford's (I actually prefer the '42-'48 Lincoln styling over the '49-'51s), but except for the stray early birds like Studebaker, for example, the big changes came in 1949.
Back when my mom was still single, she wanted a new car. The '48 models were still on the market and she wanted a Ford. Her friends told her to wait until '49 when the new style would be available, but she didn't want to. I remember that big green '48 club coupe being parked in my grandparents' garage when we'd go back to Chicagoland to visit them. They had it until 1967 or so. My mom had left it behind after she married my Dad in '49. He had just purchased a gunmetal blue '49 Ford, so she ended up with a '49 after all.
Stan -- the headlight bezels don't look the same on the '41 Chrysler.
Back when my mom was still single, she wanted a new car. The '48 models were still on the market and she wanted a Ford. Her friends told her to wait until '49 when the new style would be available, but she didn't want to. I remember that big green '48 club coupe being parked in my grandparents' garage when we'd go back to Chicagoland to visit them. They had it until 1967 or so. My mom had left it behind after she married my Dad in '49. He had just purchased a gunmetal blue '49 Ford, so she ended up with a '49 after all.
Stan -- the headlight bezels don't look the same on the '41 Chrysler.
Stan
the car in your photos is definitely a 41’ Dodge. The headlight bezel with the parking light is a dead give away. The 41’ Chrysler headlight bezel doesn't have this detail.
The antenna is an after market add on. Many buyers back then and even into the early 60’s would make their order without the radio to save money, and have one installed later on. Or maybe the factory antenna got broken off and this after market antenna was an easier and less expensive repair. My parents bought a few cars that I can recall without a radio and added it later on.
Eddie
the car in your photos is definitely a 41’ Dodge. The headlight bezel with the parking light is a dead give away. The 41’ Chrysler headlight bezel doesn't have this detail.
The antenna is an after market add on. Many buyers back then and even into the early 60’s would make their order without the radio to save money, and have one installed later on. Or maybe the factory antenna got broken off and this after market antenna was an easier and less expensive repair. My parents bought a few cars that I can recall without a radio and added it later on.
Eddie
Eddie, I like the aftermarket aerial on Stan's original picture. That's what I'd like to put on my '50 GMC if I can find one. The original radio has been sitting for decades since I had it recapped by a guy in Santa Rosa. Just not real high on my list of priorities.
I agree with you that factory radios were likely an expensive option in 1941, if they were even an option at all on some models.
Also, I checked images for the '41 Plymouth and De Soto. They had the same headlight bezel as the Chrysler, so the Dodge bezel was apparently unique to that make.
I agree with you that factory radios were likely an expensive option in 1941, if they were even an option at all on some models.
Also, I checked images for the '41 Plymouth and De Soto. They had the same headlight bezel as the Chrysler, so the Dodge bezel was apparently unique to that make.
