Is anyone into vintage autos?

[Ed62]

I'm guessing the car in the photo below might be a 1930 Model A Ford, but that's strictly a guess. Anyone have a better idea?


Ed

[mater]

I remember my daddy having one that looked like that but I don't remember the model year.

[padboy]

Is Anyone Into Vintage Autos?

No, the car in the photo is not a 1930 Ford. The wheels on Fords of that year were wire spoked and had a different shaped hubcap. The car in the photo appears longer than a 30's Ford. Without a frontal view it would be hard to correctly identify the make.

[germdoc]

Who cares about the car? What about those hot babes sitting on it?

I'm guessing that little girl on the running board is probably well over 70 by now...

[schloff]

[QUOTE=germdoc;288466]Who cares about the car? What about those hot babes sitting on it?QUOTE]

Hahahahahahahaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!

You nailed it, Jeff!

[DUD]

Looking at the door handles, the little I can see of the hood ornament, and the extended glass in rear window. I guessing Packard. Just a Guess, Bill

[LarryG]

Ed, I sent a copy of your photo to a fellow I know (via the Intarwebs), a man who is as totally eat-up with automotive history as anyone I've ever encountered. I first crossed paths with him about 12 years ago, on CompuServe. In the years since, many is the time I've sat at my computer screen and read his comments with my lower jaw on the floor, wondering how any one human could possibly have such an encyclopedic knowledge of old cars.

Here's his response (much of which is the perfect example of what I just wrote):

My best guess is a 1929-30 Dodge. The little dip in the belt line aft of the rear side window is identical, the hood louvers, headlights, and bumpers match, and the artillery wheels were still standard with wire wheels optional during that period. Side mounted spares were an option. I think that Dodge also fits the folks in the photograph. You have to remember that there were many manufacturers using outsourced components during that time period, generally referred to as "assembled cars", so I could easily be wrong. Most of the minor nameplates died in the twenties and none survived the Depression, but how many computer age kids would believe that this country was home to some 5000 makes of cars in the years prior to WWII?

So while he says he could be wrong, I'd be willing to place a small wager he's not.

[TheRic]

... I think that Dodge also fits the folks in the photograph. .....

Could someone explain this part to me!!

[Ed62]

Thanks for the replies. This is an old family photo, and the little girl in the photo is now in her early 80s.

Could someone explain this part to me!!

I'm not certain, but I expect it means the people in the photo, although not dirt poor, were not the "High Society type". This would be a correct assumption on his part.

Larry, thanks very much for forwarding the post. He certainly sounds very much an authorative figure in vintage cars.

Ed

[LarryG]

I'm not certain, but I expect it means the people in the photo, although not dirt poor, were not the "High Society type".

That was my interpretation ... that if you had to formulate a guess based on the evidence of one photograph alone, you'd guess that these are folks more likely to own a workingman's make like a Dodge than, say, a Duesenberg.

Ed, do you have any idea how old the little girl was when the photo was taken? That would allow you to calculate whether the 1929-30 model year guess could be correct.

[Ed62]

Yeah, she was born in 1925, while her younger brother (also pictured) was born in 1927. That was the basis of my guess (1930 Model A Ford). But I'll go with what your friend had to say.

I got a book from the library "The new encyclopedia of motorcars 1885 to the present", by G. N. Georgano. The third edition (and last?) was printed in 1982. There are a total of 688 pages, almost all with pictures. It's quite an interesting book.

Ed