Can you tell what car this is?
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Can you tell what car this is?
Can you tell what car this is?
The orange? one may be a 32 Ford 3 window but what did the blue car start out as? I can't really tell. Looks like a Kaiser/Fraser but that is the customizing.
This one's for you 843.
Boydie
The orange? one may be a 32 Ford 3 window but what did the blue car start out as? I can't really tell. Looks like a Kaiser/Fraser but that is the customizing.
This one's for you 843.
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Well being that it's an illustration, rather than a photo, I think we'll have to allow for some "Artistic License" on the illustrator's part.
And I see why a Kaiser popped to mind Boydie, but if you look very carefully, it's raining on the hot rod outside the garage, and the old "clap hands" style wipers have given the windshield a false Kaiser "Widow's Peak".
My guess is the artist was going for the archetypal 'rod of the day, as exemplified by Paul Bragg's '49 Mercury below.
And I see why a Kaiser popped to mind Boydie, but if you look very carefully, it's raining on the hot rod outside the garage, and the old "clap hands" style wipers have given the windshield a false Kaiser "Widow's Peak".
My guess is the artist was going for the archetypal 'rod of the day, as exemplified by Paul Bragg's '49 Mercury below.
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Certainly could be a '49, '50, 51 Mercury as those were probably the most customized cars back then. There may be more of these customized Mercs around today than originals. I had a non-customized 1950 in 1976.
Desoto grilles were used a lot in custom cars back then too.
Boydie
Well being that it's an illustration, rather than a photo, I think we'll have to allow for some "Artistic License" on the illustrator's part.
And I see why a Kaiser popped to mind Boydie, but if you look very carefully, it's raining on the hot rod outside the garage, and the old "clap hands" style wipers have given the windshield a false Kaiser "Widow's Peak".
My guess is the artist was going for the archetypal 'rod of the day, as exemplified by Paul Bragg's '49 Mercury below.
And I see why a Kaiser popped to mind Boydie, but if you look very carefully, it's raining on the hot rod outside the garage, and the old "clap hands" style wipers have given the windshield a false Kaiser "Widow's Peak".
My guess is the artist was going for the archetypal 'rod of the day, as exemplified by Paul Bragg's '49 Mercury below.
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Yup, the DeSoto teeth are what screamed, 49-ish Merc, but it could just as well be a '50 or '51.
Even though I'm not a Ford guy, those Mercury's looked so "right" even in stock form, it's no wonder that they were the car to customize for so long.
Even though I'm not a Ford guy, those Mercury's looked so "right" even in stock form, it's no wonder that they were the car to customize for so long.
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With the door handle at the front of the door on the rod in the garage that tells me it's a 32 Three window coupe.
The car in the driveway looks possible Kaiser , or Willys but not Merc unless the grille was customized,
The car in the driveway looks possible Kaiser , or Willys but not Merc unless the grille was customized,
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As my OP said I think it is a 1932 Ford 3-window coupe. I could be wrong but since it is an illustration what better car to illustrate than one of the most sought after Fords than a '32 3 window.
Boydie
As my OP said I think it is a 1932 Ford 3-window coupe. I could be wrong but since it is an illustration what better car to illustrate than one of the most sought after Fords than a '32 3 window.
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Here's a pic I found the other day. I guess most old guy's will know what it is. I think it looks a little like a forerunner of an HHR (maybe). By the way, that's my mother sitting on the fence on the left ,in 1950.
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Nash Panel/station wagon. Looks like a 1950. Cool car then and now.
The first of the large production Unibodies. These would rust so badly that they would break apart in the middle. They just didn't have the anti-rust smarts back then.
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