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Vintage Car Identification Help!

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    On the 1924 car (circa) those slanted louvers should give you a hint--that style of louver is quite unusual.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,072
    edited August 2013
    I think I found it:

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    Every detail seems to match. I was hoping for something more exotic, but these people lived away from the city, so maybe that was as nice as one dared.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I was thinking Olds, too, but the 24s didn't match up. That looks like it, though. The car looked mass-produced so I wasn't thinking anything too upscale.
  • stk531stk531 Member Posts: 2
    edited August 2013
    Bingo! I think you nailed it. Thanks for the suggestion!! I found an online photo of a 1950 Buick Roadmaster convertible that looks like a perfect match on both front and rear ends, and hood ornament as well. Appreciate the help very much!
  • history_houndhistory_hound Member Posts: 1
    Can anyone please tell me what kind of truck this is exactly? The photo was taken in late 1927, and I don't recognize the outline of the logo on the grill. Thanks!

    http://s949.photobucket.com/user/Justin_History-Hound_Greear/media/1927/Truck00-- 800p_zps27ddb9e1.png.html?sort=3&o=0
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    edited September 2013
    Those headlights, their supporting bar, the fenders, and that double windshield indicate Chevy. Because of the shine I'll say a 27 Chevy, the year of the photo.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,072
    It does have a GM look to it, somehow. The weird badge is giving me fits, I can't pin it down.

    Maybe something for the AACA Identification forum
  • bassguy59bassguy59 Member Posts: 2
    Part of a larger photo that someone is trying to pass off as from 1936. I believe this to be a early or mid 40s Chrysler (?) product. Can anyone give me a positive ID on this car? Unique stripes on the fenders. Thanks in Advance.

    http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz352/cyndi1959/car_zps54483ad6.jpg
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,072
    edited September 2013
    Looks like a 1941 Oldsmobile.

    Here's a similar car
  • bassguy59bassguy59 Member Posts: 2
    fintail - I believe you've nailed it! That didn't take long. Thank you very much!
  • c101artyc101arty Member Posts: 4
    Hello. Inherited some cars and I don't know about this red one. Can someone identify it? Thank you.
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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,072
    edited November 2013
    It's an early 50s Mercedes. Due to missing parts I can't identify it, but it is either a 170S or a 220. Looks like the original steering wheel is under the hood. There should be an ID tag maybe on the firewall that has more info.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 10,669
    Would I be right in saying the value is low, if parts are still there? Some folks hear 'Mercedes Benz' and think they've gotten something valuable...
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,072
    From what I can see in those pics, value might be just above scrap. There are probably a few bits and pieces someone could use, but that thing is way beyond redemption. So yeah, no big value there.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited November 2013
    You can buy these rough but completely there (all body panels, an interior of some sort, dash with gauges, engine and transmission in the car although not functional, most of the glass, no severe perforated rust) for around $7,500, so the one in the photo, with so much missing, wouldn't appeal as a restoration candidate. I agree, sell for bits and pieces.
  • c101artyc101arty Member Posts: 4
    thank you! I appreciate your help!
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,072
    If that much. The only demand for those cars seems to be for their prewar styling.

    About 10 years ago, my old indy MB specialist (who also has a collection) sold an old 220 - he had a nicer 220 and a cool 170SD. The car he sold was a non runner, but 99%+ complete (even had the toolkit) , no rust, straight - and I don't think he got 7K for it. To get it on the road and make it presentable you'd still have to sink more than its value into it. I'd assume a real nice show quality one would struggle to get past the mid 20s.
  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 25,638
    edited November 2013
    I thought that car looked vaguely familiar...same thing as that '52 Benz I stored for a former co-worker from 2004-2010...

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    I took this pic of it on the morning it finally got towed away. I think it was a 220, but can't remember for sure. It had a "D" after the number, but the guy I was storing it for said somebody stuck that on after the fact.

    Here's a pic of it being hauled away...
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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Nothing that $50,000 dollars couldn't have fixed :)
  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 25,638
    This one has kind of a sad story behind it, too. The guy who owns it bought it as a parts car, for a 1954 Benz he's restoring. Although, the '54 is in multiple parts spread around his basement and garage, and has been for quite awhile. Back in 2010, when he got the parts car, he told me his story about the '54.

    It was his first car, in college. But, in 1968, he got a job with the federal government, though he was making the big bucks, and decided to get a new Javelin. He also thought it would be a fun project to take the '54 Benz off the road, tear it down, and rebuild it. So basically, this thing has been a project car for about 45 years now!

    The motivation for me to make him get the car off my land came back in 2010, after the guy retired, and another one of my coworkers told me I'd better watch out, that this guy could end up dying, and I'd be stuck with the thing on my land! And, around that time, the county got on me about having "untagged/dismantled/inoperable" vehicle(s) on my property, and that got me paranoid. Turns out, I only got cited because they saw my '79 New Yorker, which came from PA where they don't have a front license plate, sitting in my yard with no tag on the front, so they assumed it was an untagged vehicle. They never did find out about the Benz.

    Anyway, that was about 3 years ago. The owner of the '52 Benz ended up having it towed to a storage lot about 7-8 miles away. I presume that it's still sitting there, rotting away, and that the '54 is still in parts scattered all over his basement and garage. :sick:
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 10,669
    "So basically, this thing has been a project car for about 45 years now!"

    That guy makes building the pyramids sound like a rush job! ;)
  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 25,638
    That guy makes building the pyramids sound like a rush job!

    My coworker, who has known this guy a lot longer than I have, said that he's a procrastinator. So, given this 45 year track record, I don't think this '54 Benz will ever get put back together. I think it's pretty wild, that this car has been in parts for longer than I've been alive!

    I was impressed, too, that after 6 years of sitting on my property, all four tires on that '52 parts car still held air. I had never bothered to put air in them, and as far as I know, the owner never did either. He would come by every once in awhile to put a box of parts in the car, or take something out, but that was about it.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Ah, well, such is the fate of cars that aren't worth the cost of restoration, or that fall into the wrong hands.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,072
    Yep, I am pretty sure that's a 220. Like Shifty says, it's a parts car now, restoration would be insane, I'd wager a lot more than restoring a fintail.
  • isellhondasisellhondas Member Posts: 20,342
    I'm three months late here but that Buick is a 1950 for sure.

    For some reason, 1951 side trim has been installed. I've seen that done before and I don't know if dealers were doing this or people were trying to give their 1950 and updated look.

    Personally, I don't like that look on a 1950.
  • lostwrench1lostwrench1 Member Posts: 1,165
    It is 1950 side trim which was used on the 50 Buick Riviera Model 72.
    The 1950 Model 75R also had it.
  • isellhondasisellhondas Member Posts: 20,342
    I would have argued with you but after spending some time looking, it appears you're correct.

    Most 1950 Roadmasters had that single horizontal stainless strip on the side.

    Now, I've seen a couple with the '51 trim on the sides but I always figured it was some dealer installed accessory.

    I still don't like that look but that's me.

    When I belonged to the Buick club, one of our members had the nicest 1950 Super I've ever seen. 25,000 original miles!
  • truelife1truelife1 Member Posts: 1

    Any ideas on the identity of this car in attached photos? I thought 1939'ish Chevy, though unsure of model. Thanks!

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481

    I'd say 1939 Chevrolet Master Deluxe JA 4 door sedan but really I"m not sure. The model designations for these cars is very confusing. That's a pretty rare car BTW.

  • pl34pl34 Member Posts: 2


    can any one help with this car ?
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,072
    I suspect it is a 70s era kit car, maybe even based on a VW - if not, based on a common smallblock platform.
    pl34 said:


    can any one help with this car ?

  • runnerdaddyrunnerdaddy Member Posts: 3
    Can anyone help identify this car?

    https://plus.google.com/s/picket fence scottsdale
  • runnerdaddyrunnerdaddy Member Posts: 3
    Sorry. It is the two-tone convertible with the woman looking to her rear. Thank you.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,072
    I think that's an early 50s Hillman Minx.
  • runnerdaddyrunnerdaddy Member Posts: 3
    Thanks, fintail. I appreciate your insight.
  • xottamoppaxottamoppa Member Posts: 2
    edited August 2015
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,072
    First car - 1933 Chevy. Second car - 1934 LaSalle. I don't know about the exact models.
  • 7570375703 Member Posts: 1
    edited August 2015

    Does anyone have any idea what this is? The tiny car.


  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,072
    The shell is a Subaru 360 (59 Caddy behind it, 36 Ford to the right)
  • parkerblairparkerblair Member Posts: 1

    Does anyone know what this beauty is ?
  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 25,638
    Hard to say, but my first guess is a 1937-38 GM something-or-other, but I can't place it.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,072
    I snooped around for a few minutes - the fender shape and hood vents point to a 39 Pontiac, so Andre has the right idea.
  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 19,204
    Without looking anything up, I'm going guess a LaSalle?
    Quite the weathervane on the roof.
    2023 Ford Explorer ST, 91 Mustang GT vert
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 10,669

    Without looking anything up, I'm going guess a LaSalle?
    Quite the weathervane on the roof.

    LaSalles had bigger hood vents, and the headlights were way different, '39 at least:



  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    39 Pontiac looks like a pretty good guess. Of course, subject vehicle is chopped, so adjust accordingly:


  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 25,638
    Yeah, it's definitely a '39 Pontiac. Something about the front-end of the rat-rod looks a bit different though, like it's more raked-back. I wonder if it's been modified there as well, or it's just an optical illusion enhanced by the lowered body and chopped roof?
  • rclerkinrclerkin Member Posts: 2
    https://flickr.com/photos/49589939@N06/27442751462/in/dateposted-public/

    Trying to identify the rough age of the car in order to date the picture and determine which relative it is. I thought I knew who the man was - but the person I'm thinking of died in 1927 and I think that the car was more likely one from the 1940's. Any help would be appreciated. This is the only picture that I have. Thank you!
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 57,072
    edited June 2016
    I think it's a ~1941 Pontiac "Torpedo", the trunkback/non-fastback sedan. IIRC this bodystyle is 41-42 only. Here's an old factory pic:

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  • rclerkinrclerkin Member Posts: 2
    Thank you!
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