Can anyone identify this car?

Carleroo

I found this photo of my mother and her friends posing with this car in Warsaw Poland sometime in the 1930s - probably sometime after 1935. Can anyone suggest an identification of this car?

fintail

Sadly via the war, much of that material didn't survive, but some were squirreled away, and the car might have been old enough to avoid being pressed into military service.

This forum has a few real anorak readers who might be able to give more info

This one as well - as very few European cars made it stateside prewar, most North American enthusiasts are not experts with most period Euro cars - but people from that side of the pond know

texases

Fraulein Einhorn is blocking the view of the radiator, the best clue. Are you sure it was in Warsaw, and not in Germany? They all have German names.

Carleroo

Yes, it's a shame that the front of the car is blocked. This was definitely in Poland. Many of the girls were Jewish, and had Germanic-Jewish names, (my own mother's maiden name was Friedland). But these were my mother's school friends in Warsaw. I would imagine that many of the cars in Poland were manufactured elsewhere?

texases

I bet you're right, lots of different sources for cars. Too bad the hub cap doesn't show a name.

I forgot about how scrambled the Polish/German borders were over the last 200 years.

fintail

I have a strong suspicion the car is an early 30s Fiat.

Carleroo

Thanks. I bet there aren't many of those still around!

Carleroo

Yes , it might not survived the war. Warsaw was almost completely destroyed along with everything else. And the Germans required everyone to gets special permission to travel anywhere, so with that and petrol rationing, I imagine that this car, if not destroyed, just rusted away in a garage or barn.

GTO62

The shape of the front bumper, the suicide doors, and the small sunshade over the windshield show that this is a 1931 Ford Model A.
Below, I include a link to one in pristine condition, for comparison.

https://cdn.dealeraccelerate.com/volo/2/15482/201401/1920x1440/1931-ford-model-a