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Essex was Hudson's cheaper line. As sales declined during the Depression, the Essex was called Essex-Terraplane. Terraplane is a play on "terra" (the earth) and plane, as in aero-plane! :P
The Essex is often cited by historians as the "first affordable closed car"--1924 I believe. In 1919 or so, 90%+ of all cars were open; by 1930, it was about the other way 'round. So the humble Essex is a significant automobile in history....but not a 1933 model so much.
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Closed cars were mostly custom-built and quite expensive until...well..cars like the '22 Essex. You could buy a Ford Model T "Doctor's Coupe" but it was pretty primitive.
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a little more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Olympia
Mike
And about the "Spotters Guide" book for old European cars - no such book that I know of. Most cars did not undergo yearly changes unlike American cars, such a book might not have enough demand. There is this website which is not at all inclusive and is kind of odd, but it spans many years in the pull down menu.
I need to study up on early Opels more. I don't think I yet have all the grill changes straight in my mind.
Here's a very good site for cars and trucks, focus is on prewar material
Most German cars aren't hard, everything is prewar until the early 50s with slightly updated details added around 1950. British cars are even better with some prewar style living until about 1960.
Do you know this site?
http://www.carfolio.com/specifications/
Funny I sometimes have a hard time with people faces, but car faces are usually easy for me
here's a link.. edit: for some reason link doesn't pick up..copy link including .jpg and paste in menu bar..should work then..
http://www.worldlicenceplates.com/jpglps/USA_SC_GI3_1930's.jpg
so if true, that pic was taken in 1937..
Mike W
(no picture in your post--let me know if you need help posting a photo!)
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Did it look anything like this>
52 Packard wagon
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
It "feels" mid-60s GM A-body to me, but then I can't seem to fully match its visible characteristics to such cars via a Google image search. The vent window seems slightly too swept-back, the door panel doesn't seem to match anything I've seen factory (is it custom?), the mirror is missing (but is a flat, chrome disc on the driver's side), the rims look like aftermarket products, and part of the front quarter badge appears to be missing.
Thanks in advance for any help or guesses.
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I found a lot of pictures of Impala SS models from the era and they have a script-style "SuperSport" in that location. But the plainer-Jane Impala (which the amateur model here certainly isn't) had block lettering "IMPALA" and the emblem with the African antelope just behind the fenderwell.
So it's probably a GM "B" and not an "A." The only A-body in the photo is the young lady.
http://alturl.com/a4ugp
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Why do people always stand in the EXACT place I need to look at to identify a car? :P
Your uncle is probably right, popular-price roadsters and coupes back then weren't all that large.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
http://sdrv.ms/QpxfaP
Thanks in advance.