Re: OT: Old-car identification?

2013-12-20 Thread John
FWIW, the little bit of the car that is visible in the photo does look somewhat like the '35 Fords in Darren's Google Image Search results. I don't see any parts that are obviously NOT a 35 Ford. On 12/19/2013 8:48 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Dang, Darren! I was =really= impressed for about 43

Re: OT: Old-car identification?

2013-12-19 Thread Zos Xavius
It looks like a ford. Not much to go on here though. On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: A cousin is working on family history stuff and recently came up with this photo of my father (15 yrs old at the time) and his siblings in 1937. The question

Re: OT: Old-car identification?

2013-12-19 Thread Paul Sorenson
My first inclination was Ford, too. Any other pix that show the car any better? -p On 12/19/2013 2:19 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: It looks like a ford. Not much to go on here though. On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: A cousin is working on family

Re: OT: Old-car identification?

2013-12-19 Thread Stan Halpin
No others at this point. My Aunt has many of the photos from that era, but I don't have ready access. stan On Dec 19, 2013, at 3:37 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: My first inclination was Ford, too. Any other pix that show the car any better? -p On 12/19/2013 2:19 PM, Zos Xavius wrote:

Re: OT: Old-car identification?

2013-12-19 Thread Darren Addy
Well, I'll play Sherlock here. The lines of the car (we can't discount TRUCK, but the window shape of the open door suggests CAR to me) are definitely mid-30s. The photo was taken in 1937, which was essentially the close of the Depression. So a new car struck me a bit affluent. So I did a little

Re: OT: Old-car identification?

2013-12-19 Thread Darren Addy
By the way, it appears that the horizontal bars in the grill were not present in the 1936 Fords. On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 5:37 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I'll play Sherlock here. The lines of the car (we can't discount TRUCK, but the window shape of the open door

Re: OT: Old-car identification?

2013-12-19 Thread Stan Halpin
Thanks Darren! Interesting sleuthing, but Odessa may have thrown you off the track. In fact we are dealing with Odessa NY, a burg of 300-500 people at the time. (Smaller now.) Nearest locales likely to have had dealerships (in rough order of distance) are: Montour Falls, Watkins Glen, Elmira,

Re: OT: Old-car identification?

2013-12-19 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
I looked for features. It's got the 2 strips on the door and the vertical lined grille. Plus the horizontal bars across the grille, though only one is visible. The grille is also tall. Headlights in a similar position and the lower corners of the windshield round similarly. I first looked at

Re: OT: Old-car identification?

2013-12-19 Thread Darren Addy
Odessa, NY and not Odessa TX? Missed it by THAT much. On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: Thanks Darren! Interesting sleuthing, but Odessa may have thrown you off the track. In fact we are dealing with Odessa NY, a burg of 300-500 people at the

Re: OT: Old-car identification?

2013-12-19 Thread Rick Womer
Dang, Darren! I was =really= impressed for about 43 seconds. Rick On Dec 19, 2013, at 7:15 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: Thanks Darren! Interesting sleuthing, but Odessa may have thrown you off the track. In fact we are dealing with Odessa NY, a burg of 300-500 people at the time. (Smaller

Re: OT: Old-car identification?

2013-12-19 Thread Stan Halpin
Thanks Collin, I think you've got it! stan On Dec 19, 2013, at 7:51 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: I looked for features. It's got the 2 strips on the door and the vertical lined grille. Plus the horizontal bars across the grille, though only one is visible. The grille is also tall.