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Re: Identify old cars
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 29 March 14 02:57 GMT (UK) »
O.K I got the bottom one wrong, hubby said it could be a Austin 10 and it is bigger than a Austin 7.
Top one is a Buick, not sure of model or year, mid to late 1940's? 

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Re: Identify old cars
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 20 August 14 15:42 BST (UK) »
Oh!  ;D  thanks, first I should of told you the photo's were taken in South Africa. The second photo  was taken about 1939-1940, this is a guess

The first  photo taken around 1945-1948, another guess
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Re: Identify old cars
« Reply #11 on: Thursday 28 August 14 04:42 BST (UK) »
I am doubtful of the claim that it is a Buick.   What year of Buick do you claim that it is.

I am also doubtful of the claim that this car is "at least 20 years after"  the 1924-1929 period for which those would be valid Nottinghamshire plates.

The styling of the car is more like 1937-1940.   You won't see headlamps like that on any postwar US or US derived car.  It also appears to have "suicide doors".

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Re: Identify old cars
« Reply #12 on: Thursday 28 August 14 07:06 BST (UK) »
A guess

A Hudson Terraplane?

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Re: Identify old cars
« Reply #13 on: Thursday 04 September 14 17:08 BST (UK) »
The most similar looking car that I can find,  is a 1937 Pontiac.

It looks like two small panels have been put over the top of the radiator grille,   which curiously look more like the radiator shape of a 1940 Pontiac.     It is missing some the pontiac detailing.   In South Africa,  it is possibly an Australian-bodied Pontiac.    Also,  the arrow log on the right wing looks like a Pontiac logo.   That's my best guess.

It could also be a 38 or 39 Pontiac, which had very similar body.    In 1940 and 1941 they were quite different,  although the 1940 has a radiator shape reminiscent of this one.

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Re: Identify old cars
« Reply #14 on: Thursday 04 September 14 20:02 BST (UK) »
Hubby says top one is an American car, a Hudson 112 c1939 and bottom one is an Austin 10
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Re: Identify old cars
« Reply #15 on: Thursday 04 September 14 21:05 BST (UK) »
The top image is indeed a Hudson 112. Pic attached for comparison.

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Re: Identify old cars
« Reply #16 on: Friday 05 September 14 00:27 BST (UK) »
It does looks quite similar.  I'd point out that the photo of the Hudson is a 2-door car.    The Pontiac mentioned is a four-door car,   which is what the south african car is.

Also,  while the shape is similar,  the front-end styling is not.

Another poster before mentioned Buick,  but all of the 4-door Buicks in the 1937-1939 period are quite a lot bigger,   and the 40 and 41 Buicks have a quite different body shell entirely.

There are literally thousands of car photos online,   and none look quite like this one.  Which is why I have suggested that it is an Australian-bodies GM car,  of which more than 30,000 a year were being produced in the late 1930's.

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Re: Identify old cars
« Reply #17 on: Friday 05 September 14 00:30 BST (UK) »
The Hudson also has no bumper over-riders,   a very visible bonnet/hood handle,   and a total of only two windows in the side of the car,   where the car depicted in south africa has three.