Identify old cars

[thetowers]

http://bestartcarz.com/photo/im/hudson-112/10/default.htm

Here is a 4-door Hudson,    which seems to have the same radiator surround treatment  and also the "Pontiac logo" arrow at the bottom of the front fender,  so yeah,  that would now be the most similar.  I agree.

[thetowers]

Scrutiny of the photos seems to make it apparent that it is a 1939 model.

The 37 hudsons all have a long narrow grille that goes right back into the top of the hood.

The 38 hudsons have a grille which is straight at the top and not such a fine spacing on the horizontal elements.

In 39,  for some models,   the headlight are much lower and mounted in the fender.   But some models keep the older style headlights   and have the curved top edge to the radiator as shown.

For 40,   the entire front end looks completely different.

So I think it is a 1939.

[thetowers]

Furthermore, according to wikipedia, "Hudson cars were assembled from complete knock down (CKD) kits in South Africa by Stanley Motors in Natalspruit (Gauteng)."

[thetowers]

And in this document here

http://hetclub.org/burr/manuals/1939_hudson_group_parts_book.pdf

at page 83,  a clear diagram of the two very different front-end treatments of the 1939 Hudson models.

[Karytay]

Wow! what a discussion over two cars, lol I stayed out of it for I have no clue about old cars.  Thanks for all your suggestions.