Another please identify this car thread

[GH85Carrera]

The little girl is a friend of mine that is now in her mid 80s now. So this picture is sometime from the 1930s.

A friend (the boy on the right) just gave her this scan of this picture. She is wondering what the car is.


This is the cropped view of the grill and windshield. The wipers are from the top.

Any ideas on what car it is?

[drkshdw]

1934 Dodge Brothers?

[john70t]

Hood ornament is pretty unique and looks like DeSoto. ?
Hood Ornaments - Bing images

[herr_oberst]

I'm in agreement that it's a Dodge. Here's what a hood ornament and grille badge from a '34 Dodge look like from a different angle....

[livi]

Thats a slightly pimped SAAB 96.

Sorry. I have nothing.

[Holger]

^lol!

[yellowperil]

[GH85Carrera]

I did find out from her that she was born in 1936 and she guesses she was 3 or 4 in the photo. So 1940 is pretty much the last year for a car to be considered.

The Dodge Brothers is looking likely. The emblem in the front and the hood ornament and the wipers are looking right. The car above has a flat grill, not bent back in a V shape like the photo. But it has the family resemblance.

[petrolhead611]

Dodge Brothers became part of Chrysler in 1928.Dont know how much longer the name was used before becoming Dodge.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by drkshdw

1934 Dodge Brothers?

I am going with 34 as well. The bumpers on the later cars do not have the downward dip.

Also rear window looks more rectangular than later models. Note same vertical stripes in bumperettes.

[rwest]

I think drkshdw nailed it, the top of the grill has the right shape as well. There also appears to be some type of knob shaped item farther down the body near the roof in the old picture that seems to match the parts on the ‘34 picture.

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by rwest

There also appears to be some type of knob shaped item farther down the body near the roof in the old picture that seems to match the parts on the ‘34 picture.

Door hinges. Suicide style. Too many clues matching up for it not to be the Dodge.

Win for drkshdw!

[Eric Coffey]

Originally Posted by rwest

I think drkshdw nailed it, the top of the grill has the right shape as well. There also appears to be some type of knob shaped item farther down the body near the roof in the old picture that seems to match the parts on the ‘34 picture.

+1

I'd say 1934 Dodge Brothers DRXX Coupe. Or could be DR or DS trim.

MSRP: Under $700 back in the day!

[john70t]

I would drive a modern version of exactly that.

[sugarwood]

Originally Posted by john70t

I would drive a modern version of exactly that.

2001 PT Cruiser