I got this for free some years ago and was told that it is a ........... but the owner wasn't sure and neither am I. I have no good picture of it, this is taken before the digital camera came and scanned into my computer. I don't know yet what to do with it, it is in wery rough condition and I have taken it apart and put it in a dry place. I guess it's between the 29-31 years. It was buried by the way for 25 years and then dug up.
Front fenders are all wrong for a Plymouth of any year. Looks like a much larger car. Are you sure it's an American make?
X2..it looks like a big expensive make. The way the front fenders stick way out at the frame horns almost looks like a big GM car; Cad, LaS, or huge buick....but that big notch in the front fender inner part near the radiator looks very unusual. Dash cluster or the shape of the dash cluster hole might help.
1932 Studebaker President 91 1. sucide doors 2. cowl vent 3. open fender behind wheel 4. trim on side of cowl 5. flip out window frame 2400 were made
I'll climb up in the barn and try to get a picture of the remains of the instrument cluster. It's an American car, at least that's what i've been told
Congrats Harms way, you took it! I was told that it is a Hudson, and the pictures (thanks) shows that it's very like the one I have. I thought however that it was older. Sad to say I don't have the hood, grille or headligths. Of a pure coincident I even know who owned the car in the late forties or early fifties. I know where it was buried because i remember seeing abandon cars there when I was about 10, and some year ago I talked to a man who lived about 500 meters from that place and as he knows that I am interested in old junk he told me about ''a green American convertible from the thirties that we played in, it was complete, even the battery was there and the ligths worked for a while. Mr xxxxxx just parked it and left it there''. I shold have known that then!
Not to put cold water on this, but the front fenders of both the '33 Hudson Terraplanes were 2 pieces with the line between the 2 very visable in most photos. The exaturated swoop of the fenders on these cars, from the frame up to the front peek, is also much simpler than the rusty fenders in the original photo. Lastly, the H-E-T fenders have an extra triangular "sail" panel at their rear, in front of the running board. If it's a Hudson, then it's a '32.
It's hard to see on my picture but the front fenders have ''valleys'' for spare tires and the other cars don't. Can it be that there were different coachbuilders who did the bodys for this cars or even a different series for export, I guess this car was sold new in Sweden. I have all the time considered it as some kind of Hudson or Essex after looking at many many pictures of cars from this time.
Here's a perfect close up shot of a 1932 Hudson front end. Note the same curve of the one piece front fender from the frame all the way up to the crown. Case closed. As for wether a Hudson of that period was equipped with side or rear mounted spare tires, that would have been an option for the buyer to choose.
Rich, you got it... There you can see that weird notch deal that is for the radiator shell side. That notch is on the rusty car too. Also look close at the fender bead detail..it's a double bead, just like the pic of the dug up car.
Just wondering if the car that started this thread got saved? I was the former owner of the black '33 Essex Terraplane 8 convertible coupe pictured a few times in this thread. Never saw the thread before tonight -- oh well. The front fenders look exceptionally long in your photo and I'm going to guess that is a '32 Hudson 8 cyl. convertible coupe. If it is, it is probably the last one on the planet and I'm quite serious. PM me if you need to talk regarding these cars. I'm not going to try to buy it from you. I have a '34 Terraplane convert these days.
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