1937 * Custom * what the heck is it?...

was checking out an old movie this AM..."Mr. Dodd Takes The Air" from 1937.

He becomes wealthy and has this car made for himself...what the hell WAS it?

...pics taken from the TV

 

La Salle, Pierce Arrow?

 

Grill looks like a cut down Cadillac.

 

long as hell...

 

what ever it is,its pretty ugly............

 

sure doesnt look like my ford

 

Chopped! HRP

 

Crazy that was built in '37, if I had just seen the pictures of it without the background, I would have swore up and down it was a 70's build from the early 30's revival/kit car era. Especially those sweepy but kinda square fenders and the big apron on the front that I would have said most likely covers an LTD independent front suspension or something similar.

 

The first Excalibur?

 

i'll tell ya what it looks like to me, it looks like everything else that people with too much money and no taste do to cars, and it's been obviously going on for a long time!!

 

It looks like a "formal" Pierce Arrow limo that they opened up the drivers area and closed off and chopped the p***enger area. As well, they stretched the fenders. Looks like they may have stretched the back too.

 

I'd daily that in a heartbeat. Hard to park though...

 

I wonder if it still exist? Tucked away somewhere

 

Looks like a Hollywood customized late 30's Mercedes Benz

 

Needs fenderskirts

 

It's a disaster,that's what it is.

 

A pain for the driver when the weather is bad

 

I believe it started as a 34 Lincoln town car.

Rich

 

Has a Packard swan hood ornament, doesn't it??

CB

 

you got me thinking...1936 Buick Town Car by Brewster?

 

1934 Lincoln Town Car

 

Looks like the design work of Tex Avery. Made up by the studio prop department.

 

That looks a lot closer, for sure.

 

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grille looks a bit like this Caddy..

 

What is it? Short on headroom for the p***engers.

 

Reminds me of a great Jesse James quote:

"This is the kind of car that I thought was really nice when I was a little kid"

They had that Lincoln-turned-old-car on Monster garage. Wish I could remember what it was. Must have blocked it out.

 

Henway.

 

I,m sure Barris will say he had a hand in it at an early age.

 

Ya know, I hate to say this, but that grille looks kinda like some of the early stuff that Goerge Duvall did. Look at the windshield frame too... Not the actual Duvall type, but custom made non the less. And So-Cal Plating did have some connection with movie cars if I'm not mistaken... Makes one think.