In a recent CC foray that involves old large trucks, a kindly person on the premises suggested I look into a particular trailer that was being used to store some of the older items. I did, but didn’t climb in and take a closer look. And I don’t pretend to be intimate with the really old iron, except for some obvious ones. I do have a hunch, though, but I have a very compelling CC to put up, so maybe some of you might want to spend the time tracking it down, unless you know already. A cropped shot follows.
The Bullwinkle fan in me wants it to be an Apperson Jackrabbit, but if it’s not something obvious like a Ford or Dodge it’s probably a midsize marque like an Essex or Hudson.
I’m always amazed when people have held on to cars like these. Cars from the ’50s and ’60s are modern enough to be serviceable as daily drivers. So I can understand why even the uncollectable ones have survived so long. But the prewar stuff, especially the pre-’30s cars, have been woefully obsolete for a good 60 years. I remember my grandfather still driving his hopeless, embarrassing Torino in the ’90s or the ’78 Impala that got passed around my extended family like a bad penny for 25 years, but at least those still felt like real cars. Imagine your granddad pulling up to your house in this in the ’50s, it just doesn’t fit.
It certainly looks like an old Dodge to me, no later than 1923 or so.