A couple of weeks ago I went to a local car show, and this car was present. So I thought it would make a great mystery car because this particular image isn’t plastered all over the internet, so googling will be fruitless. Sorry, I refuse to give even a bit of a hint, as you guys have been identifying these cars all too easily.
Good luck with identifying this car, and make us all proud.
Kamil Kaluski
With that tail light, I'll have to say 1939 Packard Darrin.
I saw the little red octagon and thought pre-war Packard. Looks like you are right.
<img src="http://www.finecars.cc/typo3temp/GB/585c8b37cf.jpg"width=500>
I spotted that, too. Packard used a hexagon, though.
<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2693/4309001908_0f661a4672.jpg" width="300">
A red octagon is something else entirely.
<img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/35/74175899_7b97593c33.jpg" width="300">
Looks like I need to go to remedial geometry.
It might be more fun just to go around adamantly refusing to acknowledge the difference, to see whether it's more irritating to the Packard owners or the MG owners. My money would be on the Packard owners, but I think it'd be close.
Go around at the next MG meet insisting that MG was part of Packard, using the red hexagon as proof.
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It looks that your commentariat is the creme of CARaholics..
That tail light threw me. Is that a detail specific to Dutch Darrin? Never seen that on a Packard, reminded me of another manufacturer…
Of course, the lack of running boards should have been a near give-away…
They look sort of like Cadillac units, don't they? I seem to recall reading something about what Darrin used, and it does seem like they were from some other manufacturer, but I admit I don't remember.
The lack of harmonic balancers on the bumper means it's 1937 or later; the lack of running boards means it's probably a Darrin. The factory catalogued Darrins weren't offered until MY1940, although Darrin did some private commissions (mostly based on One Twenties) as early as 1937.
<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2769/4434675252_4fcdf362fa.jpg" width="500" height="325" alt="1940 Packard Darrin rear 3q">
This is a 1940 Darrin. Not the same taillights (the ones above look similar but not identical to 1941 Packards), but similar shape.
[quote]Not the same taillights (the ones above look similar but not identical to 1941 Packards), but similar shape.[/quote]
1941 similar to this from the mystery car? http://hooniverse.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/…
I don't think they even look remotely similar. http://www.tomlaferriere.com/CarsForSale/1941Pack…
I did find another Packard-Darrin with the Mystery Car's tail light. Very likely Darrin-specific…
I was thinking of this, seen on a 1941 One Eighty by LeBaron:
<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2784/4449511876_a536e1838b.jpg" width="500" height="303" alt="1941 Packard One Eighty LeBaron sedan rear 3q">
The lights may very well be Darrin-specific, I agree.
Here's a '39 Darrin…
<img src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTW24AbHp0q0sG9TkISIW0MMf_rPK9U9OggPxSBi5_50d9WE1Ev"width=500>
<img src="http://www.niguelmotors.com/nsxt/DSC05968.JPG" width=500>
Thanks for all the call outs Jim.
Yup, was lovin' the tags!
Cord?
That was my first guess, but the rear lights are round and inset on the 810, further out on the 812 but with a more bulgy trunk. They'd look good on a Lincoln, but I couldn't find any like it, nor on a Hudson. Perplexified. Maybe Jim will post up a clip of 'Tailights Fade' to go with the reveal?
<img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-W2NBzjh8YGY/ThduysuNuQI/AAAAAAAAAMY/-5Y_O9nrVhI/LincolnZephyer.jpg">
Mystery Car Reveal Post tomorrow morning. Be There…. Aloha
(Almost Guessed Correctly)
I saw the outline and immediately think Packard