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#269 of 403 Re: Old Car ID [Mr_Shiftright] by fintail

Jan 04, 2012 (8:08 pm)

Replying to: MrShift@Edmunds (Jan 04, 2012 7:56 pm)
And that was considered to be fairly luxurious.

#270 of 403 Re: Old Car ID [fintail] by MrShift@Edmunds HOST

Jan 04, 2012 (8:16 pm)

Replying to: fintail (Jan 04, 2012 8:08 pm)
Can't imagine running around the NE in open cars in winter but people did it all the time. Of course, in the countryside they just put their cars away and got out the horses.

#271 of 403 Re: Old Car ID [fintail] by rhusaker

Jan 06, 2012 (10:43 am)

Replying to: fintail (Jan 04, 2012 5:18 pm)
Thanks everyone!!!

#272 of 403 Re: Old Car ID [Mr_Shiftright] by fintail

Jan 06, 2012 (12:04 pm)

Replying to: MrShift@Edmunds (Jan 04, 2012 8:16 pm)
Or even had special clothing for motoring. About 20 years ago when my parents were actively dealing in antiques, they had a scarf from around 1910 that was made for driving - still in box. I think it brought around $100 then.

#273 of 403 Re: Old Car ID [fintail] by MrShift@Edmunds HOST

Jan 06, 2012 (12:14 pm)

Replying to: fintail (Jan 06, 2012 12:04 pm)
In open cars, you often needed a "duster", a hat, gloves, goggles and a lap robe. The combination of dust, oil from the engine, and horse manure was pretty challenging for early motorists.
 
Closed cars were mostly custom-built and quite expensive until...well..cars like the '22 Essex. You could buy a Ford Model T "Doctor's Coupe" but it was pretty primitive.

#274 of 403 Can anyone ID Make/Model/Year of this car by tamangel

Feb 12, 2012 (2:37 pm)

photo featured in POST magazine in 1947 so unknown if new at that time or even American make..
 
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#275 of 403 Re: Can anyone ID Make/Model/Year of this car [tamangel] by fintail

Feb 12, 2012 (2:45 pm)

Replying to: tamangel (Feb 12, 2012 2:37 pm)
It's an Opel Olympia (German), I am pretty sure they didn't get that chromey front end until 1950.

#276 of 403 Re: Can anyone ID Make/Model/Year of this car [fintail] by MrShift@Edmunds HOST

Feb 12, 2012 (2:53 pm)

Replying to: fintail (Feb 12, 2012 2:45 pm)
good catch! The 50s Olympia had more of a gap mouth grill insert and the very early ones had I think different hub caps, so I'm guessing about 1948-49 here. The '47 was produced in such low numbers I don't think anyone ever noticed!

#277 of 403 Re: Can anyone ID Make/Model/Year of this car [Mr_Shiftright] by tamangel

Feb 12, 2012 (3:08 pm)

Replying to: MrShift@Edmunds (Feb 12, 2012 2:53 pm)
thanks guys..would have never figured this one out..any recommendations on a Euro car book like the American car Spotter?
 
a little more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Olympia
 
Mike

#278 of 403 Re: Can anyone ID Make/Model/Year of this car [Mr_Shiftright] by fintail

Feb 12, 2012 (3:10 pm)

Replying to: MrShift@Edmunds (Feb 12, 2012 2:53 pm)
The chromey style might have came around in 1949, but no earlier - it was prewar style before then. The car remained in production with a basic prewar shape until 1953 or so, when the Germans experienced their first jump towards modern cars.
 
And about the "Spotters Guide" book for old European cars - no such book that I know of. Most cars did not undergo yearly changes unlike American cars, such a book might not have enough demand. There is this website which is not at all inclusive and is kind of odd, but it spans many years in the pull down menu.

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