Help me identify this car!

"Jagvar" (Jagvar) 02/19/2017 at 20:37 • Filed to: None

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I found this old car in the woods today. Can anyone help me narrow down the make and model? Maybe even the approximate year? There’s not a whole lot to work with, but you’re a smart bunch.

xyzabc > Jagvar 02/19/2017 at 20:51

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Looks like 1940's Plymouth.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Jagvar 02/19/2017 at 20:52

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I’m going to guess it’s a ‘46 Plymouth or thereabouts. The dash is the biggest clue. The one picture below has the same shape (2 doors, sedan shape) so my full answer is 1946 Plymouth Special Deluxe 2-Door Sedan. And if Special Deluxe 2-Door Sedan isn’t the most 1940's car name ever, I don’t know what is.

Jcarr > Jagvar 02/19/2017 at 20:57

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Scratch that. Listen to SM70, he’s a guru.

1940s Ford or Mercury? That dash looks unique.

Jcarr > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 02/19/2017 at 20:57

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Damn, you’re good.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Jcarr 02/19/2017 at 20:58

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I’m good at Google ;)

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Jagvar 02/19/2017 at 21:17

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Rusty and mostly gone.

Jagvar > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 02/19/2017 at 21:35

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You’re right, the extended rear window would suggest a ’46. The thing that eats at me is that the rear bumper on the ’46 looks like this:

...while the bumper that matches the woods car is found on a ’42 Plymouth Club Coupe:

This makes me confused.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Jagvar 02/19/2017 at 21:42

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You’re right, the bumper is off the ‘42. But the rear window shape and trunk line are definitely not the ‘42 Coupe.

shop-teacher > Jagvar 02/19/2017 at 22:38

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The bumper very easily could’ve been replaced with a ‘42 years later.

Jagvar > shop-teacher 02/19/2017 at 22:44

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That’s the theory I’m going with.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jagvar 02/20/2017 at 09:19

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Counterargument - it could have been an early ‘46 made with a ‘42 bumper, because ‘42's production run was cut short, and there were likely extra ‘42 bumpers in stock when production resumed. Chrome items back then tended to have a *really* long lead time and be outsourced - see the case of the early Morris Minors which had bumpers which were too narrow ordered even before the body dies were finalized.