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Chuck Dempsey · 08-22-2018, 06:00 PM

A fellow on FaceBook and I can't agree on whether this is a 30/31 Model A. I say no, he says yes.... Any opinions? (And if NOT, what is it?)

40 Deluxe · 08-22-2018, 06:03 PM

Hub caps are not an A

Chuck Dempsey · 08-22-2018, 06:04 PM

Correct, 40. Nor, I think, is the sun visor.....

J Franklin · 08-22-2018, 06:08 PM

Until someone proves it wrong, I say it is an A, a Hupmobile model A!

CHuDWah · 08-22-2018, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuck Dempsey

A fellow on FaceBook and I can't agree on whether this is a 30/31 Model A. I say no, he says yes.... Any opinions? (And if NOT, what is it?)

No gas cap on cowl pretty much marks it as non-A. What I can see of radiator shell look sorta Chev-like but I really have no clue.

Chuck Dempsey · 08-22-2018, 06:19 PM

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I believe we have a winner. Note hubcaps and line of the hood in this pic. Visor also looks similar.... HUPMOBILE A

Heath · 08-22-2018, 08:09 PM

Sure looks like a 1930 Chevrolet 2 door sedan to me......

Synchro909 · 08-22-2018, 09:09 PM

Definately NOT MOdel A! What it is - ?????? Maybe a Hupp.

George Miller · 08-22-2018, 09:22 PM

looks like a chev to me also.

al's28/33 · 08-22-2018, 09:54 PM

My vote is a CHEVROLET

Gary WA · 08-22-2018, 10:06 PM

Oldsmobile 31 I restored 1n 1968 high school

Bulligen · 08-22-2018, 10:20 PM

It is a chevy

Drive Shaft Dave · 08-22-2018, 11:50 PM

I't is a Chevrolet.

jw hash · 08-22-2018, 11:54 PM

no cowl band grill shell is not a chevy. I will go with a Humpmobile or a Nash

Bob-A · 08-23-2018, 06:17 AM

A 1930 Chevy. The side hood vents and the wire wheels give it away.

Bob-A

Tom Wesenberg · 08-23-2018, 07:07 AM

Chevy was my first guess also. I was thinking about 1930, but not sure about the large hubcaps. Maybe later wheels were installed?

jhowes · 08-23-2018, 12:40 PM

It is not a Chevy. The wheels and hubcap are wrong as is the visor. I owned a Chevy for years and this is not like it.

Bob-A · 08-23-2018, 03:19 PM

I've owned 2 1929 Chevy's, just sold one, through the years. And have been a member of the VCCA (Vintage Chevy Club of America) for many years too. I still say it is a '30 Chevy. Wire wheels became standard on Chevy's some time in 1930. They were 19" in '30 & '31, 18" in '32 & '33, 17" in '34, etc., etc. The various sizes of wire wheels could be retro fitted to early years. Like later Ford wire wheels on Model-A's. Body wise the '29 & '30 Chevy's were almost identical. Closed cars in '30 had a minor design change where the windshield angle was slanted back by around 15 degrees at the top. The car could possibly be a '29 (or '30) with later model wire wheels. From what is shown in the pic. The tires do look "fatter" then 19". 1929 Chevy's had one year only 20" wire wheels that were very similar to 21" Model-A wheels. Being Chevy's they had 6 bolt pattern lug nuts. I could very well be wrong on the make/year of the car in the old picture. But I believe it is a '30 Chevrolet

Bob-A

Chuck Dempsey · 08-23-2018, 06:12 PM

Thanks everyone for chipping in. Apparently Chevrolets and Hupmobiles looked a LOT alike around this time. Especially from the front..... I've no way of telling where this picture come from. I belong to 3 or 4 Facebook groups, 'Vintage Photos of Cars with Boats', '....Cars with Aircraft', '...Cars with Dogs', and even '...Cars in a Picnic Scene'. I think this pic came from that last group.

SSsssteamer · 08-23-2018, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

Chevy was my first guess also. I was thinking about 1930, but not sure about the large hubcaps. Maybe later wheels were installed?

Ditto.

08-22-2018, 06:03 PM	#2
40 Deluxe Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: now Kuna, Idaho Posts: 3,778	Re: Is this an 'A'? Hub caps are not an A

08-22-2018, 06:04 PM	#3
Chuck Dempsey Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Waynesville, NC Posts: 785	Re: Is this an 'A'? Correct, 40. Nor, I think, is the sun visor.....

08-22-2018, 08:09 PM	#7
Heath Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 9	Re: Is this an 'A'? Sure looks like a 1930 Chevrolet 2 door sedan to me......

08-22-2018, 09:09 PM	#8
Synchro909 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,496	Re: Is this an 'A'? Definately NOT MOdel A! What it is - ?????? Maybe a Hupp. __________________ I'm part of the only ever generation with an analogue childhood and a digital adulthood.

08-22-2018, 09:22 PM	#9
George Miller Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: NC Posts: 2,975	Re: Is this an 'A'? looks like a chev to me also.

08-22-2018, 09:54 PM	#10
al's28/33 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Redwood City, CA Posts: 1,591	Re: Is this an 'A'? My vote is a CHEVROLET __________________ 1928 "A" Phaeton (mid year with many early features) 1933 "V8" Closed-Cab Pickup Truck (originally a Model B, 4 Cylinder dating to May, 1933)

08-22-2018, 10:20 PM	#12
Bulligen Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Elgin Illinois Posts: 736	Re: Is this an 'A'? It is a chevy

08-22-2018, 11:50 PM	#13
Drive Shaft Dave Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: New hope Minnesota Posts: 742	Re: Is this an 'A'? I't is a Chevrolet.

08-22-2018, 11:54 PM	#14
jw hash Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Auburn Washington Posts: 2,552	Re: Is this an 'A'? no cowl band grill shell is not a chevy. I will go with a Humpmobile or a Nash

08-23-2018, 06:17 AM	#15
Bob-A Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Central FL, USA Posts: 1,137	Re: Is this an 'A'? A 1930 Chevy. The side hood vents and the wire wheels give it away. Bob-A

08-23-2018, 07:07 AM	#16
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Re: Is this an 'A'? Chevy was my first guess also. I was thinking about 1930, but not sure about the large hubcaps. Maybe later wheels were installed?

08-23-2018, 12:40 PM	#17
jhowes Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: upstate NY near Mass border Posts: 789	Re: Is this an 'A'? It is not a Chevy. The wheels and hubcap are wrong as is the visor. I owned a Chevy for years and this is not like it.

08-23-2018, 03:19 PM	#18
Bob-A Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Central FL, USA Posts: 1,137	Re: Is this an 'A'? I've owned 2 1929 Chevy's, just sold one, through the years. And have been a member of the VCCA (Vintage Chevy Club of America) for many years too. I still say it is a '30 Chevy. Wire wheels became standard on Chevy's some time in 1930. They were 19" in '30 & '31, 18" in '32 & '33, 17" in '34, etc., etc. The various sizes of wire wheels could be retro fitted to early years. Like later Ford wire wheels on Model-A's. Body wise the '29 & '30 Chevy's were almost identical. Closed cars in '30 had a minor design change where the windshield angle was slanted back by around 15 degrees at the top. The car could possibly be a '29 (or '30) with later model wire wheels. From what is shown in the pic. The tires do look "fatter" then 19". 1929 Chevy's had one year only 20" wire wheels that were very similar to 21" Model-A wheels. Being Chevy's they had 6 bolt pattern lug nuts. I could very well be wrong on the make/year of the car in the old picture. But I believe it is a '30 Chevrolet Bob-A

08-23-2018, 06:12 PM	#19
Chuck Dempsey Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Waynesville, NC Posts: 785	Re: Is this an 'A'? Thanks everyone for chipping in. Apparently Chevrolets and Hupmobiles looked a LOT alike around this time. Especially from the front..... I've no way of telling where this picture come from. I belong to 3 or 4 Facebook groups, 'Vintage Photos of Cars with Boats', '....Cars with Aircraft', '...Cars with Dogs', and even '...Cars in a Picnic Scene'. I think this pic came from that last group.