Hot Rods Car ID

Somebody just did this, but the hive mind here is always great for this. Working on descriptive of this image for a project at the museum i run. These two have me stumped. I'm thinking the one on the right is a circa 1923 Willys of some sort but it just doesn't match any of the reference images I've seen (looking at windows and the hard corners on the back of the body).

And i can't make out enough to tell anything helpful on the one under the shell sign except that it's a sedan, the rear corners are rounded but the roof is flat and it's missing the spare tire. Thinking maybe a 26/7 T two door sedan. the rear window proportions look wrong for a 23-25 and then earlier T's had oval windows.

Thoughts? This was in NWNC near Mount Airy.



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right side up for the afternoon crowd

 

I'll second your opinion on this one.

 

Looks like '26 Essex 2 dr coach

 

Damn....rc57 beat me to it. Hudson and Essex had suicide doors.

 

close, but look at the rear window to c pillar proportions. Other options?

 

this one's compelling. 1923 Hudson Super 6 Coach Coupe


and by the way thanks @squirrel. wasn't sure how to do that from my phone.

 

here's a 23 essex for comparative. but the c pillar still looks short

 

welcome. If you took the picture, you'd probably have to take it again, with the phone oriented properly and rotation set right, to get the picture to be "landscape". I don't know how to rotate an image on a phone...I generally use a big computer to do that kind of stuff. I expect there's a way, though, there are apps for almost everything.

 

How about a VELIE.

 

I'm not sure if you're seeing a difference in C pillar width or is the B pillar on right side making it look that way.

Compare where the back panel of the body intersects the fender though, more fender behind the body on the Hudson. I think rc57 may have nailed it.

 

I've been looking at maxwell's too. I forgot there was a maxwell dealership in town but they appaer to be steel wheeled, not spoke wheels but the are in the vicinity too.

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