Identify these 40's or 50's cars please!
Identify these 40's or 50's cars please!
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TonyRPH

Original Poster:

13,435 posts

189 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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I think the car in the foreground is a '50's Chevrolet but not sure about the one in the background.


ZedLeg

12,278 posts

129 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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Not sure about the one in the back but the one at the front is a 56 Chevy Utility Sedan, might be a Bel Air.

2xChevrons

4,170 posts

101 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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I think the one in the background might be an Austin 16.

But it's from the "we all order the same body panels from Pressed Steel and stick our grille on the front" era, so it can be hard to tell.

Dogwatch

6,354 posts

243 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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Hell of a smack. Looks as if it has run into a brick wall rather than, presumably, the other car.

ZedLeg

12,278 posts

129 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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The body damage makes it looks worse than it probably is. As long as the chassis is straight it'd be easily reparable. No crash structure or safety cell in those days.

Riley Blue

22,807 posts

247 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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2xChevrons said:
I think the one in the background might be an Austin 16.

But it's from the "we all order the same body panels from Pressed Steel and stick our grille on the front" era, so it can be hard to tell.
I'll go along with you, an Austin 16.

TonyRPH

Original Poster:

13,435 posts

189 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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Thanks all - PH very helpful as always!

aeropilot

39,192 posts

248 months

Saturday 6th August 2022
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ZedLeg said:
Not sure about the one in the back but the one at the front is a 56 Chevy Utility Sedan, might be a Bel Air.
Its not a Bel-Air, its a 210 (trim level down from a Bel-Air)


TonyRPH

Original Poster:

13,435 posts

189 months

Saturday 6th August 2022
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anonymous said:
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The photo was taken in East London, South Africa.

The chap in uniform is (I believe) a traffic cop in uniform of the period.


Johnspex

4,907 posts

205 months

Saturday 6th August 2022
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The steering wheel does appear, in the photo, to be on the right in the Chevy.