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help identifying the year of a photo
I am trying to date a photo. I know the boat was built in the late
1930's but the person who gave me the photo said it was taken in 1949. I don't believe the boat was in the area during the late 1940's but I could be wrong. Unfortunately I don't know a lot about antique cars. Can someone please tell me the year of the cars in these two photos. If I know the year of the newest vehicle in the photos I can narrow down the year thanks http://picasaweb.google.com/DaveHV/ShepherdBoats |
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help identifying the year of a photo
Hi Dave,
Would it be possible to scan these at a higher resolution? That would help a lot. The newest cars appear to be the two white ones in the photo with the boat 12-D. They appear to be Ford Sedans. The last prewar Fords were almost identical to the first postwar Fords. With higher resolution it may be possible to identify them more accurately. My gut says the first one in line is a 1941 Ford Fordor sedan. The other photo with the most cars is a little more difficult at this resolution to identify the newest vehicles. Most of the cars in the picture are early '30's. Some are late '20s. The newest one seems to be the big black one in the center. It looks like a late '30's or early '40's sedan. I can't identify the exact year and model at this resolution. I can tell you that there are no 1949 models in either photo - at least none that I could see. Forrest |
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thanks Forest
I have put larger files on that website. Hopefully you can see a difference Dave http://picasaweb.google.com/DaveHV/ShepherdBoats |
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Hi Dave,
The higher resolution helps a lot. I'm more sure that the white sedan in the photo with 12-D is in fact a 1941 Ford. The lack of chrome on the fenders and the turn signal on top of the front fender identifies it as a prewar Ford rather than a post war model. The bodies were almost identical with minor differences in trim. Although I can't positively identifiy the black sedan in the other photo, I can say that there are know post war cars that I can see. The shape of the headlights on the black one indicate that it is no later than a 1939 or 1940 model. Sealed beam headlights appeared in 1941and were standard on most if not all vehicles. Those on this car do not appear to be round sealed beams but rather slanted ovals found on Ford products. GM used round lights on stalks up to 1941 when they switched to built in sealed beams. After WWII Americans began buying new cars at unprecedented rates. Car makers could not build enough to meet the demand. By 1949, when these pictures were supposed to have been taken, manufacturers had begun catching up with demand and entirely new models were being introduced instead of warmed over pre-war designs. The complete lack of any post war models or any cars that even vaguely look like 1946-1949 cars leads me to believe that this photo was taken before or during the war. The 1941 Ford sets a "no earlier than" date (late 1940). Since no cars were produced during WWII, this picture could have been taken as late as 1945 or 1946. I hope this helps you. Others may be better able to identify various cars but the two that can be most clearly seen are definitely pre-war. Forrest |
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I forgot to ask, Dave, What's the story on those speedboats. Do you
own one of them or something? Is that 12-D one homemade? The other one looks like a Chris Craft or similar wood speedboat. Where were the pictures taken? Forrest |
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help identifying the year of a photo
I am doing research on Shepherd Boats. My grandfather owned the
company and they built that speedboat in 1939 (I am told) the pictures were taken in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada. About 20 minutes from Niagara Falls If you look on the bottom left of the photo album it shows the location of where the photos were taken (see Album Location) thank you very much for your help Dave |
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On Aug 6, 8:37 am, Otto Skorzeny > wrote:
> Hi Dave, > > The higher resolution helps a lot. I'm more sure that the white sedan > in the photo with 12-D is in fact a 1941 Ford. The lack of chrome on > the fenders and the turn signal on top of the front fender identifies > it as a prewar Ford rather than a post war model. The bodies were > almost identical with minor differences in trim. > > Although I can't positively identifiy the black sedan in the other > photo, I can say that there are know post war cars that I can see. The > shape of the headlights on the black one indicate that it is no later > than a 1939 or 1940 model. Sealed beam headlights appeared in 1941and > were standard on most if not all vehicles. Those on this car do not > appear to be round sealed beams but rather slanted ovals found on Ford > products. > > GM used round lights on stalks up to 1941 when they switched to built > in sealed beams. > > After WWII Americans began buying new cars at unprecedented rates. Car > makers could not build enough to meet the demand. By 1949, when these > pictures were supposed to have been taken, manufacturers had begun > catching up with demand and entirely new models were being introduced > instead of warmed over pre-war designs. > > The complete lack of any post war models or any cars that even vaguely > look like 1946-1949 cars leads me to believe that this photo was taken > before or during the war. > > The 1941 Ford sets a "no earlier than" date (late 1940). Since no cars > were produced during WWII, this picture could have been taken as late > as 1945 or 1946. > > I hope this helps you. Others may be better able to identify various > cars but the two that can be most clearly seen are definitely pre-war. > > Forrest Sealed-beams shiowed up on the 1940 Ford, which was very close looking to the 1939. The 1941 through '48 looked pretty much the same. |
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Otto Skorzeny wrote:
> My gut says the first one in line is a 1941 Ford Fordor sedan. The second one may be, but the hood line on the first one is too low, and the front fender appears to be squared off too much for a '41. Hard to tell, but it also looks like there's no divider in the back window. The back window also looks a bit too large for a '41. My take is '46 or later. Definitely no '49s in there. George Patterson If you torture the data long enough, eventually it will confess to anything. |
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Otto Skorzeny wrote:
> The higher resolution helps a lot. I'm more sure that the white sedan > in the photo with 12-D is in fact a 1941 Ford. The lack of chrome on > the fenders and the turn signal on top of the front fender identifies > it as a prewar Ford rather than a post war model. I see no turn signal, but if there is one, it's an aftermarket accessory, and the location wouldn't be indicative. I'm not sure when Ford started putting signals on, but they were not available from the factory when my father bought his 1950 Ford. George Patterson If you torture the data long enough, eventually it will confess to anything. |
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