Ot and can you figure out what car this is?

[JIPJOBXX]

Can you tell by looking at this dash what car it is? Hint it was made in 1939.

[JIPJOBXX]

I thought if that dash bored you than how about this nice piece of equipment. Notice how she gets into cars???

[Andydodge]

Graham Hollywood or Huppmobile......I think......used 36-37 Cord body shell.......tho' those ivory coloured knobs at either end of the panel have me thinking.......andyd

[B-Watson]

Graham Hollywood or Huppmobile......I think......used 36-37 Cord body shell.......tho' those ivory coloured knobs at either end of the panel have me thinking.......andyd

It is a 1936-37 Cord - note the preselector for the transmission on the steering column. The 1940-41 Graham Hollywood / Hupmobile Skylark used the regular three on the tree gear selector.

The Graham/Hupp had fewer instruments - one large dial in front of the driver for the speedometer and matching one on the passenger side for a clock. In the centre was an even larger circular grille for the radio speaker.

The knobs were used to open the windshield - one on each side. The Graham / Hupp models did not have opening windshield sections. Although not visible in the photo, there should be a crank on each end of the instrument panel to open/close the hideaway headlamps.

The Cord also had unibody construction - with a removable front clip.

[PatS....]

brightened up a bit

[JIPJOBXX]

Hay your right and what a beautiful car! I might have been wrong on that date of 1939 but like I said befor what a beautiful car. My bother said when he was younger he had a friend who had one and one of the problems they had with that car was that it had front wheel drive and that was fairly new technology for why back then-Jon

PS. This car is at the LaMay Historical car museum in Tacoma Washington. If your a car buff this in one great museum to visit and enjoy.

[Captain Neon]

Having owned a '76 Eldorado (FWD) in JC, I can attest that large cars w/ FWD can be quite troublesome, esp. on icy roads. There are few benefits (quicker take-off being about it) and all the disadvantages. Before moving to Colorado from Minnesota, I was considering buying some ol' Detroit V8-powered RWD iron as my winter car. We bought a Jeep Cherokee upon moving to Colorado instead. We needed a vehicle that could get through snow as well as haul things. Minnesota is good about keeping the streets clear so I just needed a lot of power to push me through the piles of snow and out.