Can Anyone Name This Car? Ot

[John Reddie]

Right hand drive and suicide doors. Foreign perhaps? I like it.

John R

 

[Plymouthy Adams]

tag is New South Wales......not sure of the car...tried to make out he logo on the grille..just a bit distorted when enlarged...

[wayfarerstranger]

36 38 lasalle

[Plymouthy Adams]

I cannot find that emblem associated with LaSalle  but I did think of it as it seems the first letter is an L or that is a fancy V

[wayfarerstranger]

after doing a little research it is not a lasalle ? but i do believe 36 to 38 european .

[Plymouthy Adams]

I spent a few minutes on it...going over all the European cars I could think of off the top of my head...I do agree 36-38 era

[wayfarerstranger]

looks a little like this

[GlennCraven]

That's a DeSoto logo I hadn't seen before. And it does bear some resemblance, but something tells me not enough. ... This is indeed a mystery.

[greg g]

 Trim looks almost Pontiac.  Here is a 36 American version.

 

 

and a 35

 

 

I think the grille logo is a Pontiac over an 8 or visa versa,  the relief in the center of the bumper looks like the Cheif's head.

Edited September 18, 2013 by greg g

[GlennCraven]

That Pontiac script logo bears strong resemblance.

 

My Googling tells me that Holden became a subsidiary of GM in 1931 (and still is). During the 1920s GM had some four plants in Australia and put Holden-built bodies on GM chassis. By 1936 I think Holden had its own car-building plant but I'm not sure how many they made. (And the name wasn't strictly "Holden," it was General Motors-Holden.)

 

An Aussie-built Pontiac is at least a good guess, and GM did have plants there. In fact, here's a picture of a car identified as a 1935 Pontiac and it's RHD with distinct grille similarities to the OP's mystery car. ... Didn't see any description of where this photo was taken.

 

 

Edited September 18, 2013 by GlennCraven

[GlennCraven]

The more I look at the OP's post and the car I found with Google, the more I'm convinced the first car is an overseas-built Pontiac.

[John Reddie]

Right hand drive and suicide doors. Foreign car perhaps? Whatever it is, I like it.

John R

[wayfarerstranger]

Thats what it is 1935 EURO PONTIAC . Thanx my mind can rest now !

[De Soto Frank]

It's a big car, by the look of it...  I would guess a RHD drive export version of an American car ?  

The "suicide" front doors suggest not later than 1935, if it were for American Markets...  the chrome bands wrapping over the center of the radiator shell, suggest Pontiac...

I'm going to go with some sort of 1935-'36 GM-related product...

 

 

I like the lady with the riding-pants too...

[Niel Hoback]

1935 Pontiac

[knuckleharley]

I say we call it "Ralph".

[GlennCraven]

I say we call it "Ralph".

 

Winner.

[John Reddie]

I think you guys nailed with the '35 Pontiac model. Thanks for the info. The lady in the photo is actress Helen Twelvetrees.

John R

[Scruffy49]

Nice car. I had to look up the actres online, I'd never heard of her.