~ Auto Buzz ~: Carspotters' Challenge #163: Great Uncle Homer's Ride

Thursday, 31 December 2015

Carspotters' Challenge #163: Great Uncle Homer's Ride



My wife recently came into a collection of old photographic negatives that belonged to her Uncle Bud and Aunt Ora. We began running them through the fancy new photo scanner and image-editing software that Santa brought us, and came across this interesting image.

Uncle Homer's Car - hi resIt's one of a set of pictures Uncle Bud took on a visit to Great Uncle Homer's farm. (That's Homer himself in the picture below.) The license plate dates the roll of film to 1937. The car is obviously much older than that, but I have no idea of the exact year, make, or model. I am not enough of a student of cars of this period to know if the radiator design or the little diamond motifs on Uncle Homer with Dogsthe bumper have any identifying significance. I racked up the scanner's resolution as high as our computer could stand, but there are no badges, scripts, or other identifying markings that I could make out. The OEM hood ornament or Moto-Meter has been replaced with an aftermarket Donald Duck figurine--establishing Great Uncle Homer's status as a Disney fan beyond a reasonable doubt, but giving us no help in identifying the car.

So, can anyone out there help us out? If you know what this car is, or might be, leave a comment below.

--Cookie the Dog's Owner

 

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