AviRoad Loc: Westchester County, NY

So, I just came across this photo that I will frame as a gift for my retired police officer buddy who's opening a little food shop with the name and theme,"Old New York". Hot dogs and knishes, pickles, etc. will be the fare. The photo is of my father in the earliest days of his police department career before he became a detective which was his dream. My Dad's over on the right-side of the photo. I know it was taken in Brooklyn where he was from and where he was assigned when the photo was taken, and that was his "Black and White" when he first became a police officer. I believe this photo was taken with an old "brownie camera" so the detail is woefully meager. I did some work with it in Topaz and in Gimp and it's a lot better than it was in the condition that I found it in.
So, I did some searching and I wasn't able to figure out the make and model of his police car. If anyone that comes across this post can help me ID that I'd appreciate that. Thanks for looking!

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Mike Ga Loc: Long Island, NY

try dark green for the color, I hated the choker and the winter coat which weighted a ton. Don't know the make but they were using plymouths for a number of years.

AviRoad Loc: Westchester County, NY

THANKS. I did try the identifying Plymouths for the late 30's and early 40's because for some reason I thought that's what was used. But, the grills that I found in photos were never the same as the one in the photo. It could be that Chrysler Corp. used a different grill for cars that went to governments and that's why I had no luck.

SalvageDiver Loc: Huntington Beach CA

See if this is what your looking for. Further targeted search might confirm one way or another.

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terryMc Loc: Arizona's White Mountains

My first thought on seeing this was '45 or '46 Mercury, but pictures I could find online weren't conclusive. Then I came across this picture of the Vancouver, BC police, and a car identified as a "Ford Mercury." Canadian Fords and Mercurys had different names, and a slightly different look than US counterparts, but I had always thought Ford and Mercury were separate brands. In any case, this is a Mercury and a police car, albeit Canadian. I still suspect the car in the picture to be a post-war Mercury from the mid-forties.

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joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

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AviRoad Loc: Westchester County, NY

SalvageDiver & TerryMc...You both had great leads and I've been going year by year trying to ID that car in my photo! It's seems so difficult to come up with the precise match. It's a bit of a puzzle, isn't it? That grill in the Vancouver Police car is close but leaves a question.

policemag.com has a page with photos but isn't any help here...it does say this, though: "The NYPD began using horse-drawn police wagons in the later part of the 19th Century to move police forces from place to place. Motorized wagons came into use later, and it wasn't until the 1920s and 30s that the department began regularly using motorized patrol cars. Plymouth two-door radio cars were the standard in the late 1930s and 1940s."

terryMc Loc: Arizona's White Mountains

It's a '42 Ford.

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Beowulf Loc: Aquidneck Island, RI

Agree w/ TerryMc.

AviRoad Loc: Westchester County, NY

Well, THAT'S IT!! I really do appreciate that and the efforts to identify the car.

SkyKing Loc: Thompson Ridge, NY

…looks like a 1940’s Nash…maybe 1941…?

terryMc Loc: Arizona's White Mountains

Lucian Loc: From Wales, living in Ohio

Yes 42 Ford.