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Oct 9, 2020 16:31:48 #
bobforman
Loc: Anacortes, Washington State
I'm trying to determine the year of this photograph. A clue may be the car at the extreme right. You can just see the taillight. My best guess is a 46 Mercury. Any ideas?
Oct 9, 2020 16:38:04 #
bobforman wrote:
I'm trying to determine the year of this photograph. A clue may be the car at the extreme right. You can just see the taillight. My best guess is a 46 Mercury. Any ideas?
Bob, Can you pleae ask some of this people o move so we can see more. I am an old car buff and visually not able to tell.
Oct 9, 2020 17:16:14 #
bobforman
Loc: Anacortes, Washington State
Better still, Stan, I'll just tap the left edge of the picture and have them gravitate to that side.
Oct 9, 2020 17:36:18 #
bobforman wrote:
I'm trying to determine the year of this photograph. A clue may be the car at the extreme right. You can just see the taillight. My best guess is a 46 Mercury. Any ideas?
I think the 46 Mercury is correct. Here’s a shot of a 1946 Mercury Coupe from wiki.
Even though the car is sitting there, it may not necessarily be new in your photo. After all it was in front of a Firestone Tire shop and not a car dealership.
Oct 9, 2020 17:37:59 #
Oct 9, 2020 18:21:55 #
bobforman
Loc: Anacortes, Washington State
Thanks, everyone. That puts the photo in the late 40's if the car is relatively new which I suspect it is.
Oct 9, 2020 18:27:16 #
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Oct 9, 2020 22:20:32 #
DeanS wrote:
Give attire of the group, definitely ‘40’s.
Put it this way, Dean, I never saw those haircuts in the fifties!!
Oct 9, 2020 22:45:25 #
when did men wear two tone shoes???? I know I did about 1950.
Oct 9, 2020 23:41:02 #
Oct 10, 2020 03:23:56 #
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
bobforman wrote:
I'm trying to determine the year of this photograph. A clue may be the car at the extreme right. You can just see the taillight. My best guess is a 46 Mercury. Any ideas?
My guess is 1948-1950.
They are at a tire dealer and the car needs to be old enough to need tires.
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Oct 10, 2020 06:07:14 #
1941 there were no 42 -47 vehicles made. Due to wartime production Google has that exact model photo listed as 1941. I had a 41 dodge coupe that had similar lines
Oct 10, 2020 06:35:38 #
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
sodapop wrote:
1941 there were no 42 -47 vehicles made. Due to wartime production Google has that exact model photo listed as 1941. I had a 41 dodge coupe that had similar lines
Over 2M US autos were produced ifor model year 1946 and over 3M for 1947 and a bit over 1M for 1942 although most if not all of those were built in late 1941. Model years 1943, 1944 and 1945 did not happen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Automobile_Production_Figures
Oct 10, 2020 07:26:39 #
pmorin wrote:
I think the 46 Mercury is correct. Here’s a shot of a 1946 Mercury Coupe from wiki.
Even though the car is sitting there, it may not necessarily be new in your photo. After all it was in front of a Firestone Tire shop and not a car dealership.
Even though the car is sitting there, it may not necessarily be new in your photo. After all it was in front of a Firestone Tire shop and not a car dealership.
My dad had a 1947 Merc four-door that had a floor switch near the headlight dimmer switch to change radio stations. My mom rolled it over (no injury) one Sunday driving back from church. That sort of calmed down her driving but I got the gene.
Oct 10, 2020 08:01:44 #
PixelStan77 wrote:
Bob, Can you pleae ask some of this people o move so we can see more. I am an old car buff and visually not able to tell.
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