discussion Help identifying a car wreck

[Mini Me]

Yes, close enough in my opinion.

 

[Graeme C.]

Looks very different in that photo, but it does look like a Ford Y type, made in Europe in the 30's in a few variations.

 

[Graeme C.]

Or a Ford Eifel like this in Wehrmacht use.

 

[Mini Me]

No running boards on the Ford Eiffel. Look closely at the firewall on the wreck, it looks very similar to your depicted Ford. Rick H.

 

[Tim Marlow]

The rear panel behind the suicide door on the upside down shot looks larger than that on the Y type.....

 

[Guest]

That Y-type definitely looks close, but like Tim says, the panel behind the door is clearly too short. Still, I have the impression we’re on the right track

 

[Mini Me]

That narrows it down Tim and Jakko, it is either a '35, or a '36. if the 34 quarter panel and window are not long enough then it is one of the two I mentioned. The '37 and up will not have headlight buckets as they are faired into the fenders.

 

[Graeme C.]

A possibility is a Ford 8, based on the Y type but updated. I noticed in the picture of the car upright, it has a disc type wheel on the front, not a wire wheel or spoked, any ideas?

 

[Mini Me]

Late '30s Fords didn't have wire wheels. I think the last was '34 or'35.

 

[Guest]

I think I’ll settle for “a 1935 or 36 Ford” as the closest we’re going to get