I must make a confession while it is still 2015. I found something hidden in a church, a church find! Who doesn’t dream about finding a sleeping beauty hidden under dust and behind broken windows. I know you are a barn find junk too, so I need your help. Who can tell me which car this is? I looked for hours at the photo, but I can’t discover what it is.
But let me first tell you a nice and exciting story which will give you so much adrenalin, like I felt that moment. I was doing a prep drive with a friend just before the 100 Miles of Amsterdam when the friend told me about a place he knew with a mass of barn finds… Continue reading
1920s Hispano Suisa
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Thank you so much for your suggestion! Sadly it isn’t a Hispano, instead it is probably a Packard from 1928 5th series : )
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Definately not a Packard, Although the hub caps and wheels are similar to Packard the car has the wrong radiator shell shape to be Packard
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Thanks for your comment Jason! Maybe a bit close to a Packard. It brings me back to the beginning, no clue what it is, do you? Nice website you have btw : )
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I was commenting on the wrong picture earlier. The car in the color photo above looks to me like a 1929-30 Graham Paige.
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Thanks for your comment, I found out that Packard is probably wrong, some readers thought it was… It still is hard to identify this one, but maybe it is a 1929-30 Graham Paige. I hope that one day I can confirm! 🙂
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Here is a 1929 Graham Paige on the AACA site. Take a look at how the hood lovers stop 1/3 of the way from the radiator shell, the way the radiator shell contours out at the top center, and the curve of the fenders. http://forums.aaca.org/topic/121268-1929-graham-paige/
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Thank you David, I see that it has the same contouring, you are a genius! I will look for more mysteries for you to solve : )
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