• Sunday-What'sUP February 28 - 04:04 pm

Often over the last seven years, while preparing to publish the daily Pasty Cam, I often listen to Pasty.NET's streaming audio of WHWL out of Marquette, for morning weather, road reports and U.P. news. This morning they're giving numerous advisories about a foot of snow on its way across much of the Upper Peninsula. Back in the 40's (30's?) when today's Shoebox Memory was generated, they obviously had a few feet that winter in Calumet. This is a follow up to the buried-car photo from Carl Kiillunen a couple of weeks ago, quite likely taken on the same day. That's a mighty clean automobile for driving in the middle of the winter.

Actually we're past the middle of winter, with less than a month until the first day of Spring. In a couple of days, the Pasty Cam will begin year number 8 of its daily exploration of Upper Michigan. It continues to be a fun ride for all of us here in the land of snow and pasties :o)

Have a good week!

Good Morning from WV

Good Morning! LOVE the car!

Life did get much safer when the road crews got the equipment that let them blow snow straight into waiting trucks instead of just letting it pile up all winter on the street corners. I remember that in Marquette the banks always gave away things--pennants, balls-- that you put on top of your radio antenna to make your car a little more visible at intersections. I suspect there's a photo of a car with one somewhere in the archives.

CARL; WHAT MODEL IS THIS? I HAD A 36 CHEV LOOKED A LOT LIKE THIS RIGHT DOWN TO THE WINTER TIRES.IT WAS THE BEST CAR I EVER HAD FOR ONLY 60 BUCKS TOO. I GOT 20 MPG & SOLD IT FOR 60 TO GET A 1949 CHEV, ANOTHER CLASSIC FOR 600$

Hi All,

Does anyone know the make of the coupe in today's photo?

Just a guess. Studebaker?

Good Morning to all! The old car in the picture
looks like one my dad & grandpa used to have. Have old pictures that the folks had from back in the 30's & 40's. Interesting looking at the old cars especially.

I SEE BY THE TECH CAMS IT'S ANOTHER BLUE SKY DAY IN THE COPPER COUNTRY.

looking at the hood emblem I would guess the car to be a Desota but I've been wrong before.

Hey PETE WI: The TECH Cams must be of some other time. I just looked at the bridge cam and you can't even see the bridge.

Dan LLinden, I really don't know for sure what make or model the car is. Your guess is as good as mine. Looks like the photo was taken on Calumet Ave., on US 41 in Calumet.

Possibly a '37 LaSalle?

On second thought, maybe not. Almost looks like it
could have a rumble seat instead of a trunk...

I think the LaSalle had a hood ornament with swept back wings? My neighbor owned one in the late 30's.

I don't tink it could be a rumble seat in da back cuz it opens da wrong way.
I can say for sure tho dat itsa coupe.

Regarding the balls for the car antennas so you could find your car in the snow: we had a day glo orange one for our little black VW when I lived in the UP.

"That's a mighty clean automobile for driving in the middle of the winter."

Tis true Charlie, but I don't think they used road salt back then either which, by the way, is a great natural attractant for iron moths ;-)

As far as the car in the pic, I believe it's a LaSalle from the mid/late 30's. However, it would have had to be owned by someone making a good living as LaSalle's of that time were pricey (doubled to what a Chevy of that period costs).

The car in the picture has suicide doors and I was searching LaSalle's from the 30's and they did not appear to have suicide doors. Hopefully someone posting will let us know what it is!!

My guess, 1937 Plymouth coupe w/rumble seat.

Notis you. The door hinges are on the rear of the door. That should be a clue to the make of the car.

" My guess, 1937 Plymouth coupe w/rumble seat."
If it's hinged at the top, as it appears to be, it's probably not a rumble seat, as noted by Charlie C. from Onekama, MI above.

My guess is that it is a Buick. My father used to ride around in a Buick just like that one with his father, John Stevens Sr. I have photos of the two of them and my grandmother standing next to the car with a load of fish on a stringer that they caught at Gratiot Lake. Grandpa was a certified Buick repairman and fixed Buick's in the shop that used to be where the commuter lot in Houghton is and then later at 200 West 5th Street. (Superior Service Garage then, now Sounds and Motion) Don't know what year the car is but Dad (Jack Stevens, Mr. Ski-Doo) sure enjoyed riding around in the Buick. Those were the days.

Plymouth's from '34 on had susicide doors, I don't know La Salles, I was born in '41.

I definitely agree that the car is clean because they did not use any road salt back in those days. I remember that we didn't have to wash our car at all during the winter. Of course, the roads were never bare until spring, but the county and the villages used sand to help keep the streets from getting too slippery. I really like the winter season because one of my passions is downhill skiing, but the slop and dirt caused by road salt is the one thing about winter that I really don't like, as another one of passions is keeping my vehicles nice and clean, an impossible task most of the winter.

speaking of 34 Plymouth's and the like..Are there any cars left in Lake Linden with Lavadiere on the trunk eh?

suiside doors?

maijaMi,, They were callede suicide doors because they opened from the front, hinged in the rear. If a person were to open them while traveling and the wind got hold of them they would swing wide open. You would have to come to near stop to swing them closed again. Pretty dangerous situation.

Charlie: Would you please just re scan that photo and rotate it 90 degrees before posting it so we can all see the grill? then we know what make it was, Thanks.

The hood ornament and fender mounted spare are classic LaSalle features. The suicide doors and split rear window pinpoint it as a 1935 model. 1936 went to a standard door and one piece rear window.

Don,

No matter how we rotate it, just can't seem to see the grill.

Definitely mid to late 30s. Most surely GM. my thoughts were LaSalle also but if they didn't use suicide doors as said then? Maybe Cadillac? Anyhow a spare tire in fender usually feature of higher priced cars! If we could only see grill, lettering on hubcaps, etc.!

I think it's an Oldsmobile.

Will the owner of the photo let us know?

Charlie, you have a great sense of humor :)

From here loosen FINE:

http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/4753/1950.html

The make of this car is quite a puzzle. I've done many searches, but have been unable to find a photo of this exact style. I will offer this based on what I have found: It could very likely be a 1935 Cadillac because of it's trunk lid configuration; absence of small window aft of door window; style of hood ornament; "V" windshield (although flat, one-piece were also available), and the location of door hinges. Cadillac changed the hinge location in 1936. Of all the cars found in searches, only the Cadillac coupe had a handle located on the trunk as this one. It's very likely this was the car of a doctor making a house call.

must be the same car as couple weeks ago just the plow knocked the tire off the side had to glue it back on the rear cause they was in a hurry :)

wasn't the Lasalle guessed earlier just a step down from the Caddy? I wonder if anyone up there owned a General Motors "Marquette" back them.

This is a 1935 Oldsmobile Business Coupe. The following link provides some good views of it. The spokes in the hub, the curves of the fender, the hood ornament and the suicide doors are the clues that narrow this one down to a 1935 Olds Business Coupe

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/trombinoscar/oldsmobile/om3501.html

Thanks Russ. I did a bunch of research myself but could not come up with the right car. It's nice to finally know for sure.

Yeah, Russ, those photos nail it down pretty well. Thanks. Also, the split rear window may be another give-away. I didn't see any Caddy's with them, but then, my searches didn't produce such good photos.

Russ, I hate to disagree with you but your Oldsmobile doesn't have a fender mounted spare. All GM coupes from that year had that same body style with suicide doors. A 35 Pontiac was identical except for some ribs in the fender and no fender mounted spare. The cars ones I know of that year with the fender mounted spare on the left were Cadillac, Desoto and LaSalle (LaSalle was made by Cadillac) The hood ornament is wrong for Desoto so that leaves Cadillac and LaSalle, which were almost identical except the Cadillac was a little fancier and cost more. The Cadillac should have had some chrome trim, which this car does not, so we're left with the LaSalle. Hope this convincing enough for you. Have a great day.

Hi All.
The Car is definitely a 1935 Olds coupe. My father currently owns one, plus he has a 35 Olds roadster under restoration and I 've had my 4 door sedan for about 1935 years. FYI: We just sold two 35 Pontiacs. The bodies are similar but there are differences and not just in the fenders; Lasalles are also very similar .
I can send pic's of the cars
Bj

the car your all looking at is a 1935 olds coupe. Given the front suicide doors, hood ornament and wheel design. Side mounts were an option.

Hi guys - from New Zealand. I had one of these coupes when I was 17 - I am now 62 and wish to •••• that I still had the thing. Was painted laquer black and was adapted for NZ conditions left hand driving. The last I heard of it - it was being used as a stock car - not a good demise for a car of its stature - but when one is 17..... Would like to have one again now - they had a really large boot, big enough to fit a full size double bed mattress in which proved to be rather handy on a few occaisions. It would return 20 - 25 miles per gallon depending on how it was being driven. Cheers for now - great forum - Allan. snuffy@es.co.nz