Behold, Wagon Wednesday’s ultimate warrior: a 1937 Hispano-Suiza K6, complete with an original, one-of-one woody wagon body by Franay. Technically, it’s not a “wagon” but a “Break De Chasse,” which is French for “Shooting Brake,”…
Posts tagged Cars of the 1930s
Flashback: 1939 Ford Convertible Sedan
As soon as fully-enclosed bodies became safe and affordable, buyers flocked to them. Essex, a part of Hudson, launched the first affordable closed car in 1922, and by 1930, Tourers (traditional open cars with a…
1936 Dodge: Origin Of The Ram
In 1920, just six years after John and Horace Dodge started building their own cars, “Dodge Brothers” was second only to Ford in sales in the USA. But both brothers fell victim to the Influenza…
1930 Essex Challenger: The Little Hudson
It lasted just 14 seasons, but the Essex was one of the most successful cars of its era; and era which just happened to be a huge boom in car production and a cutthroat war…
1939 LaSalle: Cadillac’s Companion
Recollections of the LaSalle were, for many years, as hazy with nostalgia as the Edward A. Wilson paintings that were used to advertise the Cadillac companions from 1927-33. Born of the boom times of the…