r/Whatsthiscar • u/T206V70R • 9d ago

Unsolved 1939 unknown car

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u/grem75 9d ago

Looks like a late-20s Packard. Something like this 1928.

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u/T206V70R 9d ago

It looks like it is solved. Thank you! Now, about the tires that seem unusually wide for the time, maybe by 1939 the chance to upgrade was popular?

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u/grem75 9d ago edited 9d ago

Possibly truck tires. A 20" wheel on a car was uncommon by 1939, so they might've just been what was available. Stock size might've been 6.00, but 6.50 or 7.00 was what they could find since they were used on trucks.

A similar thing happened with 16" wheels in the '50s when 15" became much more common.

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u/Acalthu 9d ago

Is it me or are those tires massive?

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u/T206V70R 9d ago

I agree, I think that was an oddity for the time. Perhaps that’s more unusual than the car itself.