Having owned several 1930's and 1940's cars, I can usually identify a car of that era by its body style, but I can't identify this one! I thought it was a Studebaker or a Hupmobile, but they don't match! Hal
When you found the picture on the internet, didn’t it say what kind of a car it was when you went to the webpage ? What website did you find the picture on , @Hal Pollner ?
@Yvonne Smith, I found this picture on the Internet from a matrix of 100 stock images, none of which were identified. This is why I'm asking for help! Hal
When you open each picture on the internet, to look at it and copy the picture, at the bottom of the page should be a link to the website that the picture comes from. if you click that link, then it takes you to the website, and then you can read about the picture. In this case, it looks like the picture came from the youtube video that @Nancy Hart posted for you. I also see that someone posted it on Pinterest , and it came from a website called www.jalopyjournal .
Thank You. Here's a car just like the one I learned to drive in: A 1938 Studebaker Commander Six, with Overdrive. H.P.
@Ken Anderson Real scarce one, station wagon. What few realize (or care about) is that Edsals were not cheaply built Fords, but rather higher-quality like Mercurys, having only big engines and lots of appointments. No 6-cylinder engines were offered. Those big V-8s were introduced as a new engine line in 1958, same year as the Edsal car. Ford called the new engine "FE", a term which has persevered to this day. They were made in displacements of 332, 352, 360 (trucks), 390, 406, 410, 427, and 428 cubic inches, though not all the first year. Commonest was the 390. Additionally, a second line of "big-blocks", also introduced 1958, were termed "MEL", or Mercury, Edsal, Lincoln. They were built in 383, 410, and 430 cubic inches). Both of these engine lines were built quite heavy, following the usual truck-type engineering where the crankshaft is entirely contained within the engine bock. Ford called the design "Y-Block", when it was introduced in 1954. This design feature allowed "cross-bolting" of the main bearings in addition to the usual two bolts adjacent to the crank journal. Cross-bolting was only employed on the engines designed for High Performance use. Frank
Just in passing. It looks as if that car is not a mystery to all of you. It should be, though, because if this car turns out to be known even in such far-away places as the US, it will pay unwelcome tribute to the communist leaders who'd decided to have this car, and this car only, built for the "consumers" of East Germany. Honecker & Co clearly do not deserve such a recognition. And - this car is a pest.
No, I really do not know anything about the car other than what you’ve already written but; The whole ad looks like a comparative study in Communism versus Capitalism. I think I will go for broke and go the capitalist stance. She may be high risk and high maintenance but she’s better looking than the car.