My grandpa once showed me a photo from his childhood and wanted to identify a mystery old car in it. The photo was taken in Czechoslovakia just a few years before the war. The car was quite big, so I started with top of the line Czechoslovak models, but without success. In fact it did not look as an European model at all. After a few days of search, I was able to identify the vehicle, but I have to admit, that it was quite a luck, because cars were really similar back in the day, especially from a side view.

I decided to recreate the car in LFS. I am not going to name the car before the mod is finished, if anybody would like to have the same detective fun as I had. There are enough clues to identify both model and year of production.

Progress: obtained technical data and pictures for moddeling. Started with a low-poly basemesh for subdivision.

1937 Packard One Twenty Touring Sedan?

Obviously its a 1936 Plymouth Sedan. My grandfather used own one back in the 30s when he graduated from high school. It was later given to my father and I remember riding around in the back seat....good times...

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Obviously its a 1936 Plymouth Sedan. My grandfather used own one back in the 30s...

This one is pretty close, but not there yet

Progress: subdivided mudguards, a main body and a trunk and joined meshes together. This mod will take more time because it is difficult to get shading right on such non-convex body.

1948 mustang pontiac

Studebaker type front wheel, so maybe 1936 Studebaker Dictator?

The 1936 Plymouth was a pretty good guess as it is practically identical from side view. But if I am not mistaken Plymouth did not have a split windshield option.

Progress: added art deco mudguard trimming and started with a grille. A lot of barely visible topology optimization.