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F#42 - Solved - Hupmobile Junior Six
« on: March 20, 2009, 01:15:04 PM »
Not so hard one point, I guess...
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Re: F#42
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2009, 11:43:12 AM »
Is this by any chance a 1940 Graham Hollywood, based on the Cord 810/812 series?
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Re: F#42
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2009, 12:56:26 PM »
No, it is not. But the guess is not so far from the truth.

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Re: F#42
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2009, 01:01:19 PM »
1940 Hupmobile Skylark (called 1941s), also based on the Cord?
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Re: F#42
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2009, 01:04:50 PM »
Hupmobile it is, but not exactly Skylark.

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Re: F#42
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2009, 01:26:00 PM »
915-R?
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Re: F#42
« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2009, 01:36:28 PM »
As far as I know, 915-R or R-915 was an alternative name for Skylark production model. That's not what I'm looking for  :)

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Re: F#42
« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2009, 02:23:50 PM »
After a little hunting I found another name for a Cord-looking Hupmobile: Junior Six. Is that it?

Is this considered a 1939, 1940, or what?
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Re: F#42
« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2009, 02:52:51 PM »
That's it! Hupmobile Junior Six - a prototype for Skylark. As for the exact year, I honestly don't know  :)
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Re: F#42 - Solved - Hupmobile Junior Six
« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2009, 03:01:21 PM »
Thank you! Don't expect it to happen too often! I'm sure I only got this one 'cause it was too easy for everyone else to bother with!
"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel