1940's American Car Identification

[Flying10uk]

I wondered if anyone can identify the make and model of the 1940's American car seen in the photo, please? The photo was believed to have been taken in South Africa during the 1940's.

[Sapper740]

1939 Nash Ambassador.

[browningautorifle]

1939 Nash Ambassador

I think that was about ten years before they seats could fold flat for camping...?

[Daan Kemp]

That's a Johannesburg registration. Might be late forties if the length of the number is an indication.

[Sapper740]

Nash ceased production of passenger vehicles from 1942 to 1945 but it's likely post war versions were being exported by the late Forties. My grandfather bought his Nash new in 1939 and kept it for 35 years before he had to give up driving. The vehicle in the picture is a dead ringer for my Grandfather's car.

[Flying10uk]

Thanks for all the replies chaps, interesting. The 3 people in the photo are distant relations, hence why I have the photo, and were British subjects. The lady in the middle went to live in South Africa and I believe that her parents, seen each side of her, went out there and spent quite a bit of time with her.

[Flying10uk]

These 3 South African postcards were sent by the younger of the 2 ladies seen in the photo in post 1 to the UK.

The first one is dated 18th February 1939 and although it doesn't state where the location is, it is postmarked Durban.

The second one is dated 20th March 1950 and is captioned as the General Hospital Johannesburg.

The last one is dated 16 April 1950

[Daan Kemp]

First one is the esplanade in Durban, taken from the north towards the harbour mouth with the Bluff showing.
Second one must be the hospital.
Third one Zulu maidens dancing with the breasts blurrred.