# What is this car? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 12, 2019, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-car/829425 "2019-02-12T22:32:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-car/829425/1 "2019-02-12T22:32:48Z")
What is [this car](https://flamingriver.smugmug.com/My-Homepage-Photos/i-WrSh8Cn)? I think it’s some model of Chrysler from the '30s. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-car/829425/2 "2019-02-12T22:46:59Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > What is [this car](https://flamingriver.smugmug.com/My-Homepage-Photos/i-WrSh8Cn)? I think it’s some model of Chrysler from the '30s. A [tineye.com](http://tineye.com) search found [this](https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2012/08/02/chrysler-imperial-phaeton-delage-d8s-roadster-take-best-in-show-at-st-johns/). A 1933 Chrysler Imperial Phaeton. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-car/829425/3 "2019-02-12T22:51:09Z")
Perfect! Thanks so much! In my new art project, I’m pairing this image with a photo of the Chrysler Building, from the same era. When I finish it, I’ll post it here. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-car/829425/4 "2019-02-12T22:59:55Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > A [tineye.com](http://tineye.com) search found [this](https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2012/08/02/chrysler-imperial-phaeton-delage-d8s-roadster-take-best-in-show-at-st-johns/). A 1933 Chrysler Imperial Phaeton. Dang. Beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-car/829425/5 "2019-02-12T23:01:08Z")
It looks like it might be an Imperial Custom from the [1931-1933 era.](http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1933/Photo/index.htm) Whoever put that cowling on the rear wheels should be beaten. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-car/829425/6 "2019-02-13T00:32:15Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > A [tineye.com](http://tineye.com) search found [this](https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2012/08/02/chrysler-imperial-phaeton-delage-d8s-roadster-take-best-in-show-at-st-johns/). A 1933 Chrysler Imperial Phaeton. Is that the coolest car name ever!? ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-car/829425/7 "2019-02-13T05:23:46Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > It looks like it might be an Imperial Custom from the [1931-1933 era.](http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1933/Photo/index.htm) Whoever put that cowling on the rear wheels should be beaten. Aww, I don’t like covered wheel arches, usually. It usually just appears tacky or looks like an aerodynamic afterthought. But I like it here - maybe its the chrome where the centers would be. It works with the whole of the other changes (I think the headlights were lowered, for example). Sure, it’d be kind of staid on a roadster, and a bit dressy for a sedan, but I think it works on the Phaeton. I think it would work on a Limo, too. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-car/829425/8 "2019-02-13T05:31:59Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Is that the coolest car name ever!? Missed the edit window, but: One word. [Thundercougarfalconbird](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndnjkENszN8).