Could it pass?

[jaxenro]

Think the second would pass as a 1934 Ford?

 

 

[stavanzer]

Second one Is Russian, GAZ M1.

[TarheelRick]

There are some similarities, but also quite a few differences. Wheels, grille, headlamps, windshield wipers, vent windows, front edge of front fender, front door window, appears to have a more rounded rear roof line, and fender parking lights to name a few.

[Art Anderson]

The first pic is of a 1933 Ford Fordor Sedan (the slightly concave grille denotes it as a '33), but the second picture is NOT a Ford at all  (note the independent front suspension, and the parallel leaf springs in the rear, neither of which any Ford had, until 1949,  and Ford, while having "Artillery-style" spoked wheels 1936-39, their wheels were nothing at all like these.

Art

 

 

[Art Anderson]

6 minutes ago, alexis said:

Second one Is Russian, GAZ M1.

Yes, GAZ M1 it is.  Back then, the Soviet Union's GAZ (Government-owned marque during the Stalin era) was in many ways, a sort-of copy of the '33-'34 Ford, which this one is.

Art

[Daddyfink]

Sure, why not! They have been doing it with Volvos for some time now! 

 

[cobraman]

Very close, sits kind of high.

[misterNNL]

It might pass as a Ford in some circles.....but certainly not in This One!

[Atmobil]

GAZ was given help to produce vehicles from Ford so that is the reason why it looks similar. They also produced the GAZ AA truck that is similar to the Ford AA truck.
The Volvo PV444 (and later 544) may look like a Ford but has no relation to it. It was designed in the 40s so that's why it looks the way it does.
What about the Duett, what does this look like?

More Volvo PV

 

[jaxenro]

I was thinking of using a 1/35 kit one to make a 34 Ford in the same scale as the motorcycles I do. I thought the most visible change would be the grill

 

yes it is a GAZ M-1 

Edited August 18, 2018 by jaxenro

[Force]

On 2018-08-18 at 12:22 AM, Daddyfink said:

Sure, why not! They have been doing it with Volvos for some time now! 

 

Well the Volvo PV 444 (1944-57 first car delivered February 1947) and PV 544 (1958-65) may look a lot like a 1946-48 Ford but it's a lot smaller, it's based on 40's American car designs but was an unibody with individual front suspension and 4 cylinder engines.
The P 445 and P 210 Duett (1953-69) Wagons has a steel frame under the body tho', except for the P 445 and P 210 Volvo sold bare chassis with complete front clip and dash and some body manufacturers made other bodys on that chassis, some convertibles as well as pickups were made.
After that came the Volvo 121, 122S and 123GT (1956-70) and P 221 Wagon (1962-69) also a unibody, in Sweden and some other countrys called Amazon, it was a late 40's-early 50's design and looks similar to the 49-51 Ford and Mercury with a 1955 Chrysler inspired grille, but it's also a lot smaller than the cars wich inspired the design.
Volvo skipped the whole 50's "wing" era and kept the previous models under the 50's and most of the 60's, and the successor was the boxy 140 series (1966-74) wich first came as a 1967 model.

Edited August 19, 2018 by Force

[Earl Marischal]

The PV 544 is one of the few Volvos I actually like  The other one is the 1800ES.

steve (Saab fan!)