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kyonasaskia

Hi,
I wonder if anyone her knows of a good reference book on early cars? I collect real photo postcards, and many times they have early cars in them. Does anyone know of a book that will tell me what make of car I have pictured in my postcards - perhaps a reference book with good photos in it? Sometimes you see just the front or back of a car in these postcards. Most of the postcards I have date from 1900 to 1940.
Thanks in advance.

hudsonsplasher1

The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942 published by Krause is a great source. The same people that put out Old Car Weekly.

RL Chilton

Any of the "Car Spotter's Guides" are good reference material, as well. SCAC is probably the best bet, as previously posted.

Uncle Josh

100 years of the American Auto, by James M. Flammang and the auto editors of Consumer Guide. Publications International, Ltd. 2002 8 1/2 x 11 and 640 pages in full color.

Park_W

The "Standard Catalog ...." is my bible for these cars, along with its companion publication covering 1946-1975.

kyonasaskia

Thank you all so much for your help. I think I'll do some amazon searches and look at the different ratings of these books, but it looks like The Standard Catalog of American Cars is the favorite here.

hudsontech

If you want a "thinner" Standard Catalog Krause Publications also puts out a "Standard Catalog of INDEPENDENTS - The Struggle to Survive Among Giants".
As the title indicates it covers only cars like Auburn, Checker, Hudson cars, Rambler, Jeffery and other independent makes, thus it is an easier book to use when researching Hudson cars.
All the Hudson (including Essex and Terraplane) info in the larger Standard Catalog is in the Independent book from 1909 thru 1957

Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
Memphis, TN

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