Automobile Photos from Aunt Alma Hicksted

While cleaning through some boxes this week, I came across some other photos Aunt Alma had sent, along with a newsy letter.  The quality of the first photo is poor, but the auto is identifiable.

Aunt Alma wrote, "Now this was many years ago, too, at Paul and Hildegarde's house and it was our 1938 Ford convertible, and it's your Dad "Rudy" standing beside it.  It think it was in summer of 1942 or 1943."

The year of the vehicle below was in question for awhile until another photo of the same car was found with information on the back.

Aunt Alma wrote, " This was your Dad and Mom's car and they lived in an apt. in this house in Toledo, Ohio after they were married."

Rudy Elling and Donna Ordway were married in October, 1943, and began jobs at Willys Jeep in Toledo.  It was the war years and they had good jobs there; however, not good enough to buy a brand new car.  This was a 1934 Chevrolet with the suicide door, as one reader commented on Facebook.  It's easy to see how it was given that name.