What shovel nose means will become obvious when viewing the images in the Gallery below. It can be described as grille bars curving forward somewhere near the grille's lower edge.
Before shovel noses, most American grilles were either vertical and flat, vertical and V'd. or slightly raked back and V'd. By 1936 shovel nose was passé and the new fashion was convex "fencer's mask" grilles.
Unless noted, the chronological images below are factory sourced or are of for-sale cars.
Not really a shovel nose, but strongly hinting at it. The grille itself is not curved at the bottom, but it blends with a grooved plate that serves as a forward extension creating a shovel nose effect.
The following model year Packard's Light Eight model carried what I consider the bold, classic shovel nose design. Light Eights were discontinued for 1933, and shovel noses disappeared with them.
Another shovel nose launched for 1932 was found on Terraplanes. The curvature was much less extreme than that of the Light Eight.
Chrysler's Dodge brand introduced a strong shovel nose for 1933.
The '33 Studebaker shovel nose was more subtle.
Hupp also went shovel nose for 1933.
1933 Lincolns had a similar shovel nose grille, though the bolder bars are horizontal, not vertical.
Chrysler Corporation's Plymouth didn't get around to adapting a shovel nose grille (a mild one at that) until the 1934 model year.
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The 1934 Pontiac also had a slight shovel-nose grille. See the link below of a custom Pontiac hot rod.
https://www.ecoastcc.com/Car/18577
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