Brucel17 Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 My grandfather and I bought this half way solid body with intent on redoing. The plan is taking the body off the truck frame someone put under it. We planned on using body on a older race chasis that we have caged and bared up already. We are just trying to identify what body we actually have here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 It looks like it started life as a '37 or '38 GM B bodied (two door sedan ?), probably a '38 Olds, before someone converted it to a coupe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 I agree with Dave H that this car was derived from a GM 4dr of that era . I'm not sure it's an olds. One giveaway is the firewall where it's pressed in for the back of a straight engine. You can see the roof where the rear doors area was eliminated and the back windows are a GM match. Here's a 38 Olds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 It looks like it started life as a '37 or '38 GM B bodied (two door sedan ?), probably a '38 Olds, before someone converted it to a coupe. Dave, Agree that it might be from another GM car make instead, and could also be a '37. The dash layout does follow the Olds's. The front door looks too long for it to have been a 4 dr. sedan, so my guess is it was a 2 Dr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1912Staver Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 (edited) I agree about the length of the door , too long for a 4 door. So I think it is possibly the front of a 2 door up to the rear of the door mated with the rear of a 4 door. A real mutt. Looks like it is based on a circle track jalopy so anything is possible. Greg in Canada Edited April 17, 2018 by 1912Staver (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
61polara Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Rear fender looks like a Hudson, 1941-1948. Anyway, it's not what it used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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