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14 hours ago, JFranklin said:
"...It was most likely saved from the crusher years ago by becoming a clown car."
It looks like it was saved AFTER it went through the crusher!
Apparently, its a beloved prop at a historic Route 66 greasy spoon/tourist trap:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delgadillo's_Snow_Cap_Drive-In
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Thats where I was heading-a large, enclosed vehicle like that was probably destined to be donated, appropriated, or seized for troop transport, ammunition delivery, or a field ambulance. The service life of such a large, non-armoured, 2 wheel drive vehicle was usually pretty short.
My condolences in honour of your Grand Uncle.
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That is most likely an independent coachbuilder's body. Automakers frequently sold a basic running chassis to commercial buyers- basically a drivable frame with the factory sheet-metal from the dash (cowl) forward and the buyer contracted with an aftermarket body supplier to fit a type that would suit their specific business needs. This one is particularly well done, and could even be a retro-fit of a later body from another truck manufacturer onto the earlier Chevrolet chassis. Either way, it is a well executed, stylish build.
Any idea what ultimately happened to that truck?
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1936 Chevy
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11 hours ago, bowdillian said:
The back of the postcard showed a name and the word "agent". I think it is an advertising postcard
The more I look at it, the more it looks like a fresh-outta-the-boxcar 1909-1910 Ford out on its maiden voyage. Maybe an enterprising Ford agent slapped some chains on this brand new "T", grabbed a photographer and headed for the hills to get a few shots of his fanciest product tackling some freshly fallen snow. By the raggedy outlines of the undercarriage caked in mud, and a few plops of crud that have fallen off the car as it sits, it looks like they had to navigate a sloppy stretch of roads to get the shot.
That would explain the beat up plate- its just covered in a slush/mud combo, and the tires would have been cleaned up by driving a distance in new snow
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It has 1909-1910 "dog legged" windshield braces and top bows. 1911-12' braces & bows were straight. The top also lays on an angle like the 1909-'10 version would- the later tops folded flatter against the re-designed 1911 > bodies with a shorter rear seat back.
Now, is this a contemporary photograph, or a well done recreation? The car is spotless- shiny body paint and brass, even the tires are un scuffed or blemished. How did that license plate get so beat up when the car looks like it just left the factory?
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9 hours ago, Dave Mellor NJ said:
Barrel scraper?. For the scum that collects in beer barrels in the old days
Wow. You're really scraping the bottom of the barrel with that reply!
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A late 1929 Chassis.
According the "Model A Restorations Guidelines & Judging Standards" book, pages E-22 &23 (revised 2016 edition);
The third crossmember ( last picture) with the oblong vertical emergency brake cross shaft holes on either side of the torque tube hole is of a type used in late 1929 only. 1928 and early 1929 3rd. x-members lacked these holes, and the redesigned 1930 version turned these vertical holes horizontal and located them lower on the stamping. In 1931, they were canted.
The fourth crossmember with the distinctive "hump" over the rear axle is the type originally used with the "TT" worm drive axle assembly on early "AA"s and was used even after Ford switched to a bevel gear, right up until the end of 1929. This crossmember was flat on 1930-'31 "AA"s.
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50 minutes ago, sagefinds said:
Looks like Cadillac with a side hole for a tire pump.
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2 hours ago, TexRiv_63 said:
Bumper badge?
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Same storage lot as this one? Also in Littlestown, PA.
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Probably. I dont think General Fire Truck was a very big player in the industry, so how many of these odd-ball mash-ups could they have built? The RVFD might have the serial number or engine number in their records to confirm it is the same one. For small town, rural fire departments, the builder would often affix a plaque to a special order truck listing the Mayor and Fire Chief at the time it was delivered to the fire house, but those tend to get removed over the years of service as the trucks get handed down, from department to department, until they end up as a curious relic on a flat bed trailer in a storage lot!
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Official assault vehicle of the French Resistance!
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On page 169 of "American Fire Engines Since 1900" by Walter McCall, there is a similar truck in the 1937 section.
The Reistertown, MD. Volunteer Fire Dept. Wiki page (!) has this truck listed in their retired apparatus roster as a "1937 Packard".
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Looking for a round bodied Wilmot Breeden calormeter (or "calorimeter"). These radiator cap mounted instruments are similar to the Boyce Motometer, except they use a dial instead of a capillary tube to read coolant temperature. They were used on mostly British cars, trucks and tractors from the 1920's through the 1950's.
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Looking for a round bodied Wilmot Breeden calormeter (or "calorimeter"). These radiator cap mounted instruments are similar to the Boyce Motometer, except they use a dial instead of a capillary tube to read coolant temperature. They were used on mostly British cars, trucks and tractors from the 1920's through the 1950's.
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Used on the tiny 1950's Continental "N-62" (62 cu.in. !) 4 cylinder flathead engine. Lotsa forklifts and industrial applications used these engines. Also used in the Allis Chalmers "G", Earthmaster "C" and Massey Harris "Pony" tractors equipped with the "N-62" engine.
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I know how it is- for years I used to throw all my pocket change into my backyard, thinking some day I would get a nice metal detector and learn to use it by digging it all back up. Finally, I got one (a White's V3i) and set to work recovering my dirt-versified Retirement Fund.
Its amazing how much of that money has apparently turned into nails, bottle caps, scraps of fence wire and tinfoil!
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"Found another hubcap in my yard. Any ideas?"
Yeah, STOP DIGGING! https://hubcapmike.com/1939-1941-oldsmobile-except-98-series-hubcap-center-cap/
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Worst automatic transmission shift pattern ever.
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It looks like a local conversion done by an over eager body-shop/salvage-yard for their town's only Undertaker. The rigidly horizontal roof line and the slap-dash accoutrements just dont flow seamlessly into the underlying Buick's curvaceous Fisher Body. I'm guessing Miller, Hess & Eisenhardt or Flixible didn't list this conversion in any of their catalogs!
Personally, I wouldn't be caught dead in it...
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The local Chevy dealer musta been having a year-end blowout sale on '55s!
Luckily for the leader of this parade, when he gets to the levee on the outskirts of town, it will be dry...
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What is this blue & white car (photo 1964)? Chevy?
in What is it?
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About a 1954 Nash Statesman or Ambassador