Rick Hoover

I'll take my best guess at it being a '34 Chevrolet Standard Series, 181 cubic inch. If it were the Master Series with the knee action suspension, it would be a 206 cubic inch engine. This shows a straight axle frame in the pictures. Also, 1932 was the first year to use the downdraft carb.

Earl, I agree. I've never seen a '40 Chevrolet dash that wasn't wood grained either. Like I said, I've owned two '40 Special Deluxe's and have picked up and bought two Master Deluxe's for friends over the years. All were wood grained. And as far as I know, the Master 85 was also. There use to be a well preserved '40 Master 85 coupe that showed at Macungie years back, but I can't recall the dash. Bill, From the photo you showed, it just appears as though somebody made a attempt to re-do the dash and mouldings, but never finished it. Hiring somebody to wood grain is expensive. But, what isn't? I'll be happy to help you where ever I can, but meanwhile, may I suggest you contact the AACA Library and Reserch Center and ask them to put together any information they may have to help assist you.

Bill, Yours is woodgrained, right? The best way I can desribe it, is the main dash and window garnish moulding should match in colors. They should be a medium and dark brown woodgraining. Then the bezels surrounding the instrument cluster, glove box door and radio speaker was a lighter tan / dark mustard color. They were done in a different grainning design from the main dash board. The window mouldings were a horizontal grain, except for the very bottom lip right above the door panel. There, the woodgrain was done vertically and slightly different in design. This is the best I can do from memory. I'm not sure I have anything, but if I can locate a good picture or two here, I'll be glad to post it for you.

All Corvairs used a 5 1/2" wide rim. Most Falcon sedans used a 4" wide rim and the other models had a 4 1/2". Most all Valiants using 13" wheels were 4 1/2" wide. Is this what you were looking for?

Hampton will more than likely be your only supplier of the material. There was only one color available for the closed cars and that was a medium dark tan mohair which was also called Canda Cloth. The tricky part was that there were two seat material designs that Chevrolet used in 1940. The Master Deluxe and Master 85 used one design style which had evenly spaced lines in the fabric and the Special Deluxe used one that had a wide, then narrow spacing. Same color for the most part, just designed differently. You'll have to call Hapmton to see what they offer exactly. I've owned two 1940's and the one Special Deluxe had a replacement Hampton Coach interior. I can't recall how exact it was to the original design, but always felt it was too light in color from the original factory samples that I have.

Yes it is indeed ~~ Rest in peace my friend.

Steve, According to another information sheet that I have, (non-GM) the radio cost $200.00. That's one quarter of the cost of the new '24 Chevrolet and it had a supposed range of 100 miles. Personally, I'd have to see one to believe it, but there is information out there on this Chevrolet item and yes Chevrolet has boasted this for many years. Paterson Chris, You are right. Calling me a name wasn't very nice.

Paul, Actually, you would want contact Greg Wallace at the GM Heritage Center to find that information of a 12/7/41 build date. He's the only one I can think of that would be able to help with that. Having had my hands on two 1942 Cadillac convertible restorations in the past, I have talked to Greg a time or two. I have copies of the build sheets for those two cars and no where on either one of them does it give the actual build date, but they do list the shipping date. One was on 11/28/41 and the other car was on 12/10/41. The first car was convertible #2 (the green one at Hershey) and the other was convertible #127 which wasn't there this year. I wish I knew the convertible number of the one sold at the RM Auction in Hershey. I did look at the auction results and they showed that engine/chassis number being 1786 numbers higher than car #127 which was again, shipped out on 12/10/41. Somewhere they came up with the one at the auction being built on 12/7/41, but I wouldn't know unless it was from the GM Heritage Center or something they found in the car? There was a total of 308 #6267 convertibles built in 1942 and yes, we understand there are 9 known to exist. When I started working on the first '42, we knew or heard of seven cars existing. The 9th one was one I became aware of, when the current or maybe now former mayor of San Paulo, Brazil visted with me to see one of the '42's when I had it. He in turn, owned one that wasn't on the list. If it wasn't the 9th one to be known of existing, it became the 10th. One of the existing cars, is one that was purchaced new by Moe Howard of The Three Stooges and car #2, that was at the show, was originally owned by Admiral Harold Stark, Chief of Naval Operations in Washington D.C. when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Car #127 was bought new by Mr. Betts of Transcontinental & Western Air Inc. of Kansas City. Hopefully, someone will locate even another convertible out there somewhere. That would be nice.

Yes Pat, and I'm glad George showed it, as it's been a long time since I seen one of those. Especially restored!

General Motors claims that "The 1924 Chevrolet offered the first radio option".

George, Welcome to the AACA forum as well. I believe I know your truck and if I'm correct, congratulations on your win. I was with the other green Chevy parked 2 spots up from you. You did a wonderful job on your truck and I wish you well at your next AACA National Meet.

I'd recommend you go with the Goodyear 710X15 Super Cushion Deluxe with a 2 3/4" white wall. It's the exact brand, tire mold and size white wall that your car came from the factory with and you'll be most pleased with the ride and handling. I understand that you want as wide of a white as possible, but this is the tire that will make your car look it's best.

He's suppose to be here at the shop tomorrow morning and I can talk to him about it. I know he'll be one less car tomorrow. What do you consider a little before Hershey and a little after? I'm thinking about another option for you if it's not such a long period.

That would be (<span style="font-weight: bold">717</span>)-534-1958. Plus, Keith's storage unit's are only a few miles from the show field.

Contact George Martin in Lebanon, PA. and I'm sure he can take care of you. Making brake cables is his specialty. (717) 273-9502

I'm assuming you have steel spoke wheels? If so, then you ordered the wrong item. Rimstrips fit on the wheel rim covering only the spoke tips. The same strip fits a 17" to 21" wheel. Full flaps are used for split rims and clincher wheels and are tucked in over the tube, but inside the tire when mounting. If this is the case, just call Coker and exchange the flaps for rimstrips. This is a fairly common mistake.

Not really West. This is a fairly common vehicle here in Lancaster County.

Come on admit it, you thought Ohio.

Don't worry Wayne, the next time he stops over, I'll get out the Rand McNally and point to where the meet is being held and try to explain the two Clevelands to him. The poor boy doesn't get out that much.

YouknowHoo has been around you too many years to be rattled that quickly Douglas. Like I said, there are those of us that are in the dark over such things and then there's the Teachers Pet.

Looks like somebody is past due visiting the optometrist. Check again in the upper left corner Dougy, it says AACA General Discussion. So, it appears only <span style="font-style: italic">CERTAIN</span> people get these new hats and the others are left in the dark. Teacher's Pet, maybe???

Well Fran, there you have it. All you need to do now is to place the last piece of the puzzle together. The one that tells you who the cheapy was that ordered the 4 day old stale donuts and then skipped town while his "hired" parking attendants went hungy.

Good point Choc. I forgot that us working grunts didn't get any and had to run <span style="font-weight: bold">up</span> the street two blocks to get the fresh ones!

My Dear Fran, I figured you knew about the Mack Bulldog. I was just testing you, in case you were slipping. Sorry, but it might be best that I hold on to that inside joke for now. He lives too close, has my number and I'm afraid he might raise my annual dues. <span style="font-style: italic">It's been mentioned before</span>. However, should you feel the need to ask any of the HQ staff, please be my guess!

Dan Binger always told me ~ "A word that can't be spelled several ways, isn't worth using". And he knew how to use them!