benjamin j Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 i went to look at a 1951 chevy panel delivery thats in bad shape. it has curved glass windshield and missing the back door. i dont see much of anything for these on the internet or ebay for sale. are they hard to get parts for? is a 1951 chevy panel delivery kind of unusual? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1912Staver Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Are you talking about the Pick Up based Panel Truck or the car based Sedan Delivery ? The Sedan Delivery is reasonably rare. Greg in Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 If it has a curved windshield, it is a sedan delivery. The 51 AD had flat glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Pontiac made one as well. Probably even rarer but I would bet at a minimum the rear door might fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 1 hour ago, benjamin j said: i went to look at a 1951 chevy panel delivery thats in bad shape. it has curved glass windshield and missing the back door. i dont see much of anything for these on the internet or ebay for sale. are they hard to get parts for? is a 1951 chevy panel delivery kind of unusual? thanks You may want to look for a door first. Then get the car. Try this yard for a door....http://www.bigmauto.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Panels can be found around here for 3,500-5,000 Dry clean trucks. What are you looking for? With a low buy in price, a person would go way over the cost of shipping just in rust repairs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Do what you can to drive or get a ride in one. A friend had a '51 Chevy sedan delivery about 25 years ago. I drove it 50 miles one afternnpon and still remember how it felt like I was driving a cave. All dark inside and you can feel that big, dark, empty hollow area behind you. When my Wife gets home from the library I will ask her if she remembers the orange Chevy delivery. I am sure she will. Some cars are nicer to look at than ride in. Bernie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjamin j Posted March 3, 2017 Author Share Posted March 3, 2017 thanks guys I thought i was going to look at a 1951 chevy panel truck but when got there it was obvious it was car based and it became more interesting. I started looking for parts online while i was looking at the sedan delivery and found very little in the way of parts for it. would a 1951 chevy sedan have the same windshield? the a pillars are very bad on this one. its a hard decision the guy has the title and wants $500 for the sedan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjamin j Posted March 3, 2017 Author Share Posted March 3, 2017 1 hour ago, 60FlatTop said: Do what you can to drive or get a ride in one. A friend had a '51 Chevy sedan delivery about 25 years ago. I drove it 50 miles one afternnpon and still remember how it felt like I was driving a cave. All dark inside and you can feel that big, dark, empty hollow area behind you. When my Wife gets home from the library I will ask her if she remembers the orange Chevy delivery. I am sure she will. Some cars are nicer to look at than ride in. Bernie i drive something similar now and i dont mind that big dark area back there. i had a 50 chevy panel also and drove it a lot but i can see how that cave feeling could be a little weird for some people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjamin j Posted March 3, 2017 Author Share Posted March 3, 2017 i have a couple of weeks worth of work left to do on this 1977 kz1000 LTD and i am looking at the sedan delivery to keep me busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F&J Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 26 minutes ago, benjamin j said: would a 1951 chevy sedan have the same windshield? I recall a local owner here said it was different than sedan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLynskey Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 I would think station wagon parts would fit except for the rear door. Keiser is right. Be sure you can find the rear door. Without it the car is pretty much useless. I don't have any first hand knowledge, but the 1949 throgh 1952 models appear to be similar. Doni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capngrog Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 I have both a 1947 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery and a 1948 Chevrolet two door sedan. Although they (the 1946 - 1948 models) are obviously different from the later model body styles, I think that the commonality of parts from one series (within a model year) to another would be similar. For example, the front and rear fenders, hood, windshields and front doors can be interchanged between body styles of the '46-'48 models; however, the Sedan delivery front doors are from the 4-door sedan series, not the two-door. The front body clips of all Chevrolet Sedan Deliveries (through the 1960 model year) were the same as the passenger car models of the same year. The rear door is unique to the Sedan Delivery and can be difficult to find. What is even more difficult to find is the rear bumper, which (on the '46-'48 models) is dished in the middle to facilitate loading/unloading through the rear door. As to the "driving in a cave feeling", that has never bothered me, and I have the worst "cave-making" interior possible ... all black. The cave-like phenomenon can be greatly reduced by having an interior of a lighter color, such as grey or tan. I've had my Sedan Delivery for over 11 years now, and have no plans to sell it. Cheers, Grog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 I'd spend some time on the HAMB looking at the Sedan Delivery posts and check out the classified section. I walked past a rear door last year at a swap meet some were, they are out there. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 (edited) There is a clean looking rear door for a '49 to '54 Chevy sedan delivery listed on Craigslist right now for $350. Telephone 760-861-3911 Inland Empire, California, just east of Los Angeles. https://inlandempire.craigslist.org/pts/6003236272.html Edited March 5, 2017 by Guest (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudsy Wudsy Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 It's been a few years since I was last at French Lake Auto Parts in Annandale Minnesota, but I recall seeing numerous GM sedan deliveries with rear doors. They're a big outfit, hopefully they still have one. http://www.frenchlakeautoparts.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 6 hours ago, Hudsy Wudsy said: It's been a few years since I was last at French Lake Auto Parts in Annandale Minnesota, but I recall seeing numerous GM sedan deliveries with rear doors. They're a big outfit, hopefully they still have one. http://www.frenchlakeautoparts.com/ I've bought things from them through eBay, good people with the items well packed. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudsy Wudsy Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 9 hours ago, 1937hd45 said: I've bought things from them through eBay, good people with the items well packed. Bob Minnesota nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 French Lake is a fun place to visit. There was a time in the not so recent past there was 14,000 cars older than 1980. On Saturdays Floyd had a hot dog stand in the parking lot it was such a busy place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudsy Wudsy Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Floyd was a kindly gentleman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheezestaak2000 Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 i'm wondering if a sedan delivery rear door can't be found, if a station wagon tailgate assenbly might be relativly easy to adapt. my father had a 1955 chevy sedan delivery, and it had the same tailgate set up as the 1955 wagon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 https://eastoregon.craigslist.org/cto/6040052920.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whtbaron Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 (edited) On 2017-03-10 at 4:34 PM, cheezestaak2000 said: i'm wondering if a sedan delivery rear door can't be found, if a station wagon tailgate assenbly might be relativly easy to adapt. my father had a 1955 chevy sedan delivery, and it had the same tailgate set up as the 1955 wagon Somebody can probably do it, but it wouldn't be easy. The amount of work it would take would be right up there with building a whole door from scratch. I may stand to be corrected, but I believe the 51 station wagon door is split in the middle, with the window hinging up and the lower door hinging down. The sedan delivery door is one piece and hinges to the side. He wants $500 with a title? That's not a hard decision at all... I'd snatch that up in a heart beat. If you can't find another door and give up on it, you could flip that for a profit no problem. I'd buy it on spec... a door will turn up sooner or later, like these guys say, they are out there. Edited March 14, 2017 by whtbaron (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 13 hours ago, Xander Wildeisen said: https://eastoregon.craigslist.org/cto/6040052920.html Ha ha, My first thought with the photos thru the fence was that some guy is advertising his neighbors stuff..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Looks like another graduate from the Craigslist School of Photography. I wonder why he didn't wait until night. Bernie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudsy Wudsy Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 18 hours ago, Xander Wildeisen said: https://eastoregon.craigslist.org/cto/6040052920.html Well, it now appears that the subject has been changed from sedan deliveries to panel trucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Just a good example of the prices one can find on projects in this part of the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Just saw this one posted on CL in Scranton. https://scranton.craigslist.org/cto/6077964290.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 I do think that they make knobs that say " lights" and "heater" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 38 minutes ago, Xander Wildeisen said: I do think that they make knobs that say " lights" and "heater" Well, "T" is apparently good enough to ID the throttle and at least he seems to know where to plant his bum without painting a big 'X' on the seat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 (edited) I'm thinking the labeling, was because more than one person used it and someone might have broke something in the past. That's something one of my old bosses would have done, after repairing something his staff broke. Remember for a long time this was just a used delivery vehicle and not a cherished antique. Looks like not much was done since it was probably last used for service. Edited April 8, 2017 by auburnseeker (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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