Dave Mellor NJ Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daves1940Buick56S Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 (edited) 6 hours ago, Dave Mellor NJ said: Those are Chevys Edited February 18 by Daves1940Buick56S (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 7 minutes ago, Daves1940Buick56S said: Those are Chevys Pontiacs, I believe! 1940? Ben 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Century Eight Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Yes , 40 pontiacs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 The truck looks like a '39 or '40 GMC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 NOW! Can we put something to rest? We see a lot of flack about bumper guards or "overrides" on these, and other forums. BUT! The folks in that time period liked them enough they were on these NEW cars we suppose were direct from the factory! One of the reasons was for pushing friends and neighbors cars that , for some reason, had dead batteries. I don't know why the batteries of that time went dead SO OFTEN. Since SIX VOLT was/is SO good.😉. My opinion and I am sticking to it! Ben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Sadly, no visors though... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Just now, EmTee said: Sadly, no visors though... I know ! Sad.😁. Ben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidplate Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 (edited) But those aren't Bumper Guards. They are actually Split Bumpers (I think). Not sure I've even seen those before on Chevys. Looks good though. Went back out and googled. I believe those are Pontiacs. Edited February 18 by Skidplate (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daves1940Buick56S Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Yes I stand corrected. Pontiacs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly_John Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Interesting these Pontiac's were shipped from the factory with the hubcaps installed on the wheels. I wonder if that was the industry practice in the 1930's and possibly the 1940's. Not sure about all new cars of a later vintage, but I believe it was common in the '50's and '60's to factory ship with the hubcaps in the trunk. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph P. Indusi Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Push starting cars was relatively common back in the day compared to today. In my view, the main reason was the cars then had generators and not alternators. A generator as you all know does not charge much at idle as compared to an alternator. Then you have to consider that with a 6-volt, system you have to supply twice the current to get the same wattage as with a 12-volt system for lights, radio, heater fan, etc. I also recall that few car owners had their own battery chargers, possibly because the money was used for other more important things. Today there are many inexpensive battery chargers available. The starter motors on newer cars draw less current than on the older starter motors without permanent field magnets. Nowadays the cars use more and more LED lamps that use much less current for the same light output and I suppose that battery technology has improved over the years as well. Today the 3EH batteries I buy from Tractor Supply for my 53 Special are better than the original Delco OEM batteries available back in the day. Push starting cars also ended when automatic transmissions were built without a rear pump that was driven off the drive shaft. Your pusher car driver got the stalled car up to 25-30 MPH, hit his brakes and blew his horn and the driver in the car being push started put the transmission into Low or Drive and hoped it would start the engine. Brings back memories! Joe BCA 33493 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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