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hard to tell the grill, but looks like a '51.. '52 was a different body all together

No, it's a '49.......in '50 they went to a gas door instead of a cap on the outside, and the little parking lights are also '49. Cool car.

Don

We did some research when Dan got his, that is how I know, otherwise the '49-'51's confused me some too.

Don

The grill is what really threw me.. w/ the normal '49 and '50 grill looking like this, the blue car in the picture has a diffrent grill, which closer resembles a '51 grill but still not quite...


'49-'50 Chevys are even harder to tell apart, as it is just a slight diffrence in the grill that tells them apart.. I think it's cool how the old cars changed a little every year.. not like todays cars where they run the same style for 2-3 years..

I know you can tell a '51-'52 Chevy apart by, having or not having the grill teeth, but if a '51 has had '52 grill teeth added, you can still identify it as a '51 because of the way the parking lights mount in the front

Yeah, you are right Matt, I just saw that. Maybe it is a Canadian version, they had some differences I think from the American versions. The rest of the car looks pretty stock, so I don't think he did a grille swap to a '50 Merc grille.

Would love to see a head on shot.

Don