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Hello all, I stumbled across this site looking to ID a car.
A little about me.... I'm a FL car guy who has too many projects. My "hot rod" is a little different. I'm working on a 1970 Datsun 510 with a hotair turbo buick swap.
I'm hear to ID my father's great grand father's car. I was told it is mine if I want it. I think its a old cadi or chevy deluxe. What do you guys think?
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Try again in the daylight.
Hey tech,
Click on those pics a couple of times. The first click takes you to the host with a larger example. Another click gets even larger and I think I see bowties on the wheel covers?
1949 Fastback?
Deluxe. Not sure... Looks like a Chevy I guess... Can't tell unless I saw the front end (grill).
could be 49 or 50 chevy but it looks like it's got an olds hood ornament maybe 49?
Thanks for all the replies. I had to get a new harddrive and couldn't recall the forum address. If you click on the thumbnail a larger pic should appear.
How easy/hard is it to obtain panels for this car? I'm not afraid of the rust. But I have yet to see the car in person. I've been told these old chevy/GM cars have thick steel. And rust may not be all the way thru.
During a recent family reunion my father met a long lost uncle and low and behold he had my dad's great grandfather's car in the yard. I'd like to be able to restore it for him.
But the first task is getting the car from Georgia to Miami, FL.
For replacement panels you could try :
http://www.parts123.com/PartFrame.as...Surplus_Supply
Regards, Mark
looks like a '49 or '50 Chevy Fleetline. The hood ornament isn't chevy but, all those ornaments are interchangeable. I think even the hoods will interchange between olds, pontiac and Chevy. If it is a Chevy, www.chevsofthe40s.com and http://www.nationalchevyassoc.com/De...2id=12&level=2 are good places for parts.
What was the first yr. did they put coat hangers on the antenna? :confused: that could tell you something. :whacked: :LOL: :LOL:
I think that was a optional dealer item. It helps with the television reception. Betcha didn't know they had in-car televisions back then. :DQuote:
Originally posted by lt1s10
What was the first yr. did they put coat hangers on the antenna? :confused: that could tell you something. :whacked: :LOL: :LOL:
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Originally posted by nivram
I think that was a optional dealer item. It helps with the television reception. Betcha didn't know they had in-car televisions back then. :D
thats the only reason i hang here, see what i learned today, they had coat hangers and tv in 1949. :whacked: :cool:
Last year I had to do a project for english, it was a TV commercial for 1944, san fransisco, world and us news. Was there really TV back then? Teacher said yes but it wasn't common, but I'm still uncertine
not at my house. first one i saw was around 1955.
That is what I thought, that mid 50's it came out.Quote:
Originally posted by lt1s10
not at my house. first one i saw was around 1955.
LTI: Nice ride! I bet she scoots. Do you have trouble with traction in your s10?
I'm sure they had 'em (tv's) back then. As for how many people owned sets. That might be a different story. Scary to think about not living with TV, Internet and air conditioning. :whacked: I don't think i'd have survived in those times without.
spin is not a problem, the computer helps out. it really dont come on untill you have rolled off first. its a nice hot rod. :cool:
Believe it or not:
The year that television set sales hit the one million mark, was 1948! I remember us getting one about the time I was four, or roughly 1952.
They had air conditioning back then, even some cars had it since late 30's, 1939 Packard is 1, no clutch on the pump so off, was remove the belt going to the pump.Quote:
Originally posted by nivram
LTI: Nice ride! I bet she scoots. Do you have trouble with traction in your s10?
I'm sure they had 'em (tv's) back then. As for how many people owned sets. That might be a different story. Scary to think about not living with TV, Internet and air conditioning. :whacked: I don't think i'd have survived in those times without.
First one I saw was in 1948 at a friend's house, I was 5 years old. They've been around since sometime in the '30'sQuote:
Originally posted by HOTRODPAINT
Believe it or not:
The year that television set sales hit the one million mark, was 1948! I remember us getting one about the time I was four, or roughly 1952.
Ok, the car is a 1950 Chevy Fleetline Deluxe. The hood ornament is the 1950 Deluxe ornament, and the hub caps are 1949 or 1950, 1949 has a blue center, and 1950 has a red center, and all the trim on the rear fenders also indicates Deluxe model. I matched up the parts with parts in my chevsofthe40s magazine, the hood ornament is like 150 and the hub caps are 52 each
WoW! Thanks Matt. In about 2 weeks I will be making a trip to check out the car to make arrangements to move the car.Quote:
Originally posted by Matt167
Ok, the car is a 1950 Chevy Fleetline Deluxe. The hood ornament is the 1950 Deluxe ornament, and the hub caps are 1949 or 1950, 1949 has a blue center, and 1950 has a red center, and all the trim on the rear fenders also indicates Deluxe model. I matched up the parts with parts in my chevsofthe40s magazine, the hood ornament is like 150 and the hub caps are 52 each
Thankyou to everyone.