Pre WWII most cars arrived in Australia as a chassis and drivetrain and you would go to a local firm to have a body built. Holden's Motor Body Builders built bodies for GM, Ford & Dodge at various times. GM bought them outright in 1931 and renamed them GM-Holden's but the cars were still sold as Chevrolets, Buicks, Pontiacs, Vauxhalls and (briefly) Oldsmobiles. In 1948 the first locally built car was launched and it was sold as a Holden while the imported cars retained their brands.
On 02/09/2011, at 2:55 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: Darren Addy >> I'd guess that it is a 1937 Holden. >> >> Well, it looks most like a 1937 Chevrolet Master Deluxe. >> Distinctive shape of the grill. The little series of ridges that taper >> off down the hood at the top corners of the radiator grill. Since it >> is in Australia, it is probably a Holden, since they build GM vehicles >> in Australia from the early 30s. >> >> This page would seem to confirm it: http://home.znet.com/p1937/Tour.htm >> It doesn't show the 4 door sedan (compare chevrolets to see the body >> style) but the page above shows the distinctive design on the hood >> flaps. >> >> Darren Addy >> Kearney, Nebraska > > My first thought was also Holden, but when I Googled for images I got the UK > automobile company whose models look nothing like it. > > It didn't occur to me that an Australian company would be manufacturing US > designed models rather than UK designed models. But once I knew what to look > for, I found another image of a 1937 GM-Holden: > > http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/chevytalk/gmhistory/37masterdeluxe.jpg > > Caption reads: 1937 Chevrolet Master DeLuxe 4-door sedan bodied by General > Motors-Holden's, Australia > > Technically, I think it IS a 37 Chevy because it was marketed under the > Chevrolet brand in pre-WWII Australia. > > I wonder if it's in restorable condition? > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
