Thanks Paul, Darren, John, PJ I also found this page that seems to confirm it is a Holden-bodied 37 Chev:
http://www.restored-classics.com/gladstone/chev/1937-chev-holden.html Here's another old rust bucket that was sitting next to the 37 Chev. I know this one was assembled by Holden because it still had a Holden compliance plate fixed to the firewall. I assume it dates from a similar era. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Temp/_IGP0939az.jpg http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Temp/_IGP0945az.jpg Bruce - it might be a crude anti-theft device but it seems to have worked (assuming the car has been rusting away there since 1937....) Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:59 +1000, "Paul Ewins" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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? > > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service -- 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.
