Check
out Gerry's 1940 Chevrolet Special Deluxe 4 Door Sedan, which was purchased
in June 1999 from the grandson of its original owner.
The
car was manufactured in April 1940 at the plant in Oakland, CA.
The
owner had been ill for many years and had the car parked in his backyard
in Glendale, AZ. He asked his Grandson to sell it for him.
Gerry
was the fifth person to look at it. The other four all wanted it for a
street rod project, but the grandson had promised his Grandpa that he would
only sell the car to someone who would restore it.
The
car was complete, nothing was missing. It was covered with blackwidow
spiders, but it was like it was frozen in time. Grandpa had started
to work on the car back in the 1970's, so the car included boxes of new
(old) rubber, headliner, interior trim pieces.
The
car had 39,400 miles on it, but sixty years in the Arizona sun had done
much damage to the original black paint. This car came with the flying
lady hood ornament, under seat front and rear heater and all the trim.
After
much time, effort and help from friends, it is now complete, and Gerry
just finishedthe interior.
A
very nice 1940 Chevrolet in Ruby Maroon!
ger13@cox.net
Ken,
in Australia, just bought this 1941 Chevrolet 4 Door Sedan.
In
great, all original condition, it is an ex movie car from a series they
had there years ago called The Sullivans (about a war time family).
A
very interesting Chevrolet, it has a rear split window, 'suicide' doors
in the back, right hand drive and other features a bit different from American
built cars.
Another
nice Chevrolet!
kenpotter@bigpond.com
Ray
is the proud owner of this beautiful 1941 Chevrolet Special DeLuxe,
which
he purchased in 1971.
The
car came from Kansas, sold by a friend in Illinois for the original owner.
This car must have spent its early life on Kansas dirt roads considering
the amount of red clay removed from its under carriage (and fuel filter
bowl).
Ray
has replaced the master cylinder, wheel cylinders and exhaust system.
Outside of these replacement parts, the car is original. It even
has the original black enamel paint. The paint finish is far from
perfect, but as you can see, it still shines up very nice. Ray recently
gave the car a Meguiars clay bar treatment and would recommend it for any
old paint job.
The
interior, while not perfect, is in good condition. It had seat covers,
which kept the seat upholstery in very good shape. The original front
floor covering was in pieces so the front floor was covered with indoor-outdoor
carpeting. The rear floor carpeting is in very good shape but has
also been covered with indoor-outdoor carpeting. The trunk's floor
covering was also in pieces so it also got the carpet treatment after a
coating of Rustoleum black hammered finish.
The
car did not come with many options. It does have a heater and cat's
eye cigarette lighter, but no radio. It had an aftermarket Carter
fuel pump with a glass bowl filter. Attempting to remove and clean
the fuel filter resulted in breaking the glass bowl. Ray is looking
for a replacement glass bowl and will re-install the Carter fuel pump because
it has a superior stone filter element.
It
is currently fitted with an original AC fuel pump replacement.
Nice
car, Ray!!!
Ray.Snyder@cgl-ltd.com