Art & Inspiration Sitting and Rotting.............picture thread

The Chevy big trucks of that vintage got Buick nailhead engines if I remember right, while the GMCs got Pontiac V8s.

 

Austin A55 / A60 van.

Made in the uk until about 1972.


Had no idea they were sold in the USA.

 

Thames 10cwt, 12cwt or most likely 15cwt.
Not many left in the uk they rotted badly but very common in the 60s.

Would love a decent one if it could be found.

 

Ford Prefect 48 to 53.

I have messed with Anglias and Populars since school days in 1968 and I know that one is way beyond help.
Very little to salvage. Maybe front and back axle, wheels, gearbox casing and possibly steering box but it's all mostly available here in the uk.

 

This just turned up in our local recovery yard. JW

 

Is that flatbed Ford a 41?

 

42-47. JW

 

A few from South Dakota.

 

One more.

 

Slowly turning into soil.

 

Never saw trim like on the front fender of that 51 Vicky.

 

JC Whitney or Pep Boys I'm sure. Still lots of good parts on that 51 Victoria. That back glass is worth a fortune.

 

I took the picture today. It's at Johnson salvage north of Tea SD.

 

My brother took these photos, Forks, WA. One before the brush was removed. I believe this is a 1949.

 

^^^^^^^^^^ Headlights and parkers in the grille look pretty good. Emblem/badge too.^^^^^^^^^ BTW, someone put the badge back and straightened up the headlight.

 

Oh yeah.... that Vicky is showin that exploder who’s boss!!!
LoL!

 

Hey Oilguy, I sent you a PM about the Binder.

 

Looks a little like a shortened front fender spear on a 1950 Oldsmobile 88, doesn't it?

 

trim is from a 50 or so olds.

 

Found these in the back pages of a magazine......

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One I saved.

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Hey Ron,
What year is that? Is that Dodge or Plymouth? I don't recall seeing them with a full set of hood doors.

 

1933 Chrysler.

 

It's a 1934 Chrysler, has dual cowl vents and windshield too.

 

Not to be picky....just to inform....the 1931, 1932 and 1933 were the years for the split windshield. The 1934 had a 1-piece unit. The 1934 fenders were semi-skirted. The 1933, were not. These are 1934s. The hoods were different, too. There were no doors on the 1934 hoods.

 

Ron....since yours was a Depression Era car, it may have languished in a dealership and into 1934 unsold and sold later in 1934 and registered as the year sold and not the actual year. It was very common to register a car as the year sold back then thus confusing a LOT of restorers.

 

Which brings up a question in my mind. Legally, which year would be correct? The manufacturers date, or the model year described on the title?

 

The original engine number or serial number (on those Chrysler products) would determine the year. The title does not necessarily contain the actual year. Some do, some do not. As I mentioned, sometimes a car would sell a year or so later and in the 1920s and 1930s, they would register some as the year the vehicle sold. If it sat around as an expensive Chrysler might do during the depression, it could be marked as a 1934 on the title.

 

Simple, the correct year is the model year. Also makes it easier when getting parts.........that will fit!! JW