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Cool '49 On E-pay !
- Thread starter vwnate1
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Nate, I agree with your FOS observation. The guy went ballistic when a funeral flower car was suggested which is far more likely. I'm sure the forest service would want a low vehichle with passenger car suspension to use offroad on forest trails. As far as grafting the back of a pickup cab onto a car body my guys could gin this out in two weeks including the finished bed floor. They've already done this to a 98 Olds and a 49 Hudson car, even though Hudson made a pickup, through 48.
RE: Converted 'Service' Cars
Just so ~ not a lot of folks seem to remember when this typ of rig was parked behind pretty much every Gulf station (or whatever brand you want) , to be used for jump starting , push starting , road side flat repairs and so on .
A few years ago I found a nice , unrestored '48 Buick with this typ of bed on it @ Pomona Swap Meet, it had a hoist and etc. , was just the same as it was the day they stopped doing road calls in it.....
Painted with gas station logos , etc. it had the very same assist rails that are common to older service bed typ vehicles .
I'da bought it if only....
Well , it had a straight 8 engine and the world (in)famous Dyna-Squish transmission that gauranteed letters of appreciation from all the major oil companies...=
no way could I afford to fuel that pig no matter how cheaply I coulda bought it for .
I was only like $1,200.00 in running condition and had _ALL_ the DeLuxe acessories and gingerbread on it so I imagine some "serious
collector " bozo bought it to strip for parts and then junk this irreplacable piece of petromobilia....
Sorry , ranting again .
There is a 1941 Chevy ' Ute ' floating 'round L.A. they sold it in VGC for about $10K some years back , very $pendy yes but I felt it was worth it as it had been properly restored about 10 years before importing iut to N.American and so was like a 5 year old car...
-Nate
Just so ~ not a lot of folks seem to remember when this typ of rig was parked behind pretty much every Gulf station (or whatever brand you want) , to be used for jump starting , push starting , road side flat repairs and so on .
A few years ago I found a nice , unrestored '48 Buick with this typ of bed on it @ Pomona Swap Meet, it had a hoist and etc. , was just the same as it was the day they stopped doing road calls in it.....
Painted with gas station logos , etc. it had the very same assist rails that are common to older service bed typ vehicles .
I'da bought it if only....
Well , it had a straight 8 engine and the world (in)famous Dyna-Squish transmission that gauranteed letters of appreciation from all the major oil companies...=
no way could I afford to fuel that pig no matter how cheaply I coulda bought it for .I was only like $1,200.00 in running condition and had _ALL_ the DeLuxe acessories and gingerbread on it so I imagine some "serious
collector " bozo bought it to strip for parts and then junk this irreplacable piece of petromobilia....
Sorry , ranting again .
There is a 1941 Chevy ' Ute ' floating 'round L.A. they sold it in VGC for about $10K some years back , very $pendy yes but I felt it was worth it as it had been properly restored about 10 years before importing iut to N.American and so was like a 5 year old car...
-Nate
ltcmikem
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Don't overlook the questions to the seller and his answers at the bottom of the auction posting. Looks like it could get real entertaining before this auction is over.
Mike M
'27 Chevy
'41 John Deere B
'49 GMC FC-150
Mike M
'27 Chevy
'41 John Deere B
'49 GMC FC-150