1947 Chevrolet Advance-Design 3800 Superior [3802]

1947 Chevrolet Advance-Design [3802] in The Apostle, Movie, 1997 IMDB

Class: Bus, Single-deck — Model origin: US

1947 Chevrolet Advance-Design 3800 Superior [3802]

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Comments about this vehicle

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Taco US

2011-12-17 06:29

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Pokeoddsponge US

2011-12-17 16:07

Pretty sure it has a Superior body

Ddey65 US

2011-12-18 16:08

I want to say it's a 6700, but that's a pretty short body.

Maybe a 4500.

bh US

2012-03-18 20:00

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Taco US

2012-03-18 22:36

[:puke] @the horrible paint scheme.

eLMeR MH

2014-09-18 04:52

The model year of this Advance-Design bus is somewhere between 1947 and 1953, as there is nothing else than the grille to help us.
But it seems somewhat small for being a 4500, as these buses were made on a 161" (4.09 m) wheelbase. Here is one clearly identified to compare, and another one. One can see both have 5 windows + door/driver window. "Ours" has only 3+1.

A small hint to think to a smaller chassis: the bumper is the one of the light-duty (3100 - 3600 - 3800) trucks. And this bus seems in fact to be as long as a 3800 truck (137" / 3.48 m wb), which was also used for bus chassis. Here is a 1954 3800 bus, with... 3+1 windows.

For the record, 3802 was the Chevrolet internal code for a flat face cowl 3800 chassis used for the buses. Cf. Advance-Design Model Numbers (and the list made by Ddey65 a long time ago :) ). And 1947-49 light-duty Advance-Design trucks where only badged "Thriftmaster"

1947 Chevrolet 3800 (or Thriftmaster?) Advance-Design Superior [3802]?

eLMeR MH

2014-10-05 02:30

Chevrolet 3802 school bus from the (said 1948 but most certainly late '49 or '50) French brochure:
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-- Last edit: 2014-10-05 02:35:39

eLMeR MH

2014-10-17 05:23

... Note this one dedicated to the country of our Master of Jedi Masters :D
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Said to be a 1951 Chevy 3800 Wayne Bus in the original page (click on the picture...)

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