1946 Chevrolet 'Art Deco'

1946 Chevrolet 'Art Deco' in The Coca-Cola Kid, Movie, 1985

Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin:

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Author	Message
Jale ◊ 2016-01-29 09:26
lightninboy ◊ 2016-01-29 21:29	Chevrolet?
eLMeR ◊ 2016-01-29 22:50	It looks like a 1941-47 'Art Deco' truck indeed: a 1941-42/46-47 1½-ton model or a 1946-47 1½-ton Special / 2-ton. If I'm not mistaken, it has the 1946-47 bumper. Pre war models were sold as Heavy-Duty. It's still unclear for me for post war trucks, all the more as the 1½-ton models (which can't be distinguished visually from the 1½-ton Special / 2-ton ones) were moved from heavy- to medium-duty category for 1946-47...
nzcarnerd ◊ 2016-01-30 08:07	Remember that this will be an Australian model which will have been assembled by Holdens and probably have a Holden-built cab. I presume that is another similar one, although with a different cab, in the foreground.
eLMeR ◊ 2016-01-31 01:42	Then a 1-ton to 4-ton truck, if made in Australia... But this doesn't change the 1946+ bumper clue, I think. Whatever the country, I didn't find the sales name of the post-war models, for now.