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1946 Chevrolet 'Art Deco'

1946 Chevrolet 'Art Deco' in The Doctor Blake Mysteries, TV Series, 2013-2017 Ep. 3.04

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1946 Chevrolet 'Art Deco'

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eLMeR ◊ 2015-12-08 23:40	1941-47 Chevrolet 'Art Deco' truck with heavy-duty wheel rims : a 1941-42/1946-47 1½-ton or a 1946-47 2-ton. They were sold as Heavy-duty. Painted grille could indicate a 1942-45 war model... or just a faked one, depending on when and where the scene is supposed to take place. ⇒ 1941 Chevrolet Heavy-Duty?
nzcarnerd ◊ 2015-12-09 01:19	I am no expert on Chevrolet trucks but according to 'The History of Holdens 1917-1975' Holdens assembled many Chevrolet trucks during the years of WW2. The fully imported cabs from early in the war had no vent windows but from about 1942 Holdens built the cabs and they were fitted with vent windows. After the war Holdens refurbished many trucks which had seen war service and they were sold for civilian use. As can be seen on this page there was a whole range of different models available in this era - Link to "www.oldchevytrucks.com" -- Last edit: 2015-12-09 01:22:06
eLMeR ◊ 2015-12-09 14:18	Please nzcarnerd, can't you narrow a bit the info given by your link? Once more your source is a 5-years archive with dozens of articles talking about subjects ranging from a 1937 Chevrolet Grill Attachment to 1939-1946 Replacement Seat Cushions... Can't you at least give a post title, so the search won't last hours? For now, the only post talking about Holden I found in your linked page is the one about the 1937-1938 Australian Half Ton. -- Last edit: 2015-12-09 14:45:56
nzcarnerd ◊ 2015-12-10 01:07	I have not yet taken the time to read all of the info in link I posted but if wait for it to load and then scroll down about 3/4 of the way you will see a list of model codes for all of the models from 1928 to 1946. "The History of Holdens' is a book I have a copy of which was published in 1975. It concentrates mostly on cars but does have a small section on the truck efforts, mostly during WW2.
eLMeR ◊ 2015-12-11 00:18	nzcarnerd wrote [...] you will see a list of model codes for all of the models from 1928 to 1946. Ok, I see a specification part for 1936-46 trucks with 1934-1946 Truck Tech - 1934-1946 Chevy Truck Model I.D. as post title. Is it the one you're talking about? If so, and as already said for another truck in another page, the dedicated Stovebolt page gives these codes in a faster way. But for the record, these codes are just related to ton-rating, wheelbase and year (more or less model year codes?), and there was a lot more models, in facts. For example, a ½-ton truck (1941 AK / 1942-45 BK / 1946-47 CK/DP) could also be a 3102 (chassis + "flat face" cowl - i.e w/o windshield), 3103 (chassis + cab), 3104 (pickup), 3105 (panel), 3106/3116 (Suburban), 3107 (Canopy Express), 3108 (Platform), 3109 (Stake), 3112 (windshield + cowl + chassis), 3122 (stripped chassis w/o windshield) or 3132 (stripped chassis + windshield). And it's almost the same thing for each model... As said by the following ad, that means up to 99 models (194? ad) nzcarnerd wrote I have not yet taken the time to read all of the info in link I posted but if wait for it to load and then scroll down about 3/4 of the way [...] By the way, it appears that the concerned article/post in oldchevytrucks.com is the only one displayed when its title is clicked on. The best way to link to an interesting post, so lazy people like me won't have to endlessly scroll down? _____ All this being said, back to the vehicle of this page: an article in the oldchevytrucks.com archive confirms something I just deduced through picture comparison and about which I wasn't therefore entirely sure so far: 1946-47 heavy-duty models have different bumpers than the ones of pre-war models. "Our" truck is consequently a 1946-47 vehicle. The steering wheel location can't be seen here, so it could either be a 1½-ton or 2-ton model if US made or... a 1-ton to 4-ton truck if made in kangaroo land (1946? Australian brochure cover) As the model can't and won't be identified (the visible specs are the same for almost all heavy-duty models), shouldn't we have it as ⇒ 1946 Chevrolet like some other unidentifiable Chevrolet trucks of that era? -- Last edit: 2015-12-11 00:32:12

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