Re: Can Anyone Identify this old car?

2011-09-02 Thread David Mann
On Sep 1, 2011, at 11:54 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Photographed at Broken Hill, New South Wales. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Temp/_IGP0940az.jpg http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Temp/_IGP0946az.jpg http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Temp/_IGP0948az.jpg It's called a project :) Cheers,

Can Anyone Identify this old car?

2011-09-01 Thread Brian Walters
Photographed at Broken Hill, New South Wales. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Temp/_IGP0940az.jpg http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Temp/_IGP0946az.jpg http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Temp/_IGP0948az.jpg Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia

Re: Can Anyone Identify this old car?

2011-09-01 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-09-01 7:54 AM, Brian Walters wrote: Photographed at Broken Hill, New South Wales. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Temp/_IGP0940az.jpg http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Temp/_IGP0946az.jpg http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Temp/_IGP0948az.jpg Cheers Brian

Re: Can Anyone Identify this old car?

2011-09-01 Thread Darren Addy
I'd guess that it is a 1937 Holden. Well, it looks most like a 1937 Chevrolet Master Deluxe. Distinctive shape of the grill. The little series of ridges that taper off down the hood at the top corners of the radiator grill. Since it is in Australia, it is probably a Holden, since they build GM

Re: Can Anyone Identify this old car?

2011-09-01 Thread John Sessoms
From: Darren Addy I'd guess that it is a 1937 Holden. Well, it looks most like a 1937 Chevrolet Master Deluxe. Distinctive shape of the grill. The little series of ridges that taper off down the hood at the top corners of the radiator grill. Since it is in Australia, it is probably a Holden,

Re: Can Anyone Identify this old car?

2011-09-01 Thread P. J. Alling
I'm pretty sure it's a '38 Packard https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/File:Packard_1601_Eight_De_Luxe_Touring_Sedan_1938.jpg Brian Walters wrote: Photographed at Broken Hill, New South Wales. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Temp/_IGP0940az.jpg

Re: Can Anyone Identify this old car?

2011-09-01 Thread Paul Ewins
Pre WWII most cars arrived in Australia as a chassis and drivetrain and you would go to a local firm to have a body built. Holden's Motor Body Builders built bodies for GM, Ford Dodge at various times. GM bought them outright in 1931 and renamed them GM-Holden's but the cars were still sold as

Re: Can Anyone Identify this old car?

2011-09-01 Thread Brian Walters
Thanks Paul, Darren, John, PJ I also found this page that seems to confirm it is a Holden-bodied 37 Chev: http://www.restored-classics.com/gladstone/chev/1937-chev-holden.html Here's another old rust bucket that was sitting next to the 37 Chev. I know this one was assembled by Holden because