Chevrolet photos wanted

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

It seems a Chevrolet Ambulance was donated to the Dutch Queen in 1941.

Could it be this one....

Chevy 1 1/2 ton panel truck ambulance, used to be owned by a Mr Joe Smith in the UK:

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Plus a random pic of a 6x4 chassis/cab being assembled by the GWR workshops in Caerphilly from boxed kits:

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[Lang]

Just got home today from 5 weeks in Clyde Texas working on the 3/4 ton panel van.

As usual, a lot more work involved than first imagined and of course the last 10% takes 90% of the time.

Engine rebuilt, body ready for painting, complete brake system renewal etc etc.

The only modification is the fitting of a Borg Warner T5 .72 overdrive 5 speed gearbox. This is a bolt in modification with an online spacer plate. Of course the drive shaft had to be altered ($250). This will drop the RPM from 2,850 at 60mph to about 2,100.

In the hands of a painter.

The intention is to go back to USA in March, drive it by a circuitous route to the east coast before shipping roll-on, roll-off to Europe for D-Day 75th in Normandy.

I will probably sell it there.

Lang

[motto]

Looking good Lang.
You shouldn't have much trouble selling it. It will be a very practical runabout MV.

Dave

[Lang]

Thanks Dave

I forgot to mention the other mod of 3 point seatbelts. The cook is very unhappy traveling in a vehicle without them after seeing the girl who was thrown through the windscreen of a jeep and badly smashed up in a very low-speed accident about 10 years ago on the way home from Corowa.

Even my jeep has lap belts but all the others have a full retractable harness.

Lang

[Tim Lovelock]

Hi, not sure what this is, but was just posted on the HCVC (Historic Commercial Vehicle Club) Aust. Sitting somewhere in NSW.

[Lang]

Tim

Good find.

Interesting that the American body has a solid roof while the Australian body has the insert style. I never knew that before.

Even in USA Chevrolet was the only one to have the solid roof. The Dodge and Ford equivalent had fabric inserts like that Australian body in the photo.

I read somewhere that General Motors were blowing their trumpet in the mid-thirties because they were the only ones who had presses capable of stamping out an entire one-piece steel roof for cars.

Lang

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Found this RCAF "Truck - panel Chevrolet" while looking for something else.

Dated 23 Sept. 1939

Source

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