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Fred Preston
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Posted: Fri Jun 27th, 2008 10:08 pm |
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MH, You probably wouldn't be able to seat your 120# Chesie next to you either.
Alan, That's a beauty. I thought the '32s had 4 little flaps on the hood for cooling, not the louvres like yours. Guess my memory isn't ahat it should be.
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Allan H. Swanson
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Posted: Fri Jun 27th, 2008 11:12 pm |
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| Hey guys --don't be too hard on me--this is not a Parker --this is a new venture for me with this rig !! But , I have already learned a few things !! I do have another Chevrolet , a 1921 model 490 series touring car ,all original and all there ,even the wood spoked wheels !! Had it for 20 to 25 yrs +/- . Just sits in the barn . Just toooooo much JUNK and things to do !!! Allan
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Harry Collins
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Posted: Sat Jun 28th, 2008 11:49 am |
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Allen,
She looks ready to go. Evict the mice, get all the varnished gas out of the tank, change the oil, battery and rubber and your off frightening the neighbors. What a find.
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Cooper Smith
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Posted: Sat Jun 28th, 2008 12:09 pm |
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What a great find...I am green with envy. "Sigh"...hope you bought the barn too. 
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Bruce Day
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Posted: Sat Jun 28th, 2008 12:33 pm |
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| A little 66 Chevy barn find owned by a friend. But it didn't look then what it it looks like now. Attached Image (viewed 870 times):
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Derrick Stewart
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Posted: Sat Jun 28th, 2008 01:30 pm |
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Allan,
Nice find. You don't see many of those around not even on the auction blocks. Good luck in your restoration and please post pic's for us Chev fans to drool over.
Bruce,
Tell me more about that 66 vette? When I was fifteen my dad took me on a road trip and the two most memorable stops we made along the way was a tour of the Corvette plant in Bowling Green, KY and a visit of the Old Grand-Dad distillery.
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Bruce Day
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Posted: Sat Jun 28th, 2008 01:54 pm |
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A friend I went to high school with now lives in Texas. He is semi retired and restores Corvettes to the Corvette Restoration Guild standards. The red one is a 66, big block (427 I think), and has the low power quad carb, 380hp. Stick trans, side pipes, everything perfect, has the wheel covers, all trim, everything for Bloomington Gold. Replaced frame and all under components.
He also has a yellow 67 roadster with 427, but with the three dueces set up, 430 hp I believe. Side pipes, stick. This one was in good shape so the frame is original and he did not have to take the body off but replaced or rebuilt all suspension and brake components.
All numbers matching, all details perfect...he's downright anal about it. I have driven both, they are a hoot, more power and more noise and they put a grin on your face like after, well you know.
He is now rebuilding a 69 Vette, also big block , stick , etc. New frame for that one but the body is in very decent shape. He has the 66 and 67 kind of on the market and doesn't want to take them to Barrett-Jackson because of the public nature of such an auction. Expensive but below Barrett Jackson pricing. He has built and sold several mid sixties Corvettes. I've told him I would like to have an early sixties with small block....thats enough for me.
Another friend I shoot with here, and who bought the outstanding Adm. Fletcher AH 12ga ( which we will bring to Duluth) has about five Corvettes including a couple mid 60's and a new one. Says nothing beats a nice spring day with the top down at about 70. I had an 85 coupe with removable roof panels and it wasn't the same...I'd go again for a true roadster any day. I have an '80 450SL roadster also from my father , but it just doesn't have that Chevy small block rumble.
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Allan H. Swanson
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Posted: Sun Jun 29th, 2008 11:05 pm |
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After two hours of head removal, number 2 cylinder didn't look up to snuff! Therefore the engine is going to be reconditioned. Phase 1 of rehab.
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Dean Romig
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Posted: Mon Jun 30th, 2008 01:48 am |
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| My compliments on the photography and picture layout Al. Did you do it or is Jean the one who deserves the credit?
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Posted: Mon Jun 30th, 2008 05:29 pm |
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I can almost make out the VIN but not quite on a couple of the letters/numbers. Can you read it clearer than we can Al ?
It looks like 1 2 A E ? 1 2 2 7 6 ? Can you verify the VIN ?
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Posted: Mon Jun 30th, 2008 10:49 pm |
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Bruce,
I will agree the small blocks are nice and I have a few of them in the past. I still have the #1 piston from the 65 327 350 hp Corvette engine I once owned, but their is no mistaking the sound of a Big Block. One of my fondest memories as a kid going to the car show heald at the local coliseum annually. Their was a guy who had a 69 vette with an L88 that sounded owe so sweet. I would ask my dad to take me back late on sunday evening just to hear him crank it up, drive it thru the coliseum and onto the car hauler. Those were the days. As for sweet sounding "factory" small blocks I would have to say a 69 Camaro with a 302 and the Off-Road Solid Lift Cam is hard to beat.
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Allan H. Swanson
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 12:19 am |
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| Dean : All as I can read on the VIN tag is 12AE12276--what ever this means !!!??? Allan Last edited on Tue Jul 1st, 2008 12:21 am by Allan H. Swanson
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Dean Romig
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 12:48 am |
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The beginning 12 is the code for the Buffalo NY plant. The AE is the date code, in this case the AE was used on sedans and 1/2 ton trucks and according to the antique Chevrolet expert who I work with, it represents 1931 year of production. Then there is a corroded space that either had a 0 (zero) followed by the 1 (representing the month of production - 01 would be January) otherwise it could only have been a 1 followed be the legible 1 representing November (11). The rest of the VIN is the actual serial number of the vehicle.
On the off-chance that there never was a digit where the corrosion is then the 12 after that corroded space would indicate December of 1931 as the month of production making it a 1932 model year. This is just hypothetical thinking on my part and is contradictory to what Bob Graves said when I showed him your pictures. "That's a thirty-one." is what he told me. Unlike todays auto manufacturers, production of the new model year began in December, not a full year ahead of time.
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Allan H. Swanson
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 12:07 pm |
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| Dean : I removed the plaque card from the ol' clunk and very carefully removed the grime with a soft tooth brush---the number is definatly 12 AE 12276 . I also talked with the former owner and he said he always underestood that it was a 1932 !! So ---I would say it was made in Buffalo in the 12 month 1931 vechile no. 276 & a 1932 model . Allan
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 02:16 pm |
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Allan, did you get the front bumper with the truck? I ask because the design of the front bumper determines whether it is an early or a late 1931/32
I will mail you a few copies of chevrolet information that Bob brought for me this morning. He also brought a 12" x 18" photo of the inside of a Chevrolet showroom in 1931 with every model of car and light truck. Somehow I'll try to copy that too. Dean
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 02:35 pm |
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| Are there any PGCA members in the picture of the 1931 Chevrolet showroom?
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 11:39 pm |
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Actually Bill, there are no members in the picture but I have a great picture of Elias C. Vail with a Parker and a new LOM case that I'll try to scan in tonight.
In the meantime take a look at these sweet Chevys in this 1931 Chevrolet Dealer showroom.
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 11:43 pm |
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Posted: Tue Jul 1st, 2008 11:46 pm |
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| Allan, your truck may never have come with a front bumper as bumpers were an "option" back then. Notice, of the trucks, only the panel delivery van had a bumper in the previous picture. Last edited on Tue Jul 1st, 2008 11:48 pm by Dean Romig
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Posted: Wed Jul 2nd, 2008 12:49 am |
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| Dean , yes my truck has a bumper--the previous owner removed it and it is still in the ol' barn awalting to be removed by me. Remember thing happen slowly in Vermont !!! Great pics !!! Allan
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