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Is there a difference between a trunk hinge for a 1940 and a 1941.

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Sparky

Yes and no.
The sedan hinges fit 1940 only. The coupe hinges fit 1940-48 coupes and 1940-41 convertibles.
The 1941 sedans had hidden hinges.

Did you ever find a rear seat for your coupe?

The 1940 coupe hinges do NOT have a groove down the center of the 2 chrome hinge pieces. The 1941 coupe hinges have a 1/8" wide - approximate - groove down the center of the chrome.
1941 coupe trunk hinges are often found in reproduction. No one to my knowledge has ever made the correct looking hinge for the 1940 coupe. I guess that this is because the 1941 coupe trunk hinges will bolt onto the 1940 coupe just fine.

dtm

I guess Chevrolet thought that the 1941 hinges on a 1940 would be OK as thats how its worded in the later parts books. :)

Gene

Yes I did & thank you for remembering that I even needed one.

Thank You again!

Gene & Toolman

Thank you for your replys. I'm having a problem with a vendor that I purchased Hinges from that were incorrect that basically is telling me I don't have a clue as to what I really need. What they sent was ones for a 41. Don't want to do a return. Just making sure I was correct in what i said to them.

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Sounds to me like it's time to find a new vendor. Do you mind telling us which vendor?

I think it is better to first contact the vendor and give them a chance to rectify the problem before making it public. If they can not or will not fix the problem then it is appropriate to let others know. Everyone will make a mistake now and then to punish them by making it public is unfair.

In defense of the vendor.
He is only followin the information provided by the person that repproduces the part.
In defense of the person that reproduces the part (trunk hinge in this example).
When the cars were introduced Chevrolet sold a hinge for the 1940. In 1941 the hinge was changed in appearence and given a new part number and listed for 1941 only due to the change. After several years Chevrolet discontinued the 1940 hinge and substituted the 1941 hinge in its place. It wil fit and perform perfectly well and the owner of an eight year old 1940 was only intrested in getting the lid to open safely.
Now the person reproducing the part looks in the 1950 parts book. See's the application for the hinge to fit 1940 and 1941. Assumes that they are the same and describes them as such.
The 1937 hinge has the same problem. It does not look the same as a 1938-39 but was replaced by the later hinge.
To be fair the hinge should be described as for a 1940 and 1941 but will not be the same in looks as the original 1940. Should slso be described in the manner by the vendor.
There are other parts that fall into this catagory.

All that may be well and good but I have an issue with the sorry state of customer service at many companies these days. A sales person telling a customer that by the information he has the part he sold is correct but if the customer isn't happy he'll issue a return is the way it should happen. Telling a customer that he doesn't know what he's talking about and refusing to take a return is wrong, especially when the sales person apparently is wrong.

I recently purchased an oil bath decal for my 38 from Chevs of the 40s. It didn't fit my air cleaner. I tried to make it work but destroyed the decal in the process. I called to let them know their product doesn't do what they claim it does. It only cost a $1.25 if I remember right so I wasn't going to lose sleep over it BUT the sales person I spoke with got huffy and instead of saying he would try to find out what was wrong, started bad mouthing me for trying to make it work. I reminded him I'd spent hundreds of dollars with them and asked if it was worth losing a customer over a $1.25 part. He passed me on to another person who said they'd credit my account for the price.

The fact that I was out a buck & a quarter wasn't the issue. It was the fact what they sold wasn't what they claimed it was and instead of trying to find out what the problem was they got stupid about the whole thing. That's one of my pet peeves, crappy customer service.

Don't get me wrong. I agree with you. Unfortunatlyits a buyer beware story.
I can go through that catalog and finds many, many errors.

Here is the end to my Trunk Hinge Experence.

I purchased these hinges from PRO ANTIQUE AUTO PATRS from Hartford, CONN. , after contacting them several times about the problem they demanded I send them pictures of what they should look like-what I received-origanal part #s & part #s for a 41. After all of this that I did do for them they would only refund the actual price of the part with no shipping & still telling me that I had the wrong part on my car & after 30 years in business this is the first time they had ever had a problem with the hinges. Go figure!! Chalk this one up to a not top of the line vendor.

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I have heard some other "not so good things" in the past about PRO ANTIQUE AUTO PARTS as well. They might be a good vendor to stay away from.

Hi,

Contact CHAROB, 818 890-2321. He has the hinges listed. Quizz him on the details.

Chevyradioman,

Thank you for the contact info. I will give him a call & see what he has.

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Chevradioman,

Contacted Charles today and purchased a set of Trunk Hinges from him. Last set he had. He still has 2-left Hinges if anyone needs them. Thanks for the lead. I will let you know what I received when they get here.

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Go to iandireproduction.com they have a lot of truck reproduction trunk parts

Apparently the only trunk hinges I&I sells are for 1937-39.