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http://www.gmtruckclub.com/forum/f1...-1913-chevrolet-classic-six-323-a-75947/

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Yep, that's the oldest one running anywhere that we know of. A 1914 (NOT 1913) Classic 6, or Model C, (late 1913/early 1914 build date) owned by the Sloan Museum. It was available for viewing during Flint, down in the Buick Gallery. See below. Apparently they took it to Texas for the Fair.

There is one older Chevrolet Classic 6 known which resides in Westaskiwin Alberta at the Reynolds-Alberta Museum, but it is incomplete and not running. That one is chassis # 93, build date of July 1913.

There is also "Old Number One" that GM owns, which unfortunately was on loan to the Tech Center during Flint. It is believed to have been originally built as a Little, then fitted with the prototype of the Touring Body for pre-production Baby Grand (thus turning into a Chevrolet), which makes it technically a 1914 model. Also see below.

The case could be made that some of the earliest surviving Model H's (Royal Mail & Baby Grand) sold as 1914 models may have an earlier build date in 1913 than the 1914 Classic 6 shown here. Certainly the CHASSIS of "Old Number One" is the earliest surviving (late 1912 or early 1913 probably), but as the car now exists it was a mid-1913 build.


The Classic 6 owned by Sloan - recently made to run again by GM and the VCCA Lower Michigan Region


And here's "Old Number One" (below) - owned by GM / Heritage Center - notice the pre-production cowl style, where it meets the windshield, the reverse curve. This is like the early prototypes and the Classic 6 style. Production Model H cowl style shown below -

Here's #93 at the Reynolds Museum in Alberta, Canada. Apparently it was found in a Calgary wrecking yard in the 1950's.

Alright!!!! I was hoping that someone would post the Alberta car... Thanks!!!!!!!!!