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Is the front floor area and pedal locations the same on all 39 Fisher Bodies? Specifically Chevrolet & Buick?

In 1941 & 42, Buick Special and Century used the GM "A" body platform. The Century had the most powerful motor offered by GM at the time, making it the fastest car on the road. Being faster than the Cadillac, GM remedied the situation by dropping the Century in 1946. .
. If they used the same body, the pedals would have same location. Pontiac, and small Oldsmobile used the Chevrolet "A" body in 39.

1939 Chevrolet used the Fisher A body along with the Pontiac Quality 6 and Olds 60 series.Buick used the larger B and C bodies.Pontiac and Olds also used the larger B body on the larger chassis.

I am sure that the pedal and floor area on the three A bodies were all different.Each line had a different transmission hump,method and loctaion of attaching pedals, etc.

In 1941-42 Chevrolet shared the A body with the small Buick Special 40A series.After 1946 the Buick had only B and larger.The Special 40B and Century used the fast-back B body.Special had 248 cubic inch engine with 110 horse power(125 with dual carbs), Century had a 322 C.I engine and dual carbs standard.Also had a longer wheel base (longer engine and hood)

Yes, the 1941 Century was the fastest of any 1941 car.Both in top speed (103 MPH) and in high gear pick-up from 10 MPH and thru the gears.........actual top speed , not speedometer reading....from 1941 GM proving ground tests.Most cars had all to do to hit an actual 90 back then.