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Were the serial numbers for those early production models listed in the monthly Fisher Body News reports when the decision was made to switch over to the higher lids? Were the owners of those early production units contacted by GM regarding having the lid replaced with the redesigned lid for free? Were the Canadian production early '49's involved in this as well?
Seems to me that having a '49 with the lower lid and a serial number that fits in the production span would make this car a bit more valuable, right?
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The only printed Chevrolet info. I have ever seen is what is posted. Chevrolet would not be obligated to change over early models as the literature always states that they have the right to make changes and improvements at any time without doing so on previously sold vehicles. If they would have made all the runninng changes made during the 1949 model year it would have been cheaper to replace the entire car.
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1920's Chevrolets, from Ray Dean's Blog... Early '20's Superior... one of you guys can nail down the exact year for us... 1926 camper on a truck frame... 1928 cut down car for farm use...
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Cool pics for sure! Thanks for posting!
I suspect the camper truck is a '26 1 ton. The headlight shape, the radiator grill, and the six lug wheels are the clues.
The cut-down car is a '28, judging from the radiator grill, headlight shape, and headlight rim.
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Thanks, Dean... I'll make the edit!
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Nice new 1932 Cabriolet... And what a value that new 1952 was!...
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Nice to see a car as most came, without white walls and welled fenders, which most restorers add them now days.
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Some Royal Canadian Air Force support vehicles.... 1937 Chevrolet 1938 Chevrolet Maple Leaf... 1938 GMC... 1941 sedan...
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So... I'm googling and searching Chevrolet stuff tonight, and I come across this pictoral history of baseball in Toronto Canada. A really nice history, with credited photos from various places like the Toronto Historical Society, the Toronto Library, a few published books on Toronto history... all pretty legit and factual places. Then, near the bottom I saw the photo attributed to the "Vintage Chevrolet Club of America"!!! That's right, a photo stolen right from our very own Old Photo Corner"!! Do I tell them that I pinched the photo from somewhere else? Do we feel offended by the pinching of our pinched photo?!! They even supplied a link to our site Thought I'd do them a solid, and supply the link to their site... http://torontodreamsproject.blogspot.ca/2015/04/an-illustrated-history-of-baseball-in.html
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Ray Great old pics on that search! Look at it this way FREE advertising for the VCCA Club! It was funny back in those days they always were all dressed up even with bow ties plus they would go to the factory’s to build cars in the same dressed up fashion! Not like these crazy days! Rory 1934 Chevrolet Standard DC Sport Roadster for sale 1933 Ford 3 Window Coupe 1934 Ford 4 Door Sedan under construction 1933 Ford 4 Door Phaeton
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Some photos from Michael Ferguson in Australia. 1951 Coupe Ute when it was still new 1930 Speedster at Malala Racetrack
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Bruce: Love looking at the pics you post of older Chevs. Thanks
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Hollingsworth Chevrolet in Aiken, SC (around 1962, I think).
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John Smith Chevrolet (" The Old Reliable") in Atlanta, 1956.
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1964 Impala demonstrates that Jet-Smooth styling...
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Hi Brewster, when I try to access your photos, for every photo all I see is a request to update. I have looked at these photos before with no trouble. Maybe my dues are due.
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Nope... it's my dues that are not paid up. Photo bucket has changed their posting policy from being free to wanting $120 a year (down from $400!!) to allow third party linking on hosting photos. All my photos are stored on photo bucket, and will be moved once I find a new host, or another free way to post. Sorry I'm cheap like that, but I'd rather spend $120 on the cars or on my daughter than on what should be a free service.
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Free is nice but I am sure you realize that everything has a price. The only things that are free are those received from charities and then those are donated by someone who has already paid for them.
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They were making plenty from all of the advertising pop ups that jammed that site up all of the time. I'm hoping that one of the big guns like Facebook or Instagram sees the benefit to allowing free third party linking to expand their user base, and adds it on. I don't care how they make their money... as long as it's not from me. There are lots of big companies that pay to advertise so we can see it for free.
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When you get on the bus that says free ride you don't get to decide where to go. If you want to be "in the drivers seat" then you must pay. It's that simple. Unfortunately there are plenty of folks that feel someone else should pay so that they can get a free ride. Advertisers pay so that when they sell their product they recoup the cost of the advertising-you are still paying one way or the other. If they can't get enough revenue from advertisers then they will look elsewhere. Not enough revenue and they then close the doors.
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It's pure GREED ! It's not about making money ! It's about making so much money you can't even spend it all. Why fly your kids to school in 727 when you can fly them a 747 ? ( GREED ) IT'S THE WAY !!!!!!
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I don't know why we just can't host the pictures right on this site so they are here long term. I'd certainly pay this site to support this and preserve the pictures here for future reference.
I've been through every single post in several forums here and it's disappointing how many threads are useless since the photo links are dead. It's in the thousands. This was before the photobucket change and it was just people or technology breaking the links after a few years, now it's even worse.
Even before the Photobucket cash grab I would not use any of the hosting sites having spent 2.5 decades involved with IT. Privacy was one concern but mainly since the sites just felt risky to be on and painfully annoying. I felt like hackers were groping me just being on the sites. I presently can't even look at most hosting sites at work or home as the Adware/Spyware software flags them as Malicious sites. That says something by itself.
So free hosting or not, regardless of who is paying these sites, many of us can't even see the pictures if they are not on this site. I couldn't see most of the pictures on this thread before the photobucket change. We really need a better way of hosting them right here.
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I agree 100% with the idea of being able to post photos directly to this site.Not all who use the site may be technically educated but at least with a photo it is much easier to understand. Hopefully if and when it does happen it will be a process that is as simple as attaching a photo to an Email and not as complicated as the process that is now used to add a photo to a post. Whether we can or cannot afford to do so should be something the membership has a voice in.
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