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Question does 1933--1935 Chevrolet roadsters and tourings have an aluminum molding that fits over the top of the rocker panel and nail onto the wood. Then the floor mat goes up to it.

Cannot locate it in the open car parts catalogue.

My fisher bodied coupe has it and I assumed the roadster would too ???


mike

I don't believe all cars had sill plates. I see no listing for the 1933 Standard or the 1934 Master sedan delivery even though the sd has the same door size as the sedan & in the Master series. The Chevrolet bodies may not be the same a the Fisher in the sill plate area. I will look this evening & repost unless someone has the answer...Joe

Roadster and Touring cars did not have the aluminum sill plates. They were the lower cost bodies and lacked some of the upgrades that the more expensive cars enjoyed.

I have been trying to locate the molding in my 1929--1934 Chevrolet parts book.

I also have been trying to find it in my 1940 Chevrolet parts book

I have also been trying to find the molding in my 1929--1935 Chevrolet open cars parts book.

Even the regular parts book I am trying to find the main name you would look under to see what the molding was made for in various years.

All I can come up with is from I&I reproductions printed catalogue under the name " door sill molding". In none of my GM Chevrolet parts books I cannot find a name in the master list of sections to go too a specific name to suit this part.

Does anybody have the exact name of the part I should be searching under in Chevrolet parts books.

thanks.............mike

You would need a 1938 & newer book. I think they are called sill plates. For early, you would need the Body Parts Book...Joe

Joe, the THE FILLING STATION calls them " door sill plates part # SP-33-34 1933-1934.

I & I repo call the part "sill mouldings" part # DS02 fits 1933-1934-1935 all passenger cars.

I wish I could find the original Chevrolet part number and name for this part.

mike

Hang in there Mike. I'll get this evening. I have a 7am till 3:30pm work day...Joe

joe...NO PARTICULAR HURRY !!!!
world is not ending, is it ????

just bought some 34-35 running board mats from I&I and these same moldings for the fisher bodied cars from I&I.

Apparently since they announced they had some new stock both have been selling quickly. Did not want to get on a 5 year waiting list for them to be remade again, so stepped up with visa in hand.

mike

11.175 Plate, front door sill
11.179 Plate, rear door sill

....Joe

that's it, they call them PLATE, FLOOR SIDE FINISH, in my 1940 Chevrolet parts book. with part number 4045576 for 1934, they do not show a number or list the 35 std series, just for the master.
Unfortunately no pictures of the parts.

thanks JOE

mike

A roadster does not used these parts that your talking about. Only closed cars used them.

As I have found out.

Surprisingly they did not have them on the sportiest model of the standard series and only on the fisher bodies. Another case of Chevrolet stylists being asleep at the wheel.

I bought a pair from I&I anyway, they look good in my 35 coupe and will also look good on the roadster.

mike

Bruce,
Glad someone with knowledge finally posted a supporting post that roadsters and tourings did not have sill plates.

I know this is in the 1933-36 forum, but here in Australia ,aluminium sill plates were used on tourers and roadsters, I have a pair for my 31 tourer , and I have pictures of an unrestored 1932 roadster with the original sill plates still fitted. I would suggest that this continued into the 1933 and later year models also.

But not all of the closed cars...Joe

Jack and other Aussies,
Most of the posts will give what was on the USA assembled Chevys. It is very appropriate for you blokes to let us know that other countries produced vehicles that didn't adhere to the USA way of doing things. Some of us need to keep that in mind so if we suspect that there are differences that we specify that we are only referring to USA assembled vehicles intended for the USA market.

When you look at the rocker panel on the roadster 1934-1935 BODY that was not made by Chevrolet but an outside body supplier. It is clearly designed exactly like a fisher body rocker panel to accept the aluminum molding. It clearly finishes off the inside area for the rubber mat to bump up against.

The design obviously was meant to accept the aluminum sill plate, because it is shaped to accept it. I guess the HAIRBALLS in the sales departments top echelon of thinkers wisdom, they must have felt that adding this 75 cent additional cost to the car was going to be too much for the buyers to overcome in tough depression times..........YA, hooey !!

my 1935 standard roadster will have them, contrary to what is 100% correct for 35.

mike lynch .

Remember, roadsters were the bottom of the line car and they were made cheap! In the Depression a penny savings was a lot!

Seems like nothing has changed at Chevrolet right up to april 2014 the BEAN COUNTERS are in charge, that's why all those chevrolets are having recalls with ignition switch problem all because of a $1 increase in the cost of the switch.

A bunch of people got killed and they are going to get sued into the stone age.!!!

Doesn't really impart a sense of confidence in their products right across the whole line. cad....buick..chev and trucks. They wonder why the japan , Asian and euro cars are kicking their butt all over the place in every $$$$ category. Their market share loss is because of their own stupidity of the "there's always another sale behind every re-sale one we lose." Hello 18% ??? market share. !

The bean counters are in charge and not the car guys/lovers , my friends at GM in the executive offices have told me this.

The roadsters and tourings may have been down at the bottom of the selling $$$$ line up, but they were and are more sporty than a closed car will ever be. They will always sell for more money today than any of the closed fisher bodied cars due to rarity and low production. Nothings changed even convertibles built 30-40 years ago sell for more.

my 2 cents canadian

mike