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Gene, or anyone! In another thread, the 1941 Easter model was mentioned. I gather that this was a sedan with blue or green interior/exterior. Could you please tell us more about it. Was it a dealer-prepared unit, or could it be ordered from the factory? Was it identifiable by a special serial number? Other than colors, was it different in any way to the regular production sedan models? Could anyone purchase one or was it available to only a select few?

The So called Easter models were a factory option on the Special Deluxe 2 door, 4 door, and club coupe.
Green was trim #128 and blue was 127.
The trim number for the standard tan mohair was 116 and for the optional tan flat cloth 117.
The Master Deluxe was 115 except for the business coupe. It was 118 and 119. One number used the 1940 Master Deluxe material and one the 1941 M.D. material.
The Fleetline 4 door was 126 and it had a tan striped flat cloth, Convertibles had 120 tan leather, 121 green leather, 122 blue leather, and 123, red leather.
I RECALL OF SEEING ONLY BLUE CARS WITH THE BLUE INTERIOR AND GREEN CARS WITH A GREEN INTERIOR.
The other difference other than the color was the full wood grained dash.
The blue and green material was the same as the tan with a slight stripe for the seats and solid color for the side panels and head linings.
Chevrolet would not have a colored interior again on a sedan until the 1952 models.

The imitation leather such as on the bottom of the door panels and seats and arm rests was also green or blue.
The window garnish mouldings were not top wood grained and bottom painted but rather all wood grained as was the 1941 Fleetline 4 door.
It was common for Chevrolet to itroduce new exterior colors in Spring of the year.
In 1941 Plymouth Special Deluxe (the top series) and the top series of the Studebaker Champion had blue and gray or maroon and gray - very nice looking interiors.

I don't know if the colored Chevrolet interiors were widely available or they just produced a limited number, or for how long in the production year they were made. I would guess at least several thousand were made from the numbers I saw.....
There was also a seldom seen exterior color for Special Deluxe models and I believe it was available the complete year. It was bottom Indian Sun Tan and top Santone. Paint # 301. Name pretty well describes the color. Would be politically incorrect today.
A special broad cloth or flat cloth was an option from the 1930's until 1948 on the Special deluxe or Master, Master deluxe models.
In 1949 the flat cloth was standard and a low pile mohhair optional. They were about a 50/50 split. That was the last year for a mohair type upholstery material

I kind of typed things out as they came to mind so may be a little difficult to follow.