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Yes, it has mostly a 1951 instrument panel, Olds tail lights grafted on to a 1951 Chev and the olds grille on the front.
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Yes, it has mostly a 1951 instrument panel, Olds tail lights grafted on to a 1951 Chev and the olds grille on the front. A lot of work to make a Chevy appear as an Olds. 
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And destroy a 1951 Chevrolet convertible.
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Well, Gene, not destroyed as much as some, Anyway, one of the most bestest things about owning a 50 Olds Convertible, et al, is to put it in low, hold the brake and mash the gas some. Thet makes the car rise up on it springs and seems ready to leap forward. Chevrolets didn't do that at the time anyway. I think this car could be brought back to a really nest 51/52 Cheverlot convertible without too much trouble. At least for some.  Charlie 
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And destroy a 1951 Chevrolet convertible. The ad states they began with a '51 Hardtop, but you point is well taken.
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I didn't notice that it was a hardtop when born. The 1951 (1949-1954) convertibles had a lot of cowl shake WITH the X frame. Hate to see whst that one is like. I would deem it unsafe to drive.
The Olds was a much more exciting car at that time. I had a 1949 88 convertible.
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I agree. Most folks converting to convertibles don't bother adding the needed chassis bracing and support cross members that factory convertibles came with. Would that account for the cowl shake?
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Yes, they had cowl shake with the X frame, I can't begin to imagine how bad it would be the no X.
The Chevrolet frame and body were mounted solidly together so one would rienforce the other. They refered to it as unit construction.
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Gene, On second thought I was wrong and you are right on. I missed the fact that the car didn't start out as a convertible with an X frame. Accordingly, your term "destroyed" seems soundly appropriate.  Charlie
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Yes, they had cowl shake with the X frame, I can't begin to imagine how bad it would be the no X.
The Chevrolet frame and body were mounted solidly together so one would rienforce the other. They refered to it as unit construction. As an end result, a 1951 Chevy H.T. and a 1950 Olds were sacrificed to make this Chevy / Olds convert. Sad.
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Why can't people just leave things be?????
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Why can't people just leave things be????? 
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I know of someone that did the same thing. In this case he used a 51 hdtp that rolled onto it's roof and a 49 convertible that was totaled in front and the running gear removed. He did reinforce the frame and I was able to get the hdtp rear glass. In this case it was not a waste.
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Out here in So Cal, everything is lowered (raked) to the ground. Also they love to chop roofs and leave the car in primer. Now they even do that to new cars--sand off the paint and leave it in flat black. Yeccchhhhhhh! Rat Rods everywhere.
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S-51, Your comment about Southern California brought back something to my memory that I haven't thought about in a long, long time. Back in the 50s or so there was a film that came out that gave us all a little taste of how the thinking was from out there. We from elsewhere assumed, rightly it seems, that the folks out there thought differently than the rest of us. Anyway, I think the name of the movie was "Johnny Dark." I could be wrong about the title but close to that. All the younger set leaving the theater that night burned rubber. I remember that as we watched the movie many of us got a case of vertigo.  Lots of curvess at high speed, etc. Pack of cigarettes in the sleeve of T-shirts, duck-tail hair cuts, levies, etc. Anyone else remember that film? Thanks for your post, Charlie
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Its been on craigslist for a long time.
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Out here in So Cal, everything is lowered (raked) to the ground. Also they love to chop roofs and leave the car in primer. Now they even do that to new cars--sand off the paint and leave it in flat black. Yeccchhhhhhh! Rat Rods everywhere. Nope, not for me.
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I would call it a custom some one made what they wanted to drive it's great to see it still road worthy and being driven .If it belonged to me I would love drive it daily.
If the engine front end and all the running gear where up dated it would be a street rod . and it belonged to me I would love driving it daily.
Calling it a 51 Chevrolet \ 51 Oldsmobile. I don't know what to say
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