Hi All, Hoping you can help me put a value on this vehicle. I have more photos, if needed. Items missing: Windshield Tailgate 1 hubcap small miscellaneous parts Located in Nevada Thanks, John
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Welcome to Chatter That looks like a good survivor project and being RHD in the US would be a rare item. I have no idea on value but others may well do when they see your post. Tony
No Not homemade. it has had a metal roof put over the top of the bows which has preserved them. It has all the original I.D. plaques in place and it uses all the U.S. components (except RHD of course). Maybe a better question would be how much is a plain U.S. roadster worth? The difficulty is that it is not a common model and has in the past been confusing to some. I am waiting to get some production figures from a GM historian and maybe that will help? Thanks to all for their help John W
Interesting vehicle for sure. The temporary roof cover actually works well with the style.
Post more pictures if you can as 95% of value is condition rather than rarity. Hopefully someone will have an idea of value for a roadster and give you a range...
1938 Canadian Pontiac Business Coupe (aka a 1938 Chevy Coupe with Pontiac shaped front sheet metal - almost all Chevy!) 1975 4-speed L82 Vette
I have been told that all RHD and parts were produced in Canada but this does seem to be an exception. The plate indicates that at least some of the assembly was done here in Aus and the S1108 number will most likely be stamped into the left frame rail just behind where the LHD steering box would be (if my 38 is any indication) and would be the number used for Aus registration. Tony
The S on the chassis # indicates that the body was fitted to a RHD imported Chevrolet chassis in Sydney Australia and the body would have been built at Woodville in South Australia and I doubt that there will be a chassis # stamped on the chassis.
One of the best reference books for these cars is One hundred yers of GM in Australia by Norm Darwin. So far the info I have found is that 1934 is the first year of production for the Chevrolet "ute" and that the numbers vary from 0 - 6 for the roadster and 56 - 68 for the coupe. Yes it was built in Woodville, so with the demise of GM in 2017 what we have is the first El Camino STYLE body (1934) and in 2017 the last of the El Camino style body (Holden Ute). Perhaps tonyw can provide more info from the southern hemisphere. All the best, John W
I think $2-$3k is right.... looks like it needs everything. You could easily put $20k+ into it to make it nice and as Charlie noted, some parts may be impossible to find. A roadster would be worth more...
Chevrolet roadster utilities where made many years earlier than 1934, I have a 1931 roadster utility, and these body styles were very common in the 1920's. Both roadster utilities and then the new coupe utility were available in 1934 onwards.
This is the earliest factory built ute I have seen, I saw a 37 of that style 10 or 15 years ago which I thought was the earliest built. The others I had seen were sedans that had farmer conversions done. The Norm Darwin book you mention I think is fairly accurate though I have not read it. I have glanced through another book I think "History of Holden" or similar is as good. A lot of the information I have gathered is from this forum. Jack would know more accurate information than me as I have only taken much notice of the 37 and 38. Tony
This has been posted in here many times , mostly 33-36 section!
All 1934 chevrolet chassis were produced in Canada and shipped to Australia as CKD = complete knock down. Canada supplied these as left or right hand drive. The fenders , bumpers , rad shell and grill assembly, hood, running boards, rear fenders, rear bumpers, gas tanks , gas tank covers were all part of the CKD package. As was pedal assembly. USA supplied nothing directly for these cars , maybe the radiator itself.
The cowl , doors , body, hinge hardware, windshield posts , 4 sided windshield frame, roadster phaeton top assemblies were made by HOLDEN. The Holden main body dimensions are different than USA body stampings Rory 1934 Holden Body Sports Roadster under NEW REBUILD
My dad spent many years from the early 60s onward putting together the paper end of the CKD: TKD (Total Knock Down) was the Canuck term. He made sure all the correct part numbers were listed for every single part for each model. There were two general variations - total cars with bodies in pieces and just chassis/engine in pieces.
Most of the GM products from the earlier years were indeed made in Canada for Australia and England. The taxes between countries caused big price increases so most counties in the British Commonwealth got the cars imported from Canada. These taxes are the reasons my Canadian Pontiac exists - It was too expensive to import engines from the USA due to engine taxes so Canadian Pontiacs were built using Canadian made Chevrolet parts.
1938 Canadian Pontiac Business Coupe (aka a 1938 Chevy Coupe with Pontiac shaped front sheet metal - almost all Chevy!) 1975 4-speed L82 Vette
Many thanks to canadiantim, roary, tonyw, and all that are contributing to this conversation. Your knowledge and willingness to share it is encouraging. If there are photos of historic value please share them, All the best, John W
There was a restored '34 Ute at the 2011 VCCA 50th Anniversary Meet. If you are a VCCA member can view the vehicle at the VCCA Home Page by opening the "Judging Field Photos". This particular vehicle was sold by the then owner through a Antique Vehicle dealer a couple years later. I saw it pictured a year or two after its sale in the AACA publication where it was being judged again by their process. A year of two ago it was sold again at one of the larger auto auction events here in Florida. I no longer know where it is located.
Here are a few pics that was listed for sale on a recent auction! Plus also production runs and some Auzzie flyers! 1934 Chevy Sports Holden Roadster under New Rebuild! Rory
