I am building a old Monogram 39 coupe model and trying to build it more stock,it came as a late 70s street rod so on the 39s did they have a column shift and was the parking brake on the floor or on the dash and were the running boards covered in rubber or body color.
Gene has previously covered this topic. From a long ago post. " The vacuum assisted column shift was optional in 1939.I would say about 75 percent of the cars had the column shift.It was a $15.00 option. The same transmission case was used on both and the cover was on the top for both.In 1940 the cover was on the side and the vacuum shift parts completely different My 1939 has the floor shift.There seems to be no pattern as to which models had the floor shift (Master 85 or Master DeLuxe). Probably just determined on what the dealer preferred to order.Back then 99 percent of the cars sold were out of the dealers stock."
The '39 column shift was a very unique mechanism. It was a fairly complex device that mounted to the top transmission and converted the motion of the column lever to a motion that shifted the very short gear shift lever on top of the transmission.
So you can do whichever you want with the model and it will be correct.
Thanks for the info,since the model came made for a floor shift I will retain it but put a more correct shifter in it. Just trying to build it the way I think they should have made it,used the engine from the 53 hardtop kit and did the same with the 39 sedan delivery kit but will end up using 37 hub caps since that is all that is available.
I built a 1939 Chevy 4 door sedan from a resin kit. I bought several of the Revell 1941 Chevy truck kits. I used the exterior door handles, and hood handles. I also used the engine, and the radiator support rods and dashboard decals. I realize the kits are different scales, 1/24 and 1/25, but the parts still look good together. I used the bumpers from a diecast kit that has the bumper guards.
