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MARTINSR · 03-05-2019, 08:32 PM

Discuss among yourselves.

Brian

Matt_50 · 03-05-2019, 08:37 PM

I want it!

Matt_50 · 03-05-2019, 08:48 PM

49?

**mongocanfly** · 03-05-2019, 10:06 PM

what...no suicide rear doors?..haha....looks like some fabulous old school work..or bored chevy engineers ...it saying uruguay on it makes me think it could be real...seems like overseas has some different takes on what we see here...that would be a very neat project

dsraven · 03-05-2019, 10:06 PM

time to move that thing. check out the roof trussses.
pretty cool, sorta like those old 36-42 chevy coupes with the pick up rear part.

http://oldchevytrucks.com/blog/index...coupe-pick-up/

MiraclePieCo · 03-05-2019, 10:26 PM

Coincidentally I just posted this same vehicle in the Craigslist thread. Someone said it's an Australian General Motors-Holden.

nvrdone · 03-05-2019, 11:07 PM

looks like an AD cab & front clip grafted on to a passenger car rear body

mr48chev · 03-06-2019, 04:43 AM

Hunting down Club Coaches Classicos uruguay brings up a FB group where the photo was.

Blowing up the photo shows that it is a truck chassis under it and someone on that FB group thought that the back secton was Ford. Rear does look to be 46/48 Ford Coupe though.

I'm thinking someone created it out of the left overs from two rigs.

Holden had some sedans that kind of looked like AD trucks but weren't that close. That and they favored 4 doors over coupes.

MARTINSR · 03-06-2019, 11:27 AM

I have to disagree with the whole Ford idea, that is NOT a Ford rear body. The roof gutter and the distance from the glass to the gutter matches perfectly to a Chevy.

A 46-48 Ford is WAY different there.

Then the "Shoe box" Ford's window doesn't match either with a way tighter curve at the rear.

The belt body line is what blows me away the most, that just doesn't look out of place, it's perfect. To make that would be VERY difficult and most builders of such a mishmash kinda rig wouldn't work that hard to do that.

The front of the rear fender sure looks a lot like a panel fender.

The trunk lid doesn't roll down as much as the 46-48 Ford either.

The more I study this the more it looks like an amazing creation from scratch, and a factory car/truck from some country that we never saw before. I am blown away by this thing.

Brian

mr48chev · 03-06-2019, 01:42 PM

I'd have to agree that it is/was someone's creation.

The chrome trim on the fenders may have created a body line that made the poster on FB say Ford back end. That same type chorme is stock on a lot of loweriders now though.

Well carried off in that it looks factory rather than something created in someone's shop as a one off. You can think that someone got an almost new burb with a damaged roof and back end and went out back in the wrecking yard and found a coupe that had been hit in the front and got out the tape measure.

mr48chev · 03-06-2019, 01:56 PM

Looking at 41/48 Chev Sedans the roof and quarter window could have come from a sedan rather than a coupe.

Russell Ashley · 03-15-2019, 11:42 AM

One thing I know for sure, I want either the mystery coupe that started this thread, or the green 49/50 coupe with the red wheels. Love them both.

mikebte · 03-15-2019, 02:45 PM

That is freaking cool. Love it.

First thing that came to mind was an old Packard 120, but its still not right on the rear.

mikebte · 03-15-2019, 03:02 PM

Or.....

mr48chev · 03-15-2019, 10:04 PM

I'd just like to have been sitting around in the BS session that started the build on that coupe. There had to be some good "what if"'s thrown around about that time.

The back end might not even be a US car but something built in South America at that time.

franken · 03-15-2019, 10:23 PM

Very interesting. I saw a ~50 Chevy truck sitting calmly at an intersection yesterday that looked like it was in a field the day before. Nice.

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dsraven Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: calgary alberta Posts: 7,823	Re: Wow! time to move that thing. check out the roof trussses. pretty cool, sorta like those old 36-42 chevy coupes with the pick up rear part. http://oldchevytrucks.com/blog/index...coupe-pick-up/

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MiraclePieCo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: USA Posts: 2,249	Re: Wow! Coincidentally I just posted this same vehicle in the Craigslist thread. Someone said it's an Australian General Motors-Holden. __________________ 1951 Chevy Panel Truck Last edited by MiraclePieCo; 03-06-2019 at 05:21 AM.

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nvrdone Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Moxee WA Posts: 1,422	Re: Wow! looks like an AD cab & front clip grafted on to a passenger car rear body

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mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,268	Re: Wow! Hunting down Club Coaches Classicos uruguay brings up a FB group where the photo was. Blowing up the photo shows that it is a truck chassis under it and someone on that FB group thought that the back secton was Ford. Rear does look to be 46/48 Ford Coupe though. I'm thinking someone created it out of the left overs from two rigs. Holden had some sedans that kind of looked like AD trucks but weren't that close. That and they favored 4 doors over coupes. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.

03-06-2019, 11:27 AM	#9
MARTINSR Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 6,001	Re: Wow! I have to disagree with the whole Ford idea, that is NOT a Ford rear body. The roof gutter and the distance from the glass to the gutter matches perfectly to a Chevy. A 46-48 Ford is WAY different there. Then the "Shoe box" Ford's window doesn't match either with a way tighter curve at the rear. The belt body line is what blows me away the most, that just doesn't look out of place, it's perfect. To make that would be VERY difficult and most builders of such a mishmash kinda rig wouldn't work that hard to do that. The front of the rear fender sure looks a lot like a panel fender. The trunk lid doesn't roll down as much as the 46-48 Ford either. The more I study this the more it looks like an amazing creation from scratch, and a factory car/truck from some country that we never saw before. I am blown away by this thing. Brian __________________ 1948 Chevy pickup Chopped, Sectioned, 1953 Corvette 235 powered. Once was even 401 Buick mid engined with the carburetor right between the seats! Bought with paper route money in 1973 when I was 15. "Fan of most anything that moves human beings"

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mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,268	Re: Wow! I'd have to agree that it is/was someone's creation. The chrome trim on the fenders may have created a body line that made the poster on FB say Ford back end. That same type chorme is stock on a lot of loweriders now though. Well carried off in that it looks factory rather than something created in someone's shop as a one off. You can think that someone got an almost new burb with a damaged roof and back end and went out back in the wrecking yard and found a coupe that had been hit in the front and got out the tape measure. Attached Images __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.

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mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,268	Re: Wow! Looking at 41/48 Chev Sedans the roof and quarter window could have come from a sedan rather than a coupe. Attached Images __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.

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Russell Ashley Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lawrenceville, Ga Posts: 2,640	Re: Wow! One thing I know for sure, I want either the mystery coupe that started this thread, or the green 49/50 coupe with the red wheels. Love them both.

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03-15-2019, 10:04 PM	#15
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,268	Re: Wow! I'd just like to have been sitting around in the BS session that started the build on that coupe. There had to be some good "what if"'s thrown around about that time. The back end might not even be a US car but something built in South America at that time. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.



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franken Registered User Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Somewhere Posts: 3,052	Re: Wow! Very interesting. I saw a ~50 Chevy truck sitting calmly at an intersection yesterday that looked like it was in a field the day before. Nice.

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