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Old 03-03-08, 10:06
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Originally Posted by aj.lec View Post
photos would help
two stripes on the door would indicate roughly 1935 to 1939 model
in 1940 they went to single stripe mostly
holden body stamps means it is australian bodied does it look like this one at all ?
this one is a 1938 model with an american body .aussie ones do have three roof pressings
Holdens made the 3 ribbed roof cab from 36 to 38 , these cabs were shared to Bedfords, Chevys and the Oldsmobile trucks of that era. The pic looks like a 1938 Chev to me , the 37 had the vertical bar grill . A new ribless cab was released for the 39 model trucks and it was unique as it used the 1936 ? passenger car style round instruments . For 1940 Holdens modified the 39 cab slightly and went to the ubiquitous Chevy instrument panel that 'salesman Bob' knows so well , that cab lasted til 47 .

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