1940 Australian GMH Chevrolet military coupe utility

[Tim Hunter]

Thanks Mike, great to see what it would have looked like!

[Mike K]

The Woodville production numbers say that 1484 Chevrolet Standard coupe utilites were made in 1940. I would think that a small percentage of them would have been purchased by essential civilian users

[Mike Cecil]

Tim,

Nice find, with lottsa rewarding work ahead of you.

When you find the chassis (and engine?) numbers, post them here: we'll see what we can find ....

Mike

[gordon]

It does look a little tired, but it has every right to.

To my eye it looks to have most of the essential bits in decent order or repairable. I assume the chassis is still under there, anything in the way of axles, wheels, drivetrain?

I'd guess most of the drivetrain could be sourced from slightly later versions, but on the Dodge equivalents the 1939/40 stuff was just that hair different from 41 through to postwar.

[Tim Hunter]

Hi all, thanks for your replies, very interesting! Some further info,
Engine number: TR 3554562
Chassis number: 3200? ( taken from compliance plate not chassis rail)
Body number: F085
Colour: DLX KHAKI
Batch number/date: FO
Chassis is there, missing front right spring perch (rear), I beam Axel, hubs, wheels.
Drive train is there including rear diff with six bolt pattern hubs, tailgate is there and in good order. I have a running 216 to drop right in.
Great to know how few were manufactured, I wonder how many survivors there are?

[Tim Hunter]

Here are some more pictures for your viewing pleasure. Keys found in glove box along with 1949 Australian Penny.

[lynx42]

What a great project. If you are stuck for wheels, look for some six stud Toyota HiLux rims. These are the correct stud pattern and the correct off-set.

1940 Chev Staff Car.JPG

I have had them on my sedan for 10 years whilst I found the correct Chev wheels otherwise the car would have just been sitting in the shed all that time.

Have fun with it.

Regards Rick