Hi: You have a home made pick-up.. that is not a factory pick-up.. Looks like the rear window is from a Square-body Chevy truck. maybe even the box sides from a S10.. Hard to remember what that box-side looks like.. You have a busy winter, make sure you got a couch , microwave, Internet and john in the shop The wood is very confusing.. is there a vin tag on the firewall? if so maybe post a picture of the body tag. It's usually on the fire wall .
original rear of cab and box..with the body lines.
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It is really hard to tell just what you have without that tag to identify that body from my screen anyway.. Definitely looks like a 37 front end , but I still say I have never seen a 37 with wood.. Even during the last year of production for the 36 Standard most if not all were produced in steel for the doors, All the 36 masters were wood untill the end of production for 1936. As far as I know all 1937 models were Steel.. Does not mean there wasn't one but, looking at what has been done to this vehicle makes me think somebody put all that wood in that car.. I think it was a car when it was born and along the way in it's life somebody decided to make it into a truck.. Looks like a huge project to undertake unless you have some pretty good skills to turn it into your dream..Back in the day some of the best hot-rod customs still famous to-day were built and chopped and kustomized with a handsaw and an axe.. That was all we had in the 50s for special tools..So with a dream and perseverance any challenge can be overcome.. All the luck in the world to you..
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I'm too far away for a visit but that is one interesting project. Looks like a few different parts put together. The wood looks like it was put there as a form for the sheet metal. The wood in cars and trucks I have seen is not done like that, not very strong.
From the low serial # the casting should be 383101 that fits with 37 . Most 216s I have run across the casting # is even with and forward of the fuel pump. later 235 will be between the draft tube and the distributor at about fuel pump hight all numbers no letters most of the ones I have seen under the starter Are factory conversion's something like CON7 or a different # I think that was just tracking of the mold upgrade's. just saying haven't payed to much attention to any early blocks but it will be at least 6 numbers
Most chevys were exported to Australia from Canada in pieces and bodied by Holden. AS far as i know this was a work around excess duty as we are both part of the commonwealth. GM Canada produced right hand drive versions of most of its line up for years for this purpose .
I seem to remember this for sale in the Brantford area about 20 years ago.( back in the Triad days ).....Think it was listed as a sedan delivery converted to a funeral flower car back in the early days..............
Should make an interesting project. i would keep it looking like an Aussie Ute....
good luck, and keep at it when it warms up a little
