Thread: The FNG....hola!

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Hello all, I stumbled across this site looking to ID a car.

A little about me.... I'm a FL car guy who has too many projects. My "hot rod" is a little different. I'm working on a 1970 Datsun 510 with a hotair turbo buick swap.

I'm hear to ID my father's great grand father's car. I was told it is mine if I want it. I think its a old cadi or chevy deluxe. What do you guys think?

Try again in the daylight.

Hey tech,

Click on those pics a couple of times. The first click takes you to the host with a larger example. Another click gets even larger and I think I see bowties on the wheel covers?

1949 Fastback?

Deluxe. Not sure... Looks like a Chevy I guess... Can't tell unless I saw the front end (grill).

could be 49 or 50 chevy but it looks like it's got an olds hood ornament maybe 49?

Thanks for all the replies. I had to get a new harddrive and couldn't recall the forum address. If you click on the thumbnail a larger pic should appear.

How easy/hard is it to obtain panels for this car? I'm not afraid of the rust. But I have yet to see the car in person. I've been told these old chevy/GM cars have thick steel. And rust may not be all the way thru.

During a recent family reunion my father met a long lost uncle and low and behold he had my dad's great grandfather's car in the yard. I'd like to be able to restore it for him.

But the first task is getting the car from Georgia to Miami, FL.

For replacement panels you could try :

http://www.parts123.com/PartFrame.as...Surplus_Supply

Regards, Mark

looks like a '49 or '50 Chevy Fleetline. The hood ornament isn't chevy but, all those ornaments are interchangeable. I think even the hoods will interchange between olds, pontiac and Chevy. If it is a Chevy, www.chevsofthe40s.com and http://www.nationalchevyassoc.com/De...2id=12&level=2 are good places for parts.

What was the first yr. did they put coat hangers on the antenna? that could tell you something.

Originally posted by lt1s10
What was the first yr. did they put coat hangers on the antenna? that could tell you something.

I think that was a optional dealer item. It helps with the television reception. Betcha didn't know they had in-car televisions back then.

Originally posted by nivram
I think that was a optional dealer item. It helps with the television reception. Betcha didn't know they had in-car televisions back then.

thats the only reason i hang here, see what i learned today, they had coat hangers and tv in 1949.

Last year I had to do a project for english, it was a TV commercial for 1944, san fransisco, world and us news. Was there really TV back then? Teacher said yes but it wasn't common, but I'm still uncertine

not at my house. first one i saw was around 1955.

Originally posted by lt1s10
not at my house. first one i saw was around 1955.

That is what I thought, that mid 50's it came out.