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Solved TGF-462: Buick 1936 by Carr.Caba Arnella de Sabadell (E)
« on: February 17, 2015, 09:58:04 AM »
Can you identify this vehicle? Make, year and, most of all, coachbuilder are requested.
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Re: TGF-462
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2015, 12:17:16 PM »
Looks as if it could be a 1940 Chevrolet, somewhere in South America perhaps?

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Re: TGF-462
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2015, 02:39:45 PM »
It's a GM, a bit older than 1940, but not from South America.

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Re: TGF-462
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2015, 12:13:06 PM »
Looks as if it's from a hot climate, Australia perhaps?

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Re: TGF-462
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2015, 03:52:31 PM »
Not from Australia.

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Re: TGF-462
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2015, 04:41:42 PM »
Is this a 1937 Chev with an Arntzen 'ambulance' conversion?

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Re: TGF-462
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2015, 01:06:56 AM »
I think it's from 1936, I doubt it's a Chevy (I have to dig about it), but I'm quite sure it never was an ambulance.

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Re: TGF-462
« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2015, 06:06:04 PM »
Pros' time.

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Re: TGF-462
« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2015, 06:23:35 PM »
According to the information I have, this is a 1936 Buick that was rebodied by the Spanish firm Salvador Caba (Cabanas) and it was used as transport for his family.

I do not have the years of construction for all of his conversions, I suspect it was after the Spanish Civil War and could perhaps been after 1945, but he did a large number of such rebody jobs mostly on American vehicle chassis.

Here is a better photo.

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Re: TGF-462
« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2015, 07:07:57 PM »
Hail to Bill ! :faint:

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Re: TGF-462
« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2015, 10:07:08 AM »
Yes!!! A very very well deserved point to Bill.  And another picture with closed boot.

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Re: Solved TGF-462: Buick 1936 by Carr.Caba Arnella de Sabadell (E)
« Reply #11 on: March 25, 2015, 10:28:27 AM »
Thank You for the opportunity and the point Fabrizio!!
And Thank You Patrick for the nice thought.

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