Topic: Solved: Wendax 2139 - Chevrolet Styleline limousine by Ghia-Aigle

[Wendax]

Some work to do.

For one point, please respond and identify car and coachbuilder.

[Wendax]

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[richard cuyler]

General Motors product?

[Wendax]

It started out as one.

[tobytwirl]

Well it's LHD, so unlikely to be Holden or Vauxhall, so let's plunge in with 48 oldsmobile?

[Wendax]

Not an Oldsmobile

[richard cuyler]

What I can see of the dashboard suggests 1948-ish Buick. But there are other clues on the body which seem to rule this out. Plus there seems to be a cut-and-shut weld in the central area of the roof. So was it a custom built limousine or similar?

[Wendax]

Not a Buick, but  a custom-built limousine

[richard cuyler]

1946-ish Chevrolet?

[Wendax]

Not from 1946, but a Chevrolet from this era served as base car.

[tobytwirl]

Was it a one off custom car, or built by coachbuilders - and was it built at the time it was reasonably new?

[Wendax]

Quite a lot of questions at once. In the future, please pose one question at a time. 

Was it a one off (...)

Yes

(...) custom car, (...)

No

(...) or built by coachbuilders (...)

Yes

(...) - and was it built at the time it was reasonably new?

Yes

[Bill Murray]

1949/51 Chevrolet  according to the instrument panel.

If so, not a common vehicle to spend a lot of money on if it is a true "coachbuilt", limousine.

A few hours trying to solve this one, no luck so far

Bill

[tobytwirl]

1950 Chevrolet Styleline by Ghia Aigle

[Wendax]

That's the one!

[richard cuyler]

Great looking car. Much better than in the original picture...