Author Topic: Solved: PN #1656 -- Ford or Chevrolet by Superior, Guatemala, 1938 (Read 1468 times)

pnegyesi · « **on:** July 03, 2022, 04:47:28 AM »

Please identify chassis (the source mentions two choices, but I am fairly sure which one was used) and coachbuilder

marmer · « **Reply #1 on:** July 03, 2022, 07:41:45 PM »

Ford G790B chassis?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #2 on:** July 03, 2022, 11:54:19 PM »

well that's one of the choices. Do you know the coachbuilder?

marmer · « **Reply #3 on:** July 04, 2022, 01:43:22 PM »

The other option is G798B? The coachbuilder? Well, I'll start going through them. Peter Bauer?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #4 on:** July 04, 2022, 01:54:16 PM »

not a German coachbuilder.
and I am sorry, not a German Ford chassis either
and the other choice is not a Ford

marmer · « **Reply #5 on:** July 04, 2022, 06:28:46 PM »

pnegyesi · « **Reply #6 on:** July 04, 2022, 11:47:26 PM »

no, it is a Ford chassis (or another American)

marmer · « **Reply #7 on:** July 05, 2022, 09:10:13 AM »

IH Metro is the other?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #8 on:** July 05, 2022, 09:28:43 AM »

marmer · « **Reply #9 on:** July 05, 2022, 09:35:03 AM »

Chevrolet Dubl-Duti? (1948-ish?)

pnegyesi · « **Reply #10 on:** July 05, 2022, 09:59:21 AM »

This is most probably pre-war, 1930s. Yes it was either a Ford or Chevrolet

marmer · « **Reply #11 on:** July 05, 2022, 10:22:59 AM »

Is this a Wayne-Gemmer Forward Control Conversion?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #12 on:** July 05, 2022, 11:43:47 AM »

marmer · « **Reply #13 on:** July 05, 2022, 01:47:04 PM »

US coachbuilder?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #14 on:** July 05, 2022, 02:02:36 PM »

yes, it seems so

marmer · « **Reply #15 on:** July 09, 2022, 08:40:48 PM »

1937-ish Crown Super Coach?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #16 on:** July 10, 2022, 01:37:29 AM »

1937ish - 1938 to be precise
Not Crown Super Coach

pnegyesi · « **Reply #17 on:** July 17, 2022, 07:06:11 AM »

Experts?

marmer · « **Reply #18 on:** July 17, 2022, 08:36:34 PM »

Hicks Bus Body Co.?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #19 on:** July 18, 2022, 12:32:43 AM »

marmer · « **Reply #20 on:** July 19, 2022, 01:47:04 PM »

Fitzjohn?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #21 on:** July 19, 2022, 03:50:45 PM »

marmer · « **Reply #22 on:** July 20, 2022, 06:42:21 PM »

Was this coachbuilder better known for something else, like aircraft?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #23 on:** July 21, 2022, 12:23:39 AM »

no, this coachbuilder was known for its buses

pnegyesi · « **Reply #24 on:** July 24, 2022, 05:07:45 AM »

Professionals?

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