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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 03:36 PM
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Smile 1940 OLDS Pics

As a newby, I can't post attachments, but I do have 4 pics ready to go. What else can I do?

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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 03:39 PM
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Do I need to join the club to be able to post pics? Can I join Classic Olds on line?
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 04:19 PM
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After 5 posts you should be able to post pics. try again
Old Mar 9, 2009 | 05:30 AM
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so where are those pics???
Old Mar 9, 2009 | 07:34 AM
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it s still no open ,for me to send yet???? i will try to send yhem when i get bavk home ,itsays on the bottom of nebie that i can not do it yet along with some other stuff ,but will try again ,i think when you do see them ,you will like
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the postin rules just now says i can send attachments ,so will do this eve .west.56
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Finally 1940 Olds Pictures

Here you go guys...

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Old Mar 9, 2009 | 05:18 PM
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Sweet ride Tom. the color is great. is it all original?
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Wow nice, very nice! I like the color too. I was going to download a picture for my screensaver slide show I have of favorite stuff but decided to wait until you get a picture of the car with a nicer backdrop than a garage door. Is that dash faded? It looks to be a simulated woodgrain on the metal, is that so? Also, Is there a compass in the center of the steering wheel or is that just a horn button? It was worth the wait for the pictures. Thanks.
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Sweet

Tell us the whole story
Old Mar 10, 2009 | 05:14 AM
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Sweet ride Tom. the color is great. is it all original?
yep shes all orig,from all i can find out ,the dash is a wood grain ,ita called brich,needs redone,i found the car in a one day ad in the chattanooga paper ,i called and it was a hundred miles from where i live .i live about 60 miles north west of chattanooga,got there and took one look and told bonnie ,this gal is mine ,made the deal and drove it on trailer and took here home ,i have a couple of jobs to complete,then i will start repairing the few things it needs .turns out iam 3rd owner,but this babys a keeper,it has a flat head six and auto trans all orig and yes its a real nice car ,drives real nice but!!on a 6 prct grade the brakes will scare the @#$% out of you ,so i havent driven her all winter ,it gets nasty on top of this mt. oh it also has a rear seat heater ,never saw that before , thanks tom
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Wow nice, very nice! I like the color too. I was going to download a picture for my screensaver slide show I have of favorite stuff but decided to wait until you get a picture of the car with a nicer backdrop than a garage door. Is that dash faded? It looks to be a simulated woodgrain on the metal, is that so? Also, Is there a compass in the center of the steering wheel or is that just a horn button? It was worth the wait for the pictures. Thanks.
dan as soon as the weather brake ,should be in a few weeks ill get her out and get you some good pics ,who knows i hope to meet a few of you guys this year as iam now retired ,its MY turn to play L O L
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Rear seat heater, thats a new one on me. Have to look around and see if this was a factory option or dealer add on. Interesting
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Yay!
is that a 46 you own?
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Rear seat heater, thats a new one on me. Have to look around and see if this was a factory option or dealer add on. Interesting
yep ive owened a lot of vintage cars ,ive got a 1942 black out chev ,3rd owner on it. it has a heater under front seat like the old studs in 50-51 had and the 46 dodge ive got has it under front but like i said i have never seen a heater under the back seat ,if yiu can dig up any ifo ,that would be great
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Yes it is although I first thought it was a '48 because that was the date on the title. Apparently there was a error in the past. I don't recall who but someone here helped me clear that up. I never bothered to change the title because it really doesn't make much difference to me, they are almost identical.
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I agree Dan. The only differences I can identify are the tail lights and trunk handle
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46 olds

i thought it was ,i owned one ,and some cars you cant forget ,it sure was a nice car to take to the drive ins never saw much of the movies ,windows used to fog up too bad
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james does that car in pics have the shaker hood on it ,been too long i cant rember if all of them did ,car sure looks good
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Cool! It is the Old Man's car!

"That son of a b!@#$ would freeze up in the middle of summer on the equator!"

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Cool! It is the Old Man's car!

"That son of a b!@#$ would freeze up in the middle of summer on the equator!"

Welcome to the site.
yep never could keep windows from fogging up well at least when you were parked hummmmmm
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Ah yes, when we were young and the only place to have fun was the back seat of the car.....
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Ah yes, when we were young and the only place to have fun was the back seat of the car.....
yep those were the good old days ?or are those the dumb days,who knows but wouldn't change a thing .well maybe one youth over wisdom
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As the saying goes "to soon old to late smart" Don't know who first said it but it but its true
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heater

have you had any luck ,on info about th rear seat heater,on my 40 olds yet ,i havent been able to find any one who can give info from the body tag or vin yet , id like to find out where the car was made ,when ,what # it was what dealer it was shipped to .you know all that un inportant stuff ,
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Yes it is although I first thought it was a '48 because that was the date on the title. Apparently there was a error in the past. I don't recall who but someone here helped me clear that up. I never bothered to change the title because it really doesn't make much difference to me, they are almost identical.
hey i thought i was the only one up this early in the day
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Nah, I take my wife to Dialysis on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and she has to be there at 6 AM so we get up at 4:30 AM. Just like being in the service again....

Do you know if that rear heater is stock or not? I just thought that it could, might possibly, perhaps, be aftermarket. Is it electric or heated with water like the one on the firewall? If the latter then are the hoses routed under the floor pan or in the passenger compartment. Interesting to me and just wondering.
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hey i thought i was the only one up this early in the day
its water ,has two heater hoses running under car in a sheild ,doesnt have blower on it just a heater core about 6 by 16 under seat
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I have searched around and so far haven't found any information on a rear seat heater. Most likey an after market install. Sounds like a professional install with the hose sheild and all
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Nah, I take my wife to Dialysis on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and she has to be there at 6 AM so we get up at 4:30 AM. Just like being in the service again....

Do you know if that rear heater is stock or not? I just thought that it could, might possibly, perhaps, be aftermarket. Is it electric or heated with water like the one on the firewall? If the latter then are the hoses routed under the floor pan or in the passenger compartment. Interesting to me and just wondering.
if it is it was done right
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Nice car Tom. Don't see to many 40's era Oldsmobiles. I see you live in Dunlap, that's pretty country up there. We have property on Signal Mtn. Hope to move up there in the future. Gary
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yes gary i do. i live on top of cagle mt,just off st rt 111, i love it here.bought land in 96 and came every two wks from vero beach fl to build ,,built a 3 acr lake first and then built a garage with apt above it ,when buis sold in 99 moved up stayed in apt ,while i built house .took me three years ,boy the next one if i ever i ever git that dumb again some one other than me will do it ,had my new shop built last year ,so if i want to work on cars i can and if i dont i get a six pack , of tea. and sit in a chair and fish .trouble is i keep making more yard have to stop that.oh by the way the drive back to the house is 8 tns of a mile long from main road. you and wife will have to stop in someday ,tom
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Killer color Nice ride, I love fatties.
thank ,every one wants to cut it up and make a hot rod out of it ,i just dont have the heart for it ,the older i get the more i want to keep them like they were intened to be ,too much history behind them .its like looking a good loking woman that you woulnt change L O L
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Hey Tom sounds like a nice place. We currently live in Port St. Lucie just south of Vero. Don't know if you've been here lately but it has grown tremendously which I'm not to fond of. Of course the's alot of foreclosed houses because of the over development. You ever eat a Waycrazy's BBQ on Signal Mtn? Good stuff. Thank's for the invite, will keep it in mind. Gary
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I'm still young enough to swing both ways there. A nice original would be hard to cut apart, but one that has already been cut...well that is another story. They are all before my time, but kind of fell in love with them any way. Back in the day I wanted to stretch a 48 chubby and turn it into a limo
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Hey Tom sounds like a nice place. We currently live in Port St. Lucie just south of Vero. Don't know if you've been here lately but it has grown tremendously which I'm not to fond of. Of course the's alot of foreclosed houses because of the over development. You ever eat a Waycrazy's BBQ on Signal Mtn? Good stuff. Thank's for the invite, will keep it in mind. Gary



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