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Special Coupe Frank · 08-27-2011, 01:01 PM

Don't get me wrong about Chevy - I love them, and one of the projects awaiting me is compete restoration of my Dad's 1930 Chevy Special Sedan...

But why they clung to a splash-oiled babbit-pounder until 1953 still baffles me... ( same goes for Buick and Hudson eight ).

The Chevy six was a decent car, in spite of the tendency for the '29-'30 models to break rear axle shafts...

My grandfather had a 1930 Chevy Standard coupe (disc wheels, trunk) that stayed in the family and was driven up into the early 1960's... The youngest eight of the 16 kids learned to drive on that car... it migrated from Maryland to Florida with my Aunt Marybelle for its final years. I guess the headlining was starting to some down, as she referred to it as "having lace curtains"...

I don't know if the engine was ever swapped or rebuilt; I do know that it was never re-powered with a later 206 or 216 engine. Dad did mention that one time on a trip to Western PA, it broke a rear axle, Grandpappy had to come home on the bus, and sent one of the older boys back up with a new axle to fix the car and drive it back home.

If you want to read about modern-day adventures with an unrestored '29 Chevy Coach, google "The adventures of Billy Possum", and read about Bill Kastenholtz and his '29 Chevy.... good stuff.

08-27-2011, 01:01 PM	#11
Special Coupe Frank Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Northeast Penna Posts: 2,108	Re: Model A,,, a transition car?? Don't get me wrong about Chevy - I love them, and one of the projects awaiting me is compete restoration of my Dad's 1930 Chevy Special Sedan... But why they clung to a splash-oiled babbit-pounder until 1953 still baffles me... ( same goes for Buick and Hudson eight ). The Chevy six was a decent car, in spite of the tendency for the '29-'30 models to break rear axle shafts... My grandfather had a 1930 Chevy Standard coupe (disc wheels, trunk) that stayed in the family and was driven up into the early 1960's... The youngest eight of the 16 kids learned to drive on that car... it migrated from Maryland to Florida with my Aunt Marybelle for its final years. I guess the headlining was starting to some down, as she referred to it as "having lace curtains"... I don't know if the engine was ever swapped or rebuilt; I do know that it was never re-powered with a later 206 or 216 engine. Dad did mention that one time on a trip to Western PA, it broke a rear axle, Grandpappy had to come home on the bus, and sent one of the older boys back up with a new axle to fix the car and drive it back home. If you want to read about modern-day adventures with an unrestored '29 Chevy Coach, google "The adventures of Billy Possum", and read about Bill Kastenholtz and his '29 Chevy.... good stuff.