Believe me they're not all as solid as this one. It's the second one I bought. The first one was a '41 that spent it's life in Vancouver and the bottom was all rotted out. This one spent it's life with one family in Clavet Sask., probably on a farm and was not likely used in the winter at all up to '93 when the local auto wrecker bought it and resold it to another fellow in Summerland, who also never drove it. I got lucky finding it. A friend here brought a '51 home from Alberta, but is now not going to use it as it needs lots of rust repair and he has found one in eastern Sask. that looks like it is more like mine and is waiting 'til spring to go get it.
I've been contemplating putting Ford Customline trim on it. the idea is to have the trim line up with the door handle such that the door handle is not so noticeable and doesn't have to be shaved. The '46 Chevs are done this way and I think look much better. The pictures are of Mainline trim with the front piece on the rear and the rear piece on the front. I haven't decided whether I like this idea or not, but if I can find a set of Customline trim cheap it's a possibility. The Customline version goes right up to the front of the hood in my case and has "Customline" script on the junction piece. If I do this I would remove the original Chev belt line trim. Comments welcome, you won't hurt my feelings.
