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Identifying an old chassis

Post by bladeracer » 16 Dec 2020, 2:33 pm

Got an old chassis here on the farm that we'd like to get rid of, but really don't want to scrap it.

Near as I can determine it seems to be a late-twenties Buick light truck chassis, mainly due to the cantilevered rear leaf spring set-up and wooden wheel spokes.

We're not chasing money for it but it would certainly cost something to relocate it from here even to a neighbouring farm, but it might be worth that cost to somebody that can make use of it.

Can anybody assist with identifying it?
Anybody know somebody that might be able to use such a thing?

I forgot to get some photos of an engine block that's lying in the same area, though they may be unrelated.
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Re: Identifying an old chassis

Post by bladeracer » 16 Dec 2020, 2:36 pm

A few more.
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Re: Identifying an old chassis

Post by No1_49er » 17 Dec 2020, 6:30 am

Can't help you with identification BUT, whatever you do, please don't scrap it.
Stuff like that is the proverbial "rocking horse sh!t", and there will surely be somebody out there who has been looking "forever" for a chassis in restorable condition.
Like the "barn finds" that are still being revealed, this sort of thing inevitably lies about, getting in peoples way, because nobody else knows it's there.
As you've done here, if it's advertised widely enough, there will likely be more than one person who would willingly take it away. Yes, recovery of "gold" does have a cost that some people will gladly sink funds in their potential investment.
Interestingly, the photos also show what might be a torque-tube drive-shaft arrangement. Could assist with narrowing the identification features.
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Re: Identifying an old chassis

Post by straightshooter » 17 Dec 2020, 6:32 am

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You might do better posting on a hot rod forum or a restored vehicles forum.
The brand name on some of the hubs, although visible in pictures are not legible, might be a starting point.
My guess is pre 30's.
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Re: Identifying an old chassis

Post by No1_49er » 17 Dec 2020, 6:42 am

Definitely a Buick. Very legible in a photo editor.
Probably no later than circa 1932 when they changed to wire spoke wheels.
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Re: Identifying an old chassis

Post by bladeracer » 17 Dec 2020, 8:54 am

Good point, I didn't think of hotrodders!

The family don't recall it ever being an actual vehicle, so it was either already here when Bob bought the place (it was all bush back then though with just a tiny hession-walled one-room house), or it got dragged here by Bob for a project that never eventuated. There is no sign of any bodywork so I suspect the latter.

I can't bare to see stuff like this being deliberately scrapped, I'd rather see it rusting away, seems a more dignified end :-)




No1_49er wrote:Can't help you with identification BUT, whatever you do, please don't scrap it.
Stuff like that is the proverbial "rocking horse sh!t", and there will surely be somebody out there who has been looking "forever" for a chassis in restorable condition.
Like the "barn finds" that are still being revealed, this sort of thing inevitably lies about, getting in peoples way, because nobody else knows it's there.
As you've done here, if it's advertised widely enough, there will likely be more than one person who would willingly take it away. Yes, recovery of "gold" does have a cost that some people will gladly sink funds in their potential investment.
Interestingly, the photos also show what might be a torque-tube drive-shaft arrangement. Could assist with narrowing the identification features.
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Re: Identifying an old chassis

Post by bladeracer » 17 Dec 2020, 8:56 am

straightshooter wrote:bladeracer
You might do better posting on a hot rod forum or a restored vehicles forum.
The brand name on some of the hubs, although visible in pictures are not legible, might be a starting point.
My guess is pre 30's.


Sorry, I did take a closer pic of the Buick hubs but the post got pretty pic-heavy so I skipped it.
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Re: Identifying an old chassis

Post by No1Mk3 » 17 Dec 2020, 12:11 pm

G'day bladeracer,
A tray back Buick1920's era, probably in the 12 to 14cwt range. As straightshooter posted, put it in a hot rod or historic commercial vehicle forum and I'm sure someone will pin it down. I agree wholeheartedly that lying in a paddock fading away is a more fitting end than the shredder at Sims, Cheers.
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Re: Identifying an old chassis

Post by pomemax » 17 Dec 2020, 10:43 pm

look up Buick club on facebook and offer it there
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Re: Identifying an old chassis

Post by JohnV » 02 Jan 2021, 11:53 am

I am going to say a 1922 Buick Touring Car .
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