1946 Chevy Fleetline

BRUISER

BRUISER

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After many months of trying to find the "perfect car" to build I did.

I Found a 1946 Chevrolet Fleetline
I am the third owner, the 1st owner had it from 1946 till 1960 and traded it in, the second owner had it from 1960 until now.

This will be a very long build as it needs rockers, floor pans, trunk pan and a crap ton of body work.. the plan is to put it on air ride and slam it and just have a very cool old car.

as for engine it has the straight 6 in it and if I can get it running I will run it for now, but the long term plan would be to throw in a nice newer v8 and make it haul ass.

Good news is the guy had all the parts missing from the pics, even stainless and chrome

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Hey Bruiser. There is a Fleetline sitting here at the shop that the guy wants gone, probably pretty cheap. No idea exact year, although looks very similar to yours. Dont know what he wants or what's all there or what its worth, but if interested PM me and Ill give you his info!
 
nice ive got a buddy that has a 48 fleetmaster 4door that were bagging right now. mustangII front member and
JIMENEZ BROS CUSTOMS 2 link swaping in a newer I6, auto trans, and 2wd drum brake s10 rear axle. ill have to get ya some pictures of it this weekend. absolutely love these older cars/trucks layed out!!!
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I started on my 45, building a full frame with a s10 front clip and 2x4 tubing but stoped working on it till I can get a motor/trans to finish mocking up motor mounts and trans crossmembers.
 
katkatcher#1 said:
nice ive got a buddy that has a 48 fleetmaster 4door that were bagging right now. mustangII front member and
JIMENEZ BROS CUSTOMS 2 link swaping in a newer I6, auto trans, and 2wd drum brake s10 rear axle. ill have to get ya some pictures of it this weekend. absolutely love these older cars/trucks layed out!!!
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Jimemez is the front end I plan on running also. They are located right down the street from my riverside CA office so when I am out there early next year I am gonna stop by and chat with them.
 
Nice there fronts look simple to install too! He picked up a universal member cheap from another buddy only reason he didnt go through Jimemez for it also. It actually suprised us how beefy the rear is only thing we didn't like was the panhard, ended up getting a watts link from Speedway so the axle doesn't move at all ehere the panhard pulls some.
 
Well finally decoded the cowl tag.

Car was built in Atlanta Georgia
Full name of car is : 1946 Chevrolet Fleetline Series Aerosedan.
Interior: Tan Stripe Fabric / indicates a combination of plain and tan striped cloth.
Exterior was :Mayland Black
 
had a few buddies over and they helped me get the car off the trailer and into the shop

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and then I spent sometime and got all the extra pieces out of the inside to see how bad it is :)

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BRUISER said:
had a few buddies over and they helped me get the car off the trailer and into the shop

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and then I spent sometime and got all the extra pieces out of the inside to see how bad it is :)

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Thanks for letting us borrow the shop and tools for the day. It was a very productive wrenching day for CNC4X4. I learned about brakes and brake lines.

Let me know if you ever need help with this project.

-Bob
 
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