Whaddyacallit #405 - Gordon Harvey's 1941 Chevrolet

[Ray B.]

Ever seen this ?

If you did, please respond below and let us know what this car originally was, and who modified it.

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[Ray B.]

Ooops!
This one was meant for the pros...

[Paul Jaray]

Studebaker inside?

[Ray B.]

Not a Studebaker.
By the way, the puzzler who will find this one has a very good chance to solve one of the remaining pictures in a group puzzle.

[metalshapes]

Late '40s Oldsmobile with a Shoebox Ford grille?

[Ray B.]

The shoebox Ford grille is obvious, but the late forties Olds is wrong. But you're in the right direction.

[Otto Puzzell]

The cowl / windshield looks like an immediate pre- or post-WWII Olds - so maybe a 1940 example?

[Ray B.]

Not an Olds. The "right direction" pointed towards GM. You're almost right as to the year.
I'll add another view.

And a clue: this puzzle is closely connected to my last "racing lady".

[Otto Puzzell]

Headlights say Pontiac.

[Ray B.]

Maybe, but the front having been heavily reworked, that doesn't induce the car was a Pontiac. In fact, it's not.
But it shared the A body, if I remember well with the lesser Pontiacs and OIds.

[Otto Puzzell]

Ah - a LaSalle

[Ray B.]

Are you kidding me? I don't think that Lasalle had the A body. Neither had Buick or Cadillac.

Since you've tried all the others, I might as well spell it out for you: Chevrolet.

[Otto Puzzell]

No, I wasn't kidding. Sorry I'm such an obtuse hack. LaSalles had headlights of that configuration. And, as you said, the front is heavily reworked.

[Ray B.]

We're all deaf at times.
My advice: follow my clue a few posts above. It will get you home sooner.

[pnegyesi]

I am just trying my luck here. This is a late 1940s Chevy, modified in 1953 with a Ford grille and probably some engine upgrades as well. Right?

[Ray B.]

The grille is 1949-50 Ford, not 1953.
But this is a rather obscure modified car, not a famous custom. And, if I remember well, about the only chance you'll have to solve this is to follow the clue given in my reply #7.

[pnegyesi]

Vivian says this is Harv's 1941 Chevrolet (see Racing Ladies)

[Ray B.]

What did I tell you?
Would a full name be too much to ask?

[pnegyesi]

Probably a Special Deluxe

[Ray B.]

Probably a Special Deluxe

Doh!
The name of the owner !!!

[pnegyesi]

Gordon Harvey

[Ray B.]

Gordon Harvey is an interesting driver as it appears that he participated in only one Nascar event, the 1951 Daytona beach race. He drove a Henry J, finished 43rd of 54, but as one website points "could always brag that he beat Fireball Roberts", who finished 45th.