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Car of the Day: March 18, 2015; Racing Champions '40 Ford Sedan Delivery
Topic Started: Mar 18 2015, 07:22 AM (468 Views)
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Car of the Day for March 18, 2015 is the Racing Champions 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery

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A sedan delivery, commonly called a delivery in American English and a car derived van in British English, is a two-door station wagon with driver and front passenger seats or driver's only seat, and steel sheet-metal panels in place of rear side windows. Sedan deliveries have spartan interior trim and were used by businesses ranging from plumbers, couriers and local merchants such as bakeries as cargo vans are used today.


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Plymouth produced a sedan delivery from 1935 until 1941. Pontiac produced deliveries until 1953 in the U.S. and until 1958 in Canada. This was possible because Canadian Pontiacs of the 1940s and 1950s actually used Chevrolet bodies; in fact, they are known to have used the rear sections of Chevrolet bodies through 1954 (creating odd Pontiac-Chevrolet hybrids; Pontiacs from the firewall forward, but with Chevrolet tail-lights). It may be Canadian Pontiacs of the 1940s similarly were Chevrolets at the rear, with Pontiac sheet-metal and trim at the front. These models were usually produced in very small numbers (200 or less); 449 Canadian Pontiac sedan deliveries were built in 1958.


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The 1949-1952 Chevrolet sedan deliveries were attractive and dependable work vehicles. The 1957 150 series delivery is a valuable Chevy sought by collectors. From 1959 on, the sedan delivery was no longer practical; it was phased out in 1960 as a Chevrolet model, so the requisite Chevrolet body was no longer available. Sedan deliveries were typically used as work vehicles, so they tended to wear out faster than a better cared for passenger car.


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With the growing sales of the Volkswagen Type 2 and the introduction of compact vans, sedan deliveries faded from the scene. Chevrolet dropped the body type after 1960, while Ford moved it to the Falcon line-up until 1965.


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For more info see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedan_delivery

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An interesting model from the RC emergency vehicles line from back around 2000. I like Sedan Deliveries, I wish more were still available. Paint seems a little rough, but this model looks far better in hand.

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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
The Chevy HHR panel van brought us a small flashback to these sort of vehicles. There's a bunch out here being used for business, some in full wrap color schemes.
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daniel60
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Personal Luxury Car
:thumbup: She's got the look.
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pjedsel
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This made for a very nice rescue/ambulance type vehicle. It is similar the "grey ghost" that Lincoln County, WA kept in surplus service back in the '60's and early '70's. You don't see many models lettered for Civil Defense so this is a neat one to have in the collection. The oversize chrome sirens tend to be the problem on this model (and other RC models). They break off very easily.
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accobra64
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Minivan
Wes, thanks for the images as I never knew that Racing Champions made this specific casting.

Cheers. Cobra
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Modern Retro Inspired by Panels of the past

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HHR Concept
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