Posted by john in nebraska on July 28, 2014 at 20:16:41 from (67.142.165.23):
In Reply to: Wartime automobiles posted by rrlund on July 28, 2014 at 18:31:35:
War was declared in Dec. 41, and it took til March for the manufacturers to stop producing cars and get switched over. Many of the new cars were taken back from dealers and put into storage. A Dr. or war production worker, or someone with some pull that really needed a new car could get one, after a pile of paper work. What was immediate was aluminum, chrome, brass, and copper. These were designated war-materials. Some of the last 1942 cars and even some of the 1946's had reverted to cast iron pistons. Hubcaps and bumpers were painted. Trim was painted tin instead of stainless. Chrome badges were suddenly plastic pieces. White rubber was not available and white walls were tin extensions of the hubcaps. Every portion of American life was affected some how. During the war years body men had a heyday of making it fit, when repairing wrecks. Junk yard parts, even whole bodies were refurbished, and put back to use.
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