Tag: 1939 Chevy Truck

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Live Auction Action . . . Finally

Speaking of auctions, we are SO TIRED of online auctions and cheerfully headed off to a live auction in Belleville, Kansas, the other day.  We picked up a lot of good stuff including this  vintage GM accessory:

It is a tissue box, made by Auto-Serv in the 1940s.

It was sold as an official GM accessory, and this is how it appeared in the 1948 Chevrolet accessories brochure:

Tissue dispensers were mounted under those gorgeous chrome-covered dashes:

Photo credit: Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Although tissue dispensers can still be purchased today, as with most everything, they can’t compete with the early versions in terms of quality and style.  Some other examples from GM:

 

1952 Chevrolet accessories brochure

 

1955 Chevrolet accessories brochure
1956 Chevy accessories brochure

You could also purchase aftermarket versions as trumpeted in this 1947 advertisement:

Finally, I have to include this photo.  Another bidder rolled up to the auction in this awesome 1939 Chevy truck:

While it had loads of patina, there was no tissue dispenser!

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Farm Fresh Chevy Trucks

FINALLY, the auctions are starting back up and we went to a great one last weekend. On the auction block was a veritable history of Chevrolet trucks:

1937
1938
1939

The bidding was robust since it was a large crowd of people that have apparently been suffering from the twin maladies of cabin fever and pockets that money is burning a hole through. We did come away with some good stuff, however, including a couple of truck radios. This one is Model 986067, correct for a 1947-1950 Chevy Truck:

It was an amazing find, complete with tags and knobs and all the stuff that is usually missing. Don’t ask though, this one is already spoken for. We also bought this Model 986443 which would have been original to a 1951-1953 truck. It is also very complete:

I think my favorite purchase of the day was this great dash-mounted fan. It is a Wizard with a Rex motor. Best of all, we bench-tested it and it still works. It has loads of patina and I love its vintage look!