traveller816 Posted February 20, 2016 Report Posted February 20, 2016 Hi All, Just thought I'd say a quick "Hi" and introduce my ride. My name is Saul and I've been driving rusty Detroit iron since I was 18 but this is my first "proper old" car. Till now the oldest I'd had was 1957 and I can certainly feel those 15 years difference. Even though I'd been thinking of getting a 40's car for a while I ended up buying my 42 a little by accident. A cheeky bid in the last six seconds of an auction, sight unseen and just one picture and I found myself the owner of this 1942 Chrysler Royal. She turned out to be be a very original and unmolested car, everything works but I'm not crazy about the fluid drive/3 speed which I'm thinking of ditching in favour of a 700R4. She's got 85000 miles on the clock and is a Canadian built car. I have no history of the car but I suspect she came from Saskatchewan in Canada. She is my daily driver and I don't own another car, below are a few pictures including the day we got her out of storage. My last car was a 57 Chevy (yeah, yeah I know such a cliche but there is a good story behind that and a 5000km drive across Europe from Turkey but this is not the forum for that adventure) and that was pretty easy to live with, so I was pretty happy to find this forum. Quote
1950 Special Deluxe Posted February 20, 2016 Report Posted February 20, 2016 Welcome from Saskatchewan. My car and I have both lived in Saskatchewan all of our lives. 1 Quote
Mark D Posted February 20, 2016 Report Posted February 20, 2016 (edited) Best of luck with the car!!! Mark D Edited February 21, 2016 by Mark D 1 Quote
rb1949 Posted February 20, 2016 Report Posted February 20, 2016 Great work winning on this one. Hope you enjoy it for many miles to come. 1 Quote
normanpitkin Posted February 21, 2016 Report Posted February 21, 2016 hi ,i am in London and have a 41 and a 48 ,anything i can help with just ask! 1 Quote
bluefoxamazone Posted February 21, 2016 Report Posted February 21, 2016 welcome to this forum, greetings from a Belgian "neighbour"... grtz 1 Quote
Seaside Pete Posted February 21, 2016 Report Posted February 21, 2016 Hi Welcome to the forum. Yet another UK member. Where in the UK are you? I am in Kent. Pete 1 Quote
Frank Elder Posted February 21, 2016 Report Posted February 21, 2016 You seem to be missing a bunch of trim pieces on the rear fenders. Quote
Robin (UK) Posted February 21, 2016 Report Posted February 21, 2016 Welcome aboard.It's great to see another UK member.I'm in West London. 1 Quote
traveller816 Posted February 21, 2016 Author Report Posted February 21, 2016 hi ,i am in London and have a 41 and a 48 ,anything i can help with just ask! thanks Norman, might take you up on that. Not really decided what I'm going to do with this just yet, resisting modification but if I'm going to keep her I'll need to do something! Quote
traveller816 Posted February 21, 2016 Author Report Posted February 21, 2016 Hi Welcome to the forum. Yet another UK member. Where in the UK are you? I am in Kent. Pete Hi Pete, I'm in Portsmouth and funnily enough I brought the car home from Maidstone! Quote
traveller816 Posted February 21, 2016 Author Report Posted February 21, 2016 You seem to be missing a bunch of trim pieces on the rear fenders. Yeah...... I'm not sure if I'm missing them or this being a Royal and the lowest trim level it did not have them.... Quote
deathbound Posted February 21, 2016 Report Posted February 21, 2016 traveller....just a tip, if you want to quote more than 1 post, click on "MultiQuote", then a box will pop-up to "reply to x posts".....not a big deal, just reply below each post you're quoting. BTW, beautiful car, that grille is sleek. 2 Quote
Robin (UK) Posted February 21, 2016 Report Posted February 21, 2016 (edited) Hi Pete, I'm in Portsmouth and funnily enough I brought the car home from Maidstone! I'd suggest you hook up with John and Traci, from Portsmouth, who own a '47 Business Coupe. PM me your email address and I'll send an introduction. Edited February 21, 2016 by Robin (UK) 1 Quote
traveller816 Posted February 21, 2016 Author Report Posted February 21, 2016 traveller....just a tip, if you want to quote more than 1 post, click on "MultiQuote", then a box will pop-up to "reply to x posts".....not a big deal, just reply below each post you're quoting. BTW, beautiful car, that grille is sleek. thanks, I was wandering how to do it. Let's see if this worked... Quote
46Ply Posted February 22, 2016 Report Posted February 22, 2016 Yeah...... I'm not sure if I'm missing them or this being a Royal and the lowest trim level it did not have them.... Here's some pretty good pictures of a 42 Royal: http://www.hollywoodbobsmoviecars.com/1942_chrysler_royal.htm Quote
traveller816 Posted February 22, 2016 Author Report Posted February 22, 2016 Well there are a few anomalies there, the hood side moulding is longer than mine, also there is a discrepancy with the topmost front trim piece. It isn't as long as Bob's car. Could be because my car was built in Canada perhaps? I will look closer tomorrow if I get a chance at the rear fenders to see if there is any evidence of previous trim. There is always the possibility that Bob's car had some of its trim "upgraded" over the years. Quote
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