Hey Bob,
It's my understanding the El Morocco's didn't have any Chevrolet badges, all
of the locations on the body that said "Chevrolet" now say El Morocco. I
have pictures of a '56 Convertible that was sitting in a guys back yard
rusting away. It has since been moved. He owned 2 of the 3 known '56
Convertibles. Don't know what happened to the cars since his passing away a
few years ago.
My first thought on the emblem in question was that it was from 1953. But I
don't think that is right...at least not for the American made cars. Could
this be from an overseas car?
Mike Boteler
'56 4400 Stake
'56 6400 Stake
'56 8400 Wrecker w/Holmes 525
'56 9200 Tractor w/Allison Automatic
'57 10500 Fire Truck
Hughesville, MD
----- Original Message -----
From: "McNulty, Bob" <BMcNulty@csuchico.edu>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 11:24 AM
Subject: [oletrucks] interesting bowtie emblem
> I would have to agree with Ed. I've been around a lot of tri fives and
> never seen anything like this.
>
> There may be one exception though and that would be the El Morocco.
> According to www.57heaven.com, the Chevrolet "El Morocco" was only made
> by Chevrolet for two years, 1956 and 1957. In 1957 they made
> convertibles, two door hardtops, and four door hardtops. They were sold
> and warranted by Chevrolet, although the modifications were actually
> made by Allender & Co. in Detroit, Michigan. The cars were then taken to
> the dealers for sale. They were U.S. cars but were not regular
> production-line cars. The site info says there were 187 produced for
> '57.
> The pictures are only of the 57 models and I didn't see any emblems
> similar to the one mentioned earlier, however, I have yet to see a
> picture of a 56. It may be possible that the emblem in question was on
> a '56 but who knows?
>
> Bob
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