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This is a 1939 Chevrolet Master 85 station wagon. It is on display in front of Wheels Inc. in suburban Chicago - they are a fleet management company. The car is outside their corporate headquarters and photographers are welcome. The information below is from the auto section of "Consumers Guide": "Chevrolet entered the station wagon market in 1939 several years after Ford and Pontiac. When Chevrolet finally did enter the station wagon market, it jumped in with both feet. It offered the eight-passenger vehicle in both the Master 85 series (with beam-axle front suspension) and the Master DeLuxe series (with coil-spring independent "Knee-Action" front suspension). At respective starting prices of $848 and $883, they were the priciest cars in the '39 Chevy line. Model-year output came to 430 Master 85s -- divided between folding end gate and rear-door versions -- and 989 Master DeLuxes. Station wagons were built on the same 112.25-inch-wheelbase chassis as other '39 Chevrolets and were powered by the same 216.5-cid, 85-bhp ohv six-cylinder engine. They shared the year's new front sheet-metal, including headlamps that rested on the fender "catwalks" and small horizontal auxiliary grilles." I'm sure this has been restored and I don't know if this color was truly available in 1939 - the color was nether blue nor green but kind of a teal - the color varied depending on the light. I will post a collage of it from varying angles later.