Skip to comments.
World's Only 'Brand-New', 100% Original 1950 Chevrolet Coupe!
Reaganite Republican ^
| May 23, 2011
| Reaganite Republican
Posted on 05/23/2011 9:55:11 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
Legend has it that a Modesto, California couple purchased the car in 1950, only for the wife to be widowed shortly thereafter when her husband died trying to save a drowning woman. The distraught lady placed the sleek Chevy in storage for 12 years, but later traded it for a new 1962 Rambler ($1650) from a nearby dealer: he recently sold the same car for $60,000.
And surely worth it, the car dealer decided from the start to preserve it, so he barely took it out of the garage for 45 years... thus the all-original mint condition and an odometer reading a mere 437 original miles (!)
What a beautiful example... my dad's first car was a '51 Chevy, actually:
Gracias, Roberto~
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: antique; automobiles; cars; chevrolet; chevy; classic; classiccars
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-44 next last
To: Reaganite Republican
2
posted on
05/23/2011 9:56:59 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(this administration is WEARING OUT MY CAPSLOCK KEY~!! [Palin/Bachman 2012])
To: Reaganite Republican
To: Reaganite Republican
4
posted on
05/23/2011 9:59:31 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
To: Reaganite Republican
That plaid upholstery is wild.
5
posted on
05/23/2011 10:01:46 AM PDT
by
6SJ7
(atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
To: Reaganite Republican
That plaid upholstery is wild.
6
posted on
05/23/2011 10:01:46 AM PDT
by
6SJ7
(atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
To: Reaganite Republican
Humma humma humma. That’s a gem. My first car (in 1968) was a ‘53 Chevy w/3 on the floor. We called it the Blue Goose.
7
posted on
05/23/2011 10:02:44 AM PDT
by
jobim
To: Reaganite Republican
To: Reaganite Republican
Made in America... good stuff.
9
posted on
05/23/2011 10:06:46 AM PDT
by
Trajan88
(www.bullittclub.com)
To: Reaganite Republican
Wow! That is loaded for a '50 Chevy. Heater, visor and a clock. Mostly cheapskates bought those post coupes. The one thing that bugs me is the battery and cables. The cables have the wrong battery connections and it is a new battery. They make original looking 6 volts now. At least take the stickers off the one in it to give it a more stock appearance.
10
posted on
05/23/2011 10:07:45 AM PDT
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: Trajan88
Those things felt like they where made of IRON, not steel... seriously, the gauge they used in the 50s is like a tank
To: jobim
My first car was a ‘54 Chevy 4 door, green with a white top. It had the two speed automatic that would allow the driver to kick down into the lower range for passing.
I don’t recall ever changing the oil...I just kept adding as needed...
To: Reaganite Republican
Unless it has been used a lot in the last 10 years, I know where a Ford 3/4 ton 1955 Pickup is located. It had only 5000 miles at the time, even had the original tires which did not show even the slightest sign of rot and actually had very little wear.
It was always kept indoors. For most of it’s life it was used as a fire truck then used as a welder’s truck. It was well kept up and really did still look almost new.
13
posted on
05/23/2011 10:10:03 AM PDT
by
yarddog
To: Lazlo in PA
Radio too. Back then, only rich people had cars with radios in them.
14
posted on
05/23/2011 10:11:24 AM PDT
by
abb
("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
To: Reaganite Republican
Wow, look at the fender skirts on that thing. Talk about the automotive equivalent of Jennifer Lopez’ backside!
Neat car.
}:-)4
15
posted on
05/23/2011 10:12:18 AM PDT
by
Moose4
("By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!")
To: Reaganite Republican
Nice! One of my previous neighbors had a car just like it and the same color too, I believe. Not sure about the year, but must have been close to it.
16
posted on
05/23/2011 10:12:44 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
To: Reaganite Republican
17
posted on
05/23/2011 10:14:23 AM PDT
by
petercooper
(2012 - Purge the RINO's.)
To: Reaganite Republican
Omg! Destroy it! How many people will that car kill with it’s emissions??????/s
18
posted on
05/23/2011 10:18:21 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
(President Robert Gibbs 2009-2011)
To: smokingfrog
My parents had a Cadillac about this vintage and that light green color. I had a model of it as a kid (a giveaway when they bought the car?). As a kid I thought the color was ugly - now not so much, at least on the older cars.
I think it was ‘52 or ‘54 and they took it on the Queen Elizabeth with them to Europe for a few months trip. Would get the biggest looks I heard. Mom even signed a few autographs - I’ll have to ask her again what movie star she signed as!
19
posted on
05/23/2011 10:19:32 AM PDT
by
21twelve
( You can go from boom to bust, from dreams to a bowl of dust ... another lost generation.)
To: Reaganite Republican
That engine is likely a 216 cubic incher. Check out the oil bath air cleaner. The blue can with the orange lid in front of the air cleaner is the oil filter.
The 216 didn't really have a pressurized oil system. At faster speeds, the engine was very likely to starve for oil at necessary points (like rod bearings) due to the configuration. We had an old 1951 Chevy pick-up that originally came with the 216. My dad and I replaced the 216 with a 235 from a later model to get the pressurized oil system, and upgraded the 6-volt system to a 12-volt system.
Also, the '51 pick-up had the starter button on the floor underneath the gas pedal. I'm not certain if the car was the same, but it's probable.
You'd pull the choke on, pump the gas a few times, turn on the key, and push the gas pedal all the way to the floor to start it (ensuring a splash of fuel and open throttle for the start).
20
posted on
05/23/2011 10:20:55 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Rose, there's a Messerschmitt in the kitchen. Clean it up, will ya?)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-44 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson