World's Only 'Brand-New', 100% Original 1950 Chevrolet Coupe!

Reaganite Republican ^ | May 23, 2011 | Reaganite Republican

[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~

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[Responsibility2nd]

Nice.

 

Reminds me of this Grand National.

 

 

 

[urtax$@work]

You have a way with words.

[Lazlo in PA]

Upon closer examination I see that. It also has a lot of other things that were not on a lot of Styleline Coupes. Back-up lights, Directionals and a Powerglide. I am not sure that Chevy offered the spot light or chrome exhaust tip though. They may have been a dealer installed items. The guy hit most of the option boxes on the order form available that year for that car.

[Ole Okie]

They make original looking 6 volts now. At least take the stickers off the one in it to give it a more stock appearance.

If I remember correctly, the original equipment batteries were Delcos.

There is a Fram filter case mounted on the intake manifold, and don't believe that was original equipment.

But that induces real nostalgia. I worked in a Chevrolet repair shop from 1938 to 1944, and again from '46 to '50.

[abb]

The 235 inline 6?

http://www.50classicchevy.com/1950-six-cylinder-engines.html

[Lazlo in PA]

It is the 235. It was the only engine you could get with a Powerglide. $159 dollar option for the transmission and the upgraded engine was part of the package. The 235 was a truck engine which Chevy was always doing if you remember the 409 option a decade later.

[Fresh Wind]

Isn’t that the color they used to call “no-sale green”?

[IYAS9YAS]

It is the 235. It was the only engine you could get with a Powerglide. $159 dollar option for the transmission and the upgraded engine was part of the package. The 235 was a truck engine which Chevy was always doing if you remember the 409 option a decade later.

Thanks, I didn't realize that. I also didn't realize the 235 didn't have a fully pressurized oil system until 1953. I thought they all came with it. Good to know for any future builds. I miss that truck, but at the time I got rid of it, I didn't have a place to put it, and I couldn't haul my kids in it (no seat belts).

It was fun. I used to freak people out when I'd turn the key on, put both hands on the wheel, and then the truck would magically start. Of course, the trick only worked when they were standing outside the truck.

[Reaganite Republican]

Yeah, it needs a little love... looks like a jerry rigged oil filter too, but not to far to get it perfect

[Reaganite Republican]

This one is particularly loaded indeed, esp. for a 6 cyl car

[unique]

It's extremely rare to end up with an unmolested car.

I went for one that's been altered - a lot, but basically looks the same as factory. 55 was my favorite year for old style Chevrolet's....

[olereporter]

Is that a turn signal lever I see?

I’ll bet the seat covers are a dealer installed option.

[MarkL]

Back in the early 1980s, I knew a guy in school whose family had a Pontiac dealership. And they had a 1970 1/2 Ram Air IV Trans Am (white with blue accents) that had never been sold! They had it in storage, and had carefully prepared the car for long term storage. I was never started after coming to the dealership.

Mark

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[Joe 6-pack]

"Wow! That is loaded for a '50 Chevy. Heater, visor and a clock."

LOL...I bought a restored '66 MGB that had all the options...pinstripe leather upholstery, heater, ashtray, lap belts, AM radio and the knockoff wire wheels. She was stylin!

[eastforker]

The Chevy dealer where we bought a Tahoe in ‘03 had a 60’s model vette on the showroom floor that had never been sold and still carried the manufactures warranty.

[Emperor Palpatine]

If GM still made cars like that, no bailouts would be needed.

[centurion316]

We had one of these when I was a kid, except that it was a ‘51. The upholstery was different, more of a plush fabric with parallel rows of stitching. No air conditioning either in the car or the house, so we would go for evening drives with the windows down and my head out the back window. I’d be asleep by the time we got home. My mom would be in the front seat holding my baby sister, no seat belts anywhere in sight.

[MosesKnows]

What a beautiful example

Preserving a car in storage requires a great deal of attention. Tires crack, seals fail, gaskets deform, suspensions fall, and seats crack when a car is simply keep in a garage.

However, a stored car has its best chance of preservation by lifting the car off its suspension, doors opened or left ajar, and the garage is temperature and humidity controlled. Many other small steps will help even further.

Nonetheless, the pictures display an amazingly well preserved car.

[Moltke]

Hmmmm. The proportions of that car remind me of Moochelle. Sorry.