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1950 Chevrolet Styleline Special Sport Coupe [1524] Comments about this vehicle| Author | Message |
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◊ 2007-03-16 20:51 |
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◊ 2007-03-16 22:02 |
Looks like a 1949-50 Chevrolet Styline 2 door sedan |
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◊ 2007-03-16 22:16 |
1949 and 1950 Chevies were very similar, but the 49-version had vertical bars in the lower part of the grille and the 1950's didn't. Fleetline was the name for the fastback, Styleline for the notchback. Special was the basic version, DeLuxe the more luxurious one. So I'd say this is a 1950 Chevrolet Styleline Special Sportcoupe [GJ1524]. |
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◊ 2011-08-11 14:44 |
Engine: Straight 6, 216 ci, 3-speed standard transmission with control on the steering column. My sister and I believe this car was our family car from when we grew up. If so, she was purchased by our Dad in 1951 or 1952 from the original owner, who was a Selectman in Massachusetts. She was with our family for many year and earned a name: Greenie. Greenie was originally dark blue but was painted two times later. Once, in about 1960, a sort of Kelly green with white top and finally this green here in about 1970 or so. Mom chose both color schemes. She was the car that Mom was driven to the hospital in when I was going to be born. To my knowledge, Dad rebuilt the engine (down to rings and bearings) at least 4 times. In 1957, she pulled an over-sized teardrop style trailer (Dad adapted plans from Popular Mechanics to be a larger trailer) and Greenie (who was then still dark blue blue) was equipped with a hydraulic system to run the brakes on the trailer, using engine vacuum. When we moved from Massachusetts to Arizona, this is the setup we used, camping out all the way and it took a few months. Up by Donner Pass, the whole thing, car and fully loaded trailer, was moving so slow that we joked that we could get out and walk faster, but the car made it over the hill. When I was a small child, on family outings to the lake, sometimes Dad put an oblong tub that would hold water behind the drivers seat in the spot where your feet would go, and I would sit in the tub of water while we traveled. Those who didn't fit in the tub, dipped cloths into the water and dabbed. (In days before AC, Arizonans were very creative with ways to cool off). On another trip to the lake, we were hit by another car and flew through the air into a ditch by the beeline highway. We were told that the she turned like a top a full turn and a half before we landed, facing the other way when we landed. Those who saw us fly, from a distance didn't stop to see if we were hurt, they just assumed we would need an ambulance and called for one. No one was hurt. The impact was on the left rear quarter panel, where I would have been sitting had I not gone to the front seat to lay down and with my head on Mom's lap. The driver's door was sprung and wouldn't latch so Dad wrapped his belt around the window posts and we drove her home, where she soon received a new quarter panel and was painted the first green/white color. As a teenager, my Dad taught me about cars on Greenie, and at one point I replaced the wiring harness under her dash. When I grew up and was to start college, I drove her from Phoenix to LA and back a number of times and used her as my daily driver until I married and moved out of state at which point, I signed her back to my parents. They finally sold her I think, in about 1977 or so. I impressed all my friends with my ability to jump start her at the starter with a screwdriver! If anyone knows anything about where she is now, I would be interested. I hope she\'s okay. Thanks for listening. -- Last edit: 2011-08-11 14:48:18 |
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◊ 2011-08-11 14:49 |
Nice stories, Nana, and well told. |
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◊ 2011-08-11 16:01 |
Agreed. |
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◊ 2015-01-04 21:22 |
It could also be a 3-passenger Business Coupe as well  I supposed there are no other shot of the interior? |
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◊ 2015-01-05 11:35 |
Maybe there were... I'll check if I don't forget |
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◊ 2024-04-19 00:31 |
Interior video from movie. Sorry to disappoint Nana. Someone, maybe the director, saw our dad's 1950 Chevrolet coupe out front here in Las Vegas. He knocked on the door and offered Dad $500 to use it in his film. Dad agreed. In the movie, you can see the threads from the ceiling upholstery as it was never registered. The front seat was reupholstered, seat belts were added and a turn signal installed. Other than that, you still started it by turning the key and pushing a button. Later, after Dad died, Mom sold the car to Michael Randolph, a young fan from the first United Methodist Church. His grandfather or uncle had promised Michael his old car but it never worked out. I don't know who has it now. Sometimes I think I see it around town, but am not sure. I just saw a photo of John Lithgow and Jeff Bridges in another car but similar with Jeff in the passenger seat. John said on the late show they had six days to shot that scene and loved talking to each other the whole time! Peace. https://youtu.be/05-e-YTw4r8?si=xzYpFPrjGyq_lHlq -- Last edit: 2024-04-19 00:32:11 |
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