For Sale: 1950 Chevrolet Styleline Deluxe in Morgantown, Pennsylvania

1950 Chevrolet Styleline Deluxe Convertible

"There's never been a Chevrolet like this. Never a Chevrolet so smartly styled, so advanced in comfort, safety, and performance with economy. It's far and away the finest Chevrolet ever built, the most beautiful buy of all new cars! Two distinctive new body styles in Fleetline and Styleline with 14 grand new models including the DeLuxe and Special". From a period sales brochure.

For consignment, a 1950 Chevrolet Styleline Deluxe convertible showing 3,692 miles, but the true miles are unknown due to a title exemption. The brochure from 1950 touted "a lower look about the clean, flowing lines that makes Chevrolet Bodies by Fisher even more distinctly beautiful among low priced cars."

Exterior
You don't lose any of that flowing quality to the long bodied Chevrolet by topping it with canvas and just like the rendering in the brochure of a convertible, ours presents with Moonlight Cream paint richly contrasting the black top. White wall tires and body colored wheels keep things light below and chrome hubcaps shine brightly up front and are mostly obscured by fender skirts in back. All 14 body styles shared the epic and bold front fascia with heavy chrome, while in profile, that brightwork is picked up by a side spear, top trim on the pontoon rear fenders, and gravel guards that defy front wheel kickback. In back, incredibly diminutive tail lights flank and incredibly bulbous decklid, underscored by a straight bumper. Imperfections include deglazing on windows, bubbling paint and touch ups throughout, brightwork that is pitted or show surface rust, chipped paint, rust on the pinch weld below the rocker trim, scratches, evidence of filler, cracking paint, chips and surface rust on chrome bumper. Please refer to photos for locations and severity.

Interior
The palette on the inside is pale yellow and black and it's in very nice shape, beginning with patterned vinyl on the door panels and continuing on to the split bench seat up front and rear bench in back, both of which present as fresh. The steering wheel, also two tone, shows nicely ahead of a black dashboard with factory center gauge cluster, ivory knobs and buttons including those on the AM radio, and a center grille in polished metal. Two gauges have been added for oil pressure and water temp and while they look out of place, it's important information to have! The dash top and low pile black carpet below are in fine shape and the big trunk shows light usage and carries the spare.

Drivetrain
Driver quality is how we find the bay where a date correct 216.5ci inline six cylinder resides, rated at 105 horsepower and fueled by a 1-barrel carburetor. It's mated to a Powerglide 2-speed automatic transmission that sends power to the rear axle and 3.55 gears. The car is equipped with power steering and power disc brakes and runs on a 12 volt system.

Undercarriage
A glossy rear axle and driveshaft highlight the underside where we find a clean single exhaust running through a stock style muffler on its way to exit out back where it meets a decorative deflector. Power disc brakes are supplied up front with power drums in back while suspension is comprised of coil springs and leaf springs, front and rear respectively. We do note a good amount of rust on the inner rocker panels and body braces as well as some forming on the driver's door bottom.

Drive-Ability
We take our place in the clean interior and with six cylinders firing, roll this Deluxe onto the blacktop where it cruises smoothly through the paces. It's not hard to imagine an excited family in the suburbs enjoying some top down fun in their new '50! Meanwhile, a few things of note, the brake lights, radio, clock, horn and heater blower do not work and the heater core is bypassed. Beyond that, this 76 year old hums along just fine and all other functions work as they should. While Classic Auto Mall represents that these functions were working at the time of our test drive, we cannot guarantee these functions will be working at the time of your purchase.

It may be only 105 horsepower, but Chevrolet dedicated a lot of space in their sales brochure to the valve in head technology that was made more "powerful, smoother in operation, and positive in acceleration". As they said in 1950, see the USA in your Chevrolet

2HK064014

2-Tarrytown, NY Assy Plant
H-1950
K-Fleetline/Styleline Deluxe
06-June Build
4014-Sequential Unit Number

TRIM TAG

STYLE NO 50 1067X-1950 Styleline Deluxe Convertible
BODY NO L2217-Flint Body #
TRIM NO 179-Black Leather & Gray Pile Cord
PAINT NO Illegible

Classic Auto Mall is home to more than 1,000 classic and collectible vehicles for sale via consignment in a climate controlled 336,000-square foot showroom (that's more than 8 acres!). The largest single location consignment dealer of classic and collectible vehicles in the country is located in Morgantown, Pennsylvania, just 1-hour west of Philadelphia off Exit 298 of the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. For more information visit www.classicautomall.com or call us at (888) 227-0914. Contact us anytime for more information or to come see the vehicle in person. There is no guarantee of mileage. A $299 Dealer Administrative fee is not included in the advertised price. All prices are before state, city and county tax, tag, title and license fees. Out of state buyers are responsible for all state, county, city taxes and fees, as well as title/registration fees in the state that the vehicle will be registered. Classic Auto Mall is not responsible for errors and omissions. Please verify listings with dealer. Vehicles may require VIN verification and/or safety and emissions inspections to transfer ownership and register the vehicle in the declared state of residence. Please check with your local DMV office to ensure compliance with your states titling and registration process.

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