The theme of white teenage America, No Particular Place to Go by Chuck Berry?

The vintage of PowerGlide available in this car was non-shifting. It was meant to be operated like a Buick DynaFlow. Leaving the shift lever in the Drive position, the transmission started in the high range and remained there, letting the torque converter do all the work. The Low range was for engine-braking, but people would put it in Low for a faster getaway or when passing another vehicle. Depending on the rear gearing, Low could safely go up to 50 mph. The first automatically shifting PowerGlide was introduced in 1953

Had one of these as a 2-door in 1970; bought from a little old lady and it was in great shape. A really solid old car, but with the Powerglide, possibly the slowest car I ever owned. Even the old tube radio worked great, once it warmed up, and back then there was even something on the radio worth listening to. Just a very solid, well built car.

The 1948 was still a 40's hold over. It still was built as if it had running boards and distinctly separate front fenders. They simply bent the body and doors out over it. The 1950 had flat sides from the headlights to the back wheels. In short it was the beginning of modern cars that you step out from the seat to the ground getting out.

The Fleetline fastback is so beautiful, and I'm a Ford man.

Always liked the fleetlines on all GM models. My Uncle bought a 49 two door, pulled out the anemic 216, and dropped in a 383 stroker motor. He took me for a ride and it was fun. He overlooked that although zero to sixty was a non-issue, sixty to zero was. They had "Huck" brakes - before Bendix was used. I think 53 or 54 they went to Bendix. After blowing by a cop and getting a speeding ticket, he said "What rhymes with Huck"? Later that summer, a disk brake conversion was done and the ticket paid.😊

My first car in 1960 was a 1950 Chevy fleetline 2 door.

I got my license in '63, and my first car was a black '50 Chevy 2dr Fleetline. 235 "Blue Flame"/Stovebolt 6 with 3 on the tree.

We all know the Pontiac and the Oldsmobile were a luxury model the 50 Chevrolet was the base brand more affordably that's why they sold more. There are plenty of song's written about the rocket 88. My cousin still own's his high school car the 1950 Chevrolet Deluxe everything stock even the 6 volt battery. My 1947 Chevy Coupe Stylemaster everything up graded from engine to brakes.

WYR: All of them. I like having different options for what car I'm driving. That car looks amazing.

I had a '52. Jerked out the 235 in '55 and installed a 261. Used a B & M Hydro too. Great car. Sure do miss it now. Classic lines.

WYR: 1950 Ford, and 1950 Olds. I'm not taking anything away from the Chevy - it's a great car and like I wrote in the chat - I love the fastback styling of GM from the era. I wish they would have sold the higher HP engine with the manual, but iirc, the higher HP engines were always attached to the auto in those day. Thanks for all your hard work, it's greatly appreciated. ~ Chuck

My Dad had a ‘50 Fleetline … That was a beautiful car. The biggest negative was it was slow as hell, but he liked it. He traded it for a brand new 283 ‘57 BelAir which he didn’t like nearly as much after the Powerglide went out on him at 18k miles. I thought those GM fastbacks were gorgeous, especially the Caddy. Plus, those Caddys had that sweet OHV V8!

Lovely car!

My dad had a 50 Chevy, Styleline apparently. I found a photo of it. He told many stories driving it while dating my mother and once they got married. He replaced the Power Glide with a manual transmission for better performance. He had it until trading for a 56 Ford that he hated.

Gosh all those 1950 Chevrolet's are swell👌👌

7:00 I love the old "advertorial" films ...

When my dad was 32 he bought his first car, a new 1950 Chevy Styleline with the powerglide. He liked it but the engine failed pretty quickly. The dealer claimed the factory had a problem where half of the pistons were made in different factories. They had to bore and rebuild the engine. My dad said it had noticibly more power after the rebuild, but then the transmission wore the bands. They rebuilt the transmission under warranty but when it started slipping again he traded it in on a 1955 Chevy. In the WYR I'd choose the '50 Fleetline and the '50 Pontiac Streamliner.

My father had a gray, two-door '50 Fleetline DeLuxe. He wanted a green one, but the dealer only had gray ones. Take it or leave it. He kept it for 2 1/2 years and traded it in for a '53 Pontiac Chieftain. He said by the time he traded it in, it was shot.

Chevy Fleetline, Oldsmobile. I had a 1948 Fleetline Aerosedan. I rebuilt the engine and trans and learned a lot about working on cars. Loved that car, but never got it to the point where I could drive it regularly. I decided to look for a GM fastback after a trip to Mexico City in 1972 where there were still some of these being used as taxicabs!

I own a 50’ 2 door styleline special with the 216 and 3 on the tree. Fun car to cruise the country roads with. Beautifully simple machine with the looks to go with. I did a few upgrades like disk brakes in the front, added turn signals and replaced the points and condenser ignition with an HEI.

Love that Futuramic!

I had a 1950 Chevy Fleetline two door back in the '90s. It was a great car and never let me down, I'm sorry I sold her.

Love that drama background music. That Fisher video was well preserved. Was it a film that was sent to dealerships?

I totally love all the cars of this era! I would pick this one, and the Pontiac!😎

Dude…..you knocked it out of the park finding this Chevy infomercial ! Can you imagine being in that car when it rolls? No seat belts, etc, and nothing absorbing the energy. Yikes. You were the crumple zone😆. Nice report! Good, solid 1950s car…..and I am a GM guy, so it kills me to say…..I’d pick the 50 Ford over the Chevy. The Olds has my eye too.

I see that your channel is growing. Hopefully, next year you will get the hundred thousand award.

MY dad had a few Chevy Fleetlines and other Chevy sedans. Tons of Chevy parts in the chicken coup slash ad on shed back in the day.

My favorite Postwar GM design, and GM's first Postwar design. The Fleetline series lasted 4 years, replaced completely by the 3 box design. You mention the rear wheel bulge. It is pronounced, and shows how advanced the 33 Pierce Silver Arrow really was. It virtually single handedly predicted this look. That hood ornament is very Packard like. Studebaker already had a single one piece windshield in 47. Druthers: 50 Ford, and Oldsmobile Fastback, my favorite Fleetline model.

The rear fender openings are set up for fender skirts. Notice the tabs at the top of the opening. The cooler in front of the radiator is for the transmission.

I refer the '50's dashboard, the Dodge and the Pontiac. That inward curve in the back seatback allowed a center passenger to fit between more easily two outside passengers with a little more hip room, with the butt slightly further back than the others'. The Pontiac has an L-head straight eight that was silky-smooth and easy to work on, with good access.

My choice in the first choice would be the 50 Chevy, honestly for personal reasons, I found out way back in the day my grandfather had a 1950 Chevy before he got married. Second has to be the Olds.

Really liked the inclusion of the ad. Back then, the goal was to sell products on the basis of convincing information instead of idiotic pirotechnics and Hollywood flimflamery. I also noticed that all the passengers were decently attired (I'm old enough to know that was the case back then, not something peculiar to ads). The gas mileage was about a quarter of what my Hyundai gets today.... but fuel was 19 cents a gallon so a fill-up could be had for a small bill and some change. Did I mention that a uniformed attendant filled the tank and always asked if you wanted an oil check? Oh, and don't forget those green stamps!

I love the styling and practicality of these utilitarian, everyman cars. My dad had a 47, 54, & two 57 Chevys.

Awesome video. As always, hard choices. Keep em coming!

Nice overview, Jay. I'll take the '50 Ford.

I’ve never been a big fan of fast back cars, I think the fleetline design has way more style.

Speaking of Harry Truman, If memory serves me correctly, his life ended the same time as Prime minister Lester Pearson in the summer of '72. My picks here would be the 1950 Dodge and Olds.

Love the 50, nice video!

Chevy offered the Fleetline longer than 1941 but it was until 1942 that they had the slanted roof

I'm _really_ digging the '48 ... classic "Zoot Suit Riot"-mobile.

My father's first car was a 1950 Chevy like this one.

To me, pontoon styling, a bandwagon many manufacturers jumped on, was sort of a dead end. The 49 Ford with slab sides was the wave of the future. The "bathtub packards" had slab sides but they took a step backwards with the 51s.

Love these fastback cars that were so popular for the wyr id rather have the 50 Chevy and the 50 olds, nothing against the ford but it just looks plain and under sized like maybe they wanted a car for Europe

So the engineers were aware of the rollover danger and that a collapsing roof (or no roof) as in a convertible meant virtually assured death for the occupants--but without seatbelts death was still a substantial possibility in an otherwise survivable rollover I believe most "hardtop convertibles"(lacking B pillars) or "catalinas" gave no protection from roof collapse in a rollover I remember the 4 door sedan 1950 Pontiac contained some kind of steel channel above the headliner running between the B pillar tops

Mucho antimonio,no tedrian que haber usado en lo mecanismos de los vidrios, igualmente un cochazo 🎥👏👏👏👏GM

I really like the 🐢 turtleback jobs

The Great Race 2024 will go through several states, including Pennsylvania.

Did that car have a different transmission than the original put in it? I think almost everything was optional,not standard in those cars,radio,heater,defrost,even backup light if even available GM's cheapo but there were a lot of them on the road in their day,I think they were thought by the public to have been lower quality than such as Dodge but they were faster--at least comparing the 3 on the tree models-1950 might have been the first year for the Powerglide which operated mostly as a one speed I think in the first year Lighter in weight and I think thinner gauge sheet steel in it than the Pontiac Pontiac a much better car-- also I think Pontiac had at least one more vacuum tube in its AM radio

In 1960 High School class my friend John had a 1951 Chevy like this. He was always snapping the axle doing peel outs. What a jerk!

My first choice, the Dodge Wayfarer which was my first car. My second choice, the Olds Rocket 88.

Hello Jay, Can you please tell where you found the color advertisement showing the yellow 1950 Chevy Panel truck? I have a 1950 series 3800 Panel truck and would love to find a copy. Thanks for all the great content! one of my favorite channels!

I would like to know on all GM cars 1949 to 1952 which model was more expensive? the Fleetline or Styleline

Fast forward to get to the fleetline

Hi Jay! See the USA in your Chevrolet! Those early GM fastback designs are GREAT! My Grandmother had a brand new 1951 Chevy. My Aunt had a 1953 Chevy. Seems like those big old heavy cars would be a little under powered with the venerable Stove Bolt 6. Would for sure want the larger one if I had one of these cars. WYR#1 is EASY. . .1950 Ford! My Mom and Dad had a two door sedan at one time and they LOVED that car! Mom was REALLY mad when Dad traded it for a new 1956 Ford pickup truck!! #2 Going OLDSMOBILE on this one! Kind of like the overall design, plus the powerplant should be more powerful on the Futuramic Oldsmobile!

Hi Jay. Indeed, there is no cowl vent. Trunking had arrived, to bring air from behind the grille to the cabin. On the external rear view mirrors, they are aftermarket, clamping on to the edge of the doors. On the 235 engine, the one you picture is much later than 1950. The rocker cover with the two studs/nuts through the centre signifies the splash lubricated engines, pre 1954. Full pressure lubricated engines from 1954 up use small screws around the edge of the rocker cover. The same giveaway applies to the engine in the car, which is much newer than 1950, so you're correct about an upgraded powertrain. Also, there is a lot of difference between a 1950 Powerglide and one from, say the 1960's, in terms of efficiency and user friendliness, so it's no surprise that the original shifter wasn't compatible. And for all we know, the transmission might be a 3 speed anyway. Cheers.

WYR1. Dodge, just because MoPar is my heritage, 2. Olds, like those basset hound eyes!

That guitar sound can only be Jerry Reed, EASTBOUND AND DOWN.

My dad had a '52 Chevy and a '53 Deluxe.

I think the first yr for the 235 was 1954, only the 216 was offered in the 1950.

This is the earliest car I remember our family having. For a while, there was something wrong with something ... every once in a while after a stop, our mother would pop the hood, jump out, fiddle with something right in front of the driver under the hood, like something mounted on the firewall, jump back in, and we'd be on our way again. It was just a second or two, as if something had to be pushed back in place or who knows what ... I was way too young to even realize something was broken or wrong, it was just what she did. We towed a 12 foot (?) travel trailer that slept 6 -- dining table turned into a twin, couch was our parents, and they'd set up something above the couch. Icebox, propane (?) stove, sink, no shower or toilet.

Hilarious that Chevy was bragging about pillar rigidity when later it would come out with the '55 Nomad and friends that had totally unsafe collapsible pillars, at least the A pillars.

Nice fleetline, I like the Pontiac and Oldsmobiles ,especially the 4 doors. prefer the 41-48 Chevy dash painted wood finish.. I gets the Hemmings magazine and they advertise the Great race and the route they run every year. They recently sold a 1939 Buick convertible they ran in the race. They almost pattered the clock mounting to look like a Lincoln Zephyr center pod. The car has aftermarket vinyl instead of the cloth seats and door panels. Take the50 Dodge Wayfarer 1st, second the 50 Olds Futuramic fastback. V-8 power.

I choose the Dodge. They had the right balance of chrome/glass/body styling.

3:21 Tommy Chong (to Cheech): "It's, like, the same thing, only different!" 😁

I have to go with Pontiac 👍 Ford definitely 2nd 😂. Happy Motoring ✌️🤠

The Hemmings Great Race is held in June every year. So, June 20th or thereabouts will take place again..

"Torpedo" style cars or Pontiac "Streamliner" had that fastback rear appearance-I think 1950 was the last year Pontiac Streamliner was made and somewhat rare

In the mid 70s my buddy had a '50 Chevy 2dr with a Pontiac GTO 400 engine, turbo 400 and a 4.56 posi, it was quite a bit quicker than the original 216/3 spd. To my knowledge the 235 was first used in the early Corvette in '53, pickups in '54, not sure if the cars were also '54, or '55.

I have had 5 fleetlines

I remember My dad showing me one of these cars when I was a kid, He called them a beetle Back , he was not too impressed with the looks of them. i thought they looked kind of cool, Dad didn't like them, He said it made them look old style.

Hey I love the fastback styling but some people say it looks like a dog taking a giant poop !

It has a later engine. 1954 or newer that is a non original transmission cooler. Don’t like the 12 volt conversion. They had adequate power for the time.

Love Chevies of that era but don’t care for the fastbacks. They are too hard to see out the back when parking or backing up.

3 model lines, Styleline, Fleetline and Bel Air hardtop

Which Car Was More Expensive , the Fleetline Or Style side?

14:08 No Cowel Vent !! ?? !! That seems hard to believe!

I will prefer the shoebox,

50 fleet line ,Olds

1960 Dodge Wayfarer 1950 Pontiac Yeah the interior has been updated.

If you squint and imagine the car lowered a Chevy Fleetline 2dr has a slight Bently Continental look, for about 1.5-2% of the Bently price today :) WYR: Ford, Olds.

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I'll take the Ford and Olds. However, the Chevy and Pontiac are nice too.

Chuck Berry, No Particular Place to Go

Looks like a 65 Marlin

on question 1#3,

The 1950, introduced 235cid(truck engine)powerglide trans(no not the gay) 😳

The interior is not original. How do I know? I had a 50 Chevy 2 door Fleetline.

50 Ford and 50 Olds

Chebie actually experimented with the fleetline roofline on 53/54 and a 1957 chevy.

Well, whata piece of crap! The rear window popped out in the rollover test! LOL I'm not a real fan of the 4 door GM fastbacks... but... but... GM really had it's ducks in a row when it came to design details. Little touches like the chrome backers on the door handles, that have hash marks. Cars now don't seem to have that attention to detail. I know that's not original paint, but I wonder if it's the original color. I hope so. It's beautiful! WYR: 1) My bias is showing... the Ford 🙂 2) The Olds! Wow!

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I'll take the Ford, Chevy, Pontiac, and Olds. Someone else can have the Dodge.

That interior is definitely not original. The panels would had been cloth and maybe vinyl on the bottom.

No parts available for these older cars. Unless you know a machinist.

doesnt hold a candle next to hudson hornet power or design

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Was fine until 11:40. Then we started getting BS.

Chevy - 88

Too much bs to see a car.