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more about #1949 more comments → Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing: Picture a modern suburban soccer mom wrestling this vehicle into the parking lot at the local Starbucks. As if you could steer this thing with one han... more » Novaload: My single favorite part is the headlight bezel with the eyelid WITH the logo. Don't know how he lost one, but that's a real shame. more » highlandmiata: 10 - 1 that that 'burban is no longer rocking the thriftmaster, especially since it is a floor shift rather than a column shift. Likely has a 50's el... more » Flathead Smith: Notice the single tail/brake light unit. Let me tell you I have driven several vehicles with this set up and folks don't know what hand signals are an... more » MushyHeirloom: Yeah, this one's got the neighbor's blue-with-white-fenders '54 pickup beaten, I think. Look at that color! I wonder what it was originally... more » engineerd: I love late '40s and early '50s vehicles. So much style. So little fluff. Air conditioning? You have windows. Radio? You might get an AM Motorol... more » marc2068: This would make a nice resto-mod,put a new diesel in it and some amenities(like a/c and nice sound system). Ok I am lying to myself.I would leave the ... more » Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: This is an exemplary non-sport Utility Vehicle. Probably rode just fine with a load, in its' day. And most of what might go wrong on it could be fix... more » The Dead Inside Grp. Co. Ltd.: All those in-favour of automakers bringing back engine names like "THRIFTMASTER" please raise your Jalopocomment 2.0 Hand. more » tonyola: Magnificent beast. Oh, I'm sure it's hot, slow, and noisy, and the ride would rattle my fillings, but I'd love one nonetheless. The headlight visors w... more » clinto: That is just plain awesome. I would love to have one of these. If my ship ever comes in, I am going to have the world's most eclectic car collection. ... more » Ben Wojdyla: This is the saddest thing I've seen since the E-type fire. more » Six Flags Over Tomsk: I can already hear the crusher operator exclaiming "Where is your god now?!?" more » nadnarb: How hard is that to restore? Some paint and a twin turbo Viper engine swap and you're done. I say we all chip into a save the Jalops pot to make it ha... more » FrankGrimes: I bet the flathead is gone if not something is wrong with it or this world we live in. more » -
#downonthestreet
1949 Chevrolet Suburban
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. The Suburban was once a bit less luxurious than today's version. More » -
#downonthejunkyard
1949 Ford Takes Wrong Turn, Ends Up In The Crusher's Waiting Room
While I was off crossing mountain ranges in my beater Civic, tipster Douglas shot me an email with a photo of a startling junkyard find back in California. More » -
#projectcarhell
PCH, Land Of The Free Edition: V6 Chevette or Quadra-Packard Package Deal?
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and most hellish! We don't have so many American cars here, because parts are too easy to find… More » -
#projectcarhell
PCH, Benefits Of Positive Thinking Edition: Cooked Countach or Rusty Rolls?
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! Yesterday, we saw a 6.9 Benz face defeat for the first time in Project Car Hell history, a feat that generally requires unholy intervention by the Prince Of Darkness himself, or at least the presence of Citroën badges. We've had a run of affordable Hell Projects lately, and that's fine… but sometimes we need to mainline some optimism and look at spending a few more bucks at the gateway to Gearhead Gehenna.
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#projectcarhell
Project Car Hell, Low And Slow Edition: 1964 Impala or 1949 Mercury Trio?
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! In our last plunge into the Lake Of Fire, we saw the Alpine A310 stomp the Matra Murena like Napoleon pulverizing the Russians in the Battle of Austerlitz, with a decisive 70-30 split in the poll. Today we're going to go from PCH Édition Débâcle to something a little closer to home: Lowrider Project Hell! More » -
