<![CDATA[1950 Plymouth Deluxe - Jalopnik Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[1950 Plymouth Deluxe - Jalopnik Comments]]> http://jalopnik.com Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:56:42 EST Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:56:42 EST http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1950-plymouth-deluxe-282631.php <![CDATA[1950 Plymouth Deluxe]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1950-plymouth-deluxe-282631.php#c3682262 @scottydawg: Well said. It is a funny place. Close enough to Berkeley yet still with vestiges of its Navy port. So you have a combination of earth-firsters and survivalists.
You can tell which car owners like to preserve their oldie-but-goodie and which car owners really NEED their car!

phonehome

]]> 12:282631:c3682262 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:56:42 EST <![CDATA[1950 Plymouth Deluxe]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1950-plymouth-deluxe-282631.php#c2051743 This is the same year and same color as the car my grandfather had when he was dating my grandmother.


I just thought everyone should know.

TylerD

]]> 12:282631:c2051743 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 03:47:55 EDT <![CDATA[1950 Plymouth Deluxe]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1950-plymouth-deluxe-282631.php#c1975330 There is a Navy Blue one just like this for sale up the street from my office and I have to agree about the ride height and tires, I may even vote to chop it.

RalphieDC

]]> 12:282631:c1975330 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:15:51 EDT <![CDATA[1950 Plymouth Deluxe]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1950-plymouth-deluxe-282631.php#c1975099 That's a thing of beauty. From that Golden age of engineering when things were still made of metal.

Euromobile

]]> 12:282631:c1975099 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:01:11 EDT <![CDATA[1950 Plymouth Deluxe]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1950-plymouth-deluxe-282631.php#c1974914 I had one of these when I got into my "I want an old car" phase. It was sea foam green, flat head 6, POSITIVE ground, that's right boys and girls the ground was the position side of the battery! There was an actually oil line running to the back of the oil gauge (no sending units in those days). Folks, this type of car is the reason for 25mph speed limits, 25 was FAST in this car (just try to stop, go on you know it will happen eventually).

Dave

dmarcus48

]]> 12:282631:c1974914 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:50:02 EDT <![CDATA[1950 Plymouth Deluxe]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1950-plymouth-deluxe-282631.php#c1972872 Awesome, Alameda is like Cuba with auto parts stores.

snarktastic

]]> 12:282631:c1972872 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:24:56 EDT <![CDATA[1950 Plymouth Deluxe]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1950-plymouth-deluxe-282631.php#c1972286 @TPSreports:
Really? That's kinda what I miss most about my old '61 Apache. (Except for those times when the linkage would get hung up and I'd have to pop the hood to get into 2nd gear.)
But back to the cut-glass shift knob on the Plymouth...
Wow. Just wow. It makes a pale shadow of those hotrods with their eight balls and silver skulls. I'm all for "brass age" flavor wherever I can get it.

anaxomander

]]> 12:282631:c1972286 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:43:26 EDT <![CDATA[1950 Plymouth Deluxe]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1950-plymouth-deluxe-282631.php#c1972180 I have driven a 1950 Plymouth sedan in the past. It's an extremely conservative car that seems at home tooling around at 20 mph.

The three on the tree is something I hope no car or truck maker ever brings back.

TPSreports

]]> 12:282631:c1972180 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:35:41 EDT <![CDATA[1950 Plymouth Deluxe]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1950-plymouth-deluxe-282631.php#c1972028 Do plenty of mods, but be subtle with all of them. Expand the tires just a little, drop it about two inches - you'll still be able to hop the curb without nasty scraping sounds - and upgrade the engine. More power, not necessarily lots of power.

Do it all without going overboard and anyone clapping eyes on it won't realize it isn't stock. They'll just think, "damn, that looks good." You won't (grossly) offend the purists, and garner ups from sleeperphile rodders.

Elhigh

]]> 12:282631:c1972028 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:22:30 EDT <![CDATA[1950 Plymouth Deluxe]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1950-plymouth-deluxe-282631.php#c1971823 Bag it, then throw some 16 and 18 inch steeles on it with some fat tires. Throw one of those triangle hats the plymouth sailers wore (you know the one on "Fast Times at Ridgemont High") just to let people know how really twisted you are.

htrodblder

]]> 12:282631:c1971823 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:05:51 EDT <![CDATA[1950 Plymouth Deluxe]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1950-plymouth-deluxe-282631.php#c1971758 I have a 51 Plymouth 2 door. That motor isn't sporty, but with the right exhaust leaks, it's silky smooth and almost dead quiet. I'd leave it in there, but build it up like a pulling tractor motor with several turbos and enough boost to blow the flat head an inch of the block. Just replace the head studs and you're good to go. It'd be a torque monster.

brucee10

]]> 12:282631:c1971758 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:59:47 EDT <![CDATA[1950 Plymouth Deluxe]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1950-plymouth-deluxe-282631.php#c1970572 As an actual Alamedian (living as an expatriate in Japan currently) I can verify that I've actually spotted some of these cars. There was nothing I liked better than taking a walk down a new street on a fine sunny day on that lovely little island and checking out the cars and houses (there are some amazing Victorian's there!) Anyway, I love seeing pictures and trying to guess exactly where they were taken. I only wish that I had something interesting parked in front of my house so I could have my 15 minutes of fame.

Keep up the good work, and if you include at least one shot with more visual context you will make my job of figuring out where it is a little easier.

Bakafish

]]> 12:282631:c1970572 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:22:20 EDT <![CDATA[1950 Plymouth Deluxe]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1950-plymouth-deluxe-282631.php#c1970454 That's one hell of a Plymouth.

Speaking of Mercuries, there's a surprisingly clean late 40s/early 50s coupe for sale near me, and it turns out that it actually gets driven! I'm seriously tempted to inquire about it, or at least get some pictures.

It's a shame that old iron like this is so rare in most other places.

Paul Y. is Going Dumb at the Sideshow

]]> 12:282631:c1970454 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:12:45 EDT <![CDATA[1950 Plymouth Deluxe]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1950-plymouth-deluxe-282631.php#c1970110 Metro NY car style? (see above comment)...

I was just road-tripping trough CO and Durango (?!) was loaded with some nifty old iron...
5 or so 2002s, and lots o' misc. 'Merican sedans and pick-em-up trucks (50's and 60s mostly).

And then there was that NSU and Indian Motorcycle :)


jakay11

]]> 12:282631:c1970110 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:36:52 EDT <![CDATA[1950 Plymouth Deluxe]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1950-plymouth-deluxe-282631.php#c1970066 As a Bay Area resident and semi-frequent visitor to the island of Alameda, I can assure readers that there are A LOT of unique, older cars there. Going through the tunnel/crossing the bridge into Alameda is like going through a time warp. It literally feels like small town America in the 70s/80s, in a good way.

Maxichamp

]]> 12:282631:c1970066 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:30:54 EDT <![CDATA[1950 Plymouth Deluxe]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1950-plymouth-deluxe-282631.php#c1969999 @Buckster:

Yeah that would be badass. Or any RB big block.

danio3834

]]> 12:282631:c1969999 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:25:15 EDT <![CDATA[1950 Plymouth Deluxe]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1950-plymouth-deluxe-282631.php#c1969991 Beautiful Car from the era when chrome was chrome. Not coated ABS.

M&M- I'm partile to the 413 max wedge.

Buckster

]]> 12:282631:c1969991 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:24:00 EDT <![CDATA[1950 Plymouth Deluxe]]> http://jalopnik.com/cars/down-on-the-street/1950-plymouth-deluxe-282631.php#c1969953 *sigh

The NYC metro area STILL has no taste in cars. I've mentioned it before, but i'm really getting bored with silver/black MB and BMWs as "style".

Papercutninja

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