These used to be as common as dirt back in the day. Now it's hard to find them at car shows in factory stock condition. This car brings back memories of my grandpa's 1952 light green Deluxe four-door sedan he drove in rural Nebraska, back in the day.
This car is absolutely amazing! I was 6 when this vehicle was built! I rode in many of them as a kid, and with friends who had them as a teen. My first Chevy was a '55 210 2-door post back in '64I Sure miss those times, best of my life..
I went to a grade school in Kansas in '83 to '84, one of the teachers drove one of these that looked exactly like this. I remember checking it out through the chain link fence during recess as it was parked along the curb in the same spot every day. Seeing this makes me wonder if it's the very same car. Dad had a beat up 1950 chevy sedan at that time so it was interesting for me as a 10 year old to note the similarities and differences of these 2 cars.
My father owned one of these 52 Chevrolets...GM doesn't build cars like this 52 anymore...and hasn't in at least 70 years! He would only own Chevys til the day he passed in 1973. My mother was a Ford gal until she passed in 1996. Semper Fi
I owned one of these in 1955, and shared it with my mom. I had the fender skirts and painted the area under the rear chrome strip and the top a darker blue than the Powder blue it was. I split the exhaust manifold and put duel exhaust on, with glass-Packs. It didn't make it go any faster. I did have white walls, which made it look cool! It also had the old two speed power glide!
My father had a '52 Chevy coupe -- maroon with a black roof. I remember my brothers and friends and I piling into the back seat, some of us having to stand, on our trips to Rockaway Beach!
Nice car. My Dad had on in the 50's, bought it new for $1,100 he said. It was the same color but was a 4-door and had the Power Glide automatic transmission. He sold it in 1962 for a 57 Chevy. Hope the new owner of yours takes care of it.
Many thanks for posting this video! My grandmother owned a nearly identical car, with similar mileage, but it was all stock, no mods. Sitting in the back seat was like being in a living room, there was so much space. Unfortunately it was a Wisconsin car, so the extent of rust was considerably more advanced.
I own a 1950 Chevy that is so similar to the one in the video. But I don't have a sunvisor. These old cars are great. But mine has a slight vapirlick problem if it gets too hot. Oh well can't complain. Still awesome
It's absolutely beautiful. I'm always AMAZED at how some cars, homes, items of clothing, furniture... whatever... can somehow survive, nearly unscathed for so many years. That car is DYING for a set of those new, vintage-style "sawtooth edge" radial tires... Black walls would look KILLER.
They really were. No air conditioning, power steering, or catalytic converter. Straight six with small carb. Back then, fuel was not diluted down with ethanol either. Possibly yes on the power steering if it was a Deluxe.
Yeah....... the fender skirts really set it off. And that color is perfect for the body lines. I might add a/c and a 12V system. Go over all the wearable stuff......suspension, etc. She's sweet.😍💕
Used to see a '40 Special Deluxe sedan with 31,600 on the clock. Was parked at Pearl Harbor Naval Housing on the day the bombs fell. Isobe Garage, est. 1928 bought it in '44 and didn't drive it much, but resprayed it dark green at some long ago point. Was sold off about 5 years ago, hopefully no "Restomod" or worse.
My grandmother passed down a 1951 chevy that had 28000to my father. It was arctic white which looked tan. It had a slope back in stead of the top on the car in the video.it had original Paint and interior it had original tires that were in the loft of a barn It was traded in tward a new Buick in 1994
@Crazy Elf ...because this car has a windshield visor, a traffic light indicator would come in handy to see hanging stop signal lights. Visor blocks the view.
My first car was a 1952 Chevy Deluxe 2 dr. Black with a gray interior, 3 speed 6 cylinder engine. It also had the sun visor over the windshield and fender skirts like the one in this video. I bought it in 1965 from my next door neighbor for $100. It had 13, 000 miles on it. The only modification the original owner made was the addition of turn signals. I loved that car. Unfortunately my brother borrowed it one day and was T-boned by some idiot who ran a stop sign.
Simple, yes! Reliability? Compared to other cars of that era, yes they were reliable, but compared to TODAY'S cars , NOT so much! Today's "4 bangers" have NO problem going 150K miles without MAJOR work! These old cars would PROBABLY need a valve job by 50K miles!
36k miles sounds like that car needs to get out. My 1947 Chevy coupe stylemaster not all original it's crusty but gets lots of thumbs up. I can see you being scared to drive an all original car some dummy with no insurance pull out in front of the car or run into you. A friend of mine built a 1957 Cadillac covertable he hardly drove it he had many classic car's and truck's that should have got out the GARAGE! He end up passing away I guess he thought he had a lot longer to live. His son's got his car's and truck's they drive them all summer long, I guess his daughter got the Cadillac I'm guessing he had only one daughter that's the only one I ever seen he let drive it he didn't let his son's ever drive the Cad.
These used to be as common as dirt back in the day. Now it's hard to find them at car shows in factory stock condition. This car brings back memories of my grandpa's 1952 light green Deluxe four-door sedan he drove in rural Nebraska, back in the day.
This car is absolutely amazing! I was 6 when this vehicle was built! I rode in many of them as a kid, and with friends who had them as a teen. My first Chevy was a '55 210 2-door post back in '64I Sure miss those times, best of my life..
I was only 2 that year. My first car was a '57 BelAir 2dr post with a BlueFlame and Powerglide. Well worth the $150 I paid for it.
I went to a grade school in Kansas in '83 to '84, one of the teachers drove one of these that looked exactly like this. I remember checking it out through the chain link fence during recess as it was parked along the curb in the same spot every day. Seeing this makes me wonder if it's the very same car. Dad had a beat up 1950 chevy sedan at that time so it was interesting for me as a 10 year old to note the similarities and differences of these 2 cars.
My father owned one of these 52 Chevrolets...GM doesn't build cars like this 52 anymore...and hasn't in at least 70 years!
He would only own Chevys til the day he passed in 1973.
My mother was a Ford gal until she passed in 1996.
Semper Fi
I owned one of these in 1955, and shared it with my mom. I had the fender skirts and painted the area under the rear chrome strip and the top a darker blue than the Powder blue it was. I split the exhaust manifold and put duel exhaust on, with glass-Packs. It didn't make it go any faster. I did have white walls, which made it look cool! It also had the old two speed power glide!
“It don’t go very fast but it sure makes a lot of noise.”
The "glass paks" always "seemed" to make it go faster because of the "powerful" sound!lol
My father had a '52 Chevy coupe -- maroon with a black roof. I remember my brothers and friends and I piling into the back seat, some of us having to stand, on our trips to Rockaway Beach!
Nice car. My Dad had on in the 50's, bought it new for $1,100 he said. It was the same color but was a 4-door and had the Power Glide automatic transmission. He sold it in 1962 for a 57 Chevy. Hope the new owner of yours takes care of it.
Many thanks for posting this video! My grandmother owned a nearly identical car, with similar mileage, but it was all stock, no mods. Sitting in the back seat was like being in a living room, there was so much space. Unfortunately it was a Wisconsin car, so the extent of rust was considerably more advanced.
I own a 1950 Chevy that is so similar to the one in the video. But I don't have a sunvisor. These old cars are great. But mine has a slight vapirlick problem if it gets too hot. Oh well can't complain. Still awesome
It's absolutely beautiful.
I'm always AMAZED at how some cars, homes, items of clothing, furniture... whatever... can somehow survive, nearly unscathed for so many years.
That car is DYING for a set of those new, vintage-style "sawtooth edge" radial tires... Black walls would look KILLER.
A friend in high school had a car like that, so good on gas!
They really were. No air conditioning, power steering, or catalytic converter. Straight six with small carb. Back then, fuel was not diluted down with ethanol either. Possibly yes on the power steering if it was a Deluxe.
What a beautiful car ❤️
Awesome
American cars are endless
Just absolute beauty
Yeah....... the fender skirts really set it off. And that color is perfect for the body lines. I might add a/c and a 12V system. Go over all the wearable stuff......suspension, etc. She's sweet.😍💕
After 68 years, this car is truly remarkable. 👍👍
People in Kansas made a big mistake selling it, they will live to regret it.
Used to see a '40 Special Deluxe sedan with 31,600 on the clock. Was parked at Pearl Harbor Naval Housing on the day the bombs fell. Isobe Garage, est. 1928 bought it in '44 and didn't drive it much, but resprayed it dark green at some long ago point. Was sold off about 5 years ago, hopefully no "Restomod" or worse.
My grandmother passed down a 1951 chevy that had 28000to my father. It was arctic white which looked tan. It had a slope back in stead of the top on the car in the video.it had original Paint and interior it had original tires that were in the loft of a barn
It was traded in tward a new Buick in 1994
The only thing missing office 52 Chevrolet it's a traffic light indicator that ghost on the dashboard
Richard Yabarra what does that even mean
@Crazy Elf ...because this car has a windshield visor, a traffic light indicator would come in handy to see hanging stop signal lights. Visor blocks the view.
@Crazy Elf Especially necessary when they were equipped with the visor. Had it on my 52'.
My first car was a 1952 Chevy Deluxe 2 dr. Black with a gray interior, 3 speed 6 cylinder engine. It also had the sun visor over the windshield and fender skirts like the one in this video. I bought it in 1965 from my next door neighbor for $100. It had 13, 000 miles on it. The only modification the original owner made was the addition of turn signals. I loved that car. Unfortunately my brother borrowed it one day and was T-boned by some idiot who ran a stop sign.
That’s the car I learned to drive in - complete with the visor.
I Love the originals they are the way they should be! I had two original's 216's great little 6 CYL.
I once owned a 52 club coupe. Also a 49 4 door power glide
I had one of these cars it was all original my first car 75000 original miles in 1972 dark green with a light green top
Twice the miles of one I own. However no denying it's a great car!
I love the color. I have a 51 Deluxe thats the same color. Unfortunately it’s not in the best condition
Man it sounds good!
Wow
second owner here on our 1952 chevy bel air hardtop deluxe power glide transmission
Beautiful car. From Garibaldi RS Brazil.
That's a bad ass bomb I had one just like it got rid of it and I regret it big time anyway nice beautiful 52
Whats the cruising speed of this 3 speed cars?
Kansas fresh off the farm.
Beautiful car ! Is it for sale ?
I owned a 52 when I was in high school. I wonder if the drive line is enclosed, mine was.
Beautiful
Surely this should go to a car museum!
I had a 52 Chev once. Body was made by Fisher. Look down at door threshold plate. ..
A working Back seat.....COOL.
Enough room for "shimmy sham"!
That is a very beautiful car too bad it wasn't a fleetline, bring top dollar , back in the day we use those for parts . but ya nice.
Beautiful car!!!
A 5yr old could work on that engine! So simple an reliable!
Simple, yes! Reliability? Compared to other cars of that era, yes they were reliable, but compared to TODAY'S cars , NOT so much! Today's "4 bangers" have NO problem going 150K miles without MAJOR work! These old cars would PROBABLY need a valve job by 50K miles!
Is this considerd a deluxe or styleline?
The clocks never work in those cars. I think they quit working 5 minutes after you drove them off the lot. But thats ok its still a great car.
It's a wind up and still works.... :-)
@@spudsgarage amazing. Nice car
The clock worked in the 52' I had back in 1990. However the speedometer needle fell off the post.
That's the year I was born....😎
Me too. I wish I was as well preserved!
The year I turned 8.
All original, except for the exhaust system! Even the exterior paint is original! You don't see that often!
You're right! This car was stored PROPERLY, in a dry place with NO rodents!
Would love to find a 51 Chev body, to build a cruiser.
Lookin at a 4 door this week
Today's cars so boring looking.
I Swear Before I Die I will Own a 50-53 Chevy (2) Door,These Cars are Bad to the Bone.I Learned to Drive on a (3) on the "Tree".
Nice car but prefer Hardtop
Vaporlock... Ill get it right in a min.. Ha ha
Do you need a delivery address
How did they see past that giant hood ?
36k miles sounds like that car needs to get out. My 1947 Chevy coupe stylemaster not all original it's crusty but gets lots of thumbs up. I can see you being scared to drive an all original car some dummy with no insurance pull out in front of the car or run into you. A friend of mine built a 1957 Cadillac covertable he hardly drove it he had many classic car's and truck's that should have got out the GARAGE! He end up passing away I guess he thought he had a lot longer to live. His son's got his car's and truck's they drive them all summer long, I guess his daughter got the Cadillac I'm guessing he had only one daughter that's the only one I ever seen he let drive it he didn't let his son's ever drive the Cad.