<VV> Early 50's Chevy/No Corvair

[HallGrenn at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/12/2009 2:34:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
Sethracer at aol.com writes:

My  Grandmother Had a 50 Fleetline Chevy 4-door until the mid-1960's. It is 
  
likely the first car I ever drove (illegally, of course). It had the  
reverse  pattern Powerglide P-N-D-L-R - You had to be very careful  going 
for low 
gear!!  --But at least it had a "PARK" setting. unlike  some other cars!

With the fastback design, my friends and I called it  "The Stone-age  
Stingray!"

Seth  Emerson



Seth,
 
My first car was a '51 Chevy woodie station wagon.  Deluxe.  It  had been 
my grandfather's car, then my father's (sort of), then mine.  The  "wood" 
paint on the exterior--it was an all steel car--had been painted Earl  Scheib 
blue by the time I got it, but the wood interior was stock.  It had  many 
optionsfor the time; turn signals, radio, Powerglide and a clock.  The  
Powerglide wasn't fast, but very little cold beat it the first 50 feet off the  
line in Low.  The three seats were great for the cross-country and track  teams 
and our weekend adventures--take the spare tire out of the well behind and  
below the third seat, remove the drain plug, fill with ice and drinks and 
go to  the beach.  "Pass a cold one up.............."
 
Bob