Your favorite 50's cars

[Motorhead350]

I can't stand it any longer. It's sooooo annoying that modern cars are still called cars with very few exceptions with the Marauder being one of them. Post your favorite 50's cars! As many as you want and pictures are fine too. I have no order so here are mine:

56 Chevy Bel Air

59 Chevy Impala

57 Ford Thunder Bird

55 Ford F-100

59 Cadillac Eldorado 2 door convertible

58 Ford Edsel

58 Plymouth Fury.... yes we all know why

I know Chrysler had some good ones too, but I don't know the models.

What are your favories?

[sd8683]

55 CHEVY!!!! Need I say more??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PsY2W_KiyA

[larryo340]

You forgot about the most known about 50's cars of all time, the '55 and '57 Chevy's although I like the '55 better.

[03blackvegas]

1959 Dodge Custom Royal Lancer.

[Windsor58]

1954 Jaguar XK-120M Roadster, just like my Dad had when I was a kid.

[LVMarauder]

At least this thread is loosely associated to marauders.

[Cougar_Marauder]

57 T-Bird all the way

[UncleLar]

56,57,&58 Fords (in any 2 dr flavor except retractable top cars)
55 Chevy & 55 Chevy Nomad
57 Pontiac Safari
58 Pontiac
57 Dodge,57 Chrysler&57 DeSoto
57 Olds & 58 Jukebox Olds
50 Plymouth Station Wagon
56 Lincoln Capri
56&57 Lincoln Continental MKII
57-59 Lincolns
59 Mercury
58 Edsel
57 T Bird
53 Studebaker
57 Studebaker Golden Hawk
And a RED 58 Chevy convertible with a continental kit and twin sweptback antennas and skirts
There ya go,I hope you younger guys don't have to go look up what Studebaker's and DeSoto's were,or continental kits either,lol.

[Hacklemerc]

I always loved the 57 Plymouth Fury even before Christine made it famous. Big fins and big motor...

[Rocknthehawk]

56,57,&58 Fords (in any 2 dr flavor except retractable top cars)
55 Chevy & 55 Chevy Nomad
57 Pontiac Safari
58 Pontiac
57 Dodge,57 Chrysler&57 DeSoto
57 Olds & 58 Jukebox Olds
50 Plymouth Station Wagon
56 Lincoln Capri
56&57 Lincoln Continental MKII
57-59 Lincolns
59 Mercury
58 Edsel
57 T Bird
53 Studebaker
57 Studebaker Golden Hawk
And a RED 58 Chevy convertible with a continental kit and twin sweptback antennas and skirts
There ya go,I hope you younger guys don't have to go look up what Studebaker's and DeSoto's were,or continental kits either,lol.


Beautiful. I've got a 1949 Stude Champion business coupe sitting in Nebraska :)

[Bluerauder]

My list from the '50s tends to be GM-Chevy heavy. If I had to pick one ... it would be .....

'55 Chevy

Others in the honorable mention category include:

'56, '57, '58 Chevys (Bel Air & Impala)
'53, '57, '58 Pontiac Starfire
'53, '57, '58 Buick
'56, '57 Cadillac
'56, '57, '58 Corvette
'55, '56, 57 Thunderbird
'56, '57 Ford Fairlane
'50, '51 Ford Victoria

As you can tell, I have a preference for the '55-'58 period. :D

[FastMerc]

59 Cadilac conv! One of the biggest finned cars ever built! :P

[a_d_a_m]

it's really sad, but i completely ignore '55-'57 chevys anytime i see them at car shows. i've seen so many, i just don't care anymore. also, i'm not really wild about anything pre-1955, so there's really only a few cars i get really excited about:

#1 on the list would probably be the late-50's pontiac star chiefs/catalinas, but if i had to pick one, i'd pick the 1959 (http://www.1motormart.com/gallery/59pont01.jpg) because i like the rear end (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2108/2401680794_f92c5b3330_o.jpg) the best.

i also like the 1959 (http://www.sweetauto.net/gallery/files/1/1959-Desoto-Firedome-2dr-ma-2.jpg) desotos.

my favorite '57 goes to dodge (http://sorrentolens.files.wordpress.c om/2008/03/1957-dodge-cr-conv-front.jpg) for their royal custom.

[Krytin]

http://oldcarandtruckpictures.com/Ford/1950FordClubCoupe-jan8But.jpg (http://oldcarandtruckpictures.com/Ford/1950FordClubCoupe-jan8.jpg)

1950 Ford Club Coupe - they look even better chopped & channeled!

[Krytin]

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<CENTER>1956 Mercury Montclair 2 Door Hardtop</CENTER>

[de minimus]

great thread. The 50's was a high point in American car design IMO.
3 of my favourites:
1956 Ford Crown Vic
1957 Monarch Richilieu
1954 Merc Sun valley

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm88/deminimus/1956CrownVictoriaSkyliner.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm88/deminimus/1956Richilieu.jpghttp://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm88/deminimus/1954MercurySunValley.jpg

[Blk Mamba]

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<center>1956 Mercury Montclair 2 Door Hardtop</center>

In 1958 my aunt had one of these in this color combination, I always have remembered that car, wish I had this one. There are several late 50's Mopars I liked, never any GM, but the big caddy, my all-time favorite is the blue metal-flake, white pearl top 57' Ford Fairlane 500 I had in high-school.

[Motorhead350]

See now this is when cars had style!