1946 Chevrolet Stylemaster 2 Door Coupe 350 V8 700r4 Overdrive Cold A/c Camaro F. $ 5,000. But there was constant evolution too, just not revolution. And Chevy truck operators kept buying them, year after year, decade after decade. Gateway Classic Cars assumes no responsibility for any repair regardless of Everything had been reconfigured for armament production and car factories had to be restored to how they had been in 1941. Beautiful and c . The Ford V8 ran for 20 years and the Buick 8 that debuted in 1931 also ran for over twenty. Chevrolet succeeded during the bleak Depression years by providing a useful combination of good value, up-to-date features, and a reasonably stylish appearance. Nothing against Crosley or Kaiser, but I wonder how many of their sales were based on mere desperation to get rid of the old heap. At the very front, parking lights now flanked a grille that was modestly redesigned, with chunkier and wider crossbars, in a way to emphasize the cars width and bulk (going for a still more massive look). There were more subtle changes too. So no, nothing radically new. But of course, problems such as headlight spacing withdrew from most peoples minds as world events took a much different course for the next several years. Part Groups. Just seven years later, US RAV4 sales would surpass 400,000 with dimensions largely similar to this 2010 model. [Chevrolet Centennial, 1940s Edition], 'The Beast' Is Weird, Cool, and up for Sale, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads. its a very common phenomena. Chevrolets during the 1940s came in numerous body styles, including four different types of 2-doors a business coupe, a five-passenger sport coupe, the Fleetline Aerosedan, and our featured cars body style, which was called the Town Sedan. During the 1941-48 model years, 2-doors accounted for over two-thirds of total Chevrolet car sales, and the town sedan, with its streamlined looks and copious passenger room, was the most popular of these body styles. Meet the 1946 Chevrolet Stylemaster! Please choose to download one of the following options for an improved browsing experience: Chrome (Download ), Microsoft Edge ( Download ) or Mozilla Firefox ( Download ). example only, if a vehicle is marked as numbers matching, original mileage, Hirohito would have killed (and he sure tried to!) The home I grew up in, built in the 1920s, had a side driveway to a backyard carport. We've got amazing prices on 1947 Stylemaster Series Tools, Fluids & Garage and Air, Fuel, Emission & Exhaust parts. This cars dimensions were once heralded as the newest trend in automotive design then it became quickly outmoded. All you say is true, but it is not so much a sin of GM, rather that the buying public is often more concerned with how something looks over what underpins it. The immediate postwar years are often glossed over, and with good reason, since the cars were largely regurgitations of prewar models. While sparse by modern standards, the Chevrolets dash was a well-laid out command center for the day handsomely finished in bright metal and plastics in GM parlance. Twenty-four years. 1948 Chevrolet Stylemaster Sport Sedan (62 kW / 84 PS / 83 hp) (since January 1948 for North America U.S.) specs review (click on photo to view enlarged pictures gallery) 1948 Chevrolet Stylemaster Sport Sedan (man. Growing up I saw more Plymouths and Dodges from this era, so their lower hoodline more integrated with the body seemed more normative to me. No title. All Rights Reserved. Chevrolet is marking its 100th anniversary this week. The custom bucket seats and door panels with tan cloth inserts give this coupe a unique style. My brother and I would often take turns laying in the rear windshield shelf. Among the interesting items is the economics of postwar production. See Results. Results 1 - 25 of 957 25 Records Per Page Default Sort . See all 11 photos. For 1947, roughly 88,000 Sytlemaster Town Sedans like this one were produced, accounting for just 13% of the 670,000 total Chevrolet cars produced for that year. Ive heard of the car industry pioneer statues in Flint, and if I ever visit there, I absolutely will go and see them. I remember them quite well as a kid. any type. That Quality Quiz table looks mighty impressive at first glance, but is essentially meaningless when you read the fine print, as so many of the lauded features refer to GMs name for things rather than the actual feature itself. charges. Gateway Classic Cars of Tulsa is proud to present this 1946 Stylemaster Coupe Resto-Mod. John Gunnell, Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946 to 1975, Revised 4th Edition, pages 156 to 159, Norm Darwin, 100 years of GM in Australia, page 76, Norm Darwin, The History of Holden in Australia since 1917, page 62, The Post-war Chevrolet, 1946-1948, Restored Cars No 156, Jan-Feb 2003, pages 20 to 23, Chevrolet 1948 Specifications page 7, www.oldcarbrochures.com, 1946 Chevrolet sales brochure, www.oldcarbrochures.com, 1948 Chevrolet sales brochure, www.oldcarbrochures.com, 1947 Chevrolet sales brochure, www.oldcarbrochures.com, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chevrolet_Stylemaster&oldid=1078296048, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 20 March 2022, at 21:16. Needed an overhaul which was done at a garage in the area of the breakdown. This required massive investment in the production facilities to build the cars and their mechanical components. Most of the Chevy is actually LOWER than most of the RAV4. 507-214-3550. 1948 Chevrolet Stylemaster Listing ID: 26665 Description 1948 Chevy Stylemaster 4-Door Sedan. Well, almost in that many a dealer sold the cars for far and above M.S.R.P. And when it didnt , as during the time of GMs radical downsizing to FWD starting in 1980, one can see the horrific consequences. the buyer's request. Like the rest of the Chevrolet range, the Stylemaster was powered by the company's famous 3-litre 'Stovebolt' overhead-valve six, an engine it would continue to use until production of the model ceased in 1948. You have to remember that fuel injection, overhead valves and cams, superchargers, and many other innovations had come to market,mostly on high end or foreign cars, yet people did not clamor for those changes. It was sold as the company's base model and remained in production, alongside. Coolant Additive, Water Wetter, 12 fluid oz., Each. It is the George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Even Plymouth beat Chevy by two years. Like my dad used to call any independent suspension knee-action. Because last year, we had War. The '48 Chevy is starting on it's way back home. Interesting to note then Chevrolet updated and redesigned its truck line before the cars when they introduced the Advance-design gen in June 1947. As put by Chuck Jordan, GMs vice president of design, in 1989, We were longer, lower, wider then all of a sudden we were shorter, higher, narrower.. Those ultra-smooth color-matched inner walls funnel your attention to the detailed and tidy motor in the middle. It was common to see the oil pressure gauge on the sixes barely twitching off the low peg with a hot engine. The beautiful motor is also a strong runner, and so they paired it to a 700R4 four-speed automatic transmission w/overdrive. 14,348 below average manual. that helped Ike knock out Hitler and the Jerries. Over 72 years later, the car is ready to be pulled out of the garage and hosed down for the first time in its life. Not only were there changes analogous to a present-day midcycle facelift for 1947 but the 48s got a chrome split piece added to the grille seemingly for no other reason than to tell them apart from 47s. Your email address will not be published. Classic ea. 1968 Chevrolet Camaro. Gateway Classic Cars of Philadelphia The Stylemaster was produced by Chevrolet from 1946 through 1948. Filters. it looks downright petite next to one of todays larger cars, in this case a fellow Chevy. Were many buyers concerned that the postwar cars had been cheapened or used substandard parts? This interior appears as if it has been reupholstered, but is otherwise mighty original. Filters Sort. American classic. These year Chevrolet's came from the factory with a 6 lug 16" wheels and tires with tubes in them. Other manuals are also available at the Chevy Old Car Manuals Project. And that future was even longer, lower and wider. or complete restoration, that information has been provided to Gateway The vehicles sold at Gateway Classic Cars are not new; they can Free In-store Services CONDITION CODE: #3+. And when you look beyond the style, you'll see the substance of a 350 cubic-inch V8 built with Edelbrock aluminum heads, an Edelbrock AVS2 four-barrel carburetor, an Edelbrock performer intake, and headers that feed into a glasspack-style dual exhaust. ; Engine VIN Codes Decodes engine codes used in Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN's) for cars starting around 1953.; Vehicle History Vehicle History Reports for Classic Cars [1], The Series DJ Stylemaster was introduced as the base trim level model in the 1946 Chevrolet range, along with the top level Series DK Chevrolet Fleetmaster. Find 1933 to 1954 Chevrolet Stylemaster Coupes for Sale on Oodle Classifieds. The brief 1942 model year brought about a restyled front end, featuring a grille with larger bars, a broader hood, longer front fenders, and headlights spaced further apart. Mechanically and dimensionally identical, these two models differed only by trim levels. Or, as Keating said, a quick model-year changeover avoided causing the car-needy public to face further inconvenience and disappointment.. Replaces factory #4116260. Weve discussed this topic before here at Curbside Classic that modern cars are dimensionally similar to those of the 1940s but viewing such a comparison in a random parking lot drove this point home for me. This wasnt all that much of an issue on 1937 roads, true, but on the emerging expressways and thruways of the later 1940s and 1950s these otherwise comfortable, durable and well built cars were all-too-often seen dead & smoking on the side of the new roads. The Stylemaster, which was essentially an updated 1942 Chevrolet Master Deluxe, was powered by a 216.5 cu in (3.5 L) Straight-six engine driving through a 3-speed manual transmission. Sign in now to prevent your Saved Listings from expiring. The front bucket seats have body-hugging contouring, and they're finished in a supple leather two-tone tan and cream. Interestingly, the Chevrolet pickup factory only had little more to do than change colors in the paint booth as what they were selling the Army was identical to retail units. 3) (model since January 1948 for North America U.S.) car specifications & performance data review