1949 Chevy Styleline Sport Coupe Red VGEustis1101114

Chevy had brand new styling this year, and essentially kept the basics through the 1954 model! It was a startling change from the prewar based 1948 model. For us, it appeared quite "modern" The fenders were disappearing as separate components that were bolted on. Running boards were long gone, with an increase in interior width. Automatic transmissions were starting to become more common, although it wasn't offered on this car...but was offered on the 1950 model.
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[@antoniocovarrubias7831]

I love the 49 Four door the rear side vent windows that pop out give it a especial look, low and slow!

[@coolrides]

Hey, Antonio! Yes, those side windows were a fixture on American cars up through the 60's....very important in the days before air conditioning. They really helped circulate the air. Thanks! :) Jack

[@cocinandoconenrique4786]

Absolutely the car of my dreams. Would like to own one like that one. Gorgeous!

[@coolrides]

Hey, Enrique! It really is a cool car...glad you liked! Thanks! :) Jack

[@cocinandoconenrique4786]

Do you still have the car?

[@robertosanchez5328]

Beautiful car! also they're of my favorites👍

[@coolrides]

Hey, Roberto! It is a beauty...and that red paint job really makes it stand out! Thanks! :) Jack

[@46619TAB]

I love the Route 66 sticker!! My parents married in Chicago in April 1948, their wedding gift from mom's parents was a 1948 Styleline 2 door and their honeymoon was a month long road trip from Chicago to California and back on Route 66. This is a beautifully restored car! Every detail, every bit of chrome and the amazingly well done interior seems flawless! Of course back in the day the almost mandatory wide white sidewall tires complete the look and I like the flaired look created by the bolt on rear fenders. The paint color is a great choice. Nice car, thanks Jack!!

[@coolrides]

Hey, Terry! I'm glad this car could bring back such great memories for you! This was the typical conveyance of so many people...popularly priced, and stylish too! I think much time and expense were dedicated to the details of this car so as to make it so authentic! I remember when they were announced...a two page spread in the paper, quite unusual for the day. I thought how dramatic the styling change was! Thanks! :) Jack

[@46619TAB]

Jack R I just noticed the plate on the front of the car. My dad was a golfer his entire life, always Titleist, and when I was 14 or so he bought me a set of left handed clubs in an attempt to get me interested in the most exciting sport this side of watching paint dry. Didn't work out, when I was 15 I came home from school to learn my brother had been killed in Vietnam. The last thing i remember was going into the garage and I guess tried the left hook too many times on mom's car and storage cabinets. I broke three fingers, my hand, wrist and forearm. Three surgeries, two pins, a screw and months of learning to be right handed later, he sold the clubs. With the good comes the bad and we move on.

[@coolrides]

***** Hey, Terry! That is certainly a tragic circumstance...so often given little attention except as a bit spot on the news...the return of the fallen soldier, the grief at the cemetery, or the years of rehabilitation for those who have been wounded. Those left behind bear scars that forever change their lives. It seems so easy to say, but I'm sorry for your loss. Jack

[@46619TAB]

Jack R I was 15, drugged out of my mind and in a cast to my elbow and can't remember if I was crying because I lost my hero or because of the pain when at the funeral one of the 6 military guys stepped aside to insist I take his place as Pall Bearer. That guy was 'the kid next door', my brother's best friend then and despite 6 years difference between them and me, mine too. Loss is hard, but life moves on. In this case each year on Memorial Day, the 'kid next door' and I make the rounds, this year in his wife's new Mustang Shelby GT500 ragtop, of several Chicago area cemeteries to visit two of his fallen comrades and my brother and we leave a bottle of 'lightly used' Jack Daniels at each grave :D

[@coolrides]

***** Hey, Terry! That certainly was an enduring bond...and both of you can experience the healing of those Memorial Day ceremonies that you hold dear. They bring healing. :) Jack

[@dsteele27]

Wow does that car look good in red! And that interior looks like it likely looked the day the car rolled off the assembly line. Really nice!

[@coolrides]

That red would have been daring in 1949, probably restricted to the Fire Chief's car! The interior looks to be of the original material, definitely a big step up from previous "rat fur" interiors. Thanks! :) Jack

[@charlieirvin5423]

Jack i Enjoy every one of your Videos Of These Old Cars. It Brings back memories the cars that my Granddad drove to when when my dad drove. The Only memory now is Showing my own kids the Cars I drove was my 65 Mercury and A 66 Pontiac GTO But watching this video of that Chevy Brought Back Memories.I am 60 years old My Daughter laughs when i tell her about her Granddad and Great Granddad what they drove.But The Memories are never Forgotten Thanks again Jack.

[@coolrides]

Hey, Charlie! Glad you enjoy! I think cars like this automatically bring back so many memories of people who remember the cars as they were, on the streets and highways! And so many people can tell stories not only about the cars, but about the people who drove them. That's why I do this! Thanks! :) Jack

[@STEVE33437]

Hi Jack~~My uncle had this car but in a 4 door having traded in his 1937 Ford fr it. I remember, even as a small child, that the Chevy felt very solid when we rode in it. It was a good car.

[@coolrides]

Hey, Steve! Good memories....and the four door sedan fitted a family very well in terms of ease of access to the back seat. They were indeed very solid! Thanks! :) Jack

[@not2fast4u2c]

You gotta like those wide whitewalls and little hubcaps and trim rings !!!

[@coolrides]

Yes indeed...that was a typical way to dress up cars of this vintage! It looks really good! Thanks! :) Jack

[@karynfelix-the-Cat]

Such a beautiful car! I really love the color on this '49! Of course, the wide white wall tires, trim rings and hub caps really complete the look! That interior is just something beyond gorgeous! I love the colors..very original! The chrome on this car is soo beautiful! Not an imperfection anywhere!! The fender skirts really look great..and the exhaust deflectors complete the overall style this car has! Simply fantastic! The engine compartment is every bit as gorgeous as the rest of the car! A very nice Chevrolet! Thanks Jack!! :D

[@coolrides]

Hey, Karyn! It really does stand out from the other cars! It certainly has had great attention to its every detail! Just goes to prove that a fantastic car doesn't have to be an expensive make, just one that has been lovingly restored in every detail! Thanks! :) Jack

[@JesseAndMike]

Great looking car, Jack! That is a lot of metal! :D

[@coolrides]

Hey, guys! A lot of pretty thick gauge metal, at that! Thanks! :D Jack

[@leedaniels617]

Nice looking Chevy Styleline Sport Coupe. This one is really nice too, and that interior looks great This chrome, and the paint on this car is flawless.,and that headliner looks great, for an original. I remember seeing fastback models like this as well. Thanks Jack!.

[@coolrides]

Hey, Lee! Yes, there seemed to be a competition within the divisions of GM to see whether people preferred the fastback style, or this style. This style won, at least for the time, until the Chargers and Marlins arrived! Thanks! :) Jack

[@leedaniels617]

Jack R I remember those first generation Chargers,and those AMC Marlin fastbacks,as well!.

[@coolrides]

Lee Daniels Hey, Lee! It's funny how styling ideas got recycled back in the day..what's new is old, and old is new! Thanks! :) Jack

[@cheddyrod]

Chrome, paint and interior are tip-top. This owner has a winner and since he is a golfer there's lots of room in the trunk for gold clubs. When i was in high school (late 50s and early 60s) Chevrolets from 49 to 52 were very popular with the students. They were very reliable, economical and the seats were very comfortable (especially in the Deluxes like this one). Where that Route 66 decal is a vertical radio would go. I think Chevy went for a vertical radio again in their 63 Sting Ray. I came across an 11 minute video showing how 1950 Chevys were built. It's in B&W because it was made in 1950. /watch?v=jz0w47dV64M :D

[@coolrides]

Hey, Chester! Definitely a practical car, well put together! I do remember it as a vertical radio, much like the one in my aunt's '48 Plymouth...and Corvette had those vertical radios in the Sting Rays from '63 to '67. I checked out the video for the '49 Chevy you referenced..and it's very good! Body by Fisher was definitely the mantra of GM back in the day! Thanks! :) Jack

[@zzzdogutube]

Jack, thanks!

[@coolrides]

Hey, Ron! Glad you like! Thanks! :) Jack

[@ArApAdAs]

Beautiful Chevy!

[@coolrides]

It sure is a beauty! It was a radical change from the '48 models, which seemed so "old fashioned" in comparison! Thanks! :) Jack

[@rhymesauce]

Stylin'!

[@coolrides]

Hey, Kiel! Yes indeed...driving this car would automatically be stylin'! Thanks! :) Jack

[@fmtelevison]

I had a 49 chev I loved that car

[@coolrides]

Truly a nice car...reliable, and all new styling that year! Thanks! :) Jack

[@road_king_dude]

Que bella

[@coolrides]

¡Seguro que es una preciosidad! ¡Un gran cambio con respecto al modelo de 1948! ¡Gracias! :) Jacobo

[@jasoncarpp7742]

Hey Jack. Nice looking car. I haven't seen one in this nice condition in a while. :)

[@coolrides]

Hey, Jason! Yes indeed...methinks a lot of money was spent in redoing the car! I like videoing the cars that were so common on the road when I was growing up! Thanks! :) Jack

[@jasoncarpp7742]

Hey Jack. I agree. Thanks for posting. :)

[@coolrides]

Jason Carpp Hey, Jason! It was my pleasure...glad you enjoyed! Thanks! :) Jack

[@20alphabet]

Nice color for this cute little job. This is what's referred to as bulletproof transportation. The inline six and manual transmission left little to go wrong.And if it did, an owner with a bit of interest could do the repairs himself. Greed complicates everything.

[@coolrides]

It certainly is eye opening to go back in time when cars were simple things...understood by most, and could be repaired by many, even with not so advanced skills. Today...look what we have! I hate to admit that I'm not sold on all those electronic systems. Time will tell! Thanks! :) Jack

[@20alphabet]

Jack R Agreed. It doesn't take a genius to replace a screwdriver and timing light with a $30,000. diagnostics computer. Actually, it would take a genius to replace the $30,000. computer with a screwdriver. Like Abraham Lincoln said, Any fool can make a simple thing hard. It takes genius to make the hard things simple.

[@coolrides]

20alphabet Let's hope the automotive world has a genius, just off stage! Thanks! :) Jack

[@jacquespoirier9071]

a perfect restauration job..... i don't like the GM pruducts in general but I must this one is truly nice If the same detail finesse is allowed to mechanical and chassis details, this car is much better than the original.

[@coolrides]

+Jacques Poirier Hey, Jacques! That is something I find pretty regularly at car shows....cars that have been restored to a condition that really surpasses what they were when they left the factory. It is nice to see! Thanks! :) Jack

[@MartinBlanford]

Gorgeous. As is often the case, it's a sedan which has been mistaken for a coupe. Presumably because now days "2-door" automatically means coupe. Not so back in the day. Coupes of course are always 2-doors. But sedans came as 2 or 4-door models. The sedan has a much longer roofline & shorter trunk.

[@coolrides]

+MartinBlanford Hey, Martin! A matter of semantics....a sedan is a closed car...anything can be labeled a sedan except convertibles, business coupes and a perhaps a stationwagon. From dictionary.com...an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats. The significant part of a coupe is the shorter length and the two doors.....a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model. Thanks. :) Jack

[@califdad4]

I always liked the coupe better than the fastback, but that was my opinion, I now like seeing those fastback Cadillac Coupe DeVille's

[@coolrides]

Hey Brian! My favorites were the 1949 Buick Roadmaster and '49 Cadillac fastbacks. Thanks! :) Jack

[@user-fe1xo1rg7c]

ممتازة ركبنا كل الشفروليه من 50 وحتى 56

[@coolrides]

'ana saeid li'anak kunt malak shfrulih mundh waqt tawil ... laqad qadamuu khidmatan rayieatan wa'aniqatan lilghayat aydana. shkr! :) jak

[@fmtelevison]

What NO radio?

[@coolrides]

I don't know the statistics, but my guess is that quite a few purchasers of the "low priced 3" opted for no radio...we had one installed aftermarket on our Henry J and Studebaker....for me, a radio was just as important as the heater! Thanks! :) Jack

[@garyporter516]

This car looks like a coach and not a coupe. Can't tell by the video.

[@coolrides]

Hey, Gary! What's the difference? Thanks! :) Jack