The Market; all post-war cars and bikes for sale

292 cid Y-block V-8 engine, 192 HP, three-speed manual transmission with overdrive, independent front suspension with coil springs over shocks, semi-elliptic rear springs with live rear axle, four-wheel drum brakes; wheelbase: 102” The first generation Ford Thunderbird made its public debut at the Detroit Auto Show on February 20th, 1954. Taking ..

239 cid V-8 engine, 100 HP, three-speed manual transmission with overdrive, independent front suspension, leaf spring rear suspension, four-wheel hydraulic brakes; wheelbase: 114” It took a few years after World War II for automakers to introduce completely new postwar era cars. Most had been updates of pre-war cars and, with demand high, Ford ha..

1,991 cc SOHC inline six-cylinder engine, triple SU carburetors, 102 BHP, four-speed manual gearbox, independent front and rear suspension with transverse semi-elliptic leaf springs and dual wishbones, four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes; wheelbase: 90" Without doubt, the Ace stands as the signature product of AC, Britain’s oldest independent automo..

312 cid V-8 engine, twin Holley four-barrel carburetors, 270 HP, automatic transmission, coil spring independent front suspension, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes; wheelbase: 102” Based on a show car that debuted in February 1954, the production version of Ford’s sporty and sleek two-seater Thunderb..

1,466 cc OHV XPEG inline four-cylinder engine, twin SU carburetors, four-speed manual gearbox, independent front suspension with control arms and coil springs, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, four-wheel Lockheed hydraulic drum brakes; wheelbase: 94" Few sporting cars have enjoyed such enduring popularity and influence as those from..

430 cid OHV V-8 rated at 350 HP, automatic transmission, independent front suspension with coil springs and wishbones, live rear axle with leaf springs, four-wheel hydraulically-actuated power drum brakes; wheelbase: 131" When Continental ended production of the Mark II in 1957, it was the end of America’s most expensive production car. It was a ..

1,488 cc air-cooled, horizontally-opposed OHV four-cylinder engine, 64 HP at 4,400 rpm (SAE)/55 HP at 4,400 rpm (DIN), four-speed manual gearbox, independent front suspension with parallel trailing arms and laminated torsion bars, independent rear suspension with swing axles and transverse torsion bars, four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes; wheelbase: ..

287 cid V-8, 180 HP, four-speed manual transmission, front and rear solid-axles with semi-elliptic leaf springs, hydraulic front and rear drum brakes; wheelbase: 123.25" Four-wheel drive trucks are commonplace today but that was not the case in the 1950s. The Big-Three utilized specialty drivetrain vendors to provide their customers with such a v..

201.5 cid inline six-cylinder engine, 114 HP, two dual-barrel carburetors, three-speed manual transmission, independent coil spring front and leaf spring rear suspension, four-wheel drum brakes; wheelbase: 105" Hudson, like most auto manufacturers, spent some time during World War II mulling ideas for its postwar automobiles. Hudson, unlike most ..

235.5 cid OHV inline six-cylinder rated at 115 HP, three-speed column mounted shifter transmission, coil-spring independent front suspension, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes; wheelbase: 115" The American convertible of the 1950s is always an object of beauty at any car show. This was the era of ele..