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

283 cid V-8 engine, Rochester mechanical fuel injection, Powerglide two-speed automatic transmission, independent front suspension with unequal-length A-arms and coil springs, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, power-assisted four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes; wheelbase: 115” For much of its existence, General Motors’ high-volume Chev..

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..

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..

350 cid V-8 engine, 250 HP, four-speed automatic transmission, independent front coil suspension, solid rear-axle with coil springs, hydraulic four-wheel drum brakes; wheelbase: 119.5" By 1950, the Oldsmobile line featured Harley Earl’s aircraft inspired “Futuramic” styling. This transitioned to all of the ’49 line, and was especially attractive ..

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: ..

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..

3,442 cc DOHC inline six-cylinder engine rated at 180 HP, upgraded five-speed manual gearbox, independent wishbone front suspension with torsion bars and anti-roll bar, live rear axle with semi-elliptic springs, upgraded disc brakes; wheelbase: 102" Jaguar wasn’t always a company that built sleek and fast roadsters. In the beginning they did a br..

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..