American Cars of the 1950s |
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70 Roadmaster Air suspension auto.trans automatic transmission body side mouldings body styles bodywork Buick Series Cadillac Series Cadillac Series 62 carburettor Champion chassis Chevrolet Bel Air Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet Series Chieftain Chrysler New Yorker CID engine CID L-head Six CID Six CID V8 engine Clipper Continental Coronet Coupé Crestline Customline DeSoto Diplomat DeSoto Fireflite Dodge Kingsway Edsel export featured Firedome Ford Fairlane Ford Fairlane 500 Ford Thunderbird Fordor four-door Hardtop Hardtop Hardtop Coupé Hornet Hudson Hydra-Matic introduced Kaiser L-head Six engine Mercury Meteor Rideau Monterey Nash Rambler offered OHV V8 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Oldsmobile Super 88 optional overdrive Packard passenger car Plymouth Belvedere Pontiac Star Chief power unit PowerFlite Powerglide produced radiator grille range comprised rear window resp restyled Rocket Series 40 Special Series 50 Super Series 60 shown six-cylinder Station Wagon Studebaker Commander Styleline DeLuxe styling changes top-line models two-door Hardtop V8 engine wheel Wheelbase Willys Jeep