Early Ford V-8 Club of America
Southern California Regional Group 11


1950 Ford Club Coupe

It is said that the "The New Fords" for 1949, saved the Ford Motor Company from bankruptcy. It was the company's first totally new model. Gone were the four "fat" fenders, the old torque tube drive necessitated by the antiquated buggy spring suspension along with the front beam axle, the radius rods, and the spiral-bevel final drive. In their place came the all new "slab" sided body styling, the new modern independent front suspension with coil springs, an open drive shaft and hypoid differential. An optional Borg-Warner overdrive replaced the old Columbia 2-speed rear axel. Brakes were larger and the new car had a new ladder-type frame to replace the old X-member type. This was probably the biggest single year change in the company's history.
The 1950 models were refined with minor mechanical differences and face lifting. They were touted by Ford Motor Company as being "fifty ways better" than their predecessor 1949 models. The sporty club coupe models are rather scarce to come by today. It seems that most buyers in the immediate post WW II era opted for the more roomy interior of the family sedans. Over 398,000 Custom Deluxe Tudor Sedans and 247,000 Fordor Sedans were sold as opposed to 85,000 Club Coupes.

Body Style Description

Quantity Produced

Original Price

Weight

Custom Deluxe Convertible Coupe

50,299

$1,948

3,263

Custom Deluxe Club Coupe

85,111

$1,511

2,981

Custom Deluxe Tudor Sedan

398,060

$1,511

3,015

Custom Deluxe Fordor Sedan

247,181

$1,588

3,078

Custom Deluxe Station Wagon

22,929

$2,028

3,511

Custom Crestliner

17,601

$1,711

3,050

Deluxe Business Coupe

35,120

$1,333

2,949

Deluxe Tudor Sedan

126,770

$1,424

3,007

Deluxe Fordor Sedan

77,888

$1,472

3,064

Data sources:

Early Ford V-8 Club of America. The V-8 Album. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., 1985.
Flammang, James M., David L. Lewis, and The Auto Editors of Consumers Guide. Ford Chronicle. Lincolnwood: Publications International Ltd., 1992.


1950 Mercury Six Passenger Coupe



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