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1950 Ford Custom Deluxe Tudor
It has been said that the all 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 then antiquated buggy spring suspension along with the front solid-beam axle, the radius rods, and the spiral-bevel final drive. In their place came the relatively new "slab" sided body styling, a new more 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.
If the '49s helped save the company, the 1950 models were the catylist. Although similar in appearance to the '49s, they were greatly improved with mechanical and body-fit differences and and face lifting. They were advertised by The Ford Motor Company as being "Fifty-Ways-Better" than their predecessor 1949 models.
The above low-mileage car was manufactured in California at the now long gone Long Beach Ford Assembly Plant and sold new in that city where it resided its entire life. It has gone through a cosmetic restoration with paint and upholstery duplicating the original. The exterior color is Ford's Coronation Red.