1952 Chevrolet Bel Air Styleline Deluxe by goodoleboy
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This old timer captured 10/15/12, early morning, sitting in a residential front yard about 1.3 miles from my archaic abode.
ZOOM worthy.
The 1951 and 52 models are so close in design I thought it was the former, but the owner told me it was the latter.
The owner also keeps a 1954 model in his garage, which I saw him drive later during my walk. He claims he enters both the cars in various auto shows around the area.
The 1952 models originally sold from $1,707-$2,297 new. A total of 671,472 were built. I checked out the sale prices on some similar used models and found they ran anywhere from $3,800 to $149,900, depending on the condition and restoration.
Incidentally, I once had a previously owned 1949 Chevrolet Fleetline, and a 1956 Chevy Delray, purchased new.
Avtio, and have a nice day.
Comments (12)
stnaper
Outstanding photo & Car!
durleybeachbum
An attractive old thing!
racolt33
Nice photo of the car.
magnus073
Sensational capture of this really cool old car Harry
npauling
This one looks to have been kept in top notch condition. An excellent capture of it.
mgtcs
Super cool image my friend, excellent shot, superb car!
Hendesse
Superb shot of this beautiful old car. Seems to be in good condition.
debbielove
Nice!!!!!! Looks ion great condition, maybe a paint job, BUT no rust I can see.. Rose would love it! lol Great find and post Harry! Rob
Rainastorm
Sooooooooooooo cool and I am darn glad I saw this. I love these old beauties!
inaani
Car with character
anahata.c
(I hope people zoom everytime, these images deserve and demand it.) It's been a while since you did cars regularly, so it's always a treat when you post another one. Hard for me to verbalize what I feel, here, but it has to do with dignity and simplicity. You seemed to step back (aesthetically) and let this beauty speak for itself. I don't know how that's done, or exactly what I mean by it, but it's a very respectful capture---you're bowing to its natural beauty. I think it's grayness might push away some photographers; but I've seen enough of your work to know that such things don't phase you at all. (Though I don't know if it's a challenge for your camera-settings or your postwork. I know it would be for me.) The gray feels poetic, here. Because the car is on a slight angle to the line-of-houses, it seems almost posed for you. As with flowers, you know, by now, just where to stand. (And probably choose the best of several shots, intuitively.) I love that you included stains on the ground (in the foreground), and you let us see the carpet underneath. A carpet for a car! (If that's what it is...) As in your car shows, you've given us a gently faded background, to give full voice to the car; and you've given a view that includes a large swath of the old beauty---including the yellow reflected in the chrome, speaking of places beyond the frame. A beauty of a shot, compositionally, and in finding all the dignity this car has to offer. And nicely angled and within the whole. Poetry.
HopeFadesEternal
I remember my father saying my granddad had a '51, so it's really cool to get a glimpse of this. In fact, the color is probably about the same as was his, dad said it was grey.