1950 Buick Super Sedan
1950 Buick Super Sedan
- Description
- By the 1920s, Buick cars were considered a luxurious, upscale choice. Growing sales in the early 1950s reflected the strong appeal of style, comfort, and roominess to middle-class families. More Americans were choosing cars that matched their affluence, taste for fine consumer goods, child-raising responsibilities, and mobile lifestyle. By 1954, Buick had become the third best-selling car in America. This car belonged to Clara Fultz Bentz, a small business owner who ran a lingerie shop in Martinsburg, West Virginia. In addition to its spacious, plush interior, it featured optional Dynaflow automatic transmission.
- Object Name
- automobile
- Date made
- 1950
- maker
- Buick Motor Company
- General Motors Corporation
- used
- United States: West Virginia, Martinsburg
- Measurements
- overall: 6 ft x 6 7/16 ft x 17 1/4 ft; 1.8288 m x 1.9556 m x 5.2578 m
- ID Number
- 2002.0266.01
- accession number
- 2002.0266
- catalog number
- 2002.0266.01
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
- America on the Move
- Automobiles
- Road Transportation
- Transportation
- Exhibition
- America on the Move
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
Comments
This picture triggered all sorts of nostalgia for me. My parents bought a brand new 1950 Buick Super in 1950. Same body style, same color. I was 12 years old at that time. It was the family car until 1977. I took my road test for my driver's license in it and probably put 30,000 really hard miles on it. I didn't like it too much at the time because the Dynaflow made it pretty slow on the takeoff. But it was obviously a well engineered and reliable machine because, as hard as I tried, I was unable to kill it. How I would love to own the pictured pristine example today.
Bill Hungerford
Tue, 2018-01-09 15:46
David Ziegler
Tue, 2019-04-23 08:26