John348 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 (edited) My son decided that he was going to take my 53 Chevrolet that was for sale on this site as well as in our magazine, he had to decide that something would have to go. He had asked me to help selling his 54 Chevrolet Belair. This car also belonged to my father. It is a nice driver quality car, and has the rare power windows and power seat option. The power windows were only on the front windows (odd, but...that is how they did it) It also has power steering and a powerglide. The car was restored in the early 80's and belonged to a fellow local club member. When he passed my father purchased the car (sometime in the mid-90's) and had it sent to Florida. There are 5 new bias ply tires on the car and we did the brakes over 100% lines, master wheel cylinders and hardware. Generator was rebuilt. Car shows 59K on the odometer A nice driver asking $12,500 please PM me for my phone number and any questions you may have, I will post more photos later today Thanks John Edited March 9, 2020 by John348 (see edit history) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-mman Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 6 hours ago, John348 said: The power windows were only on the front windows (odd, but...that is how they did it) This was a point of comparison between Ford and Chevrolet for 1954. First year for "full power" for each of them. Ford offered P/W on all 4 positions (doors & quarters) and a 4 way power seat. Chevrolet had only 2 and 2. It was mentioned often as a sales advantage in the Ford 'lets compare' literature. Nice car. Power equipment is always quite rare by survival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 For 1955-'58, Studebaker offered power windows for their four door sedans on either the front two or all four windows. It looks a little odd now, but power windows in low-priced cars was new and novel then. Nice-looking '54 Bel Air, would you please list all the options and accessories with which the car is equipped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryankazmer Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 the front-only power windows meant that the grunnions in the back couldn't play with the windows. Later there were lock-out switches so that only the driver's control worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 John, you do find some great Chevrolets!. That is a nicely loaded Bel Air. I had a 1955 Bel Air hardtop with factory power windows, power seat, wonder bar, power pack. I owned it while I was living in South Fla. back in the early Seventies. It was a neat car. Good luck with the sale. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Luddy Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Neat car! My school buddy had a 54 Bel Air 2 dr hardtop given to him when we were 15 yrs old. I've never seen this amount of power options on a 54 Chev. My question here is, did they come equipped with a higher output 6 Volt generator? Different pulleys? Bigger battery ala' Cadillac? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 Some more photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Roth Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 HI John, Love those Chevys, and hope to see you if you can make it to Miami in February 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, Marty Roth said: HI John, Love those Chevys, and hope to see you if you can make it to Miami in February Hey Marty, I will be there, just registered for judging yesterday. No bringing a car though, look forward to seeing you and the rest of the gang 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Roth Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Just now, John348 said: Hey Marty, I will be there, just registered for judging yesterday. No bringing a car though, look forward to seeing you and the rest of the gang Just now, John348 said: Hey Marty, I will be there, just registered for judging yesterday. No bringing a car though, look forward to seeing you and the rest of the gang John, Why not bring the 1954, leave it at the hotel, and in the parking lot with a "FOR SALE" sign? You'll be reaching an interested audience 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel boeve Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 3 hours ago, Marty Roth said: John, Why not bring the 1954, leave it at the hotel, and in the parking lot with a "FOR SALE" sign? You'll be reaching an interested audience What is going on in Miami in Februar ? I am also planning to visit the US again in 2020.Its been to long since i wasn't there . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 13 hours ago, Marty Roth said: John, Why not bring the 1954, leave it at the hotel, and in the parking lot with a "FOR SALE" sign? You'll be reaching an interested audience The car is registered in NYS my son's name, and has expired, he now lives in Virginia so the plates are not current. I did not bring my trailer down this trip, so I have no way to get it down there. It was certified DPC when my Dad was alive. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE POLLARD Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Another beautiful Chevrolet John ! Steve 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryB Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 I don’t think I’ve ever seen a 54 Chevy with all the accessories that one has. Great looking car. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted January 31, 2020 Author Share Posted January 31, 2020 Herr is something I never had seen before. I know it is not a Chevrolet part, and was aftermarket but pretty cool none the less. A sunvisor with a map scroll 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 John, that is a really trick aftermarket piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Roth Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 9 hours ago, John348 said: Herr is something I never had seen before. I know it is not a Chevrolet part, and was aftermarket but pretty cool none the less. A sunvisor with a map scroll WOW !! If we thought taking your eyes off the road to glance at a GPS was a bad Idea... just think what this map could involve ! Hopefully you would pull of he road o check the map ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyardjeff Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 That is the third 53/54 I have seen with power steering,the first one was in a junkyard and was complete and was thinking about getting it along with a few other not very often seen power steering systems but the owner died before I could grab them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) On 1/28/2020 at 2:16 PM, m-mman said: This was a point of comparison between Ford and Chevrolet for 1954. First year for "full power" for each of them. Ford offered P/W on all 4 positions (doors & quarters) and a 4 way power seat. Chevrolet had only 2 and 2. It was mentioned often as a sales advantage in the Ford 'lets compare' literature. I believe Pontiac offered power windows for the 'front only' in 1954 as well. In Ford's case, 1954 was not the first year for power windows. They were standard (front & rear) on the 1946-'48 Ford Sportsman. Craig Edited February 3, 2020 by 8E45E (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 On 1/31/2020 at 12:30 PM, John348 said: Here is something I never had seen before. I know it is not a Chevrolet part, and was aftermarket but pretty cool none the less. A sunvisor with a map scroll. There was a similar accessory offered in England. There were several map scrolls offered of different major highways where one loaded it before travelling with the map of the route they were going to drive. The driver lined up the starting city of their destination with the red marker on the scroll housing. The take-up roller was spliced to the speedometer cable and the map would automatically scroll along in sync as per speed and miles traveled. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 6 minutes ago, 8E45E said: There was a similar accessory offered in England. There were several map scrolls offered of different major highways where one loaded it before travelling with the map of the route they were going to drive. The driver lined up the starting city of their destination with the red marker on the scroll housing. The take-up roller was spliced to the speedometer cable and the map would automatically scroll along in sync as per speed and miles traveled. Craig The first Garman? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted March 2, 2020 Author Share Posted March 2, 2020 I have a binder on the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug 845 Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 What State is the car located in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 Florida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted March 9, 2020 Author Share Posted March 9, 2020 SOLD 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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