SUPER RARE SILVER STREAK 2-DOOR SEDAN DELIVERY

Hi, I'm Steve Mignotti doing the Junkyard Crawl at the Happy Days Collection in Granby, Mass. with a 1950 Pontiac Silverstreak sedan delivery. It's a mostly original paint survivor, a very special vehicle. Of the 466,500 Pontiacs built in 1950, only 1,185 were two-door sedan deliveries like this one here. The Silverstreak, of course, was the secondary line in the Pontiac lineup. Silverstreak, of course, is a reference to the Silverstreak on the hood, which was used from 1935 through 1956 on all Pontiacs. Kind of cool stuff. On to the hood, we'll take a peek and see what we find. It's a 90 horsepower, 239 cubic inch inline six banger. It's a flathead. By the way, before we open it, here's the Silverstreak here, but that illuminates with the headlights. It's actually got a light inside. It's the Indian Chief right there, very cool touch right there. Seen a lot of Pontiacs in this time. It's a standard feature on these cars. Let's open the hood and find out what we have. By the way, this is wired. It's right down there. Here's the wire that comes up. The bulb is out of it right there, but that's the bulb that would illuminate the Chief's face. The live electricity comes right here. Here's the six popper. It's a flathead. Again, Pontiac would have an overhead valve V8 five model years later, 1955. The Pontiac, I think, 287 would arrive with a two-barrel or four-barrel. Of course, first V8 in Pontiac, 1955. Before that, six bangers or a flathead with a possibility. This narrow battery is a weird thing. It's a 12-volt. Sorry, it's a six-volt piece with three two-volt batteries inside it. That's why there's two, two, and two. It's six cells, and it gets a six-volt battery. If it's a 12-volt, you'd have 12 cells in there or six two-volt cells. With that said, that's a six-volt inline suitcase-type battery, which is correct for the car. A lot of accessories on this one. This does have... That's not going to stay up. Anyway, this is the service light right here, which can come off. You wire it to the car. If you have to change a tire or whatever you might have to do, change and shut the port. This would illuminate the workspace at night time. Very cool. This is a heater that was not standard. You had to pay extra for the heater. It's a fan, and it's heated by hot water that comes from the cylinder head. You can see the hose right there. Oil bath. Well, it's a dry filter air cleaner right here. It's not an oil bath, I don't think, but it's got a mesh inside of here. Maybe a little bit of oil in the bottom of that, perhaps. I don't want to touch it. One-barrel carburetor, 90 horsepower, not a fireball. Again, just five model years later, a V8 would be optional. In fact, standard on these Pontiacs. Pretty cool stuff. Very much unrestored car. A really cool piece of history right here. Got to love that grill right there. 1950, just beautiful. Just getting into the space age stuff. Chrome was everywhere. Of course, the Korean conflict, it wasn't a war, folks, was in effect. Chrome is a rare thing to see on these cars, but here it is right here. Bumper guards were optional stuff, not standard. Again, this is a sedan delivery. These are optional, generally fitted out with no options. Purchased by florist companies or whatever, thrift stores, TV repair shops, whatever, with minimal options. An unusual loaded sedan delivery. Let's peek around here, and again, six-fold headlights. You can still get them. They're very available. Full wheel covers right there, and silver streak, of course, the logo of the model. And dual spotlights on both sides right here. Again, six-fold, made by General Motors. Very cool stuff. Perhaps made by Guide for General Motors. And little visors right there to keep rain off your arms. Again, an accessory. And of course, this visor here is also a factory accessory, not factory equipment, but again, it's kind of cool. It's semi-translucent right there. Oh, it's metal, is it? Yeah, it's metal. It's painted metal. Cool stuff, like the chrome on that. Top look inside. And here we have it right here. Two little tiny bucket seats, and they're articulated, so you can get in the back area, and I'll show here. These are hinged, so they can actually, you can tilt them forward, get in the back, and that's a load floor. It's made out of plywood, industrial-grade plywood right there, and the seats are lightweight, and these are the original seats for the car. Some carpeting's been added right there to make it a little more livable inside. Cool stuff. And the vertical surfaces are very original stuff, kind of a heavy-duty cardboard stuff. And in here, we find the original AM radio right there with the Conlec signals. I don't think the Conlec was in effect just yet, but anyway, there's the AM radio right there, the original radio speaker, single speaker right there. Take that, you know, serious. Today, cars are so loaded with audio systems. Let's look at this, a Pontiac tissue dispenser, Pontiac accessory, very rare thing right there. Kind of cool. Clean up, anybody? Oops. Time takes its toll. So any original piece right there, and here's cool is that this is the 1950 Pontiac owner's manual to help you get the most enjoyment from your 1950 Pontiac. And again, the silver streaks right there on the hood of all Pontiacs in this year, how to work the controls, etc., etc. Cool stuff. And this is the original owner's manual to this car. This car is such a rare survivor. It's a beautiful car. Put this back where it goes. Don't want to lose it. And of course, no padding on the dash, no airbags, none of that stuff. Because, you know, safety standards were a distant thought at this point. Three-speed manual on the column right there, the pedals come through the floor. And again, hanging pedals would arrive for 1955 on Pontiac cars. And the pedals would come through the floor. Kind of a problem because they can emit water and dust in dirty climates and wet climates, which would foster rust on the floor pan. But again, the through-the-floor stuff was more efficient and cost-effective, I should say, for the manufacturer. And the fenders here look like they're bolted on, but they're actually pressed into the quarter panel. Kind of cool stuff. That was, I think, an advance for 1949 or 50 when they finally went to a non-bolt-on pressed in. That quarter panel is incredibly rare. If you need one of these today, this is a one-piece structure right here. You know, a sedan delivery, no windows on these things, just a really rare bird. And just about 1,100 of these things were built in 1950. It does have the accessory backup lights right here, which were an option, both sides. But in reverse, these things illuminate to light the way and warn people behind you that you're coming away. And this is a plastic, not glass, lens for the brake light. And here again, we see the Silver Streak motif on the front and the back, not over the roof, but very cool. And the door opens sideways like this to gain access to the inside. See a treasure trove of new old stock and good used pieces. The owner of this is Dennis LeFleur, who is a big collector of things. He loves to hoard stuff like this. And I get it, genuine GM parts, installation package for something right here. Let's see what it is. GM bag. Oh, these are gaskets, probably an intake manifold. Yeah, asbestos gaskets. Oh, it's a three-bolt cat, I think, for carburetors. Yeah, carburetor. It's a spacer for the one-barrel carburetor right there. I don't want to mess it up. Cool. Put that back where it lives. Just cool stuff here. A Silver Streak fender emblem right here for a later, I think, a later car than this one right here. Early 50s right here. Silver Streak die-cast metal. And lots of cool stuff. A new old stock muffler right there. It's hardly a turbo muffler. It's a straight through kind of a muffler. It's original stuff for a 50 Pontiac six-cylinder or eight-cylinder. I believe they take the same part. But again, a cool piece. And this load floor right here is a wooden face on it. I don't want to tear it up, but that's wood, industrial-grade plywood right there. There's some metal below that to have it support a real load. You could probably put a good 500 pounds in this without any problems. Leaf springs in the back. No coil springs yet. And next to it is kind of a contrast. 1955 Pontiac wagon right here. Similar but not the same. This one here is probably going to have a V8, but there's nothing in there right now. There's nobody home. It's hollow. This way had a 377 back in the day when it was new. Let me try and open this thing. It's got carthritis and so do I. Anyway, it's a four-door station wagon. More common vehicle than the 50 two-door sedan delivery. But cool stuff here at the Happy Days Collection in Granby, Massachusetts. 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