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• 1950 Ford [Down On The Street]

  This is the 24th 1950s vehicle we've seen so far in this series, and it seemed right to follow up the '58 Mercedes-Benz 220S with something from Detroit. You can't get much more Detroit than an old Ford, so here comes a car from a two-time DOTS owner (as far as I know, WhatWouldJesseDo is the only three -time DOTS honoree). Some of you might recall seeing this Ford in the background of the photos of the pink '52 Dodge we saw last summer. Since that time, the Ford project has progressed enough for it to drive around under its own power and park on the street. It had some rust problems (now fixed), and naturally it's been lowered about as far as possible. The metalflake green roof pain looks pretty sharp, although I'm not sure what the rest of the paint job will look like after the bodywork is done. Or maybe this is the finished paint job! Project or finished car, it's good to see a 58-year-old machine that lives on one of the busiest streets in town. galleryPost... Posted Mar 18 2008, 02:15 AM by Jalopnik Filed under: Ford, Alameda, Down On The Street, rat rod, 1950, 1950s, Custom

• 1950 Ford Pickup [Down On The Street]

  Since our last DOTS pickup was a Dodge, and the one before that was a Mazda wearing Ford emblems, it's about time we saw a genuine Dearborn truck in this series. And you can't get much more genuine that this 1950 Ford F-1 pickup, which I spotted surrounded by high-end German iron in an upscale East End neighborhood. Hank Williams' "My Bucket's Got a Hole In It" was shooting up the country charts when this truck was new, although odds are you wouldn't be able to hear the song in most of the non-radio-equipped pickups that year. The big hood vents are a little odd-looking, but they do add some style to an otherwise utilitarian example of postwar industrial design. Given this truck's neighborhood, where a small two-bedroom house sells for $650K, I'm pretty sure it never hauls anything more serious than the occasional sack of potting soil. But it could haul several bales of hay, a case of Dutch Lunch beer, and a bunch of your shotgun-brandishing friends... Posted Nov 22 2007, 01:00 AM by Jalopnik Filed under: Ford, Alameda, Down On The Street, pickup truck, 1950, Truck

• Down On The Street: 1950 Pontiac Streamliner Deluxe Convertible

  Today's Down on the Street car gets the official Jalopnik Best Hood Ornament Ever Award. I mean, it's a jet plane with a glowing Indian head grafted on! What could the designers have been thinking when they came up with this thing? Best of all, the front... Posted Sep 20 2007, 02:00 AM by Jalopnik Filed under: Alameda, Down On The Street, Pontiac, 1950, streamliner, Convertible