The blue paint is worn and paint as you might suspect after all these years, although photos from the first time we saw the car in 2020, it looked to be staying in a barn. The headlight lenses are marked left and right (does that matter?) and are in great condition. The seller says he’d like to see to car brought back to life, but he has lost the inside storage intended for the car and doesn’t want it to live outside under a tarp.Īs part of the car’s originality, there is an oil change service sticker still on the door jamb from 1956. The seller is in the process of relocating the car to Southern California, so that’s likely where the next transfer of ownership will take place. It looks to be completely original from top to bottom. At 29,000 supposed miles, the car appears to have been off the road for some time. But we’re told it was still running until 2-3 years ago. The 93-year-old-father was still driving the car at some point, but we don’t know how far back that was. The seller bought it off the second owner’s family. This particular Airflow seems to be an Oregon car all the way back to the beginning. Today, the cars enjoy a niche following with collectors as part of the Airflow Club of America. First year production of the Airflow across all Chrysler divisions was just 2,450 units. Which is too bad, because these really are fascinating cars. Today, it can often be found in pop culture along with the Edsel as an American car that didn’t take off. Perhaps due to its unusual shape, the Airflow did not catch on with the buying public. I covered it in August 2020 when it was offered for sale at that time. This is not the first time this Airflow has graced us at Barn Finds. Thanks, Ikey Heyman, for notifying us of its whereabouts! The unique automobile is being offered in Glendale, California and here on craigslist for $8,500. This DeSoto version of the Airflow has only had two prior owners in 85 years and stayed in Oregon for most of its life. Chrysler, DeSoto and Imperial all had their versions of the Airflow whose aerodynamic shape didn’t quite stir up the sales they wanted, but this was still the Great Depression era. It was the first full-size American production car to use streamlining as a basis for production. This means it was about mid May.The Airflow was built by Chrysler Corp. We see also a large number of tulips in the garden at Town Hall. The Town Hall photo was therefore likely taken between 19. It was common to see already after 3-5 years a significant deterioration. Rustproofing was not very advanced in those days. The car seen in the photo is a shiny 1936 Chrysler Airflow. Fortunately we see in this Baie-D'Urfe Town Hall photo by the Montreal Lithographing Company a part of the rear section of the car. The car had originally no trunk and the 1936 model was the first one with a trunk. Chrysler changed especially the rear section of the car. This sedan was produced by Chrysler between 19 but the car went through a number of chassis design changes over the years. The Airflow was the first American production car to use a more streamlined chassis design, one less susceptible to air resistance. The 1936 chrysler airflow navigation: jump to a section on this page: 1935/1936 Airstream, References
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