The Montana Auto Museum is housed in the Old Montana Prison in Deer Lodge, Montana. The museum displays more than 150 automobiles. While the early eras of automobiles is often called the Brass Era because of the amount of brass in the cars, the 1950s is the Chrome and Fin Era. Cars were bigger, bolder, wider, and lower. Shown below are some of the 1950s era cars on display at the museums. Fords and Chevys are not shown below as they have their own diary.
Plymouth:
Shown above is a 1950 Plymouth Super Deluxe which sold for $1,629.
Packard:
Shown above is a 1951 Packard 4 Door. It sold for $3,035.
Studebaker:
Shown above is a 1950 Studebaker Champion which featured “bullet-nose” front and rear bumpers. It sold for $1,981.
Mercury:
Shown above is a 1951 Mercury Fordor Sedan. It sold for $2,000.
Pontiac:
Shown above is a 1951 Pontiac Chieftain Coupe. It features Hydromatic Drive and a Straight 8 engine. It sold for $1,927.
Shown above is a 1957 Pontiac Chieftain 4 door Hardtop. It sold for $2,527.
Dodge:
Shown above is a 1959 Dodge Coronet. It sold for $2,537.
DeSoto:
Shown above is a 1954 DeSoto Firedome. It sold for $2,673.
Edsel:
Shown above is a 1958 Edsel Citation with its unique “horse-collar” grille. It sold for $3,580.
Cadillac:
Shown above is a 1959 Cadillac. It sold for $4,892. It is 20 feet long and its tail fins rise 3 feet above the ground.
Nash:
Shown above is a 1959 Nash Metropolitan. It sold for $1,469.
Porche:
Shown above is a 1958 Porche 356A Coupe. The 356 was Porche’s first production vehicle which production starting in 1948 in Austria. The 355A was made from 1955 to 1959 with a total of 21,000 produced. It sold for $2,785.