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The big C body Buicks and Cadillacs were noticeably new this year as well on a brand new structure that was unequivocally a C body.

The 1950 C body cars, from top to bottom: Buick Model 52 Super 126, Buick Model 72 Roadmaster 130, Cadillac 62 In fact, even the 1957 Chrysler New Yorker was only 78.8 inches wide (all figures according to the ) A ’50 Chrysler New Yorker was a touch over 75 inches across. The ’50 Lincoln Cosmopolitan measured 79 inches in width and the Packard Super Eight was only 77 inches. the bigger cars’ 80 inch widths.Īnd just a word about the nearly 80 inch width on that 1950 Buick Special: Those were wide cars. The Special was also within fractions of an inch of width of the larger cars, 79 13/32 inches vs. The wheelbases of the other cars on this body were 122 inches (Oldsmobile and Cadillac) and 126 5/16 (Roadmaster). Popular Science Magazine took a first look at the new Buick Special in its September, 1949 issue and called it “the biggest ‘big little’ car they have ever produced.” Particularly odd was that the Special’s 121.5 inch wheelbase identical to that of the more expensive Super, with which it shared this body. Also notable is that the Cadillac 61 got demoted to a lower level body than the Cadillac 62 this year, a first for this split since 1947. What is unusual is that the Buick Special and the Buick Roadmaster shared the same body. The defining feature of this sedan body was the vertical C pillar and four window greenhouse, which was quite unlike any other roofline offered under the GM umbrella.

We will get into the name for this body shortly (note the use of quotation marks when identifying the B body in captions to the pictures), but let us at least look at the variety of sedans that shared this new 1950 structure, whether called B or something else. The 1950 “B body” cars, from top to bottom: Oldsmobile 98 DeLuxe Sedan, Buick Model 41D Special Tourback, Buick Model 51 Super Tourback, Buick Model 71 Roadmaster Tourback, Cadillac 61Īs we discussed last time, the Buick Special Tourback sedan and all the rest of the 1950 Buick models came along in due time, as did the Olds 98 and Cadillac 61, and all on a brand new body.