• Seller: Bob P iersant
• Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Mileage: 94,000 Shown
• Chassis #: none
• Title Status: Clean
• Engine: Pontiac 350 V8
• Transmission: Automatic

The sedan delivery is just what it sounds like: a delivery vehicle based on a standard sedan or, more accurately, a station wagon without side windows or room for passengers. Almost every manufacturer, including Pontiac, offered a sedan delivery at some point. It’s easy to imagine a small grocery store or town newspaper buying a new one as a practical, efficient vehicle to drop off their goods to households and businesses in their small communities, and there’s a certain quaintness about the whole scene that makes me smile. While I can’t find production breakouts for 1950 Pontiacs such as this one, which is being offered as a Barn Finds Auction, it’s safe to say that given their original intent, there can’t be many that have stood the test of time.

You might have noticed that someone has begun to customize this Pontiac; it has “suicide” doors and a more modern independent front suspension and steering. It comes with a 1953 Pontiac Chieftain parts car, and that Chieftain has a Pontiac 268 cubic-inch straight eight under the hood. Because this rare delivery will need a complete restoration, you can decide to install the Pontiac inline; if that’s not to your taste, the seller has another option.

It’s a Pontiac 350, which comes with the deal. Pontiac people tend to stay “all Pontiac,” but if neither option appeals to you, you can install anything you’d like under the hood. The 350 is a nice, torquey engine with a nearly square stroke-to-bore ratio. Most of them produced 150 to 200 net horsepower, perfectly fine for hauling around a sedan delivery with ease.

The seller has included dozens of pictures of the Pontiac and the parts that will come with it, including the glass (except one rear flat panel window) and a pair of bucket seats. There are a couple of areas in the photographs below that show some “Bondo” abuse, but overall, it’s a nice, solid car.

In life, it’s nice to have options. Although there’s no denying that this Sedan Delivery will require a lot of work to get back on the road, there are two roads to take. You could use the Chieftain’s driveline, front suspension, steering, and front door hardware to return the ’50 to stock configuration. You could also continue the path that a previous owner has taken and continue to customize it to suit your taste. Take a look at the pictures below and decide which path is right for you, and place a bid on Barn Finds Auctions.

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