1954 Chevy Purchased -June 23

1954 Chevy 2-door car pictured from the internet.  Ours may have been a dark blue like the one shown at left.  Current value of this car restored in good condition is $45-50,000. Original purchased price with accessories plus $65 tax and $3 license was $2258.65.

In 1954 Wells Mfg. purchased a new vehicle, a (blue?) 1954 Chevy 210, 2 door car and traded in a 1940 Ford Coupe which had a trade-in value of $400. The new vehicle list price was $1564 but then there were accessories, some of which would seem fairly essential, such as

• $128.00  Federal Tax (~8.2%)
• $51.75 Freight
• $25.00 Dealer Handling
• $16.75 Signal Light
• $12.94 Two tone paint
• $84.45 Heater & Defroster
• $14.75 Oil & Fuel Filters
• $8.95 Back up Light
• $3.75 On-dash (?) mirror
• $4.25 Non Glare Mirror
• $25.00 Undercoating
• $178.35 Power Glide (?)
• $72.00 
• Radio

Plus $65.70 in local taxes, $3.00 for license and registration for a total of  $1858.65.  No dealer is indicated but the salesman was Roy Bernard.

1954 Chevy Order Form -June 23

1940 Ford
Most likely not the one traded in 1954 for the Chevy, a car of this vintage can be purchased in 2014 for anywhere from $5000 to $135,000 from ads seen on the internet.