1948 Chevrolet Fleetmaster

Immediately after the war, like all car manufacturers Chevrolet relied on its 1942 models for the consumer market. As GM designers re-assumed civilian duties, envisioning the revolutionary designs of the 1950s, the post-war public was starved for new cars. As a result, cars changed little for a few years while Chevrolet focused on meeting demand. The Fleetmaster line was Chevrolet's middle trim level in this period, comparable to the Special Deluxe trim level from the prewar years.

The Fleetmaster was available in a variety of body styles, including a two-door sport coupe, a town sedan, and a convertible shown below. Optional extras included two grades of radios, an under-dash or in-dash heater and defroster, fog lamps, a spotlight, wheel trim rings, and a cowl-mounted windshield washer. By 1948, such luxuries as a glove compartment light, leather-topped armrests, woodgrain dashboard, clock, cigarette lighter, and two-tone upholstery were offered. About 150,000 Fleetmasters were made in 1946, and well over 200,000 in each of the following two years as business boomed for Chevy and the nation as a whole.