ID This car

jwstewar · Dec 23, 2005

My wife is trying to restore/change some photos. In this particular picture she is trying to crop out the other 2 people and keep her grandma (sitting on the car). What she is running into is we can't identify the car. We've asked everyone we know (including her grandma) and posted on a couple of other sites, but so far no luck. I said finally that I would take it to the experts and we would have an answer by Christmas. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Can anyone tell us the Year, Make, and Model of the car? We have found some pictures of a couple of Chevys - but they just don't look right the lights don't match up. Maybe there were different options. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Dozernut · Dec 23, 2005

Looks like a 56 Buick.

billbill1 · Dec 23, 2005

My guess would be a Buick, maybe 54 to 56?

Nasty135 · Dec 23, 2005

Looks like a 54 oldsmobile to me 54 olds /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Notice turn signal under headlight in your picture and the rest of the trim with prominent oval bumperette style bullets...

jwstewar · Dec 23, 2005

Ding, Ding, Ding. I think we have a winner!!!!!

I was just getting ready to post another picture that she just found. We are pretty sure it is the same car. The last letter looks to be an 'E'. I'll go ahead and attach it

Thanks everyone for your responses. I keep telling everyone this is the best site on the Internet. And everyone proves it over and over. I was expecting it to take a day - not a half hour. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

TheKid · Dec 23, 2005

Actually I think it's is a 53. The oval bumperettes on the 53 were solid not split like the 54's. <font color="blue">1953 olds rocket.</font>

Bird · Dec 23, 2005

Yep, you got a winner; Nasty was right. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

jwstewar · Dec 23, 2005

Now, I'm confused. I see what you are saying. But looking at the original photo it looks like there might be something in the middle of the bumperettes like the '54. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Bird · Dec 23, 2005

I agree, Jim, and you might also notice that the hood is considerably higher than the fenders on a '53 and that doesn't appear to me to be the case with the old photo. When I was a teenager, the '54 and '55 Oldsmobiles were my favorite sedans. I got to drive a lot of them because I serviced them, but couldn't afford one. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

TheKid · Dec 23, 2005

Changed my mind. It's a 54. I couldn't find any pictures of a 53 that had OLDSMOBILE on the hood, but I did find a couple of pictures of a 54 that had bumperettes like the the 53.