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Site & Board Matters => About This Site => Topic started by: Rob C on May 18, 2010, 03:33:07 pm
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Is that a Buick I see before me? I always fancied those '53 era things with the huge mouth organ and the holes down the sides.
It's probably something quite else, but it is dusty. ;-)
Rob C
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Is that a Buick I see before me? I always fancied those '53 era things with the huge mouth organ and the holes down the sides.
It's probably something quite else, but it is dusty. ;-)
Rob C
Rear end isn't right for a Buick, perhaps a 1953 Chevy??
Steve
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Time passed have its beauty.
I've never understood the plastic surgery.
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Rear end isn't right for a Buick, perhaps a 1953 Chevy??
Steve
Don't think Chevrolet - they used a 'bow-tie' thing as badge, and not the lousy, cheap golden one of today and those Deadwoooos by any name will smell as - whatever you wish.
Still thinking Buick but with slightly less conviction!
Rob C
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Don't think Chevrolet - they used a 'bow-tie' thing as badge, and not the lousy, cheap golden one of today and those Deadwoooos by any name will smell as - whatever you wish.
Still thinking Buick but with slightly less conviction!
Rob C
Looks more like the old Plymouth badge...the Olds was very much like it bit it had that circular ring with the continent on it that used to get ripped off...
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It is indeed a 1953 Chevrolet.
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Looks more like the old Plymouth badge...the Olds was very much like it bit it had that circular ring with the continent on it that used to get ripped off...
how beautiful is that fir dripping the ages over the sheltering remains and the hoop backboardtself seeming to shed its teal onto the color robinegg remaining on that trunk lid...I can smell this this one , deep and lusty...
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... I always fancied those '53 era things ...
Not sure if this is '53, but classic it is: Pontiac (http://www.flickr.com/photos/slobodan_blagojevic/3480396914/)
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Slobodan,
A 1956 Pontiac Star Chief
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... A 1956 Pontiac Star Chief
Thanks! Looks like some great cars (and people ) were born that year.
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[attachment=22066:53chevy.jpg]
It is indeed a 1953 Chevrolet.
So where is the 'bow tie' badge? Parts were about badge engineering even then - probably more so then - so lights on their own may not be definitive.
I suspect that the left and right ends of the badge in the pic would reveal the words Buick and Eight respectively if the thing was cleaned up. However, I think it might be older than '53. Michael, you shot it, so what was it? Don't tell me you don't know your model's names! That really would be chauvinism. Anyway, your P65 should allow you to post a huge close-up of the thing and give us nutters peace. There might well be a 'bow tie' hidden in the middle of the central clump of dust!
Rob C
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Not a 53 Buick. Here's photo of 53 Buick rear. (http://assets.autopendium.com/photo_images/1429/53_Buick_8_Special_rear_large.jpg?1194130156)
Tail lights are wrong.
It is a 53 Chevy see this photo. (http://www.1953chevrolet.com/DSC00098.JPG)
Les
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Les
That's pretty convincing proof - well done, and thanks!
Rob C
Edit: how much cuter was the old, colourful, 'bow tie' Chevrolet insignia than the current, bland, golden thing.
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As a further clue, my video shows the trunk lift chrome reading 'Power Glide' with the removed insignia in the middle of those two words.
The shape and embossing on the chrome match the Chevy photo of Les' post - but for the words 'Power Glide'
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As a further clue, my video shows the trunk lift chrome reading 'Power Glide' with the removed insignia in the middle of those two words.
The shape and embossing on the chrome match the Chevy photo of Les' post - but for the words 'Power Glide'
Has anyone looked at the garaged badge closely...it appears to be one of the "winged" badges, not the level horizon trunk badges, also the chevy trunk lid was built over rectanular form...the garaged appears to be the smooth round form...this is driving me nuts...
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Same basic car I believe
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Same basic car I believe
Thank you, thank you...this has been like a tune you can't shake in your head...glad for that shot...no doubt about it in this view...now I'll crawl back in crate...p.
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I've 'processed' this file a bit more to give you rust junkies more to look at - lots of noise too...
Maybe Michael will post the P65 blowup
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Guess you could say they do it better in Cuba! What a sad way for the thing to die - much like in an open coffin.
Rob C