I keep seeing this car on the interwebs. It's really bugging me that I cannot place the exact model. Seems to be close to a '55 Chevy but not quite. It has a gigantic front bumper. Maybe it's not a real car.
Name this car
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Cadillac?
This one is not easy. Has the general shape of a '54 -'56 Buick but the V on the hood suggests Cadillac. And that grill doesn't look like either one.
Something entirely different? Or a '54 -'56 Buick with a few custom features.
Something entirely different? Or a '54 -'56 Buick with a few custom features.
Notice the creases going from the headlights across the front fenders? Just like a '55 Chevy. The '56 Chevy also has a V on the hood but no fender creases.
AI thinks it's a 1957 Pontiac, either a Star Chief or Chieftain.
A lot of GM cars of that age were very similar. I can find a lot of pictures of each, but that center grill might be photo shopped in.
Buick had the vertical bars in the grill, but I can't find any that had that huge center piece.
I'm ruling out Buick.
Buick had the vertical bars in the grill, but I can't find any that had that huge center piece.
I'm ruling out Buick.
Maybe that bumper was taken from a different car like a Plymouth and welded on? That bumper is so massive maybe they were using it as a snowplow?
It's a GM car of some sort. Exclusive Canadian GM marketed cars were a little different from the U.S. versions, including their names. It appears to be a Chevrolet.
I'm guessing a different bumper from the same chassis that bolts right up. Of course back then men were men and would drill new holes too if they felt like it.
Obligatory Ponticadroluick:
Is that Johnny Cash driving that Franken-Caddie?
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