Poppy's 55

All the chrome is in excellent condition and the interior is quite nice as well.

Trying to post some more pics but having difficulty with sizing

Oh, and I saw no signs of rust which was real important to me.

Wow, thanks for the welcomes and info already! I'm so anxious to get the car home and in my garage to check it out better. As I said, I only got a short time to look it over so while I took a look underneath, I was mostly looking for rust, I never paid specific attention to the drive train. BTW, is there a place to go to interpret the VIN number?

My name is Paul although my grandsons call me Poppy. I am retired and after years of waiting I have my first classic car, a 1955 Buick Century. This is my first classic car although I've been working on and racing cars for decades. It will certainly be refreshing to work on a car where there aren't any electronics to speak of and room in the engine bay to move around a bit My purchase came about while my wife and I were RVing with our grandsons to Grants Pass, Oregon, to take them white water rafting and jet boat riding. I was pulling our 5th wheel up hwy 199 and saw this gorgeous car in a lot and for the next 3 days it was all I could think about. Finally, the night before we were leaving I drove to the place to discover it was an auction house. I was given the opportunity to check the car over and even take it for a short drive. I was in love. After a few days of negotiating by phone as we were traveling, I was able to buy the car before it went to auction. It is now being picked up by a transport company for delivery to my home in Carlsbad, CA. The car seems in pretty good shape overall. Unfortunately there is zero documentation on what has been done but I will sort it all out soon enough. According to the auction house, the car was restored 4 years ago. The owner replaced the motor with a 401 Nailhead out of a 1964 Buick Wildcat along with it's 3 speed dynaflow. I have no real history with either of these so any info will be appreciated going forward. I am here to obviously learn from others and get information that I doubt I will be able to find anywhere else such as an explanation of the VIN number, help finding parts and hopefully a service manual, etc. Here's one of my favorite views!