The 55er

The front bumper is correct for the car but it's taken a pretty hard whack there on the right side. It's equipped with the upper wing guards along with the large master guard assembly on the very front. 1951 & 1952 Pontiacs used the same front bumpers. I don't think the accessory simulated wire wheel covers though were available until 1953. Appears to be an ambitious (and expensive) project especially with its $11K asking price. And the rust is always worse than it looks.

Certainly a nice car but is it actually worth $17K, that seems like all the money to me and then some. A few questions for the 40s Mopar/DeSoto experts out there.......First the paint scheme, were the standard everyday commonplace 1946 DeSoto Custom 4-door sedans (NOT the Suburban & Traveler-type vehicles) available from the factory with two-tone paint schemes like that or is that a custom touch by the current owner? It just kinda looks out of place. If so, where were the actual paint colors divided? Where exactly on the cowl? Did the roof color stop at the drip rail or did it extend down below the window glass like on this car? Also some pics show a gray & white car and others show a two-tone gray car, maybe it's my computer? I'd also like to see the actual condition of the seats & rear carpet without the throw pillows, overlays, Yoda & the ball cap. Also, are the interior door cards correct with the matching seat material on there? Are those stainless wheel trim rings correct for a 1946 Desoto? Maybe they are, I don't know. I see the car has a 12 volt battery too. I'm asking these questions mainly because of that National Award Winning badge displayed on the front grille. i know very little about show judging but wouldn't the car have to be exactly as it left the factory to qualify for an award like that? Again it's an attractive car BUT........

The correct 1955 Oldsmobile Carter 4-bbl carb number would be a 2246S.

Parts book shows 1599858 is a 1956 Chrysler hood ornament. 1955 has a different part number (1599239). I don't think this piece has any Imperial applications since 1955-1956 Imps had no bird on the hood and 1953-1954 Imperial ornaments had a different (narrower) design with sharp points on the rear of the wings, just my opinion.

Thanks, back in the day a friend of mine drove a black 1955 Chrysler NY and we logged quite a few miles in it!

Fits all 1955 Chrysler models but not Imperials. And you're welcome.

That's the top of a 1955 Chrysler taillight .

When I was a small child my father owned a two-tone blue 1954 Pontiac Star Chief sedan. It was the car that brought me home from the hospital when I was born and I have many fond memories of it. He drove it until 1960 then traded it in on a new car at the local Pontiac dealership. I always wondered whatever happened to that 1954 Pontiac and when I asked my father about it he said someone in a small town about 5 miles away bought it from the dealership but then he lost track of it. It was lost in the shuffle of "common old used cars" that were of little to no value to anyone back then. Anyway about 40 years later an old friend stopped by to visit with his wife and the old Star Chief came up in our conversation. His wife grew up on a small farm outside that same small town and remembered her father owned an identical two-tone blue 1954 Pontiac that he parked out in a field when it was worn out and quit running. it was well-used and rusty by that time so they cut the doors off it and used it as a chicken coop until her father died. Later the farm was sold and all the scrap metal including what was left of that Pontiac was hauled away. I never saw the Pontiac on that farm and I have no way of knowing if this was the exact same car my father owned or not but it seems like a possiblility. After hearing that story I kind of gave up on finding my father's car but if an identical model ever turned up for sale in my area I would certainly be interested. The reality of it is relatively few common old cars survived that IMO it would be easier searching for an identical restored car or a fairly solid and complete one that would make a good restoration project rather than trying to track down the exact car that you owned 60 years ago. What if you actually found it and it's in really bad condition or it isn't for sale? It would be really cool if you found it but I think the odds of finding your car are pretty slim and i would look elsewhere for an identical car if I really wanted a 1952 Buick Riviera. Anyway, good luck with the search!

It fits a 1970 Oldsmobile Toronado and it's a left rear hazard or side marker lamp.

In 1948 the rear window wiper was a Pontiac Accessory.

I believe it's a 1950 Nash Statesman Super.

A 1961 Pontiac Tempest, confirmed.

A ruff rust belt car. If this 1954 Caddy has actually been stored in that same barn for 48 years, it had a hard life prior to that. Bondo in the bottom of the front fender, rust hole in the rear quarter, cracked and sun-baked taillight lenses, damaged front fender & rocker mouldings and the Autronic Eye on the dashboard is broken off. A current reminder of what old cars looked like when they were parked in the junkyards back in the 1970s-1980s, it's in the barn now but I'm thinking it was parked outside in the weather for quite a while before 1975. Maybe it's a $1000 parts car? If the ladder was moved away where the rockers would be vislble and there was a shot of the rear bumper showing those ends with the exhaust tips that price might even be optimistic. Too far gone, I'm really not seeing much there that would actually clean up. Pictures are just putting that old barn find/patina/dirt thing on display again and little else IMO.

This might answer a few of the questions.

They're pieces of Chevelle grilles, 3958326 fits a 1970, 3982431 fits a 1971.

With it selling so fast, it might be up for sale soon to a flipper near you (or near me, it's in my area, I've never seen it before), maybe at Spring Carlisle. Buyer can start by getting the car running, getting those power windows to work, buying a new set of tires and a installing a pair of the correct taillight lenses.

Ad is marked SOLD, that didn't last long.

Back in the day I was working on a 1954 Plymouth project and had a gray 1954 Savoy 4-door sedan parts car. I used the Savoy engine & trans for my Belvedere project and the rest of the car was pretty much intact. It was almost Fall Hershey time and a friend had an extra swap meet space he wasn't using in the old White (airport) Field. He convinced me to part the old Plymouth out and take a truckload of stuff over to Hershey to sell. It seemed like a good idea as it was close by, I was going to Hershey anyway, I could get the parts into the hands of the people that needed them and put a few bucks in my pocket as well. After all it was a huge swap meet and the parts would get great exposure with thousands of people walking by the space. I spent the next few days parting the car out and loading the truck. I made a 1954 PLYMOUTH PARTS sign and priced everything very reasonably hoping everything would get sold. Doors, lids, radiator $25 each, bumpers $10, stuff like air cleaner, carb, grille, trim pieces, radio $5-$10 each. Box lots with smaller parts, hubcaps, handles, switches etc $1. ......Well, long story short, after three days at Hershey I didn't sell a single thing even though his space was on a main aisle in a well-travelled area. I knew I wasn't selling anything rare or exotic like Cadillac, Packard or Lincoln parts but I expected to sell SOMETHING but it just didn't happen. Needless to say, save for a box or two of the smaller items, the Plymouth parts were scrapped and didn't make it back home. Maybe things would be different today but I still don't think parting out a common car like this would really be worth the time & effort. So I have to ask what's your time worth?

Could someone please flip that world ornament on the front of the hood around? It's upside down, no one ever noticed?

Pacemakers were the lowest-priced Hudson line and they were made from 1950-1952. They were on a shorter 119" wheelbase than the larger series Hudsons with a 124" wheelbase There were quite a few Pacemaker models available including a Convertible Brougham in 1950-1951. The front ends of the Pacemakers & Wasps were shorter and had kind of a stubby look to them. The Pacemaker front fenders & hoods do not interchange with the larger series Hudsons. The smaller 232 cu.in. six (like in this green Pacemaker that's for sale) was the standard engine in 1950 & 1951 with the larger 262 six optional equipment on 1951 & 1952s. IMO $4K for a somewhat tired looking rusty non-running Pacemaker is pretty optimistic and a better appointed step-down Commodore or Hornet would make for a better (and more recognizable) historical project.

With that price drop, reality is setting in now.

I stand corrected, I believe your information is accurate, sorry if I mislead anyone. I always thought they were D-bodies and I shouldn't assume whatever information I find on the internet is authentic and correct!

For the record, 1957-1973 Imperials are D-bodies.

Looks like a nice original Olds 98 that's reasonably priced with PA plates, a slightly newer carb and some kind of homemade air cleaner.

I don't know if those tires are radials or not, I really can't tell. Certainly a car that was sitting all those years as claimed would have bias ply tires. I can tell you from experience those old Hydramatics don't like to sit idle for years and years. You bring up some good points Deac.