The 55er

Top row from left to right: 1957 Pontiac hood plastic, 1954 Pontiac hood plastic, 1963 (possibly several other years) big Chevrolet front fender emblem, 1953 Pontiac grille center emblem. Second row left: 1958 Chevrolet steering wheel center, clear plastic item right below it has the same application. Bottom row center red emblem is a 1954 Chevrolet hubcap center,

I see somebody already hit it with Turtle Wax rubbing compound & a buffing wheel. I'd be afraid that after all that rubbing you might go down to the primer in spots and that black would still have a white haze to it with millions of fine scratches. My polishing experiences are somewhat limited but maybe with some careful finessing with the right compounds............

A 1936 Dodge car horn cover, mounts on the front of the car under the headlight.

Fits 1940 Chrysler Saratoga, Traveler & New Yorker.

It's supposed to say Nassau on a Newport hardtop coupe, if it were a New Yorker hardtop coupe it would say St. Regis.

I'm finding several listings for FWS-587 on Ebay and they list the application for them as 1957-1958 Fords so my guess was incorrect. Thanks for posting the number, sometimes the extra information can help to ID stuff,

You're welcome!

It's for a 1958 Cadillac.

Fits a 1951-1952 Chevrolet.

I might be in the minority here but I'm just not seeing the attraction to this very overhyped faded red 1955 DeSoto sedan at all. OK it's a rather unusual stick shift car but it's still a base Firedome model that has little else going for it. Seller states it's a fixer-upper that still needs a lot of love for $6800 but as a buyer that's not exactly what I want to hear. I'd think a better-optioned (AT, PS, PB, radio, etc.) 1955 or 1956 Fireflite sedan with the more attractive traditional Desoto ColorSweep mouldings would be more desirable to most collectors. A 1956 model would be an upgrade over a 1955 with it's 330 Hemi engine and 12 volt electrical system so I'm offering this recent sold Ebay listing of a ready to drive & enjoy 1956 DeSoto that was restored in 2011 just for comparative purposes. Which car would you rather have? I'd prefer the 1956 especially at that selling price. Just sayin'.

Looks more like a 1950 model Dodge than a 1952, check out the dashboard, parking light and bumper designs.

1954 Pontiac speedometer: If it were me, I would disassemble it this far and let a speedometer or instrument repair shop take it from here. The needle has to come off.........

A guess would be 1958 Chevrolet. If you could find a CWS-58 stamping on one of the lower flanges, that would confirm.

Actually, it is a Newport. It's a C-69 Imperial Newport hardtop coupe. In 1956, the Imperial 2-door hardtops were called Southamptons.

Here are the specs.

1958 Olds dogdishes.

There are vintage old-time universal moulding clip kits called ZipKlips available on Ebay. I've used these kits occasionally over the years when I couldn't find the correct original style clips for my application. You assemble the clips with the pieces provided depending on the size of the hole in the body of the car, attach it to the backside of the moulding and push the moulding into place. I've never tried it on a 53 Pontiac shark fin and I don't know if it will work in your particular case but I've had some success attaching mouldings to all kinds of vehicles with one of these kits. The metal strips in the kit are 5/8" wide and have a 20 gauge thickness, you insert them into the special tool provided and snap them off to the correct length you need. If certain moulding clips are truly unobtainium this might be worth a shot.

Given all the cosmetic work alone this car needs they should cut the $16K price in half and find out if there are any novice takers out there that don't know any better. 20 year old tires are not "still good" IMO, heater core was disconnected and with lots of little things to fix, I'm sure there are better projects out there for the money. Keep looking.

You've got a 1951-1952 Pontiac grille assembly on top of the first picture and a well-used 1951 Chevrolet hood in front of it along with the remains of a late 60s-early 70s VW beetle. If the Pontiac grille isn't twisted or rusted out it might have some core value to someone. Whatever the windshield fits, i don't think it would be worth anything because restorers would prefer nice new glass instead of used, scratched windshields that are turning white around the edges. IMO you have mostly a pile of scrap metal there and I wouldn't get too excited about most of it.

Fits a 1956 Chrysler Windsor.

I believe that GM Olds/Cadillac style batwing air cleaner would be correct for Packards that came with Rochester 4-bbl carburetors, I have seen that same air cleaner on a number of 1955-1956 era Packards. Maybe an expert can confirm.

Might not be for everyone but I've done it this way many times. Paint suppliers like my local NAPA store have color books full of the most popular Truck/Fleet colors. There are over 340 popular colors in this particular book with many reds. I don't paint much anymore but every color I've ever selected from this book was still available and they had a formula for it. If it were me I'd just pick a color off these charts that I liked, get a pint of paint mixed, prime the wheels with some suitable red primer and shoot the wheels with red acrylic enamel. A pint should be enough for 4-5 wheels. Some paint stores will even put the color in aerosol spray cans if you want. For a nice driver that's not a show car and with the hubcaps & maybe some trim rings covering the wheel how accurate does it have to be?

The Facebook ad shows either some NOS or newer reproduction hubcaps that are still in the original wrapping paper. If these caps are as good as they look and could be positively identified and their application noted, the set should be easily worth $100 or more to the right person. Buick Specials get restored and are proudly displayed on the showfield too.

Due to the fact that your car was sitting so long, IMO you're not going to get any kind of a pedal until you repair, rebuild (or better yet replace) every hydraulic component of the brake system including the master and all four of the wheel cylinders. Since you're dealing with a lot of unknowns on an 84 year old vehicle it would also be good practice to replace the the old steel and flexible lines. You might want to replace the shoes & lining and have the drums turmed as well while everything's apart. If you decide to restore the entire car, a complete brake system overhaul is the only way to go. Safety first, fix it once and fix it right. Just my 2 cents.

1951-1952 Chrysler, would make a good wall hanger!