The 55er

Dang! I knew there really was an Uncle Jack's Restoration Shack out there somewhere!

For the record, 1954 Plymouth Savoys & Plazas didn't have the upper taillight fins, it was a Belvedere only thing. Someone apparently put a lot of work into this car with the paint & chrome but the price should be a lot closer to $3K than $30K for this particular model car and what you're getting. Maybe the seller is "numbers dyslexic" and didn't mean to type in 30,000 but I really think this just another throw it up against the wall and see if it sticks fishing expedition hoping to find a novice (stupid) buyer that doesn't know any better.

Dashboard radio delete plate for 1946-1948, verified by parts book.

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Another "Pending" ad. Maybe someone will actually find out how much rust there really is.

It's true. You need to drain both the crankcase and torque converter. Use a good quality engine oil for both. Both are filled through the engine oil fil pipe under the hood.

Not enough pictures. Can the low mileage claim be verified? Car shows potential but there are some loose ends to be dealt with like the missing trim under the passenger side windshield, dangling PW switch on the drivers door and some weatherstrip issues. The top of the back seat needs redone too. Why is the air cleaner & possibly a can of starting fluid stored on the back seat? Long storage, stale gas? Would like to see what the engine compartment looks like. Ready to drive & enjoy at $25K? Some questions need to be answered. GLWTS.

In your attempts to get the car started, DO NOT try to run the car on whatever stale crap is in the gas tank! Old stinky gas is bad stuff. Disconnect the line to the tank and use some kind of an auxiliary fuel supply with fresh gas from under the hood. At some point you will need to remove the gas tank from the car, completely clean it out and check it for any leaks.

I drove a very similar 1968 Imperial sedan for about a year, not a clunker but a nice low mile original car and I absolutely loved it. But something else came along and it was time to move on.........Different strokes.

A guess would be a 1954 Buick, a picture showing the thickness or center depth might help confirm.

How about $5K -$6K given all the obvious work it needs? Probably needs a lot more not-so-obvious work too, even then it might be a pretty ambitious project.

In the past a 1959 Edsel Villager wagon was a frequent sight in the Elizabethtown/Hershey PA area. It was all one color, a light mist green. It belonged to an older man that bought it new and it was his daily driver for many years. Apparently he kept it garaged and maintained as it always looked nice. I believe the man passed away and the car was sold at an estate auction about 20 years ago. Us old car guys used to comment about when it we saw it but it was driven so often (there it goes again!) that after a while we just kind of took it for granted. I don't know what ever happened to that green Edsel wagon but I'll bet it still exists today due to its uniqueness and condition, it may even be around here somewhere in the local area. It sure looked a lot nicer than most cars of that era that were still running around on the local roads.

Seller should pull the car outside for some real pictures, especially of the rocker panels and lower body areas. Agreed, a non-running Pacemaker sedan is not very high on the desirability list but you never know what kind of an offer the seller might accept.

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.........