The 55er

Picture was taken in 1961 or later.

IMO this car is quite overpriced for its condition. For the price it shouldn't be a ten footer and I don't know what Mopar quirks the seller is talking about. It either operates properly or it doesn't. It's offered for sale on Craigslist for $27K and on Ebay with a Buy It Now of $26.5K. I'll be watching the Ebay auction and it will be interesting to see what all the worldwide bidders think it's worth.

It was marked SOLD on Ebay yesterday with a high bid of $16,544.

To sort of get back on topic here, I'll discuss Correct & Respectful Porta Potty Etiquette at swap meets. It's simple, if you're a vendor and you need a toilet, RENT ONE YOURSELF. Don't ask to use someone else's potty just because you're vending nearby or across the aisle. We'll say NO and we don't care if you get ticked off and never speak to us again. And we won't allow your wife to use our potty because you just bought two items off our $1 space. I can't believe people would even ask but many feel like they're entitled today. We only rented the potty in the first place because someone on our group had a serious medical condition and we wanted him to have a clean, private, and close place to go. The long rows of public toilets are just around the corner and up the row. You've already covered four or five miles today, so what's another 250 feet? TAKE A WALK.

IMO and I'll admit I'm really going out on a limb here and flying by the seat of my pants with absolutely NO figures to back it up but I think I've seen more 1954 Hudson Hornet convertibles both in person and on the Internet -either just pictured or for sale- in the last 20 years than any of these 1954 competitor's make convertibles: 1954 Buicks (that are not Skylarks), Pontiacs, Oldsmobiles, Chryslers, DeSotos, Lincolns, or Mercurys. The majority of Hornet convertibles I've seen have been red, but I've seen some black and yellow ones too. I'm thinking that for a car that finished waaaay down in 14th place on the 1954 US auto production list that estimated 222 convertible production figure is either really low or 1954 Hudson Hornet convertibles have had an unusually high survival rate like Roy mentioned........But maybe it's just me.

This car looks like a lot better start to a project than most. I think the interior is either correct or very close. The drivers door panel needs some attention and it needs a new steering wheel. The front horizontal grille bar needs rechromed. But with a wide array of brilliant colors offered on 1955 Chryslers, those pastel desert shades don't work for me. Says it won't take much to get on the road but the gas tank is not installed. The actual mileage of the car is not stated. In many cases like this when the car has been parked for awhile there will be a number of additional things to sort out. So why weren't they driving it more often? This might be a good start to a project but it's still a project. I'm thinking it might be a good car for someone to clean it up and drive it as is. As for restoring it, paying for new paint & chrome is gonna get pricey. You might be able to find a pretty nice 1955 Chrysler ready to go in the $20K-$25K price range but now dollar-wise you're getting up into Imperial coupe territory. It still might be a good project to the right person and the price seems reasonable enough. GLWTS.

Waaaaay overpriced for what it is. This car is not amazing and it was never really restored, just slapped together. Ten years later I see a lot of loose parts that still aren't attached to the car. Certainly you could buy a much better more interesting older Mopar for the asking price. Or maybe even two of them.

I'm thinking it's a more common Sport and not the much lower production Letter Series car. An H car would have dual inline 4-bbl carbs and a 300H badge on the drivers side of the trunklid by the taillight. And Letter Series cars only came in four colors, black, white, red & camel. But I guess to be absolutely 100% certain you would have to see some interior pics and run the numbers.

Sometimes you have to protect yourself from the other vendors. A few years ago at Hershey we had our annual pre-delivered Porta-Potty stolen off our spaces before we arrived on setup day. The neighboring vendors said they knew nothing about it and didn't see anything until we noticed the top of a toilet was visible on the other side of their spots hidden between their truck and a camper. Of course they claimed the potty was theirs and they had paid for it. However a quick call to the Potty supplier proved nothing had been delivered to anyone by that name on those spaces. We went to the AACA security tent and the problem was quickly resolved. I couldn't believe some older established swap meet vendor would even try a trick like that and then lie about it. Those neighbors are still there but I have absolutely ZERO respect for dishonest bottom feeders like that. That's the worst experience we've had in 40+ years of selling at the Hershey & Carlisle swap meets. In all those years the other neighboring vendors have been fine, friendly, helpful & honest folks. Almost all the items we display to sell have price tags on them. It brings a smile to my face when I'm by myself, return from a necessary lunch, drink or sandwich trip and the neighbor lady on the other side comes over and hands me $10 and says "here, while you were gone some guy bought a hubcap and a door handle!"

It's a great looking car, thanks for posting it.

A few years ago at Spring Carlisle there was a huge spread of parts for sale. Thousands of parts on two outside spaces and two spots inside an enclosed tent by the same vendor. They had several threatening signs posted, You're Under Surveillance, Shoplifters Will Be Procecuted, Never Mind The Gun, Beware Of Owner, like that. I saw a part outside on a tarp that I really wanted to buy. I tried to find the person in charge of the spaces for several minutes but there was just no one around. I asked several people but nobody knew who the vendor was. I didn't want that special part to get away so I picked it up and held it up above my head in plain sight and paced around the four spaces for awhile until the vendor showed up and I bought the item. I understand that vendors have to leave their apots occasionally for necessary reasons but if they have big unattended displays of desirable parts like that, stuff is surely going to grow legs and walk off.

Great car but I have to wonder under what circumstances was a four year old sedan put into a museum? Was it actually on display or just parked on the museum property in a dark warehouse somewhere? After 60 years has everything been sorted mechanically and is the car currently ready to drive and enjoy? If so the price seems pretty low to me, I think the seller could ask twice that much for the car and probably get it.

Unfortunately this car needs to be repainted if it were to have any kind of visual appeal as those paint shades are really off, it almost looks like two completely different colors were used. Yes I know it's tough to match seasoned metallic paint. Only the seller or new owner can decide if it's worth the investment to refinish this large 4-door sedan. Might be fun to drive but those mismatched panels & lower body stick out like a sore thumb.

Car is too far gone to restore, a new interior alone would cost more than the car is worth. Much of the stainless trim is damaged. Replace the heater core & windlace around the front doors and drive it as a beater if that's your thing. No one wants to spend $25K on a car that's worth $6K after you're finished with it. And you might want to figure out why it needs a battery tender hooked up all the time.

Spectacular car but the seller needs to post some kind of a price in his ad whether it's optimistic or realistic. You can't just say make me an offer and expect to keep your sanity. I'm sure he has a price in mind. Save everyone a lot of time and share that figure with the rest of the world.

That's the original 1949-1950 Oldsmobile Rochester model AA 2-bbl. carburetor. Air enters the carb from the rear. The long cylindrical air cleaner that clamps to the back of the carb by the firewall isn't shown in the picture.

It's a 1942 Chrysler.

Price is quite optimistic for a moredoor sedan with a lot of mechanical and cosmetic issues. Seller states he wouldn't drive the car very far since it has an '"iffy" carburetor accelerator pump (quite possibly more to it than that) but then says in the same paragraph that it's a really great car that he would drive anywhere tomorrow! With that high price this would be an easy pass for me even though the car has an amazing one-family ownership history and there have never been any rodents in the interior. Sounds to me like a flip attempt by someone who's new to the flip game and since 1963-1964 Chrysler sedans aren't exactly considered to be the pinnacle of Pentastar styling I just don't see the attraction here.

The seller states the car is "very much worth restoring" but since it's for sale he knows better than to try to foot the restoration bill himself. As I see it, he's made a very wise decision especially if he can get anywhere near his asking price.

Seriously, that's a pretty nice example (except for the engine compartment) but I wonder what kind of a market there is today for 1960 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 four-doors. They don't seem to be very popular and I'll bet few people even pay any attention to them. If you would round up ten older gray-haired guys, had them walk down the street and have somebody drive by in a 1960 Olds most of them wouldn't even know what make of car it was. Nine would say it was some kind of an old Chevrolet and maybe, just maybe the tenth guy might identify it an Olds but he wouldn't know what year. So when's the last time you saw a 1960 Oldsmobile driving down the street or anywhere else for that matter?

All 1955 Buick rear bumper guards are the same according to the parts book regardless of series. I'm thinking the rusty ones in your picture are correct for 1955's and the shiny ones are actually for 1954's.

Accept the fact that any AACA Saturday activities that were at Hershey in the past are now GONE FOREVER. Hershey Entertainment & Resorts would be losing too much revenue by allowing the AACA to continue with a relatively small Saturday car show on their property. With swap meet vendors leaving Friday (or even Thursday) in years past the Saturday swap meet was an near-empty ghost town anyway and HERCO realized they can put all that dead parking lot space to much better use. I can't blame them for taking the tents down and getting the porta-potties out of there for more parking for their many Saturday activities. On a typical nice October Saturday night, the Hersheypark Dark Nights Halloween Attraction, with its five haunted houses and most of the rides and coasters operating, draws a tremendous amount of people. They also get 10,000+ Saturday night passionate hockey fans inside the Giant Center for an AHL game. On top of that there's always something going on inside Hersheypark Stadium on the east end like a high school sporting event or a band competition and don't forget that Chocolate World and the Chocolatier restaurant down by the park entrance are open year-round. HERCO is truly a for-profit organization and they charge plenty for food, drink, souvenirs and especially parking. Get used to that car show on Friday 'cause any Saturday AACA activities aren't coming back.

A 1954 Mayfair is a Canadian Dodge

Pretty sure this knob would be the same for all 1955-1956 Plymouth models, Belvederes, Savoys or Plazas. The combined production figures for 1955-1956 Plymouths was well over 1.2 million cars so a lighter knob is hardly a rare item. They are nothing special. Over here in the real world where I live these knobs should be worth about $5 each or maybe $10 for a perfect NOS one to the right guy on a good day. There are asking prices and there are actual selling prices. If people are really paying $59 on Ebay for one of these then that would certainly confirm that P.T. Barnum was right.

I'll go with a 1955-1956 Plymouth.