‘49 Buick grille teeth - are they normally as long as these?

[Dosmo]

Am I wrong in thinking that these grille teeth look too long?  The bumper does not look to be original - maybe the factory bumper covers the teeth at the bottom and this one doesn’t.  
 

It gives the car a different look that seems kind of jarring.

[zepher]

Here's a pic from the interwebs.

The grill in OP's pic is missing the bumper guard assembly.

 

Edited October 16, 2020 by zepher (see edit history)

[Ben Bruce aka First Born]

I believe you are correct on the bumper.

 

  Ben

[Pfeil]

Wait till 1950! 

[rocketraider]

Ya sayin' that Burick has gotten long in the tooth?🦷

 

😃

[Pete O]

That bumper is mounted way too low.  The light blue painted area around the grill looks like  the raised panel area you can see clearly in the picture zepher posted.  You can see maybe 1 -1/2 inches of the panel above the corner of the bumper in zepher's picture.  But in the blue car, you can see maybe 3-4 inches of that raised area.  I'd bet that the bumper brackets might have been switched right to left and turned upside down.

[60FlatTop]

Could be a lot worse.

[Dan O]

Unlike some rodent teeth, they do NOT keep growing.

 

 

[gdmn852]

I have seen replacement stamped steel grills for 49 that were nosr aftermarket grills but they fit much like the original die cast ones . Car in first post may be some misguided attempt to “improve “ a 49 Buick.Photo shows correct configuration.