1951 Buick unknown

1951 Buick unknown in Winning, Movie, 1969 IMDb

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: US

1951 Buick unknown

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58Roadmaster US

◊ 2008-03-24 21:38

51 Buick Super or Roadmaster. Were those bars running above the bumper from the front wheel opening to the indicator light/overrider combination an optional item? Official literature does not show it on any models, but we know of other mistakes with that literature as well, due to the Korean Conflict and the shortage of metals.

58Roadmaster US

◊ 2008-03-24 21:38

Very nice, but somewhat large image:
Link to "rides.webshots.com"
Don't 51's have more vertical bars? 1951=25; 1952=17
*Forgot about deeplinking those pages; should work now.

-- Last edit: 2008-03-24 21:52:09

58Roadmaster US

◊ 2008-03-24 21:54

There is probably more here to know what the Dodge is, but it's probably too out of focus for its own page.

car nerd US

◊ 2008-03-25 05:14

Dodge, what Dodge? I see a 56 Plymouth and a 63 Chevrolet.

58Roadmaster US

◊ 2008-03-25 05:18

Sorry, lack of side trim confused me a bit. Then it would be a Plaza? I'm sure one can find other images as blurry on imcdb, though this practice certainly is not encouraged ;)
Page could be either for Buick or Chevrolet in my opinion. Plymouth is too peripheral. Can Chevrolet hood emblem offer clues to model/trim?

-- Last edit: 2008-03-25 05:20:33

car nerd US

◊ 2008-03-25 05:28

No worries 58Roadmaster. I vote for the Buick.

Ddey65 US

◊ 2008-03-26 15:35

car nerd wrote No worries 58Roadmaster. I vote for the Buick.

So do I.

antp BE

◊ 2008-03-26 16:54

Me too.

Ddey65 US

◊ 2008-03-26 22:22

And if it's not a 1951 Buick, it's the 1952 Buick.

58Roadmaster US

◊ 2008-05-27 11:03

At least we know it's 1951. Counting from the center of the grille to the right side of the image, there are 12 bars plus the center=25 in all. 1952 grilles had 17 bars.

XFJaguar US

◊ 2008-08-03 17:17

its a 1951 buick super eight sedan

58Roadmaster US

◊ 2008-12-19 23:05

agree per my comments about number of grille members [Correction: there are 23 grille members on the 1951 models]

-- Last edit: 2009-11-22 11:02:24

58Roadmaster US

◊ 2009-08-11 08:21

Too many grille bars. This one is a 1951. A 1952 grille would look like this:
Link to "www.seriouswheels.com"

electra225 IT

◊ 2025-10-05 21:08

1951 smaller bumper guards. I would say a Super.

-- Last edit: 2025-10-05 21:09:34

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