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Can you guys ID the car?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/175468231214?m ... media=COPY

Not exactly sure but my guess is a '57 to '59 Mopar product. Dodge or Plymouth because the trunk is unlined so it's a junior series. Also, the carriage bolts in the bumper are more baseline...

1957 Pontiac. The evidence...... Look at 1:26 in the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XySAqaNRIfg

Agreed. My bad. Looked like early "Forward Look" but Pontiac makes sense. Definitely the correct tail lamps.

Looks like an attempt at adding Mopar style power antennae. GM mounted their's on front fenders. Cadillac moved to passenger side in '57. Not sure of other models.

I honestly like rear-mounted antennae. But you couldn't see how high the antenna was with the manual radio switch so I guess that's why GM may have kept it on the front fender.

Actually, that antenna is not for the car radio but for what the magazine is all about.

Bill

IIRC, Buick moved the antenna from the left front fender to the right front fender starting with the 1957 models. IIRC, Buick never offered a factory rear-mounted radio antenna until the 1965 models, then they stood straight up instead of slanted and they disappeared down to the rear quarter.

electra225 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 20, 2023 11:20 pm 1957 Pontiac. The evidence...... Look at 1:26 in the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XySAqaNRIfg

Best part is at 1:40, the nice V-8 burble from the thru-the-bumper exhausts.

Chris Campbell

Thanks guys!

I knew you would know what is was.

Lousy HAM guys, ruining a good quarter panel.

First electric antenna on GM was 1956 and they were on the driver fender. I drove a 56 cadillac and found that location very distracting. They moved them to the passenger side in 57. Prior to that, they were vacuum.