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    Can anyone identify this car?

    I found these images of some old american, or at least I think it's american, cars.

    I don't know what cars they are, when they were made, what engines they have...

    Please help
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    The 3rd 1 is a BMW, not sure what model though, nor what the other 3 are.
    I want to die in my sleep like my Grandma, not screaming like the other 3 people in her car.

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    Thanks, that's a huge help.

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    first two are Edsels, the BMW is a 503, and the forth I think is an Oldsmobile (not sure, no access to my standard documentation right now)

    http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/6...503-Coupe.html
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    Well, the maker's logo is right on the hood: Ford. '53 Crestliner...
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    Quote Originally Posted by csl177 View Post
    Well, the maker's logo is right on the hood: Ford. '53 Crestliner...
    Ford was my first idea and then I noted the bonnet ornament, which I thought was typical GM. (but my Standard Catalogue of American Cars is 700 miles from here)
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    The pictures of the Edsel have "Edsel" written on them, is it that hard to guess what they are?
    All about the t-tops

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    Quote Originally Posted by TVR IS KING View Post
    The pictures of the Edsel have "Edsel" written on them, is it that hard to guess what they are?
    Well, in case one doesn't know what Edsel is/was....
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    4th photo i believe is a 1953 Crown Victoria Hardtop
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    No worries Henk, it also sort of looks like a '54 Hudson, which copied some lines. That coat of arms on the hood was Ford's "badge" up to the 1970s, when it was dropped for the simple blue oval, though I think it was used on some full-sized models up to the 1990s... not sure.

    The Crestline is the Crown Vic (but Ford didn't call it that until later), sold as "Crestline Victoria", pillarless hardtop bodystyle 60B; 128,000 were built. 1953 was last year of the 110HP flathead V8... OHV was available from then on. Mainline and Customline were pillared sedans or coupes with less deluxe trim. The equivalent Mercury was the Monterey hardtop which shared basic tooling.

    Interesting ad copy compared to todays approach... a Ford drives you?
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    Quote Originally Posted by csl177 View Post
    it also sort of looks like a '54 Hudson, which copied some lines.
    Or you could argue the '53 Ford copped some of its lines from the '48 Hudson, which was essentially a grille-lift away from the '54 front..

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    Quote Originally Posted by csl177 View Post
    Interesting ad copy compared to todays approach... a Ford drives you?
    crazy?
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    Quote Originally Posted by csl177 View Post
    The Crestline is the Crown Vic (but Ford didn't call it that until later), sold as "Crestline Victoria", pillarless hardtop bodystyle 60B; 128,000 were built. 1953 was last year of the 110HP flathead V8... OHV was available from then on. Mainline and Customline were pillared sedans or coupes with less deluxe trim. The equivalent Mercury was the Monterey hardtop which shared basic tooling.

    Interesting ad copy compared to todays approach... a Ford drives you?
    Mainline, Customline and Crestline denoted the 3 different levels of trim. Crestline was the top level trim and included (for 1953) Sunliner Convertible, Victoria Hardtop and Country Squire Station Wagon. Indeed tho the addition of "Crown" wasn't added until 1955 when the chrome roof divider was first used so my bad there, my intention was only to give a full title rather than just trim level.
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    our Mainlines were a bit different...


    (the Mainline badge was used for the ute bodystyle)
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    Quote Originally Posted by TVR IS KING View Post
    The pictures of the Edsel have "Edsel" written on them, is it that hard to guess what they are?
    If you're gonna get into classic American sedans, then Edsel should be the very first one you can recognize. Ugly is a very popular term for these cars but that's b/c of their controversial styling w/ the vertical grille and spilt bumper.

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