What Is It? A 1956 Buick - The Augusta Chronicle
We know that this week’s bigger photo of the Buick proves why it is a 1956 and not a 1955: The grille has a slight vertical “V” crimped into it. the portholes on the fender are oval, not round. If the street-worn car hasn’t been modified, then this Buick is the Special model, which carried a 264-cubic-inch V-8. Getting four portholes that year were the Roadmaster, Super and Century, all of which signified a 320-cubic-inch engine under... The overall heft and profile were the same, and the red-and-white paint outside was complemented inside by yards of red vinyl seating and a red padded dash back when most dashboards were painted metal. Now, back to the Buick. “My dad had one, his was one year newer, the first in a long line of Buicks he loved. In the winter snowstorms, in the Philadelphia area where we grew up, my brother and I (neither yet 20 years old) would load the trunk of the car with bags of rock salt – hundreds of pounds, I am sure, for extra traction. We then took a long, strong chain and a shovel, and made money pulling other cars out of snow banks and ditches. My dad passed away in 1989 – I’m glad he didn’t know how badly we treated his car. Kaiser Frazer made cars after World. Source: chronicle.augusta.com
