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OT What make is this car?

SweetFeet

SweetFeet

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Anyone know the make of this old car? In my junkyard adventures it is the only one I have ever encountered. There were lots of tractors in the junkyard - I've posted pics of some before.

I tried googling for car emblems with deer in them - only came up with some silly antlers one can hang out your car window.
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I think its a DeSoto, but not positive- most of us old car guys can identify better by looking at the car, and don't pay too much attention to the emblems.
 
(quoted from post at 08:15:10 08/10/12) I think its a DeSoto, but not positive- most of us old car guys can identify better by looking at the car, and don't pay too much attention to the emblems.
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De Soto is correct.
 
Desoto would be my guess too.
Ever read about Hernando de Soto?
He was an interesting guy and had a lot of adventures in his life.
Of course modern revisionists curse him and hate him but he did do a lot to expand the knowledge of the New World.
 

looks like it was written on the next row down... Just went from A-Z on a car emblem index and didn't see anything... Curious now.....
 
this is a 1948 buick, im sitting here looking at a picture of one in "fabulous cars of the 50's," this is dead on for the grill
 
lol i got lost, im in "facinating cars of the '40's" got to wondering what a '48 buick was doing in the 1950's book lol
 
i was thinking desoto had a ship on it,might be thinking of hudson though. what i see of the hood looks like my buick. i dont recall ever paying much attention to the emblems, just the hood ornaments!LOL
 
Here's a more full view of the car (though pretty overgrown with brush) - if this clarifies it one way or the other.

Thanks for all the replies.
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Looks like a 1948 Buick Super to me. People around Iola, Wi would be salivating over a picture like that.
 
I don't know anything about cars, but from the comments I did some Google searching...

[b:751664d5e8]48 Buick Emblem[/b:751664d5e8]
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Desoto Emblem
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Desoto and it may have the fluid drive coupling in place of the flywheel so it could be used somewhat like an automatic or manual transmission. The car allowed the clutch to be engaged and still be at a stop. It could be accelerated in any gear from a dead stop. Very smooth ride but not real fast in the acceleration category.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_Drive
 
Late 1940's Buick with a flat head straight eight motor. We had one set up , the front half of the car, motor and transmission, to run a saw mill in the late 1950's and 60's back when I was a small kid.
 
It is a Buick. Desoto, Fraiser, and Buick all had a helmit at one time but this one is a 48 or 49 Buick.

Harold H
 
quite a debate, lol so to fruther stir the pot, here is a 1948 buick nose, compare the pics, there is no doubt
1948-buick-roadmaster-004.jpg
 
As the late [b:654c4848f0]Pat Browning[/b:654c4848f0] would say "[b:654c4848f0][i:654c4848f0]Crow is best eaten while it is still warm.[/i:654c4848f0][/b:654c4848f0]"

I stand corrected; it is a Buick.
 
To the best of my knowledge, Buick never had a flat-head engine. Up until 1953, all Buicks were straight eights; in 1953 the Super and Roadmasters were v-8s, the Specials were straight eights until 1955.
 
I had a 48 Buick special (Series 40) for 30 plus years, Mine was the 2 door sedan. All buicks were overhead, no flat heads, not sure of years, could do some checking to find out for sure but there were 6 cylinder Buicks as our 1929 was a 6 cylinder. On the 46-49 Buicks you pulled a lever in the side of the hood to release and one or both sides could be releaced to lift the hood off. The 1950 Buick had a releace inside instead of in the hood. Also all had the roof mount antenna. In 46 the turn signal switch was on the right side of steering coulum. Dads was the 1950 special that I took my drivers test in. The 1949 Buick Roadmaster body was stamped on the same press as the 1948 Olds 98 that Grandpa had and the 1948 & 1949 Cadilac that I had a 1949 model 62 4 door sedan again for over 30 years.
 
There's far too many young people on this Forum !
It's embarrassing that anyone could mistake a
Buick emblem for DeSoto, or worse yet, say that
Buick had a "Flat Head" engine !
 
ericlb,

That Buick pic is definitely the match!! Thanks!

After the Buick/De Soto debate I tried to look at images of both - but could not find a clear enough pic of either type when I enlarged them.
 
1954 Buick Specials picked up the 264 cu in "Nailhead V8" along with the new body style (wraparound windshield, etc). Right from the beginning. I wanted one so bad I could taste it. Settled for a Ford. Less$$$.
 
(quoted from post at 15:01:10 08/10/12) As the late [b:abe0da4ed9]Pat Browning[/b:abe0da4ed9] would say "[b:abe0da4ed9][i:abe0da4ed9]Crow is best eaten while it is still warm.[/i:abe0da4ed9][/b:abe0da4ed9]"

I stand corrected; it is a Buick.
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Yup- me too!
 
(quoted from post at 17:59:42 08/10/12) To the best of my knowledge, Buick never had a flat-head engine. Up until 1953, all Buicks were straight eights; in 1953 the Super and Roadmasters were v-8s, the Specials were straight eights until 1955.
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I believe this to be true but hey I swore the first image was a DeSoto too.
 
My father in Michigan used to work for Buick. He'll be 89 in a few days and has never owned a car other than a Buick. He grew up on a farm and his father threshed and sawmilled for a living with an Oil Pull and later a AC model E. Anyway, growing up with Buicks myself, I've driven the overhead valve staright 8s and the nailheads. Darn good cars.
 
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