most likely ot but a ?

[casper50]

Anyone know what year, make and model this is?

 

 

[Plymouthy Adams]

IF I were a guessing man, 1954 +/- caddy hearse

Edited August 23, 2014 by Plymouthy Adams

[Don Coatney]

Tail lights look 56

[Plymouthy Adams]

that is within the +/-....lol

[DJ194950]

I guess 53 or 54 sedan de ville converted.

 

DJ

[mrwrstory]

I'm guessing custom.  Tail lights look like Packard.  Exhaust looks like Cadillac.

Anyone real know????????

[Plymouthy Adams]

I own a Packard....

[Don Coatney]

Tail lights are 1956 Cadillac.

[Plymouthy Adams]

while taillights are the same 54- 56 it seems the very bumper is the deciding factor in my book for the earlier year..

[Niel Hoback]

I'm guessing its a Meteor or Henny hearse conversion of a 54-5-6 Cadillac.  Did you take the picture? Was it at Boot Hill in Palmer?

[Plymouthy Adams]

_{Henney had a sole contract with Packard at this time per all the sources I have come across. (through first part of 54 when all Henney production ceased, Henney himself died in '46)  Getting details on vehicles such as this is often a bit of a challenge I have found since getting my 51 Henney Hearse on the 156 WB Packard.  Miller may be the builder as I am not sure just when they were joint Miller-Meteor  Old hearses are still quite popular...I bought the Henney Packard just because it was not GM...}

Edited August 25, 2014 by Plymouthy Adams

[mrwrstory]

You're probably right after looking at the backup lights again.

However, I was thinking this one

Edited August 25, 2014 by mrwrstory

[Plymouthy Adams]

that car is just a bit late for the Henney Hearses..they were built on the Patrician 300 series..I have been getting a few facts now and again from a man who has owned 3 of these hearses and I have been fortunate enough to get some nice emblems and trim from him also.   Even at that the info is not what you call a gushing well of facts..he has conveyed to me that all three of his cars were OD equipped but were never electrically hooked up by Henney and that mine may be the same...it is in a position that jacking it up for an inspection is most improbable at this time..man would that be a hoot..327 straight 8 and OD....lol

 

The car in question has a specific design bumper with  small exhaust ports compared to the later larger ports in the bumper..over riders look close as does the vey taillights..so I am going with early car over the later...but I can see you thinking Packard with the lights as posted in your thread.

[DJ194950]

1953 and 54 Cadillac rear pics,

 

DJ 11953

Edited August 25, 2014 by DJ194950

[Don Coatney]

56 Cad gas tank fill

 

[casper50]

no I didn't take the photo.  saw it in a youtube video about abandoned classics most seemed to be taken in junkyards.  Most looked as if they were out west.

Edited August 25, 2014 by casper50

[Uncle-Pekka]

I took these shots last Saturday in a local meet here up North...

I presume it's 1951 Superior Cadillac?
Most likely quite recently imported from over the pond.

Edited August 29, 2014 by Uncle-Pekka

[Uncle-Pekka]

1953 and 54 Cadillac rear pics,

 

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The first picture could as well be 1950 chassis. The body was the same from 1950 to 53, only changes to brightwork. Below 1951 factory marketting photo:

Edited August 29, 2014 by Uncle-Pekka