1953 Buick Super 4-door Riviera [52]

1953 Buick Super [52] in Sora no daikaiju Radon, Movie, 1956

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
58Roadmaster ◊ 2008-04-24 04:20	Buick
Big Dave ◊ 2008-04-24 05:31	I make it to be a 1952 Buick Super Riviera 4 door sedan (4519). Comments??
58Roadmaster ◊ 2008-04-24 06:16	That's what I thought off the top of my head, but I wasn't going to put it in print. What source do you have for the "4519" number? This, I believe, was called a model 52, and I would like to know if Buick ever did use the 45XX number series for a Fisher body.
pilou ◊ 2008-04-24 09:22	It is a 1953 Buick Super Riviera Sedan model 52 ( Fisher Body Style 4519) .1953 Buicks may be spotted be the absence of the small chrome trim wings on top of the rear fenders that equipped 1952 Buicks.It has the round taillight lenses and trunk trim of the 1953 Buicks.
58Roadmaster ◊ 2008-04-24 22:32	I see, then at some point in production year 1959, Buick joined the rest of GM in identifying its models only be the Fisher body number.