1949 Buick Super 4-Door Sedan [51]

1949 Buick Super [51] in Avant le déluge, Movie, 1954

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00:10:10 Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

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DidierF ◊ 2015-10-30 00:36	Socially marked as the parvenu's car—Paul Frankeur's character's; seen mainly in the first flash-back sequence, and briefly in the very last frames of the movie. Do I read correctly "Super" on the fender?
somename ◊ 2015-10-30 00:41	^Indeed you do as that was the only model in 49 to use three portholes.
Commander 57 ◊ 2015-10-30 14:04	Yep. Roadmaster = 4 portholes. Super = 3 portholes. Special = No portholes. (The Special still used the old body design of the previous year.)

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DidierF

◊ 2015-10-30 00:36

Socially marked as the parvenu's car—Paul Frankeur's character's; seen mainly in the first flash-back sequence, and briefly in the very last frames of the movie.

Do I read correctly "Super" on the fender?

somename

◊ 2015-10-30 00:41

^Indeed you do as that was the only model in 49 to use three portholes.

Commander 57

◊ 2015-10-30 14:04

Yep.
Roadmaster = 4 portholes.
Super = 3 portholes.
Special = No portholes.
(The Special still used the old body design of the previous year.)

1949 Buick Super 4-Door Sedan [51]

1949 Buick Super [51] in Avant le déluge, Movie, 1954

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