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1952 Buick Special Riviera [46-R]

1952 Buick Special [46-R] in Rascal Flatts: Life is a Highway, Music Video, 2006

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: US

1952 Buick Special Riviera [46-R]

[*] Background vehicle

Comments about this vehicle

AuthorMessage

nzcarnerd NZ

2007-02-25 08:48

'51 or '52. Difficult to tell apart.

kingoftheringman US

2007-02-26 21:04

Buick Roadmaster?

philr CA

2007-02-26 21:07

Can't tell the model or year on this picture. Any 1951 or 52 would look like that...

58Roadmaster US

2008-05-06 19:57

I will watch it and check.
Results: The car is parked to the right of the rooftop stage the band uses. Roof is white.
Best possible view is at 4:58 of this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no0hzFx9sfY&feature=related

My guess is 51 Special Riviera 45R
Grille here looks like 1951, the individual bars have a gradual curve to them.

-- Last edit: 2008-05-06 20:50:47

58Roadmaster US

2010-01-15 11:58

A correction nearly 4 years in the making: Model should be 46R, no such animal as 45 anything in the Buick lineup! Typo.

-- Last edit: 2010-01-15 11:58:54

Crown 85 US

2010-01-15 17:28

I know there is a difference in the grille bar count between '51 and '52 but can't recall what it is.
One year had fewer bars than the other.

Crown 85 US

2010-01-15 17:33

OK.
Did some quick research. The 1951 Buick had 25 vertical grille bars while the '52 only had 19.
Can't count all the bars on the photo'ed car since some are hidden but it appears to have too few based on the spacing to be 25, so I believe this is a 1952 model.

58Roadmaster US

2010-01-21 07:18

This piece of information is useful in many instances. Another way to tell the difference is the arc or curve to each individual grille bar. The 51's have a very gradual curve, while the 52 bars have parts were there is no curve at all, that is they are completely vertical.

Please see the change in my earlier comment from year 2010.

-- Last edit: 2010-01-21 07:18:54

58Roadmaster US

2010-03-17 05:38

46R not 45R

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