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pink_halen April 11 2010, 15:52:40 UTC
It's a Buick. A 1960 Buick to be specific.

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maxauburn April 11 2010, 17:43:39 UTC
Van, you beat me to the punch! You really know your cars!

The 1959 Buick had the canted headlights; the 1960 Buick did not.

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ednixon April 11 2010, 19:21:24 UTC
Yes, but is it a Le Sabre, Electra 225, or Invicta ?

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pink_halen April 11 2010, 21:12:47 UTC
It is impossible to tell from this distance. Invicta was the cheapest, La Sebre was the midrange and Electra was the luxury model. The Electra 225 was a special version of the Electra. It was named that because it was 225 inches long. My best guess is that it is a Le Sabre.

Buicks featured Portholes. These later became just suggestions of holes. The first of them were actually air ports of some kind. The Le Sabre had three portholes while the Electra had 4 holes.

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ednixon April 11 2010, 22:14:02 UTC
It's amazing to me that tacky plastic versions of Buick Portholes are back in fashion. Hey, you can order some for the VAN. At JC Whitney no less...

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pink_halen April 12 2010, 03:12:29 UTC
I had the chance and rejected the vents when I ordered this van.

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ednixon April 11 2010, 22:21:40 UTC
Here is a 2008 Buick Lucerne Special IT has portholes. If it had a V6, three per fender, if a V8 four per fender.
The new 2010 LaCrosse has dropped the portholes, part of the new smaller post bankruptcy "Little GM"."

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360sound April 12 2010, 01:14:27 UTC
Yes. Probably a LeSabre. Definitely a '60. Good job!

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