My grandfather had a RHD 1948 Buick Roadmaster, the larger version of this car. He had ordered a Cadillac on the eve of the war but the war intervened so he didn't get it. It took him until 1948 to get the foreign currency and when he did they couldn't supply him with a Cadillac for some reason, so he bought the Roadmaster. It was (IIRC) cream and turquoise and attracted a lot of attention when it was new. When he picked it up he was followed for miles by a policeman on a motorcycle. Eventually he stopped him because he wanted a closer look at the car. Different times.
I never saw the car but I remember him saying it was so silent at idle you could only tell it was running by the instruments. My grandfather loved the Buick and kept it close on 30 years. Many other cars came and went in that time.
What a nice story. Aye, the Roadmasters had 4 portholes and all other models had 3, until eventually in the late Fifties all models got 4, which angered quite a few Roadmaster owners.
Yes it possibly would. The headlight peaks certainly finish it off nicely for me.
Mrs SiC has been watching a fair bit of The Crown on Netflix recently. Not usually my cup of tea but I've been enjoying it too. It has made me kinda want a pre-60s British car. That seven hundred quid Oxford near me is so very tempting. Just no god damn room to take it on.
Possibly would be the kind of old car that would finally get the thumbs up from my other half. If it's in an acceptable colour to her that is. I wish she'd drive them though.