Thread: 1954 buick century

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Originally Posted by gottabuild1

....... ilove the trademark buick round things on the front fenders, scallops?

When originally applied in the late '40's they were either oval or round depending on year, with an inner circle of bright trim, they were then named "port holes" since they somewhat resembled them. As styling progressed they got more "swoopy" (edit: though in '55 they were round) as in your pictured car, but most often retained the port hole name, though some also called them vents.

Edit, they also varied by model in the mid '50's (maybe other time frames as well, don't remember for sure). The Special and Century models had 3, the Roadmaster 4.