Another, lesser instance just might be the elaborate grille-bumper that appeared on 1942 B-44 Oldsmobiles. It was around only for that model year, and when production resumed postwar, Oldsmobile grilles featured a simple design.
Let's take a look.
Fog lights obscure part of the grille, but this photo serves as an establishment shot showing the grille design in its context.
The front of the car has been worked over by GM's photo retouchers to provide more detail clarity.
The upper and lower openings have the same detailing, but in differing scale. What seems odd, out of place, is the bold horizontal bar at mid-level. Its form changes from plain to a central segment with vertical grooves. Elsewhere, headlights are inboard from the sides of the fenders.
Close-up view. Those tall bumper guards are not accessories, but an integral feature. Note that they touch and help support the central horizontal bar that might conceptually be an auxiliary bumpetette.
Another close-up view.
This shows that the frame's front crossbar includes the main air intake. The relationship of the bumper guards and horizontal grille bar is clearly indicated.
This shows how far ahead of the lower air intake the bumper guards are and how deep the horizontal bar is. All told, an odd design that might have been expensive to repair if damaged.
2 comments:
Another great post. Thank you, keep 'em coming. I've always been fascinated by this front end.
As usual a great post. Another weird grill to me is the 1955 Chrysler
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