She has boobies front and rear REPOST!!!Bumper dropped!!!

Well Dagmars anyway!!.After nine months of procrastinating i finally made the move and went with the 54 caddy bumper on the front of my fiddy Buick and Dagmar pieces of a 55 Buick front bumper in the rear of the car.Now lets see how long i procrastinate on what to fill the front grill area in with.Any sujestions would be helpfull

 

Nice hooters!

 

Just right!

 

Uhm...NO...those are '56 Caddy Dagmars...'54 Caddy were two piece...a smaller "nipple" over the bumper ends...

Looks like you've ID'ed the rears correctly...

I'll post a pic of '54's later tonite...

R-

 

Fucking EBAY!!!!!! YA NEVER KNOW WHAT YOUR BUYING!!!!!Never was much for doing my homework even when i was in school... lmao

 

what year are these ?

 

MY GOODNESS....WE HAVE FOUND THE PERFECT AVATAR!!!!!!!

 

Pretty sure that is a '51 era front....



'51:



'56:

 

Has that car been sectioned? Or is the bumper mounted high? Looks good-

 

Uh oh,
Not sectioned,If it looks wrong please say it now.I lined it up a couple inches above the bottom of the front fenders.If it looks stupid please say so.I have thick skin and need to learn.Not to late to fix..UPFRONT THANKS!!1

 

I'm not trying to be critical, sorry. It just looked close the headlight buckets.

 

Ya know, I think you may be correct on that...I couldn't get a good view of it...I just KNEW they were not '54...

And the pic of the other car, with the gorgeous Dagmars laying on the ground...well, those real chromed "bumpers" are on a '55 Cadillac...I'm afraid I'd have to hazard a guess on the model year of those on the ground...but they certainly look more recent than 1955...!!!

R-

 

Not to big not to small just right.....Looks good

 

It's lookin good right now. I think it will depend on what you use for a grill.

 

My friend i did not at all take your comment has to be critical.This is my for the most part first custom build.Not sure if i got this part right.I molded 53 Buick cans in has you can see,maybe it could be that throwing the height off.I need all the help i can get

 

Looks cool, but I think the front bumper is mounted too high

 

A DAGMAR BEDTIME STORY. .....History


As car guys we see a rod or custom we like and it hits us IMMEDIATELY! It’s the stance, the style, and the attitude of a vehicle that has us gawking as it goes by. We even stand on our tiptoes so we can keep looking till it goes out of sight around the
corner.
Like a pair of vise grips to the groin, few things can grab our attention like a beautiful car… or a beautiful woman. Let’s face it, it’s the same dumb glazed look we get when either go past. Somewhere in the back of our heads, the two sorta’ melt
together in that spot of the brain that is reserved for indelible experiences.
The great car designers of the 50’s knew this. The Harley Earls, Brooks Stevens, and Harry Westergards had that classic form internalized. The curve of a 56 Cadillac fin and the line of a woman’s waist and hip. The style and grace of Audrey Hepburn and the corresponding air of a Buick convertible at speed. For any who doubt the relationship look no further than Dagmars - those large bullet-shaped chrome grille finials on 56 Caddies and other full bodied 50’s classics.
Virginia Lewis, the quintessential 1950’s buxom dumb blonde was known to every American serviceman simply as “Dagmar.” She even had her own TV show back in the days when Phil Silvers ruled the airwaves, and there were only 3 channels on the tube.
Yes, those chrome accoutrements were named for none other than our Ginny. It’s over a half century later, and while few remember Ginny “Dagmar” Lewis, we still hear the term “Dagmar” used to describe those automotive adornments.
Those beautiful, full, shapely, firm... uh .. Story time is over. Now go to bed.

 

Try mounting it 2" lower and let's see a pic.

 

If you've already one some body work, adding 2 inches of metal to the front fender in order to lower the bumper wouldn't be a huge deal...

R-

 

I took some pic's from a strait angle and has you can see from the side angle i am less than a 1/4 inch above the factory fillers.Does the bumper still look to high from these angles...UPFRONT THANKS

 

Those are definitely after market.

 

It would help if you could set the hood on it...if it isn't such a huge effort/problem...

R-

 

Looks great! I like the progress you've made so far. Keep us posted. I would use something simple for the grill, nothing too busy. '58-'59 Buick, maybe?

 

Iwill mount the hood first thing in the morning..........thank for the help to all

 

Looks good, The hood will help for sure. Worst case, lower the valance a bit and the front fenders.

Ian

 

Sorry for the delay with putting up new pic's.My fabrication skills seem to take a little longer than the norm.

I mounted the hood and top grille piece so you guy could give me your opinion has to weather or not the bumper is mounted to high...Thanks for the help!!!

 

I like it

 

I like it too, a single olds grill bar would look sweet in there...just one though!

 

Looks great, but I think the bumper is a bit to high.

Two solutions.
1- thinning the bar above the grille opening (but that will not solve it I think)
2- mount the bumper lower.

The front look is not the only thing important. When you look at it from the side the bumper should not sit to high either otherwise you will ruin the lines.


Do you have a photo from the side showing how the bumper sits now?

 

Here ya go.Has of now i am only 1/2 an inch above the factory valance