Help Me Identify Some Cars

"Jcarr" (jcarr) 04/29/2018 at 13:49 • Filed to: None

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I was going through some old photos my grandpa took and came across these. Any idea what these are and when they may have been taken?

My grandpa was born in 1925 and I assume these were taken sometime after he returned from his WWII stint in Japan.

Goggles Pizzano > Jcarr 04/29/2018 at 14:01

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1956 Oldsmobile Golden Rocket

1956 Pontiac Club de Mer

A front 3/4 view of the Firebird II chassis taken at the GM Technical Center

Jcarr > Goggles Pizzano 04/29/2018 at 14:19

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Wow, those are stunning. Love the white stripe in the middle of the Pontiac’s tread.

Goggles Pizzano > Jcarr 04/29/2018 at 14:25

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Seems the photos were taken at the 1956 Motorama in either New York (January 19–24), Miami (February 4–12), Los Angeles (March 3–11), San Francisco (March 24-April 1), or Boston (April 19–29).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_Motorama

Jcarr > Goggles Pizzano 04/30/2018 at 18:38

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My grandpa had a brother in San Francisco, so my money’s on that one.