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Topic starter
30/12/2021 8:18 pm
'54 DeSoto, Mercury or Oldsmobile?
Be sure to make your selection.
Of course, please “Reply” to share your comments.
Best yes, please rank them.
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John Bono
North Jersey
30/12/2021 8:58 pm
From strictly a design standpoint, the DeSoto looks stodgy and the Mercury dated, but the Oldsmobile looks sleek and modern with its slab-sided two-tone paint scheme and panoramic windshield. So, the Oldsmobile is my pick even though I was never fond of the front end of this model year.
30/12/2021 9:31 pm
From strictly a design standpoint, the DeSoto looks stodgy and the Mercury dated, but the Oldsmobile looks sleek and modern with its slab-sided two-tone paint scheme and panoramic windshield. So, the Oldsmobile is my pick even though I was never fond of the front end of this model year.
Your comments, word for word, echo my thoughts on these '54s, with but a minor difference. I like the Oldsmobile "crying" grilles of the early fifties.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
30/12/2021 9:37 pm
When it comes to what I like on old cars, I get in to "Butts" and "Grills". So I look at these three '54's both front and back and they get analyzed like this. I love the DeSoto grill, but not the rest of the car. I like the Olds grill and the "bullet" taillights, and I like the Mercury the BEST of the three.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
30/12/2021 10:18 pm
Oldsmobile, but I prefer the "saddlebags" rear fender trim on the lesser models.
This post was modified 4 years ago by Ed Glorius
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
31/12/2021 2:46 pm
I voted for DeSoto, but to be honest, the DeSoto and Mercury are a tie for me. I like each more or less for different things, so when I sum it up. I can't choose between the two. The Oldsmobile comes in last no matter how I look at it.
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
Topic starter
31/12/2021 7:00 pm
Like all of them, but for me it's Mercury, DeSoto, Oldsmobile.
John Bono
North Jersey
01/01/2022 11:10 am
Mercury styling wins by far IMHO. Olds and DeSoto are a tie for second.