Do you want to learn more about your '55 Buick? You can enter information from your serial number and your body tag to learn what your Buick was when it left the factory. You can even find out where the factory was located!
The plant your 1955 Buick was built at can be determined from the third digit (following the B) in the Serial Number.
The first digit of the serial number indicates the model.'B'=1955. The number following the 'B' indicates the factory. The following digits indicate production sequence.
The model of your Buick can be determined from the Body Tag section, '1955 MOD.'.
The style from the Body Tag
The body number provides the production sequence of the body.
The trim number provides the key to the color and material of the trim.
Alphabet Code Letters designate colors which are available for solid, two-tone, or three-tone color combinations. The firsst alphabet letter designates the upper color, the 2nd alphabet letter denotes the center color, and the 3rd alphabet letter denotes the color below molding, i.e., Combination AAA would be all Black, and ADB would be Upper-Black, Center-Windsor Gray Metallic, and below moulding- Dover White.
The body style number on a Fisher Body is stamped on a number plate located on the cowl upper panel underneath the hood of the car, immediately in front of the right windshield wiper transmission.
The car serial number is on a plate attached to the body on the left front door hinge pillar.
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