53 Belair compared to a 53 Canadian Pontiac

chester1 · Newbie

53 Belair compared to a 53 Canadian Pontiac

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

Welcome

You will ge lots of answers here I vote -- they are the same

dualquadpete · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

427carl wrote:

Welcome You will ge lots of answers here I vote -- they are the same

I'll go along with Carl & say they are the same, only trim & dash are different to my knowlage!!! [ no wise cracks on that statement PLEASE]

Beaumont4008 · Uber Guru

Welcome to the site. Have fond memories of my 53 Belair. Is that what you have ? Or do you have the pontiac ? Got any pics ?

Rolilk · Guru

427carl wrote:

Welcome You will ge lots of answers here I vote -- they are the same

I second that vote! And even say that 53-54 are the same.. biggrin

But thats only on Pathfinders, not 2500 and 2700 series cars.

-- Edited by Rolilk on Friday 19th of March 2010 05:53:40 PM

norontcan · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Not sure between 53 Chev and Pontiac .
But do know definately that 53 and 54 Chev are not the same.

Fitz · Guru

53 and 54 are not the same, yes, and Pontiac have a rectangular hole for flasher, I think the chevy one is not the same hole patern for flasher.

Fitz.

Rolilk · Guru

Huumm Maybe wrong that I could be, I have been wrong before, but side by side I will have to check. I will go and pull out my 54 fender and take some pics this weekend and then we can compare to Fitz's 53 fender. And then se exactly what the differences are. This I would want to know.

Fitz · Guru

I think they are different because the front splash pan patern is different.

We will see when Rolilk will post picture of, .........go go go!!! I'm waiting for your picture Rolilk.........OK I going to work.......will check later.

Fitz.

Rolilk · Guru

Sorry guys have been busy this past weekend..I will post a pic of the fenders I have tonight, then we can see the difference.

Rolilk · Guru

OK got washed up then shot out to the shop. Here's what I took of a 54 fender. If there is other angles you want let me know. So we can compare.

Rolilk · Guru

I looked on Fitz's thread and got these to compare from my 54 fenders to his 53 fenders. As you can see there is a difference in the front lower portion of the fender. There is a hole for the 53 turn light where the 54 has only a small hole with a grommet for the wiring for the turn signal. Plus the 54 has a small indent on the front to fit the 54 grill. Other than this lower portion I do believe that the rest of the fender is the same.