OLD Buick guys? Factory seat ventilation 1955?

[Lynn]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1955-Buick-Special-Convertible-ONLY-18-281-original-miles-/271225777258?_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649&ssPageName= STRK:MEWAX:IT&forcev4exp=true

Check out this 55 Buick on ebay. Look at the fourth pic. Is that a factory seat ventilator?

Also, if you look at some trunk shots, you can see 3 holes and some extra bracing or duct work. Again, is this stuff factory? If so, seems really strange as it does not appear to have come from the factory with A/C. Guess it could be for heat, not cooling.

BTW, I really like the car. If I didn't have so many irons in the fire already, I would be trying to make a deal on it.

[mssl72]

Bidding has ended. Maybe somebody did make a deal. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif

[PeteLeathersac]

Good chance it was this guy's Buick, Joe Zitone of Big-Z Stables...
http://www.funeralplan2.com/grayparker/Condolence?id=44617
The ventilators are different for sure, maybe he was a cigar smoker?
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~ Pete

[John Brown]

That's a factory under seat heater. My dads 55 Roadmaster had the same thing. It kept your butt toasty warm in the winter. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif

[Lynn]

I KNEW someone on here would know. Thanks John. Now I am curious. Did any of the other GM cars offer this? Seems pretty far ahead of its time. I realize that today, seat warmers are pretty common. But 1955?

[John Brown]

There's a thread over on the H.A.M.B. where a guy is asking questions about one on a 56 Pontiac, whether he should fix the floors around it or just do away with it. I don't recall any pictures on that one though.

[John Brown]

Hamb thread

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=812229