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1954 Buick Wildcat II<\/h1>\n

While sharing little in common with its predecessor, the Wildcat I, the Buick Wildcat II was recognized as the sportiest Buick build in the 1950s. Chief Designer Ned Nichols described the wildcat II as an \u201cAmerican adventure in tomorrow\u2019s design\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Enamored by two-seater fiberglass cars, Ned Nichols and Harley Earl originally created the 1954 Buick Wildcat II with two spotlights. Re-interpreting tradition, the Wildcat displays Buick\u2018s trademark porthole design is uniquely placed on the top of the hood. Originally displayed in blue and later refinished in gold, this dream car featured expanded front wheel wells with polished metal inner fenders finished off with wide white wall tires. The Wildcat II continues to travel and evade the rumored fate of the 1955 Wildcat III assumed to have been destroyed in a wrecking equipment test.<\/p>\n

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1954 Buick Wildcat II While sharing little in common with its predecessor, the Wildcat I, the Buick Wildcat II was recognized as the sportiest Buick build in the 1950s. Chief Designer Ned Nichols described the wildcat II as an \u201cAmerican adventure in tomorrow\u2019s design\u201d. Enamored by two-seater fiberglass cars, Ned Nichols and Harley Earl originally created the 1954 Buick Wildcat II with two spotlights. Re-interpreting tradition, the Wildcat displays Buick\u2018s trademark porthole design is uniquely placed on the top of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2185,1678,9348,17102],"tags":[2536,16842,1679,6448,21492,33,13061,17405],"class_list":["post-180461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1950s","category-buick","category-guides","category-model-guides-concept-cars","tag-1950s","tag-1950s-cars","tag-buick","tag-buick-model-in-depth","tag-buick-model-guides-concept-cars","tag-concept","tag-car-profiles","tag-model-guides-concept-cars"],"yoast_head":"\n1954 Buick Wildcat II<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1954-buick-wildcat-ii-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1954 Buick Wildcat II\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"1954 Buick Wildcat II While sharing little in common with its predecessor, the Wildcat I, the Buick Wildcat II was recognized as the sportiest Buick build in the 1950s. 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