Classic Buick
May 18, 2021 09:28:57 #
Flowing lines and classic aerodynamic styling
Anyone know what year it is?
Anyone know what year it is?
May 18, 2021 09:31:09 #
Nice shots. I remember seeing them on the road when I was a kid. Late 1940s?
May 18, 2021 09:32:54 #
May 18, 2021 09:35:41 #
fjdarling
Loc: Mesa, Arizona, USA
That bumper guard doesn't look like the normal one, but the car itself looks like a 1949.
May 18, 2021 09:36:16 #
Its design beauty pleases the eye. I feel the urge to buy one to tool around in.
May 18, 2021 09:38:13 #
mr spock wrote:
Flowing lines and classic aerodynamic styling
Anyone know what year it is?
Anyone know what year it is?
I think you have a 1948 Buick Roadmaster.
May 18, 2021 09:40:15 #
May 18, 2021 09:47:43 #
bgate wrote:
looks like a 1949 Buick model 56
Just like the one my father had, right down to the color!
May 18, 2021 10:01:27 #
May 18, 2021 10:03:42 #
1949 Buick Roadmaster Sedanette. They are selling one on Barrett Jackson if any one is interested.
May 18, 2021 10:05:17 #
Looks like a 49 Buick Roadmaster (I don’t believe the 48s had the distinctive 4 “portholes”). Notice the rotating antenna in the top center of the windshield - there’s an internal knob to turn it up and down. It was the 2nd year for Buick’s Dynaflow transmission (note the trunk logo) -I believe it was the first automatic transmission to use a torque converter.
May 18, 2021 10:05:52 #
The styling is so sleek and beautiful. I had forgotten Buick had made those beautiful cars, but one family that went to our church in my youth had one. I also did not recall that Buick had the old Dynaflow transmission in 1959.
My Dad had a 1951 Buick with the Dynaflow two speed automatic. In looking at your last photo, my Dad's car had the identical Dynaflow shift lever on the steering column. This is the first time I have seen this car posted on UHH. A car this sleek should have been a collector's dream car, But I think that has not happened to it.
My Dad had a 1951 Buick with the Dynaflow two speed automatic. In looking at your last photo, my Dad's car had the identical Dynaflow shift lever on the steering column. This is the first time I have seen this car posted on UHH. A car this sleek should have been a collector's dream car, But I think that has not happened to it.
May 18, 2021 10:13:50 #
Thank you all for your comments. I'd never heard the term "sedanette" before.
So 1949 was the first year for Buick's iconic portholes?
I wonder if a convertible version would have ruined the lines.
So 1949 was the first year for Buick's iconic portholes?
I wonder if a convertible version would have ruined the lines.
May 18, 2021 10:23:37 #
May 18, 2021 10:24:37 #
mr spock wrote:
Flowing lines and classic aerodynamic styling
Anyone know what year it is?
Anyone know what year it is?
They don't make beauties like that anymore
Wonderful shots
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