Classic Buick
May 18, 2021 10:33:37 #
mr spock wrote:
Flowing lines and classic aerodynamic styling
Anyone know what year it is?
Anyone know what year it is?
Is this on Stony Brook near the Post Rd? Glad to see you are out shooting! Mark
May 18, 2021 10:39:54 #
May 18, 2021 10:56:38 #
Sidwalkastronomy
Loc: New Jersey Shore
Now thats a car. If your close enough for those photographs look at the tail lights the year is usually marked on them
May 18, 2021 12:56:07 #
If you search the Internet for 1949 Buick Roadmaster Sedanette, it will return many images of this automotive design beauty.
May 18, 2021 13:46:15 #
quixdraw wrote:
I think you have a 1948 Buick Roadmaster.
I think that is correct. As a kid, my job, when the car was washed, was to clean and shine all that chrome in the front end.
May 18, 2021 14:36:15 #
mr spock wrote:
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.
Sedanette: “A two-door sedan having a slanted back with the rear window and trunk along one unbroken curve”. Cadillac made Sedanettes also, maybe first.
May 18, 2021 16:33:03 #
mr spock wrote:
Flowing lines and classic aerodynamic styling
Anyone know what year it is?
Anyone know what year it is?
Looks to me like it is from the Mid to late 1950's, by the Styling.
May 18, 2021 17:44:08 #
Hereford wrote:
The styling is so sleek and beautiful. I had forg... (show quote)
Notice the order of the gears - P N D L R - a disastrous arrangement if you tried to downshift to slow the car down. I did it once in a 1952 Special. The wheels locked up and spun the car. The torque converter did not last long after that. Buick subsequently changed to P R N D L before they finally gave up on Dynaflow.
May 18, 2021 18:35:28 #
Thanks for this Buick transmission history.
selmslie wrote:
Notice the order of the gears - P N D L R - a disastrous arrangement if you tried to downshift to slow the car down. I did it once in a 1952 Special. The wheels locked up and spun the car. The torque converter did not last long after that. Buick subsequently changed to P R N D L before they finally gave up on Dynaflow.
May 19, 2021 07:29:43 #
anotherview wrote:
Its design beauty pleases the eye. I feel the urge to buy one to tool around in.
Prices aren't as high as I expected, although these are ten years older.
https://classiccars.com/listings/find/1940/buick
Here's a '49 for an asking price of about $90k.
May 19, 2021 07:37:36 #
mr spock wrote:
Flowing lines and classic aerodynamic styling
Anyone know what year it is?
Anyone know what year it is?
Anyone remember those plastic seat covers in the summer ? Pretty hard to get unstuck. Come to think of it you'd slide all over in the winter. No fun. But I remember the sound the cars made when slowly going over gravel. The motors were so quiet all you heard was the gravel under the tires. I loved that sound.
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When I come into my millions, I'll get serious about buying that 1949 Buick. Meantime, I'll feast my eyes on its compelling automotive design beady.
jerryc41 wrote:
Prices aren't as high as I expected, although these are ten years older.
https://classiccars.com/listings/find/1940/buick
Here's a '49 for an asking price of about $90k.
https://classiccars.com/listings/find/1940/buick
Here's a '49 for an asking price of about $90k.
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