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#502940 - 04/17/08 08:24 AM
Re: Ebay Item: 110242044636, Original 1937 Model 47
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Roger Walling
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Registered: 11/17/04
Posts: 341
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A quote from the e-bay discription, " The Original Paint is very good, but is shallow looking in a few spots."
Look at the rt. rear fender and raise the viewing screen to 400%,
The paint is bubbling badly around the fenders and trunk lid.
Buyer beware!
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#504755 - 04/24/08 12:10 AM
Re: Export numbers of 1937 Model 47 cars? re ebay 110242044636
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DaveCorbin
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Registered: 02/19/06
Posts: 600
Loc: Texas
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Dear Neal:
The figures you have of 22,312 plus 205 for export is correct for 1937 model 47 and 47X. My source is a Buick engineering drawing on 3 sheets covering the years 1903 thru 1963 which is actual factory information which I compiled into an excel spreadsheet so I can answer that question for ALL 1904 thru 1958 Buicks. No, it isn't broken down for RHD/LHD.
Regards, Dave Corbin
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#505394 - 04/27/08 07:43 AM
Re: Export numbers of 1937 Model 47 cars? re ebay 110242044636
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DaveCorbin
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Registered: 02/19/06
Posts: 600
Loc: Texas
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Dear Neil:
It happens that I have the 4570's for the months in question. There were 2 RHD Model 47X's built in June. All the rest are LHD, which would make a total production of 49 RHD 1937 Model 47X, leaving 156 LHD Model 47X.
It's obviously a rare car. So far as I know, virtually all export cars were built at Flint.
Regards, Dave Corbin
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#506190 - 04/29/08 09:08 PM
Re: Export numbers of 1937 Model 47 cars? re ebay 110242044636
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DaveCorbin
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Registered: 02/19/06
Posts: 600
Loc: Texas
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Dear Neil:
What you forget is that Japan and Sweden were RHD countries then. Sweden is now LHD but Japan is RHD yet. In 1907, Buick built 543 cars at Jackson Michigan in their plant there. Among the cars, there were cars produced for 9 foreign countries on 4 continents. Remember Buick was only 2 1/2 years old at that point. By 1937, they sent cars everywhere. Only Canada and GB were supplied out of Canada, the rest were exports from the USA. I'm aware of a 1936 Buick that was sent to Kazakstan, where it survives today. India was a common destination for RHD cars also.
Regads, Dave Corbin
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#506229 - 04/29/08 11:07 PM
Re: Export numbers of 1937 Model 47 cars? re ebay 110242044636
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1939_buick
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Registered: 04/28/07
Posts: 8
Loc: Vic, Australia
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I seem to remember Argentina was RHD prior to WW2
My 3 1939 series 40's in NZ do not have a chassis numbers or body plate with numbers. Same on other NZ assembled pre war Buicks I have seen. Is that common for exports ?
Edited by 1939_buick (04/29/08 11:09 PM)
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#506423 - 04/30/08 06:05 PM
Re: Export numbers of 1937 Model 47 cars? re ebay 110242044636
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DaveCorbin
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Registered: 02/19/06
Posts: 600
Loc: Texas
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Dear Neil:
ALL Buicks from the beginning have frame numbers, as they can't go thru Buick without them. This is true even for CKD cars and chassis sent to Holden. On USA 1937 Buicks, it's a small plate on top of the frame rail just behind the battery and tough to see. On a RHD car it may be in a different location becaus of the steering box being near there. You can be sure it has a frame number. It will also have an engine number stamped on the engine, which will be helpful.
Regards, Dave Corbin
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