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Out for a Christmas Eve spin in the 1937 Ford.
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On 6/2/2011 at 2:15 PM, De Soto Frank said:
As for the "late-'30's cars with side-mount tires", some look better than others...
Personally, I always thought the sidemount spares on the '40 ( & '41?) Buicks looked a little odd ( anachronistic ) …
Agreed.
Agreed.
Some cars look better with sidemounts than others.And I really agree about the 1940 Buicks with sidemounts looking "odd"--the sidemounts detract from the beautiful lines of these cars, they looked tacked on. Not a good look.
(1941 Buicks did not come equipped with sidemounts--thank goodness)
As the cars got rounder and curvier in their design, the sidemounts look less and less attractive.
As seen in a pre-war Nancy Drew film, this 1937 Ford was fitted with a sidemount; I guess someone just could not help themselves. Ford did not sell them this way and one look tells you why.
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10 hours ago, mike6024 said:
I'm considered a baby boomer now. Geez.
If you were born between 1946 and 1964, you are a baby boomer.
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From these photos, it looks like they could.
I have no problem parallel parking my 1930s era car.
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On 11/12/2018 at 7:33 PM, billorn said:
That pierce is beautiful but why do you block the car with pictures of the car especially since its pictures of things I could see by looking at the car but that are now blocked by the pictures..??
Yep, the big photos overwhelm the real thing. Would rather see the car with nothing in front of it.
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5 hours ago, Matt Harwood said:
I paid considerably more than $20K for mine, and while my interior and engine bay are nicer, mine is pretty grungy underneath. I don't care, I'm not going to fix it, it doesn't affect the car, but that super clean California undercarriage should be tempting if the rest of the car is in decent shape. You can chip away at it a little at a time like I have and end up with the best driving pre-war car ever built (sorry Packard guys). You can watch the videos of my car blasting along at 65 MPH with effortless ease, but you really don't get the full impression of what it's doing. At 95 degrees outside, it runs at 170, it tracks like a cruise missile, it's nearly silent, and it smothers bumps like a hovercraft. The brakes are outrageously powerful. And despite weighing somewhat north of 5500 pounds, it still accelerates faster than almost anything else built prior to 1949. Nobody in the northeast Ohio region CCCA will race me anymore...
It's also worth noting that this seller started at $28,000 firm (don't ask me to take less) and is now at $20,000, so I suspect he's a very motivated seller. If what Earl says is true, I would be double sure to see the title, but otherwise, at $20K, I think this car is a winner. Who cares what it's worth later? If you're an enthusiast and a Buick fan, this is as good as it gets for pre-war and it's welcome at all the big events. Forget future values and have fun. Isn't that the point?
I have literally driven hundreds of other comparable cars and I personally own other big Classics, all of which are more valuable than the Limited. Nevertheless, the Limited is the only one that makes me smile every time I drive it. It should also tell you something that Earl, and several other previous owners I've spoken to, deeply regret selling their Limiteds. I know it would be a mistake for me to sell mine and that I would always regret it. I will not be selling mine, not ever.
I don't think they'll ever be valuable but I don't think they'll ever be worthless, either. And the guys who own them will be part of a small fraternity of people who own the greatest road car of the pre-war era and know it. I wish I could share with any of you fence-sitters how my car is treated like royalty at every BCA event I take it to. EVERYONE knows what it is, knows that's a special car. Sitting on the sidelines on this car makes no sense, not at this price.
My family has owned two 1941 Series 90 Limited Buicks. They are great driving cars.
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I have a small sign describing how the car was brought back to life.
I never display the car with the hood or trunk open.
I like to display the car as the designers intended the car to look as it drove.
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On 10/23/2018 at 9:28 PM, parrts said:
While living in NW Indiana, I bought the twin to this in SW Michigan some 40 years ago. Unfortunately a subsequent owner lost it to a garage fire. His son managed to fine another identical '41 Limited and still has it. Big and beautiful cars
Sounds like my dad and my brother. The car on the top was lost in the arson garage fire in 1989. My father purchased it in 1977 or 1978 from a place called "Little Joe's".
The car on the bottom is the one my brother purchased in Michigan some years ago. I drove the one on the bottom to the BCA meet in South Bend a few years ago.
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Credit to you for wanting to get it right with non modified cars from the era. I like that kind of attention to detail.
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Even in the 1990s, Pontiac would not let me order a car the way I wanted. Certain things came with certain packages. And certain numbers of cars were manufactured with certain packages. It was really frustrating. I am old enough to remember the good old days: My grandfather or my father could go into a Pontiac dealer or Buick dealer, respectively, and fill out an order sheet and get the Catalina or Electra 225 that they wanted with the equipment and features that they wanted. Even Hyundai would not let my wife get the super - duper stereo system in her SUV unless she purchased the third row seating. We did not want the third row, so we could not get the stereo upgrade. Really dumb.
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On 8/21/2018 at 4:49 PM, Rusty_OToole said:
"Business coupe" or even worse, "Businessman's coupe" gets thrown around quite a bit by people who don't know what they are talking about. I thought it might be time to clear things up a bit.
I know they made fancier coupes with no back seat but they weren't business coupes.
Yup, what he said.
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On 8/6/2018 at 9:35 AM, Ben Bruce aka First Born said:
I could NEVER understand why the '57 was so popular and this one as not.
Ben
Agreed. I find this much more attractive than the 57.
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Hopefully driving it to safety.
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I think Barney Breeze of Indiana had a 1940 Century Convertible with sidemounts. I think his son Tom still owns it.
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I drove one that had a Leach Garbage Truck body on it while I worked my way through college.
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I have seen this car listed for sale via various dealers for several years. It has appeared in Hemmings a bunch of times. It is for sale, then is sold and is then immediately for sale again. Anybody know why? It looks great. I think I have a Hemmings as far back as 2013 that lists this car. Photo by owner. For some reason the link won't post.
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Thanks guys.
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Too bad you cannot stop the animation at the specific years. It just goes too fast to observe it in a meaningful way.
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He never ceases to amaze me. Great work.
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Wow. that is great. Where do you live? Our local "car shows" consist mostly of 60s muscle, street rods and 57 Chevrolets.
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I dream about riding a Harley that won't steer. I always wake up before I wipe out.
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Welcome back Mr. Laskey.
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3 hours ago, Missouri2758 said:
hi
Thanks guys for all the info
more than i ever expected
thanks
So what happened here? How about some back story?
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Great cars and great stories at the National Meets.
1916 Buick at Buick Club of America National Meet at Brookfield, Wisconsin.
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Merry Christmas
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Merry Christmas.
I went for a Christmas eve spin in the 1937 Ford.