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Model 1937-41 Frame 3104501 Engine 4 3277328 Body 28832 Paint 510 Trim 300 Style 37-4419

Marty: Thanks for the photos of the Roadmaster with the top down. The former director of our chapter has a beautiful blue 1937 Roadmaster Phaeton which will never have the top down as long as he will own the car. Also another member has a Green 1937 Special Phaeton who will also never put the top down. Both cars have gotten their senior awards. So I say put the top down and let the sun shine in! Of course that is my preference. On my ratty, driver, 1925 Standard touring I put the top down in May and put it up in October. As to tire pressure with my 1937-41 I run 650X16 Firestone Bias at 30 psi all around. At lower front pressure the tires do squeal a bit. Rode and handled well on our 1,585 mile round trip to Nashville TN.

Several people on the 36-38 tour around Nashville were running Diamond Back Radials at very high pressure 65 psi and they said they looked and rode great. I asked Jesse Cahue about the tires on his 38-48 since they looked so large. He sais he was running 750 X16s I could not imagine anyone changing a flat on the rear. He said he calls AAA! I drove my1937 with 650X16 Firestones Bias and seemed to handle well and smooth ride. The photo shows Ralph Artall's 1938 Special coupe with Diamond Backs.

Shadetree: Thanks for posting this video and photos. The 1915 V-12 to me is the most intriguing design of an early Buick. Also I do love these big 7 passenger teens Buicks and seeing that beautiful V-12 running is a real treat! As a side note. Today on TCM I watched "The Bride Came C.O.D." 1941 from Warner Brothers. Starring James Cagney and Bette Davis. In one scene they pull a 1915 C-55 out of a barn to get away from the ghost town where they are stranded. The 1915 C-55 has been sitting since 1919 (22 years). After some tinkering, pumping up the tires and getting some AV gas from Jimmy Cagney's stranded plane, they are ready to try and start the car. Jimmy could not get the car started by cranking. The next thing was to have him push it to a hill. Once going down the hill it backfires a bit and starts to run. That is until it tears itself apart on the rough desert rocks and flips on it's side throwing Bette and Harry Davenport out into a cactus (I am still in tears over it's loss). They probably left the car in the desert where they shot the scene. I wonder......

We got home at a quarter to 7 last evening. We stayed over night at the same motel in Bristol VA. We left there at 8:20 AM. So over 10 hours with stops. Probably 7 1/2 hours total actual on the road driving time.Total mileage since last Sunday morning when we left Chambersburg is 1,585 miles. I kept the speed between 55 and 60 mph on routes 81 and 40 thru VA and TN. We would get on to routes 11 and 70 to cut the boredom of the interstates. Except for the first 2 days when the temps were in the upper 90s, the water temp stayed at 160 degrees. Other than a few hard pull, uphill vapor locking episodes (when we had to use some ethanol gas) she ran great! 100% gas was very available once we were in VA and TN. We were the only ones on tour who had no problems! John Young from Louisiana trailered up a beautiful green 1938-41. Low mileage, pristine interior, flawless paint etc. On the first day of the tour his brakes locked up which caused the engine to overheat ( plugged return hole). This caused the same problem we encountered trying to go to Springfield. Sludge from the overheated engine plugged up the radiator. The first photo is of the on the road repair seminar with 38-41 stuck in the middle of the street. The tour leader Ralph Artall is trying to remove the master cylinder cap to clean out the return hole. Ralph had the starter vacuum switch go out on his 1938-46 Coupe. Then one of the modern cars on tour with us a 2002 Park Avenue had a plastic fuel line split. The local Buick dealer quoted him $1,800 to repair and a five day wait for parts. A local shop got him going again for less than $100 and now they are back home in Indiana. This is the third "tour" we have been on. The second with the 37. We did have a great time. On the last night we had a banquet and all dressed in period 1930s costume. Right up my alley. But now Joan wants vintage jewelry.

We got home at a quarter to 7 last evening. We stayed over night at the same motel in Bristol VA. We left there at 8:20 AM. So over 10 hours with stops. Probably 7 1/2 hours total actual on the road driving time.Total mileage since last Sunday morning when we left Chambersburg is 1,585 miles. I kept the speed between 55 and 60 mph on routes 81 and 40 thru VA and TN. We would get on to routes 11 and 70 to cut the boredom of the interstates. Except for the first 2 days when the temps were in the upper 90s, the water temp stayed at 160 degrees. Other than a few hard pull, uphill vapor locking episodes (when we had to use some ethanol gas) she ran great! 100% gas was very available once we were in VA and TN. We were the only ones on tour who had no problems! John Young from Louisiana trailered up a beautiful green 1938-41. Low mileage, pristine interior, flawless paint etc. On the first day of the tour his brakes locked up which caused the engine to overheat ( plugged return hole). This caused the same problem we encountered trying to go to Springfield. Sludge from the overheated engine plugged up the radiator. The first photo is of the on the road repair seminar with 38-41 stuck in the middle of the street. The tour leader Ralph Artall is trying to remove the master cylinder cap to clean out the return hole. Ralph had the starter vacuum switch go out on his 1938-46 Coupe. Then one of the modern cars on tour with us a 2002 Park Avenue had a plastic fuel line split. The local Buick dealer quoted him $1,800 to repair and a five day wait for parts. A local shop got him going again for less than $100 and now they are back home in Indiana. This is the third "tour" we have been on. The second with the 37. We did have a great time. On the last night we had a banquet and all dressed in period 1930s costume. Right up my alley. But now Joan wants vintage jewelry.

As I promised the update of the cooling system situation. So far since we left Chambersburg on the 6th of Sept. we have driven the 37 895 miles to and around Nashville on tour. Except when we were driving on a continuous pull up hill of waiting in the endless maze of "Miracle Mile" stoplights around here, the temperature rarely went above 180. Each day until today, the10th, it has been in the middle 90s. Normal highway driving at the average of 55mph the temp gage has stayed at 160 degrees. We are quite pleased! Tomorrow we start back to PA.

Dave : We do wish you well and success. During our 1936-38 Club tour two of our members were recounting their bad luck with the overdrive conversions on their 38 specials. One a McLaughlin Buick. Bad solenoids locking up gears etc. and are still trying to resolve some of these problems. So they did not attend with their cars. One indicated that they got several hundred miles before failure and the other only about 35 miles. We hope all goes smooth with yours. Also as a side note on tour one member had the return hole plug up on his master cylinder of his 1938-41 with 28,000 original miles. Locked up his brakes = overheating which = dislodging old rusty sludge in block which = plugged radiator. Good thing he trailered it to Nashville.

We are on the road to the 1936-38 club's Tour around Nashville TN. Since we had the embarrassing roll back ride home on our attempt to drive our 37 to the Buick nationals in Springfield we feel she was now ready to go. After installing my re-cored radiator and redoing the manifold gaskets the 37 is running cool and quiet. We put on 385 miles today driving from Chambersburg PA to Bristol VA/TN. Temperature gage pretty much stayed around 160-180 all day. Even at over 90 degrees. We have a little under 300 miles to do tomorrow to get to Muffreesboro TN where we will meet the rest of the group.

To continue the "This is Hard to Believe" story. Please wish Brian a great big HEIL for his birthday today.

This looks to be a small series and is a convertible coupe as there was no roadster offered in 1932. The 50 series has a 114" WB. The 60 series has a 118" WB. Production 33-56C 630 made. For the 32-66C was 450. Best of luck with it! Larry

Well put Don. After doing all the above I am confident we will be OK on our trip to Nashville from here in PA. I will keep you posted. Larry

Sent PM about the availability of the bumpers.

Us early Buick people must emit some cosmic karma. Thanks for the weird music Dwight.

I spoke to the gentleman (a BCA member since the 1960s) and he was very knowledgeable about all 1925 Standards. We spent over an hour on the phone comparing notes. It seems that he had owned I believe 6 1925 Standards of various body styles over the years. The car is a regular 1925-24 with some of the sport roadster accessories added. He said the car was originally black and was repainted yellow in 1961 by a former owner. I am still waiting for other info. I wish I had met him when I bought my touring in October 2011.

Are these from a Master or Standard? If they are from a Standard I may be interested in the Bumper set.

Looks like a really nice car. Could be a late season sport roadster 25-24S since it has a visor and dual spares. I tried to buy the leftovers from a 1925-24 rat rod project. Originally a partial restoration in which the owner had passed. All the guy wanted was the frame and body. What original parts he was selling on e-bay was; the rebuilt engine with transmission and torched off torque tube, rear axle, front axle and 4 wheels. He also had the top which I tried to buy separately just for the rear window. When I asked about the bumpers he said he "cut them up for the flat stock". According to the listing all items were sold except the top and the rear tire carrier which I offered to buy but he refused. He said after a week no one sent money so he hauled all to the scrap and got $158.00! I know I have expounded about this on the forum before but this just reminded me. It still hurts. The ad needs a little more information and photos of the engine and interior..... I think I will ask.

I like the part of the historic description near the end that states that "$500.00 non refundable due at the end of the auction". I hate buyers /sellers premiums or what ever people want to disguise them as. I have attended auctions for over 45 years. I do understand that the auctioneer is to get their cut for doing the work, which is subtracted from the final amount due the seller. It does not indicate what the $500 is for.

Tony: I know I don't have a right hand car but the placement for the starter generator should be the same as on Leif's and my LH 25-25. I had only the carb (left) side splash pan when I bought my car. I found a set on e-bay and I had them sand blasted and powder coated.. I have not had a chance to install them. And yes the pans do mount on top of the engine flange. I hope my photos help. Best of luck : Larry

I just found the info on the Pittsburgh company. Universal Carnegie Mfg. 1-800-867-9554 66A Arch Street Extension. Carnegie, PA 15106 www.ucvintagerad.com My re-core does have more tubes and fins than the old unit.

Just saw the post and it is gone for over $15,000.. And it was within 2 states away from me! I remember this car being offered several years ago also. Nice car . Not crazy about the coffee-2 creams interior color.

Jeff: The fellow near me is at KEYSTONE RADIATOR.717-264-6911. He is in a one man shop. I know he got the cores for the 37 and my1925 from a place in Pittsburgh. At Hershey last fall I believe I talked to the people who were doing these cores from there. I misplaced their contact folder. There is also POWELL Radiator Service in Wilmington Ohio 937-382-2096 . This information I had from a 2010 Hemmings publication. I hope this helps. Larry

Roj: So nice to see the car out in the sunlight. It is good to know it went to a Buick loving home. The previous owner and I almost had a deal at a lower price until he got it running. Then it jumped out of my price range. Have you sourced out the front brakes yet? I remember he said the fronts had been converted to hydraulics. Best of luck with the car. If it comes to Trimcar's place for a top I hope I can visit it there. Larry

John: I did the same as you at the 2013 AACA spring meet after I was looking over yours and saw this stunning Blue Beauty. Quite a stylish car. Yes I fantasized about driving it and spoke to Merle at length about it. Sorry to hear of his passing.

Last week on e-bay there were some gages for 1920s Buicks an assortment of 1924-28 speedometer, oil, amp etc. and also a roll of film on these cars. There was a rusty round AC speedometer with a broken out glass which looks to be the same as my 25's. and an oval heat/choke plate for the 1925 standard. When I saw the listing it was already over my limit over what I would spend only to have to sell off the other items. So I did not bid. Of course with an assortment of stuff like this no one knows what the ultimate bidder was really interested in. I would be interested in the round AC speedometer to see if it is rebuild able and the oval heat/choke plate. Please P.M. if you can help