Guest Grant Magrath Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Great to catch up with Ross and his beautiful Series 40 sedan in the weekend. Note the 38 Special daily driver in the background! Nice to catch up with you again Ross! You've made dad very happy!CheersGrant:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trp3141592 Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Hi,Beautiful Buicks, all of them !!--Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Thank you, Grant. Eye candy on a cold morning. Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39BuickEight Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 great cars! I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLYER15015 Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Beautifull cars, both of them !!!Forgive the dumb question, but I'm still learning.Why doesn't the 4 door have clearance/turn lights on the fender ?Was this an "option" ?mike in coloradoBCA # 45728 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danhar1960 Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 They were an option Mike.Great pics Grant !!!!That pic answers the age old question, "Is there anything better than a '39 Buick"??answer YES !!"2 '39 Buicks" !!!!DannyExcuse me,I have to go and clean the drool from my keyboard........................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grant Magrath Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Thanks for all your wonderful comments guys! I hope the weather picks up for you.Mike, the park lights on the fender were an option, as Danny said. We've turned ours into indicators. Makes for easier driving around town. Ross's sedan is a New Zealand assembled car and it still has the brackets bolted underneath the car for securing it for transport! Now I reckon that's rare! Note the reveal moldings around the windows. And it's a Series 40! That's a Kiwi thing from new.CheersGrant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1939_Buick Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 (edited) Ross's car is a very early production model. First registered in NZ in Sept 1938 he told me many years ago.Also in NZ several 1939 Buicks have "1939" as part of the rego Edited February 3, 2011 by 1939_buick (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Eaton Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Those front fender lamps on the cream coupe were an option on all 1939 cars at a whopping $7.50 US Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 I must catch up with you some time Grant as I think you live not too far from me (I am in Marshland Rd). I remember when I was at the Buick centenary get-together at Timaru in 2003, that there were enough 1939 cars there that owners were able to pick differences in them - maybe from earlier to later in the run?? Examples of differences were in the number of teeth in the grille, the number of stripes on the wiper mounts and the nomenclature of the numbers on the speedo. Is that cream coupe an NZ new car. As far as I can remember from my info which is buried in storage somewhere there were a few coupes imported new fully built up whereas the sedans were locally assembled. Total new Buicks in NZ in 1939 around 200 cars - including one Century sedan that lived in Christchurch for many years but last I heard was in Taupo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Regarding 1939_Buick's comment about year dates in the rego - back in the days of black plates (up to the mid 1980s), you could order a plate with the date of your car on it as long as you were not fussy about the letters and it only cost the price of the plates - probably around $10. Nowadays you have to buy a 'personalised plate' and it costs several hundred dollars. I bought two year plates - IX1934 for the 1934 Buick 47 (since sold) and JA1965 for my Pontiac back in the 1970s. As long as I keep remembering to renew the 'registration hold' on the Pontiac that is in storage, every year, I can keep the plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1939_Buick Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 ....I remember when I was at the Buick centenary get-together at Timaru in 2003..........including one Century sedan that lived in Christchurch for many years but last I heard was in Taupo.I was as Timaru in 2003. Have some photos . Also went to the 2003 NZ Buick meet in Napier and Flint, USA for the centenary. The 1939 Century 60 now lives in Southland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39BuickEight Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Regarding 1939_Buick's comment about year dates in the rego - back in the days of black plates (up to the mid 1980s), you could order a plate with the date of your car on it as long as you were not fussy about the letters and it only cost the price of the plates - probably around $10. Nowadays you have to buy a 'personalised plate' and it costs several hundred dollars. I bought two year plates - IX1934 for the 1934 Buick 47 (since sold) and JA1965 for my Pontiac back in the 1970s. As long as I keep remembering to renew the 'registration hold' on the Pontiac that is in storage, every year, I can keep the plate.Here in KY, you can apply for an "antique plate" as long as your vehicle is 25 years old, and you get a plate that says "antique." If you do that, you can also legally just keep that plate in the car with the registration and run an original or remake of the plate from the year of your car. I periodically check eBay for a 1939 KY plate to put on mine when I register it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grant Magrath Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 NZcarnerd, we're in Burwood. Not far at all. The car was imported from Lakewood, CO about 4 years ago as a project. It's originally a Californian car, Bryce Beige with a tan mohair interior. As you can now see, it's Sequoia Cream with a red leather interior now. Feel free to arrange a visit.CheersGrant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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