Touring Body Construction

[Guest BJM]

Were Buick 4 door (open) touring bodies the same as closed cars only with a soft top mechanism or were they different bodies all together?

[Mark Shaw]

Bodies were different. Are you trying to interchange body parts between the two?

[Dave_B]

Short answer; Up till the early 30's the open car bodies were made by Stewart a subsidiary of Buick and the rest were made by Fisher. There is not much from the firewall back that interchanges.

What year are you interested in?

[Guest BJM]

Bodies were different. Are you trying to interchange body parts between the two?

There is a 1927 2 door sedan on Omaha Craigs List with top removed and was curious about whether the bodies were actually different or whether this vehicle could support a touring car.

[Guest BJM]

Short answer; Up till the early 30's the open car bodies were made by Stewart a subsidiary of Buick and the rest were made by Fisher. There is not much from the firewall back that interchanges.

What year are you interested in?

It's a 1927 Buick 2 door sedan, top removed

[Dave_B]

I'm guessing, but it sounds like you have a touring body and you are looking for a donor car for the frame?

The chassis is the same for all Standards. If it is a Master check the the wheel base. There are two lengths 120" and 128". The Master touring was on the long wheel base. Also for all models there is a slight difference between the touring and other models where the rear fenders bolt to the body.

Dave