1932 Buick 56S new to me.

[bmg1959]

Hello Everyone,

 

  I am new here and want to introduce myself. My name is Brian Giancola and I recently took in my dear friends Buick after her 

 

husband graduated on to Heaven.  She had her son bring the car out to AZ from Wisconsin. Now it is in my garage and I am trying to

 

figure out what the car is worth to see if I can afford to buy it without taking advantage of her.

 

Please help me out to learn a little more about the car and place a value on it.

 

I currently have a 1930 Ford and am restoring it. The Buick is running and drivable but the paint is from 1979 and is showing its age.

 

It needs work on hood strip and latches and a few other little things. It seems to  drive nice and has nice upholstry. All the chrome and

 

SS is nice condition. I haven't found anything missing or that does not work, yet.      My 6 yr. old son loves it and said we should buy it!

 

Thanks in advance for all your input. 

Edited September 21, 2015 by bmg1959 (see edit history)

[g-g-g0]

Can't help you with the value but it is a beautiful car!

[jscheib]

Just quickly,  it is indeed a wonderful and about complete car.  But there are a large number of things wrong with it if you wanted in judged by BCA or AACA.  Engine color wrong. I will have to check color code but hood flaps should be same color as body.  Engine and firewall should be black only.  Will try to get you more later.

 

John

[smithbrother]

Has she given you a price range?

 

Dale in Indy

[Ben Bruce aka First Born]

 I can not help on the car price, but it is beautiful.

  Welcome to Buick Land. And congratulations on posting pictures. A new member and posting pictures right away when many "oldtimers" have trouble. 

 

  We hope you stick around. With or without the coupe.

 

  Ben

[Thriller]

Love it.

It is amazing what paint cleaner (remove oxidation and mitigate scratches), a clay bar, Polish, and wax applied with good old elbow grease can do to an older paint job.

There are some online price guides, but they tend not to go that old.

It's old, but the December 2011 Old Cars Price Guide suggests the following values to correspond with condition:

6 - $1280

5 - $3840

4 - $6400

3 - $14400

2 - $22400

1 - $32000

Obviously, a four year old guide won't have current market conditions, but it hopefully gives you a guideline. I wish I could get that cat, but it isn't realistic right now. I guess I need to get a more recent price guide too.