1953 Buick Roadmaster/Super Body Parts Needed

[Hendrik]

Good day,

First of all; Thanks for enabling me to join the group.

I have a 1953 Buick Roadmaster and I need the following from a Roadmaster/Super8 donor vehicle:

1) 2 Doors, complete with glass and trimming,

2) Complete Front and Rear bench seats,

3) Both Front and Rear bumper trimming, as mine is rusted right through.

Kind regards,

Hendrik

Edited December 28, 2017 by Hendrik
added wording (see edit history)

[RiKi5156B]

I don’t have any body parts but remember that a super uses the same shell as the road master.

[Hendrik]

Hi Riki5156B,

Thanks, I will remember that in future when posting for items.

Kind regards

[53buickconvert]

I have a 53 riviera parts car that I used for my road master restoration. The original front seats from the roadmaster are a little rough but could be made to work. Some other parts from the riv too.

 

PM me and let me know what you need.

[Hendrik]

Hi 53buickconvert,

Thank you for the reply. I will definitely be interested in the front seats and if you have the rear seats as well. Can you please indicate what price you have in mind. Can we also communicate via email?. My email: krafthendrik4@gmail.com

 

Kind regards,

Hendrik

[1953mack]

On ‎12‎/‎28‎/‎2017 at 4:34 AM, Hendrik said:

.....I have a 1953 Buick Roadmaster and I need the following from a Roadmaster/Super8 donor vehicle:

1) 2 Doors, complete with glass and trimming,

2) Complete Front and Rear bench seats.....

 

Let me offer a few suggestions that might help finding your parts, saving you good money on parts only to find out they don't fit after having them shipped half-way around the world, and then spending more good money and time waiting for the correct parts to show up. Take these comments for what they are worth.

 

♦  Just mentioning "from a Roadmaster/Super" doesn't mean too much other than it excludes the smaller 8-in-a-row powered SPECIAL 40-Series models. 1953 Roadmaster Models came in the 2-door hardtop coupe, convertible, the four-door sedan, and the 4-door Estate Wagon. You need to be more specific.

♦  Buick Parts Books and Interchange Manuals reference parts by the Year, Buick Series or Model Number, Fisher Body Style Number, and/or first and after jobs if there was a change in the part during the production run. Words like SPECIAL, SUPER, ROADMASTER are not usually found in these books. Neither are the words HARDTOP or RIVIERA which is confusing to most everyone. Since 1949, Buick used the word RIVIERA to describe 2 and 4-door hardtops, 4-door sedans (with a fixed B-post), and in later years starting in 1963, a separate Model altogether. Knowing what parts fit what years and what models just by memory is impossible.  

♦  Your previous thread on this Forum compounds the confusion.....I have a 1953 Buick Roadmaster 4 door hardtop. I need both RHS & LHS 2 door hardtop complete doors, including trim and glass, as I'm converting from 4 door to 2 door. I also need both front and rear bench seats and both front and rear bumper trim. Can you please assist?..... 

♦  Buick did not build a 1953 Roadmaster 4-door hardtop. When Buick referred to a model as a hardtop, the intent was to describe a non-retractable metal turret-top coupe or sedan without a fixed B-post divider between the front and rear doors on a 4-door sedan, or without a fixed B-post divider between the front door window and the rear quarter window on a 2-door coupe.

♦  You say you're looking for 2-door hardtop doors for a 4-door model. The doors on a 4-door are usually narrower (front to back) and taller (top to bottom) than they are on a 2-door. Are you planning on relocating the B-post and chopping the top on your 4-door sedan?

♦  Did your 4-door Roadmaster come with the optional power windows? The 1953 Buick 2-door Super/Roadmaster hardtop and convertible doors most likely had power windows. You would need a hydrolectric pump and lines to operate OEM 1953 window tracks.

♦  The back on the 4-door sedan front bench seat is fixed and does not fold forward to allow access to the rear bench seat. You don't say it, but If you are converting your 4-door into a 2-door, you will need a front seat assembly from a 2-door. 1953 Buick 2-door front seats had a swivel and a "tilt-away" feature that allowed wider access to and from the rear compartment. Rear-seat widths from coupes, convertibles, and four-door sedans usually vary by a few inches too.

♦  Some doors and seat assemblies from earlier-1950s Buick models and other marques might be interchangeable. 

 

I know of a few 1953 Buick parts cars around here that might have some parts if you are still looking. Good luck.

 

                                                               This is a good example of a salvage yard not knowing what they have even with the V8 engine in it. 

                                                      I scored a few hard-to-find goodies off this one a few months ago. The 1967 license plates were still on the car.

 

 

Al Malachowski

BCA #8965

"500 Miles West of Flint"

 

 

 

 

Edited February 9, 2018 by 1953mack (see edit history)

[Pete Phillips]

I have a passenger side door from a 1952 Super 2-door hardtop, which is the same as 1953 Super and Roadmaster 2-dr. hardtop. Pretty sure it was from a manual crank window car, not a hydraulic power window car.  I have it stored away and can pull it out if interested. $195 plus shipping.

Pete Phillips, BCA #7338