New 1937 in Town

[Brian_Heil]

Our local Funeral Director, Roger Sharpe, is also an old car guy and frequently parks his cars outside the funeral home.  He said he brought this one back from Florida this Spring. Based on the license plate he must have been to the auction. 

 

Very nice new interior and the car is straight. Not crazy about the metal flake but, to-each-his-own. 

[Brian_Heil]

Rear shot. 

 

Its the rarer fastback. 

[jscheib]

Everybody is just dying to get one of those, I bit.  Just could not resist that comment.

 

John

[dibarlaw]

Thanks Brian:

 I love those slantbacks!  Looking at the color of the wheels it may have been the Hampton Gray that is supposed to be on my car.

[Brian_Heil]

Good guess as any Larry. 

 

Either this was a really straight car to start with or it has been block sanded for a week because it is really, really straight, and clean underneath.

 

New window rubber all around too, not a tape and spray.  Someone loved that brown.  I was too polite to ask, but I'm guessing the paint caused Roger to get a good deal on it.  I see I called it a fastback, my apologies, slantback.

 

Roger is a pillar in the community and a part of more good causes than you can count and a heck of a nice guy.  When my Dad was still alive and in his 90s, we would drive by and my Dad would yell out the window, 'Not yet Roger!'.

[39BuickEight]

sold for $22,000 in Kissimmee this year