1923 Buick 54 roadster Dallas TX craigslist

[Oregon Desert model 45]

NOT MINE

*** Gold Mine alert !!!

 

https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/d/1923-buick-roadster/6650548996.html

 

1923 Buick model 23-54-6 this is the big 3 seat roadster 90 percent complete was told 1 of 4 known to exist and the only one with 23 inch dealer installed Buick wire wheels with 2 spares 6 cyl overhead valves ahead of its time held speed record in 1923@ 115 mph needs full restoration all wood/ floor needs to be replaced $50,000 obo possible trades with cash was told the guy with one totally restored turned down 250,000

[C Carl]

Man ? Effin' THAT ain't no fifty thousand dollar rust bucket, I just don't know what is. Whooooooo, hoooooo, eeeeeeeeeeeee  !!!!!!!   -  CC 

[Old buicks 2]

The guy the "turned down $250,000" must have been crazy.    this car is gonna take a LOT of work.

 

 

[midman]

The guy who turned down 250k, had 230k in the trunk.

[dibarlaw]

Thanks Kevin for posting. 

 Also note wrong headlights. Looks to be that as my friend would say "he went through Pep Boys with a magnet". Interesting later period turn signals and brake light. Looks to have a Sparton Chime Bugle mounted on the front. I do love these Sport roadsters. Where did the 1923 6 cylinder Buick ever achieve 115 Miles per Hour???

The 1923-54 I first started my quest "for a driver Buick" was more like $20,000 and still needed to be sorted out. But it was to be running, driving with nice paint, plating, top and GREAT original Spanish Grain leather! Most importantly ..NO RUST.

Since then I have come across at least 6 more including Mr.Rose's fabulous original in VA.

I have seen at least 3 with the wire wheels. There was one with wire wheels pretty original in a museum in central Virginia.

 Any of these I have seen for sale in restored condition are usually at the upper $20K to $30 K range.

 That price is similar to the Sport touring cars. I offered on several restorable model 55s.

[BuicksBuicks]

A stock 1923 6 cyl. roadster that has done 115 mph?  Laugh, I don't think my pants will ever dry.

[dibarlaw]

But they are sure pretty when they are restored. An example of a wire wheel job across the sea.

[Pete Phillips]

This ad is so ridiculous that it hardly deserves to be commented on, but I will anyway! Notice the location shown in the map with the listing is New York City, although it is apparently advertised in the Dallas, Texas Craig's List. Probably no one in New York will take the seller seriously. Even if this car was in perfect, restored condition, I still don't think it would bring $50,000, which is what the seller is asking for this one in poor condition. I don't think I would even give $5,000 for it, with all the visible rust and needing wood replacement.

[dibarlaw]

Yes Pete:

 I agree.. I think the only real value are the 6 wire wheels and the newer tires. Of all the model 54s and 55s I have chased, even the project cars were not rust buckets as this one is.

[JayG]

The same car just came up on Facebook at $10,000

 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2698959496988586/?ref=search&referral_code=undefined

[Pete Phillips]

One sentence of description and one photo. I don't think he is going to get much response to that.

[dibarlaw]

OOPS... I see I came in on the tail end of this original thread and have repeated myself. 

I seem to remember this car on Ebay several years ago at over $50,000.

Photos I saved at the time. VERY ROUGH. It does have nice wire wheels. Incorrect larger headlights.

Below is the one I agreed to buy for $20,000 back in 2010 on the stipulation that it ran and we could drive it. It did not. After several weeks of negotiation and driving 9 hrs. to try the car out the owner's comment/excuse was that it still needed sorting out. If it did indeed drive at that time all here on the Forum would have been regaled with our experiences in this car. We really wanted this Sport Roadster!

Lovely ORIGINAL Spanish Grain interior!

 

 

Edited December 3, 2020 by dibarlaw (see edit history)