paul55 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 There is a 1937 Buick convertible sedan listed on the Buffalo, NY Craigslist. It is located in Scottsville, NY which is South of Rochester, NY. It is listed at $12,500 and is running. It has been stored in a barn since 1986 and has missing parts. Perhaps someone can help with a link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCHinson Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 https://buffalo.craigslist.org/cto/d/scottsville-1937-buick-4dr-cabriolet/7039331137.html 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38Buick 80C Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Looks like a Special? based on cowl length. a bit aggressive on the price IMO, though if truly rust free... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhigdog Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 4 hours ago, paul55 said: Scottsville, NY which is South of Rochester, NY. It never snows there, does it? Not enough to use road salt I bet..........Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Conley Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 10 minutes ago, Bhigdog said: It never snows there, does it? Not enough to use road salt I bet..........Bob Just like it never rains in Southern California... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 4 hours ago, MCHinson said: https://buffalo.craigslist.org/cto/d/scottsville-1937-buick-4dr-cabriolet/7039331137.html go for it @MCHinson 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCHinson Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 (edited) 30 minutes ago, MrEarl said: go for it @MCHinson 😊 I would like to finish my 1938 Model 61 project before I consider another. Also, I am fairly sure that is a Special. I am sort of stuck on Centurys. My next car (if I choose to do another would probably need to be a 1936 Century to go with my theme of sequential year Centurys). I also agree with Brian that the price seems a bit out of what I would spend on that car in that condition even if I was interested. Edited December 18, 2019 by MCHinson (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLYER15015 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Somebody call Marty. He needs another project............... Mike in colorado 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Roth Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 (edited) Thanks, Mike, but just enjoying what I have, maintaining them, and touring whenever possible , is enough for us. Love my 1937 80C. These are a Fantastic Driver ! Edited December 18, 2019 by Marty Roth (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassesguy Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Looks like a Special. Price a little high but if the floors etc are good might be worth it. A concern would be if the center posts are missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Roth Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Definately NOT A ROADMASTER ! All 80 Series Phaetons (80C - convertible sedan) had conventionally hinged rear doors, not rear "suicide" doors 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Yes, thats the small body, but did they make a Century version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCHinson Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 3 minutes ago, Bloo said: Yes, thats the small body, but did they make a Century version? Yes but from the photos I would say that I am 99% sure it is a Special. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLYER15015 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 1 hour ago, MCHinson said: Yes but from the photos I would say that I am 99% sure it is a Special. Yup, and it looks like a lot of parts have been "harvested" from her. Now they are trying to sell the "shell". What a shame............. Mike in Colorado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 That's about 15 miles from me. A lot of cars that belonged to Steve Ross have been coming out of the woodwork since he passed away. Most are in similar condition and out of similar storage. A friend recently bought a '35 Studebaker twice removed from the collection. If I was interested I wouldn't balk at the price. Don't you know it's only the entry fee? I must be getting old fashioned. I don't wear shorts and flip flops to church. And I don't put pictures of cars for sale that are still on the flatbed or car trailer. About two years ago I was going to buy this one in the same neighborhood. But when I got there a the owner told me someone was on the way. That was a friend I figured needed the money from reselling more than I. So I passed. It was $800 or $1000. One thing to remember, that salt belt was also the money belt. Many nicer climates didn't have the buyers with money for a Buick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 On 12/18/2019 at 10:59 AM, 60FlatTop said: Many nicer climates didn't have the buyers with money for a Buick. I resemble that remark. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Posting this ad in it's entirety as although it appears someone did do a sad injustice to the car by stealing some of its integral parts and appurtenances I personally think that if it is indeed "rust free" and the " straight 8 engine runs good" the $12K price tag would not be that much out of line for an easy restore '37 convertible even if it is a Special. I've been around Brians @38Buick 80C just enough to fall in love with the 4 suicide door convertible designs of these cars. I'm also a fan of the somewhat slant back design. Hopefully it finds a good BCA member home. Barn find. ESTATE CAR . 1937 Buick 4dr Cabriolet. In storage since 1986. needs restoration . Body is rust free. interior needs work . straight 8 engine runs good. missing some parts that were stolen while in storage. Sold with a bill of sale. $12,500 Call show contact info do NOT contact me with unsolicited services or offers post id: 7039331137 posted: 3 days ago 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Gelinas (XP-300) Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 I can only imagine what that will look once it's restored. Awesome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCHinson Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 I still think it is a Special despite the ebay listing description. I have sent the seller a message to attempt to determine the series for sure, but here it is on ebay now: https://www.ebay.com/itm/153769715418 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCHinson Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 The seller has confirmed that the car is indeed a Special, not a Century. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pont35cpe Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 7 hours ago, MCHinson said: I still think it is a Special despite the ebay listing description. I have sent the seller a message to attempt to determine the series for sure, but here it is on ebay now: https://www.ebay.com/itm/153769715418 Seller ended auction "no longer available".. Now relistedhttps://www.ebay.com/itm/1937-Buick-Other/153770533213?hash=item23cd70215d:g:ViMAAOSw6-5d~V2z 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCHinson Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 47 minutes ago, pont35cpe said: Seller ended auction "no longer available".. Now relistedhttps://www.ebay.com/itm/1937-Buick-Other/153770533213?hash=item23cd70215d:g:ViMAAOSw6-5d~V2z I assume that was his preferred method to correct his error in listing it as a Century the first time. I would think that the missing "B" pillars would be difficult to deal with. Everything else is fairly straight forward, although the interior will be a bit more difficult since the demise of LeBaron Bonney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibarlaw Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 The 1937 40C I bid on several years ago at the deceased owners estate sale. Photo is from our Mason Dixon Show in 2012. It is Coronary Green. The car had been restored from a very dilapidated basket case by Jack Frank. He always said he spent in excess of $200,000 on the restoration. It truly was a stunning restoration. I was only able to go up to $20,000. It sold for $40,000. The family had offered it to me the year before at their asking price of $57,000. A year later the new owner lost interest and placed it for sale at Hershey with a broker. I am not sure what it sold for but probably around $50,000. It went to a good BCA member's home in Indianapolis. Jack told me that the top mechanism components were the greatest hassle to get chromed correctly. He said he spent over $5,000 to get them done in the late 1970s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimy Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 2 hours ago, dibarlaw said: Coronary Green Larry, "Coronary Green"???? You made me choke on my beverage! Late 1930s Cadillacs had a wonderful very dark green, appeared black unless in direct sunlight, called Cavern Green--possibly similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38Buick 80C Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 4 hours ago, Grimy said: Larry, "Coronary Green"???? You made me choke on my beverage! Late 1930s Cadillacs had a wonderful very dark green, appeared black unless in direct sunlight, called Cavern Green--possibly similar. http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcodedisplay.cgi?year=1937&model=Buick&rows=50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimy Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Thanks, Brian. There IS indeed another adjectival meaning of "coronary." I was visualizing myself turning a color such as green during a coronary attack... 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 In the weeks before I had my coronation I was a sort of hazy gray. I had a conjugated artery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1953mack Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 On 12/18/2019 at 9:59 AM, 60FlatTop said: On 12/22/2019 at 1:42 PM, dibarlaw said: Love those 1937s with a true classic look. FWIW. One of my earliest memories of a Buick is seeing my Grandpa brush-painting his 1938 Buick 4-door Special black in the early-1950s at his lake cabin. I did get a chance to ride in the front seat with him to the lake once after that and can still recall him working the floor shift. To this day, I always felt that the 1938s have the ugliest grilles (heavy horizontal grille bars) of all the 1930s Buicks and should have been built before the 1937s that have the sleeker thinner grille bars. Typically the newer the model, the more-advanced styling. What was Buick thinking? The same holds true for the rectangular-boxed 1954 Buicks, excluding the Skylark, compared to the 1953s. Ho, Ho, Ho ! Al Malachowski BCA #8965 "More than 500 Miles NSE or W from the North Pole" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancemb Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 On 12/22/2019 at 8:07 PM, 38Buick 80C said: http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcodedisplay.cgi?year=1937&model=Buick&rows=50 That is hilarious...there must be another meaning to the word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancemb Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 It looks like the original asking price of $12,500 was realistic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937-44 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 1 hour ago, lancemb said: That is hilarious...there must be another meaning to the word. History and Etymology for coronary Adjective borrowed from New Latin corōnārius "of a crown, encircling a body organ like a crown," going back to Latin, "of garlands or wreaths," from corōna "garland, wreath worn on the head as a mark of honor or emblem of majesty" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuicksBuicks Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 In one of the "Honeymooners", Ralph Kramden drives a '37 Buick Open sedan with side mounts and tries to escape to a hunting lodge with Norton, while trying to leave the wives behind. Does anyone know what year/show this was? It was one of the high quality shows, not one of earlier shows. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCHinson Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Not sure that it really matters but the car in the "Honeymooners" is not a Special. It is a large series. Note the lack of "suicide" doors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Roth Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, MCHinson said: Not sure that it really matters but the car in the "Honeymooners" is not a Special. It is a large series. Note the lack of "suicide" doors. In 1937, the only 4-door Buick with conventional (non-suicide) doors, in my recollection was the Roadmaster 80C. Buick called it a Phaeton, and conventionally was considered a convertible sedan - like mine. The other series of Buick in 1937, closed or open 4-door models, had suicide rear doors as I recall. The yellow car also in this photo from the 2012 VMCCA Glidden Tour in Texas is Doug Seybold's 1940 Buick Century with rear "suicide" style doors, and neither Buick, nor any other make I recall actually used that term. Edited January 3, 2020 by Marty Roth typo, and additional note (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Marty, I would 100% agree with your comment, no car company advertised "suicide doors". Why, to do so, would be advertising, what, suicide? That was just a moniker added during the time period, since theoretically opening such a door while going down the road would not only pull the door open violently, but theoretically take the occupant with hand on inside door handle with it..... I will say that so-called "suicide doors" make entry to the vehicle much easier. One can spread left leg forward and then gently swing in, as opposed to bending knee to a great degree to fit foot inside car. As we age gracefully, it's the "bending knee" part that is key.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin M Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Here’s a 38 for sale for a bit more money in New Jersey by NYC looks good in my opinion and has been for sale for a few weeks now. https://newjersey.craigslist.org/cto/d/alpine-1938-buick-roadmaster/7042030457.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38Buick 80C Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 7 hours ago, Kevin M said: Here’s a 38 for sale for a bit more money in New Jersey by NYC looks good in my opinion and has been for sale for a few weeks now. https://newjersey.craigslist.org/cto/d/alpine-1938-buick-roadmaster/7042030457.html This car a a LOT of documented history to it, very neat back story. Up until recently a 1 family car. Recently its just been passed between dealers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuickBob49 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 There appears to be a crest painted on the back doors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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