buick woodie

[blind pew]

Interesting '52 buick with most of the wood there. 

 

https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/pts/d/menlo-park-1952-buick-woody-estate/7277446711.html

 

Can't seem to be able to respond to the ad, though. 

[Tom Boehm]

Here is an observation: The 1949 Oldsmobile and the 1953 Buick are the only woodies out there that came new with a modern overhead valve V8 and automatic transmission. That is what the street rodders modify other makes to achieve. I'm surprised these two are not the most sought after woodies instead of the Chrysler T&C, Packards, and Ford Sportsman.

 

Oldsmobile had automatic transmission starting in 1940. Buick had it starting in 1948. (including the 1952 above). The Buick in this thread and the 49 Oldsmobile in the previous thread have the same wood body. 

[blind pew]

It looks like a good project. I would buy it, but I can’t get the email to go through.

[dcaddick]

On 2/19/2021 at 5:39 PM, Tom Boehm said:

The Buick in this thread and the 49 Oldsmobile in the previous thread have the same wood body. 

Sorry Tom that is not correct. The 1949 Oldsmobile body was built by Fisher. It shared that body with Chevrolet and Pontiac. And it was one year only.

Buick was built in Ionia and were built from 1949 to 1953. Buick's lasted longer because the wood was more covered by steel and the thickness of the structure is substantially more then the Oldsmobile. 

[Tom Boehm]

You are correct! I made an assumption without looking it up based on the general similarity of the wood design. In the postwar era Buick always had a different station wagon body than Chevrolet, Pontiac, and  Oldsmobile. 

Chevrolet, Pontiac, and Oldsmobile used the same station wagon body in 1949. Early 1949's were wood made by Ionia. Later ones were steel made by Fisher.