For Sale: 1936 Buick Special Model 40 sedan - $15,000 - Hartford, CT - Not Mine

[58L-Y8]

For Sale: 1936 Buick Special Model 40 sedan - $15,000 - Hartford, CT

1936 Buick special model 40 - cars & trucks - by owner - vehicle... (craigslist.org)

1936 Buick special straight 8 with 3-speed transmission on the floor this car is a driver runs and drives very nice I just replaced the three-speed transmission with a rebuilt shifts perfect smokes on startup paint is original and has been cleared it has many defects but it looks good at 6 ft this is a really nice driver one hand out the window one hand on the wheel great boulevard cruiser has 2-4 50 vent window air conditioning please take a look at the pictures (please serious inquiries only)  odometer: 43000

Contact:  call or text:  (860) 8-8-two-9-7-two-3

Copy and paste in your email:   944aa294f6da39539627028a3c84e679@sale.craigslist.org

I have no personal interest or stake in the eventual sale of this 1936 Buick Special Model 40 sedan.

[supercub]

My favorite old car. It looks great. Been on CL for a while. Smoking at startup means probably worn rings.

[Steve_Mack_CT]

Yep, thought the same, what a neat example of a typical mid 30s car.  A lot of us love Classics and early Fords, but what else did people drive..  Buicks seem pretty well supported which is a nice offset to my first comment.

 

Oh yeah 6 window sedan but not imo an ugly duckling.  Seems like a decent deal if engine isn't on its last legs.

[supercub]

I've always liked the straight 8's and the 38 nose.

[John_S_in_Penna]

12 hours ago, 58L-Y8 said:

...it has many defects but it looks good at 6 ft this is a really nice driver one hand out the window one hand on the wheel great boulevard cruiser has 2-4 50 vent window air conditioning please take a look...

 

If the seller learned to write, using punctuation,

what he says would be much clearer.

 

Is he saying the car has (after-market) air conditioning,

or that the vent windows are the "air conditioning"?

 

I can see why English class is very useful in school!

[supercub]

He sounds like a joker for sure and the write up is typical craigslist in style.

[suchan]

What is that upholstery, ultrasuede? Definitely not original.

OK driver. What I can see of the brightwork looks worn.

$15K is optimistic. 

Using punctuation isn't that much of a burden. Being too lazy to use it sends a message.

 

 

[Steve_Mack_CT]

I am a little less put off by punctuation issues than a paragraph as long as the one devoted to description of the car warning buyers to BE SERIOUS - or else. 

🤔😁  

 

I do agree price is a bit high but it seems like you see less of these wood framed mid 30s sedans than the later ones.  I really like GM lines of the era.  Better at 11, 12k after the haggling?

 

 

Edited May 19, 2021 by Steve_Mack_CT (see edit history)

[suchan]

2 minutes ago, Steve_Mack_CT said:

I am a little less put off by punctuation issues than a paragraph as long as the one devoted to description of the car warning buyers to BE SERIOUS - or else. 

🤔😁  

 

I do agree price is a bit high but it seems like you see less of these wood framed mid 30s sedans than the later ones.  I really like GM lines of the era.  Better at 11, 12k after the haggling?

 

 

I've learned not to be serious about any car until I inspect it. The "serious only" comments are kind of off-putting. Doesn't seem the seller was too serious in composing the ad.

Yeah, $10-12K might be the sweet spot for this car.

[Uptowndodge]

Gang up on the guy already 

[Steve_Mack_CT]

7 hours ago, Uptowndodge said:

Gang up on the guy already 

Not this one Dodge, the standard one liner is fine, I mean the guy who uses one line on the car itself and six lines warning potential buyers...

 

I had a pal who had a great line at from our single days at the bars, "hi want to dance"  "no" "than what the **** are you doing here?!"  🤔😉 Same concept in a way.

 

But again, general comment, don't want to trash this guy or his ad.  Personally, I like this car a lot, even more at 10, 12k.  

 

Seller has had it out there a while.  Seems ok talking good and bad about it.  I even thought about calling him but that would mean re learning my lesson that 2 is the right number of oldies for me.  Still this looks like a fun car to me, not too nice yet not a heavy project if your goal is not high end showing.

 

I am surprised our many Buick folk have not weighed in on this one.  We see a lot of earlier cars, 29, 30, and then 39 on up, fewer of these years.

 

Hope it sells but its been out there long enough at 15k that I think market agrees it is a bit high.

Edited June 18, 2021 by Steve_Mack_CT (see edit history)

[Steve_Mack_CT]

Seller dropped his price to $14k on fb market, so I bet 12k, 13k would bring it on home.  "Smokes at start up" is probabky the big thing I would be concerned about.

[Frank Wilkie]

All the negative mouthing about this car..  Has anyone of you made a realistic offer?  Or is your game is to run down people's vehicles and not a dollar to spend.. 

[Steve_Mack_CT]

Hmm, the not mine section is largely focused on conversation about a given car.  Price change could be constructive info for someone interested in it. Especially since the seller didn't publish the change elsewhere.    I think, I already noted it's tempting but not for me.  If you are following it because you have interest then your welcome. 😊👍