PICTURE OF ORIGINAL 1949 Roadmaster Jack.

[autonut]

I suspect it has to be a bumper jack since to raise the auto high enough to get the read tires off. Car has skirts so these have to come off first obviously.  Just obtained the auto a few months ago, and it has a jack which goes under the frame.  I'm sure it is not original.

Lee Noga

[BuickBob49]

Here's a photo of the original jack for my 1949 Super.

[avgwarhawk]

I suspect a bumper jack was the jack that came with the car.   These jacks are widow makers.  

[BuickBob49]

In the 43 years that I've owned this 1949 Super four-door, I've never had the opportunity to use this bumper jack. It sits stored in the trunk behind the upright spare tire!

[Century Eight]

Growing up in the fifties, that’s all we knew and had.  I’ve  used those hundreds of times but the removable part that fits between the bumper and the jack pictured looks a little more unsafe than most of them, with not much of a lip to go under the bumper. When my Dad got a three legged screw jack I thought that was great.  

 

If you have ever seen the jack supplied with a ‘40 Buick, now that’s a widow maker!

 

Glad they make portable hydraulic jacks so affordable and user friendly these days

[BuickBob49]

At least my old 1981 Chevy Citation had jack holes in the bumpers. Much safer for using bumper jacks. Used them seasonally to swap out summer tires for snow tires and vice versa.