buick looks fine for 39 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 (edited) // Edited February 1, 2022 by buick looks fine for 39 I'm learning how to use the web site (see edit history) 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buick looks fine for 39 Posted February 1, 2022 Author Share Posted February 1, 2022 I apologize for having part of this upside down. This photo was 1 of a series created by the Buick advertising department and distrubuted to zone dealerships, newspapers, and movie theaters. Both Ronald Regan and Jane Wyman were B movie actors under contract with Warner Studios in 1939. This contract also allowed them to work for Buick Motor Division. Folks like Clark Gable were A movie actors and they advertized for Packard. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 When was the "Sun Roof" first offered as an option on an American car? They were popular on 1930's European cars, is that how they came about? Personally I've never seen the need for one, and would use it as a negotiating point on a used car with one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Ronald Reagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buick looks fine for 39 Posted February 1, 2022 Author Share Posted February 1, 2022 yep, sorry for the misspelling I did it in a hurry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly_John Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 (edited) Here you go, Leif. This will keep our fellow BUICK lovers from having the blood rush to their heads, as they stand on them to read the photo cutline. John Edited February 1, 2022 by Jolly_John (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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8E45E Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 (edited) Cadillac also offered a sunroof in 1939 as did Studebaker. And more info here: Craig Edited February 1, 2022 by 8E45E (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordyStepho Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Incredible, why we still don't have such beautiful cars anymore, I don't understand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5219 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Warner Brothers had some kind of a deal with Buick. Think of the one in Casablanca that Claude Raines drove or the Buick wagon Bette Davis drove in Now Voyager or the 1941 Buick convertible that Jack Benny drove in George Washington Slept Here or the 1941 Limited that was in The Man Who Came To Dinner, and a lot of others. Ronald Reagan, I believe owned, a 1939 LaSalle convertible in real life. Late in the forties, he became friendly with a Lincoln dealer named Tuttle. I have seen a promotional photo of Reagan and Jane Wyman posing with a 1949 Lincoln. Jane does not look thrilled to be there, probably because she left him some time in 1948. When he was President, he appointed one of the Tuttle family as Ambassador to Great Britain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 (edited) The Man Who Came to Dinner. Buicks. 1939 1941 Buick Limited Edited February 1, 2022 by mike6024 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Now, Voyager '41 Limited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 I like the '39's with the grill and headlights. Looks like the eyeballs and mouth of some creature. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 On 2/1/2022 at 12:14 AM, mike6024 said: I like the '39's with the grill and headlights. Looks like the eyeballs and mouth of some creature. Same here, My Father had a 39 Pontiac and that had great art deco grill also, but not as good the Buick, The car just makes a statement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintage1 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 I learned something new , I had never heard of a Sunshine Turret Top. Great photos! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesR Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Yes, thanks for the education. Despite viewing sunroofs installed decades after the fact as butchery of old cars, I have to admit they can be nice. I was riding in my brother's Infinity today, and really enjoyed the glassed over sunroof. As an option on this old Buick, it's pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrspeedyt Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 (edited) i had a rough 40 la salle sedan with a factory steel sunroof. pretty neat! sold it a few years ago to a restorer. Edited February 12, 2022 by mrspeedyt (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHuDWah Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 6 hours ago, mrspeedyt said: i had a rough 40 la salle sedan with a factory steel sunroof. pretty neat! sold it a few years ago. sold it to a restorer. So a sunroof to let the sun in and a visor to keep it out 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 On 2/3/2022 at 11:32 AM, CHuDWah said: So a sunroof to let the sun in and a visor to keep it out 🤣 Unless the driver's eyes are in the back of his head!! Craig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHuDWah Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 On 2/4/2022 at 2:34 PM, 8E45E said: Unless the driver's eyes are in the back of his head!! Craig 🤣 Off-topic but I've read that folks in places that have tigers wear masks with eyes on the backs of their heads. Apparently tigers are ambush predators and less likely to attack head-on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Roth Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 9 hours ago, CHuDWah said: 🤣 Off-topic but I've read that folks in places that have tigers wear masks with eyes on the backs of their heads. Apparently tigers are ambush predators and less likely to attack head-on. So, maybe that could help to keep from getting your car rear-ended in heavy traffic ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryankazmer Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 17 hours ago, CHuDWah said: 🤣 Off-topic but I've read that folks in places that have tigers wear masks with eyes on the backs of their heads. Apparently tigers are ambush predators and less likely to attack head-on. It was used in the Sunderbans, Bangadesh. Worked for a while but the tigers learned to tell the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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