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Hi All just joined and just bought this 1928 Buick Master 6 Sedan and looking at the brochure for the model year 1928 our car does not conform to any of the designs of shown as the rear windows are not the same shape 

if anyone knows why then please help?

 

Also does anyone recognise this car?

 

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The id plate on the firewall should tell you which model this is. Going by the pics in my copy of 70 Years of Buick, if it has a 120" wheelbase it is a Model 47S Deluxe Sedan, or alternatively if the wheelbase is 128" then it is a Model 51 Brougham Touring Sedan.

 

If it is a Model 47S then the job number (style number) will 7650. Unfortunately my list of style numbers has a blank for the Model 51.

 

Even though they were one-year-only body styles they were quite popular - Model 47S - 16,398 produced. Model 51 - 10,258.

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Many thanks guys - yes I agree its amazing. I assumed it was a model 51 - everything seems right except the window shape 

 

Any other comments out there 

 

The P was for Portugal where it was bought in 2006 and brought into the UK - love to know more about its history 

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The rear trunk was a popular accessory at the time and even more popular with modern restorers. Below are photos I shot in 2012 of a similar car which I really fell for. Beautiful, as is yours.

 

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What is probably making you ( and possibly others) think something is different is the fact that the metal trim moldings around the roof and rear quarter windows have been polished and not painted as per original. That bright line distracts the whole flow of the body lines contrasted against the black top and the color of the body. If it was painted black you would loose that distraction and the car would look lower in profile as well.

the same can be said for the black or white walls on the cars here, the white walls make you notice the bulls eye sphere more of the circle for the wheel. You automatically are drawn to a shape that happens to be highlighted by something bright.

I am looking at this and commenting from the standpoint of an artist and historian , not making a judgement call on either as to preference.

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On 2/10/2022 at 12:21 PM, Goodmans UK said:

Hi All just joined and just bought this 1928 Buick Master 6 Sedan and looking at the brochure for the model year 1928 our car does not conform to any of the designs of shown as the rear windows are not the same shape 

if anyone knows why then please help?

 

Also does anyone recognise this car?

 

Cheers. SEAN1pic.jpeg.c19eb44eac52fba03552f373c1b81207.jpeg

 

 

 

Sean, I have photos of almost every factory made Buick from beginning until 1939 and not one photo I looked at shows the "D" Shape of the rear side window you have in the photo above! The Model 28-51 Brougham Sedan shows a porthole window in the rear but the 28-47 Town Brougham is one of the few models I do NOT have. Don't get too excited, only TWO of that model were reported to have been made.

The Designation of "Master Six" from that period does little to identify your car. In 1928 all of the Series 121 (120") and and Series 129 (alternate 128") cars may have been called Master 6 models, that covers about 10 cars! I hate to present all of the obstacles and no answers.

Perhaps, the body of the car you have is NOT a standard Buick design, but a coachbuilt body! If that is the answer, it would not match any Buick numbering. The Fisher Body Data plate may show a standard body but that rear side window is not standard on any Buick between 1924 and 1932... and that presents an identification problem.

I'm going with "a coachbuilt body" for the answer.. but it's a WAG.

A fine looking Buick you have there!

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A very small detail, but the Buick emblem on the trunk of your car is actually the radiator badge from a 1929 Buick, so that would have been something somebody added afterwards.  However, I have seen that done before on both a 1929 Model 55's accessory trunk and a 1934 coupe's accessory trunk, so it seems people like that particular badge design (it was unique to 1929 and original ones are hard to find because the ends usually break off).

 

1928 is one of my 2 favorite years for Buicks, so I think you have a very nice car!

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