Steve Hagy Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Hi, Trying to get this identified for a friend. Seeking my standard info of year, make and model. Only 1 week to identify this before we sleep for 3 days after eating way too much turkey... Thanks, Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif Holmberg Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 1930 or 1931 hard to say but it seems to be a Century ser 60 extended to 155 wb.? The head light looks to be from a 1932 but it can be an illusion? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 2 hours ago, Leif Holmberg said: 1930 or 1931 hard to say but it seems to be a Century ser 60 extended to 155 wb.? The head light looks to be from a 1932 but it can be an illusion? The distinguishing feature which differentiates the 1931 from the 1930 Buicks is the radiator cap with an 8 on it. Unfortunately it is not visible here. Buick didn't use the term Century until the 1936 model year. The car looks to be a stretched Buick chassis, more likely from 1930 I think, but whether it is a Series 50 or 60 is hard to say. They both used the big 331 cid six. and both were on 6.50 x 19 tyres. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30sclassics Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 The 1930 Buick radiator cap was flat, as shown in the first photo; the 1931 cap had a winged 8 on top. 1931 outer bumper guards had less of a taper on the sides, vs. the 1930 guards which tapered almost to a point. I believe this is a 1930. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 (edited) Buick built a 155" wheelbase Series 60 commercial chassis which were used by Flxible and other hearse/ambulance professional car coachbuilders. Mostly likely this chassis was part of that production but bought by a fire truck/crew car body maker to build a lower-priced fire truck for smaller cities with modest budgets. Edited November 19, 2022 by 58L-Y8 (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Hagy Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 As always, thank you for your comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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