My Family and 1939 Buick Century 4 Dr. / Price and Position

[JDaly]

Among my family's cars was this beautiful 1939 Buick Century 4 door.

It was not till I dug into it a bit that I found out my grandfather was driving the banker's hot rod, in some circles called the world's first muscle car.

Here's my substack post on the story.

You may enjoy it.

John Daly

[1939_Buick]

The car in the clip is not a '39 Buick. Maybe 1940. Grilles and headlights are very different

[Matt Harwood]

I think it's actually a 1940 Chevrolet. 

 

 

Edited December 29, 2022 by Matt Harwood (see edit history)

[MCHinson]

Certainly not a 1939 Buick. I agree with Matt Harwood, it appears to be a 1940 Chevrolet. 

[Barney Eaton]

I also agree it is a 1940.   There were three series that year...  Master 85 series KB was entry level.

Master deluxe series KH was next,  
Special Deluxe series KA was the top priced model..... my guess is the car pictured is a KA because it seems to have more chrome trim

They made 138,811 KA 4 door sedans that year. 

[Machine Gun]

I once owned a two-door 1940 Master 85. There was no brightwork on the hood louvers or on the doors. It had a radio, though. The Chevy was a fun car to drive, except that up here in Sussex County it's pretty hilly by NJ standards, and performance was severely lacking on many of the local roads.  Nevertheless, I miraculously won a race with it. One of my friends insisted that I won because it was a downhill race and my opponent was facing the wrong direction, but to this day I'm convinced that the car won on its own merit.

[JDaly]

Thanks for the corrections.

Yikes. I am very sorry. A novice I am.

So I will need to correct it to a 1940 Chevrolet Special Deluxe series KA?

Just want to confirm.

THanks, 

 

(also, can you pinpoint the 1940 price of that Chevrolet Special Deluxe Series KA?)

 

(also, takes away my entire story line on the fam being upper middle class. But that's OK>)

VERY obliged to Matt, Machine Gunn, Barney, Matthew and 1939_Buick Club. Thanks.

[MCHinson]

Don't feel too bad. You are certainly not the first person to write a lengthy scholarly research paper who had to retract it after publishing. A lot of scholarly research papers turn out to be totally wrong.

[EmTee]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7IMS60IkYA

[JDaly]

49 minutes ago, MCHinson said:

Don't feel too bad. You are certainly not the first person to write a lengthy scholarly research paper who had to retract it after publishing. A lot of scholarly research papers turn out to be totally wrong.

Well, I just crossed everything out. Premise smashed.

They say arbitrager George Soros always assumed he was wrong and was ever ready to take an opposite currency postion.

I thought I learned that lesson.

But I keep forgetting how wrong I am.

Thanks to all of you.

 

And in EmTee's video words...

 

"Oh well that's VERY different... nevermind,"

 

Nice hanging around you Buick folks, as an interloper, for a while.

I republished corrected / Chevy version here.

Gratias.

[Marty Roth]

On 1/4/2023 at 10:53 AM, EmTee said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7IMS60IkYA

Gilda Radner was a comic genius,

as was her husband and actor Gene Wilder

[EmTee]

 

Wouldn't you love to have been invited over to their house for dinner? 

Edited June 6, 2023 by EmTee (see edit history)