karlosdeville Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Hello all, A friend is restoring his 1941 Buick model 56C, 2 door convertible interestingly in right hand drive, being delivered new to a Maharaja in India. If we see the Fisher job plate I think I see a letter 'O' stamped after Mod 56C, and perhaps the letter 'G' stamped for Accessories? Would be highly obliged if someone could decode that for me. Do we know how many right hand drive Model 56C cars were produced? Thanks and regards, Karl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrudy Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 According to the Standard Catalog of Buick 3rd Edition, there were 12,181 of the Model 41-56C were produced. On Note 16 the book states "An additional 210 Model 41-56CX convertible coupes were built for export. Hope this helps. With that ID number it appear as though numbers 14034052 through 14257441 were built at the Flint, Michigan plant. Sure would like to see more pics of this Super. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buick looks fine for 39 Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 I posted all the accessory codes for 1941 a few months ago under "Buick looks fine for 39". Thanks Leif 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlosdeville Posted November 11, 2023 Author Share Posted November 11, 2023 On 10/21/2023 at 8:12 AM, buick looks fine for 39 said: I posted all the accessory codes for 1941 a few months ago under "Buick looks fine for 39". Thanks Leif Thank you Leif - unfortunately the letter G is missing in your list of codes. I assume it is something related to export market cars. The mystery continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buick looks fine for 39 Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 I just saw your post. The accessory code is hand stamped as it should be and it looks like it was stamped during factory assembly. My information came from the 1941 Buick Distribution Book which was used at the dealerships for filling out new car order forms. It was not unusual for Buick to introduce new available features later in the model year. I have an Interorganizational Field Memo introducing a new upholstery option for 39 Centuries at mid production complete with an upholstery sample. It has an upholstery code that is not in my 1939 Buick Distribution Book. I'll check my stuff to see if I can find a G code. Thanks Leif 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buick looks fine for 39 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 G code at least for 1939 is for an accessory oil filter. Thanks Leif 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now