Xander Wildeisen Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/353837017402076/?ref=search 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 (edited) Great car but it is not a Victoria. And those pictures are absolutely horrible. The phone outline is part of the pictures. Edited January 28 by alsancle (see edit history) 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamInNH Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Even if it is a club sedan, ‘33 90 series clubby is a pretty uncommon car. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 If it was in my neighborhood, I would own it. Great car. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudsy Wudsy Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 The ad is a dud, but the Buick is a treasure. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Den41Buick Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 1933 Series 90 Cub Sedan...rare and beautiful. Need better pictures please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kar3516 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 I have not contacted the seller but it is possible that this is the same car on a SOLD listing through classiccars.com. Perhaps someone here has had a positive experience with classiccars.com but as far as I can tell they are a compiler of other seller’s listings. Almost 100 high resolution pics were posted with the classiccars.com ad; I have not checked elsewhere to see what other photos might be available online. Note the removed engine side cover plate and tagging and slight rerouting of the red plug wires but still same routing of coil / generator wiring in both sets of pictures. Also note the duct tape on the firewall on the firewall in one set of pics and the residual evidence of pulled firewall duct tape in exactly the same spot in the other set of pictures. Chassis serial number plate included below from the classiccars.com ad. Any thoughts from anyone on this particular car? Has anyone contacted the seller directly? I would be cautious…. https://classiccars.com/listings/view/1249037/1933-buick-90-for-sale-in-bedford-hts-ohio-44146 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classiclines Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Far as I know, the ClassicCars.com website is functional. You have found a listing for a car sold in the past. Unfortunately, they don't say when the car sold. I agree that the two cars have similarities. It's possible, someone bought the car off ClassicCars, brought it home, did some work under the hood - took off the tape, installed the missing part, changed the shift knob - and then possibly died. The Seller says he's been asked to sell the car for the widow. I can't vouch for the Seller, but he does have a few other Facebook ads for other vehicles, and they are not rare or under-priced and they have regular photos (not camera phone photos). So, the camera phone photos are inconsistent with his other ads. So, maybe he is just doing the widow a favor and he received the phone photos from her (no other reason that he shouldn't know how to load them properly if he used his own phone) - the only way to know is to reach out to the Seller on Facebook. The price is similar to what the car possibly sold for last time - so I'm not seeing blatant red flags - but, as always, buyer beware. Always good to be cautious. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classiclines Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 It appears the car may also have been related to this thread - if Matt Harwood sees this - may be he can comment - the price of $37,900 in this thread is exactly the same as the ClassicCars.com old ad... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38Buick 80C Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 @Matt Harwood 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Seems like a scam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjmarzoli Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Yes this is the same car Matt had commented on back in 2019. I studied the pictures in the new at vs the 2019 ad. So it went from OH to CA. The only difference I see is changed back to a (presumably) correct shift knob. Price now is $2k less than asking price in 2019. Hope they kept the spark plug wire cover. What's it worth? What are those chrome parts on the rear seat floor that look like small lamps? They look too small to be the driving lamps that were on the car in 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 This is indeed the same car that my ex-partner sold a few years ago here in Cleveland. I really liked it and may have been a buyer if I didn't have the '35 Lincoln. However, I was recently contacted by a mutual acquaintance of the guy who bought the car asking me to buy the car. This acquaintance was a little vague on details but it sounded like something was amiss with the car that the new owner didn't want to deal with. It's certainly possible that the person listing it now is either that owner or someone to whom that owner sold the car at a discount for whatever that reason might have been, or he might be as advertised and selling it for the widow. I don't know. I think any 1933-34-35 Buick 90 Series is a fantastic car, but if you're interested in this one I'd recommending giving it a VERY close look in person. I don't know what was wrong with it or why the new owner was turned off by it, so I can't supply any additional details there. I don't believe it's a scam, since the location is right and the images are not recycled photos from the earlier ad. Someone took those photos more recently. And a scam would have a much deeper discount to hook a sucker. It doesn't feel scammy to me. Inexperienced? Most certainly. That's all I know. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjmarzoli Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Matt, did you ever lay eyes on the car in the flesh? It was sold back in 2019 by the looks of it, so we are talking 4-5 years ago, so possible new owner drove it for a couple years then ran into mechanical gremlins and stopped driving it, then passed away. Since the plug cover is off perhaps it had to to with ignition and the dual points system. Having owned one I can attest to the fact that they are finicky to get tuned properly. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 No, I never went to see it so I can't really say anything about its actual condition. It was a car that appealed to me but since I already have a mid-30s club sedan, I wasn't really a player on it. I was hoping another forum member might be interested and I was willing to go see it on their behalf. Nothing ever came of it, though. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramair Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 I really love these big Buicks, well then again , Packards, Pierce Arrow and REO Royales, there AJ full disclosure! I reach out to the seller yesterday and he responded to my concise question with a one word answer that really gave me no information. Truthfully I found it easier to deal with people on Craigslist, even if they where lieing to you there is at least a conversation. I will wait with baited breath for the seller to send me another morsel, sort of like name that tune, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjmarzoli Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Yeah Facebook is terrible. 10x worse than craigslist. Usually you get a one word answer to a question you did not ask, or they just completely ignore you. Often I ask questions and get a reply back stating "still available" when I didn't even ask that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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