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1940 Buick Super Estate Wagon
United States • 20 Nov 2020
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This is a 1940 Buick Super Estate Wagon, a highly desirable first-year model with only 495 produced. The car features a maroon finish, refinished wood bodywork, and a restored interior with a dash clock and Sonomatic radio. Restored in 1997, it's intended for show and driving, riding on updated radial tires.
Condition
8
The vehicle underwent a full restoration in 1997, suggesting it was brought back to a high standard. The description notes that it is 'finished in a beautiful shade of maroon, accented nicely by the wood bodywork', and intended to be both shown and driven. This suggests it is somewhere between 'Excellent' and 'Outstanding', given the age of the restoration and the intent to be driven.
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Transmission:
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Chassis No:
13754990
Odometer:
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Reg Number:
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RHD/LHD:
LHD
Buick came late to the station wagon business.
Not until mid-year in 1940 did such a style appear in their catalogue, but the GM division made up for lost time with a series of elegant wood-bodied cars right through to 1953.
In fact, Buick was the last major manufacturer to offer real structural wood bodies in passenger car lines.
It happened in a roundabout way.
As told by historians Terry Dunham and Lawrence Gustin in The Buick: A Complete History, Evelyn “Bunny” McLeod, a Hollywood socialite and wife of director Norman Z.
McLeod, gave a party at her Beverly Hills home.
In attendance were GM’s Harley Earl and Buick president Harlowe Curtice.
Mrs.
McLeod happened to mention that she did not own a Buick because the marque did not offer a station wagon.
Upon return to Detroit, Earl set out to design one and Curtice placed an order for 501 bodies, 495 for U.S.
sales and six for export.
Construction of the bodies was entrusted to Biehl’s Auto Body Works in West Reading, Pennsyl...
Points of note
£7,206
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£29,289
Median Price (Since 2020)
£53,568
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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