1949 Buick Roadmaster

1949 Buick Roadmaster 4 door Sedan, imported into the UK from Los Angles in 2018. It's had lots do work done such as:

New Exhaust Manifold

All 4 tyres Replaced

After market auto cooling fan installed

New wiring harnesses

New alternator, dynamo voltage regulator and batteries

Rear brakes

Internal cording and parcel shelf

Radio fitted

Partial re-spray by South West Kustom Vehicle Restoration

New Lower Rear Panel

Original ALA and AAA Badges of the period

Its passed all MOTs since I have had it and it has been serviced every year since 2018.

An absolute classic, that always turns heads with its Buick’s 1949 cars were a one-year-only design that included 4 ventiports and the teeth like grill. The car had its own feature in Classic American Magazine in 2024. Still on the original 6 volts, it drives very smoothly and also brakes almost as well as a modern car. Have recently fitted 4 new radial tyres as the cross plays were getting worn.

Fitted with five modern lap belts that blend in seamlessly with the car interior, which is in good condition (as are the matts and carpets). Often used as bad guys car in period films of the 1950s.

Buick “looks fine for ’49” said the headline on the brochure which touted an “interior of fine fabrics and flawless metal finishings, stout-hearted chassis and the widest wheel rims in the industry”. New shock absorbers improved the ride. The 1949 Buicks were built at seven factories across the USA and numbered accordingly, so cars with serial number 150 were manufactured in Michigan, 250s in California and so on. This car’s VIN begins 5525, which means it was born in the Wilmington, Delaware, plant. Model year production was the best yet at 398, 482 cars − meaning 7. 7 per cent of market share − and four-door Roadmasters made up 54, 674 of that total, plus another 568 that were exported