Buick Super Sedanet, 1949
Buick Super
Buick Super•
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Chassis No.: 53390915
Auction: Kissimmee 2024
Auction date: January 14, 2024
Lot No.: J172.1
$37,400 | Sold
- Odometer: 46,253 miles
- Engine: Inline 8-cylinder
- Exterior: Royal Maroon
- Interior: Tan
- Body: Sedanet
- Meticulous 6-year frame-off restoration
- Professionally rebuilt mechanics
- Fireball 248 CI Dynaflash OHV inline 8-cylinder engine
- Dynaflow automatic transmission
- Royal Maroon exterior
- Tan leather interior
- Concours-quality plating and trim
Finished in Royal Maroon, this 1949 Buick Super Sedanet underwent a 6-year frame-off restoration emerging with professionally rebuilt mechanicals, concours-quality plated and polished brightwork and a tan leather interior, including the headliner. Powered by the venerable 248 CI Fireball Dynaflash inline 8-cylinder engine with the valve-in-head and a Dynaflow automatic transmission, the Super is fitted with rear fender skirts, a chrome grille and bumpers, twin sideview mirrors, side trim and more, lending it a sporty but conservative level of style.
Rolling on wide whitewall tires with steel wheels, chrome trim rings and polished hubcaps with Buick scripting, the Sedanet fastback design was one of the most eye-catching styles of 1940s automotive design, exuding elegance and energy in one package. The Super debuted for 1940 and would see production sporadically through the years, offering customers a unique automobile blending smaller, more efficient engines with a larger body and more comfortable interior.
This was in contrast to the Buick Century, which paired a smaller body with a larger-displacement engine, providing exceptional performance with minimal creature comforts, a formula which would later be considered the perfect recipe for the muscle car. While the 1940 lineup featured the fastback design, the look would be refined through the years after World War II, culminating into a fresh makeover for the 1948 model year, bringing about a lower beltline, cleaner use of brightwork and an overall sense of modernity and movement. This generation of Buick would prove one of the most popular ever produced, particularly as the fastback Sedanet body.
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Cost
137,352 AED
