Author Topic: JPG #104 Solved : 1948 Buick Roadster by Bayliff (Read 842 times)

João · « **on:** March 15, 2011, 01:15:18 AM »

An easy one :

Year,make,model and coachbuilder please!

João · « **Reply #1 on:** March 16, 2011, 12:23:39 PM »

Expertime!

Aaron65 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 16, 2011, 02:38:17 PM »

Is it an American well-known coachbuilder?

João · « **Reply #3 on:** March 16, 2011, 02:41:26 PM »

Quote from: Aaron65 on March 16, 2011, 02:38:17 PM

Is it an American well-known coachbuilder?

No...I don't know if we can call them coachbuilders

Aaron65 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 16, 2011, 03:52:07 PM »

Is the coachbuilder European?

João · « **Reply #5 on:** March 16, 2011, 04:05:46 PM »

Quote from: João on March 16, 2011, 02:41:26 PM

Quote from: Aaron65 on March 16, 2011, 02:38:17 PM
Is it an American well-known coachbuilder?

No...I don't know if we can call them coachbuilders

I said no to your well-known..It's American.

hugo90 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 16, 2011, 04:41:31 PM »

Is it an accessory supplier? The car is a '42-45 Buick. This top looks like it would fit most GM convertibles of the era. They may have also made the fancy side trim bits and the swoopy mirrors.

João · « **Reply #7 on:** March 16, 2011, 05:01:15 PM »

Let's say it's a "Coach Corporation" Locked for you until your next reply!

Now that we know it's a Buick :

hugo90 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 16, 2011, 06:13:27 PM »

Don't lock for me. I don't have much chance of figuring this one out.

Aaron65 · « **Reply #9 on:** March 16, 2011, 06:56:38 PM »

That's a weird one. At first, I thought it was a '42 Special, but now that it's whole, you can see it has a '47/8 Special grille. I'm going to guess the car was once a '47 or '48 Special 2-door Sedanet, but I have no idea who turned it into a roadster!

Vincent Vell Vet · « **Reply #10 on:** March 17, 2011, 01:24:11 PM »

Barris? Built for some Hollywierd type?

João · « **Reply #11 on:** March 17, 2011, 01:32:42 PM »

Quote from: Vincent Vell Vet on March 17, 2011, 01:24:11 PM

Barris? Built for some Hollywierd type?

No..

Vincent Vell Vet · « **Reply #12 on:** March 17, 2011, 01:54:52 PM »

How about a funeral car builder like S&S Hess & Isenhardt?
Actually Flxible was more known for using Buick based funeral coaches.

I must say the lines in the windshield/roof area really are not all that well done.
Makers of hearses and ambulances usually had a better eye for proportions than this car!

João · « **Reply #13 on:** March 17, 2011, 01:56:44 PM »

No...the same company built Packards

Vincent Vell Vet · « **Reply #14 on:** March 17, 2011, 02:01:48 PM »

Henney!

And the long wheelbase Henneys were verey much not

, but the short wheelbase cars were

.
...as were short wheelbase versions from ANY US hearses!....

!!!

João · « **Reply #15 on:** March 17, 2011, 02:04:18 PM »

Not Henney

Vincent Vell Vet · « **Reply #16 on:** March 17, 2011, 02:07:39 PM »

What? Not Henney?
You don't mean Dutch Darrin, do you?

Vincent Vell Vet · « **Reply #17 on:** March 22, 2011, 02:45:05 PM »

Back to the top with you from page 3.
One of my precious few chances to win a point and earn some knowlage.
Joao...where ya at?

João · « **Reply #18 on:** March 22, 2011, 02:54:48 PM »

Sorry VVV

Not by Darrin.

The same company made retro-style Packards.

Wendax · « **Reply #19 on:** April 04, 2011, 09:25:58 AM »

The maker is known as the Bayliff Coach Corporation, Lima, OH.

An even longer name refering to their "Packards" is shown at the plate of the pictured car:

João · « **Reply #20 on:** April 04, 2011, 12:26:36 PM »

That's it!

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Author Topic: JPG #104 Solved : 1948 Buick Roadster by Bayliff (Read 842 times)