1941 Buick special touring sedan, powered by fireball dynaflash OHV 8
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- Опубліковано 7 січ 2023
- Back at classic automall to feature this 1941 Buick special touring sedan, this episode features period ads talk about the difference special models offered. Specs and take the tour button switches and knobs up close almost like looking at the gauges for the first time enjoy this episode
This Car is for sale at Classic auto mall if you’ve been looking for a 41 Buick this one might be for you. For more information pictures and pricing on this 1941 Buick touring sedan click the link below
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Didn't I (Blow your mind this time.) The Delfonics. Interesting that return signal stalk and gear lever were on the same side of the wheel.
Yeah I was super interesting congratulations you got the song and band =)
1940 Buicks did that, too. Someone (factory? aftermarket? Dunno) came up with an arc bracket to go over the top of the steering column to relocate the lever to the left side.
@@stephenandloriyoung5716 Dated a girl in high school who inherited a '41 coupe. As far as I recall, that turn signal stalk was on the right hand side.
@@billolsen4360 Yes, Bill, I think that was the stock location. I saw an earlier one, maybe 1939, on YT that had a small directional switch built into the column shift lever.
You beat me to it!
I can't get enough of that term Orphan Cars, I love it.
I’m going to have to elaborate that in an episode because a lot of people don’t understand what it means, car companies that aren’t around any more
Nash had an OHV straight eight in the late '30's through '41. It had two spark plugs per cylinder.
Awesome thank you so much for that information I never knew now I gotta go look for one not saying I wasn’t on my radar before but I just never knew that Nash made a straight 8 ohv
@@What.its.like. It's an easy factoid to miss. They didn't sell a lot of them, due to the Depression, but they were smooth-running engines, and so quiet.
Hi
The 118 wheelbase cars were added mid year to the special line.
New Babbitt bearings can be poured… several restoration specialist can do this to the original block.
The Super was only available in 4 door notchback as Roadmaster with coupe and convertibles.
Nash offered a OHV straight 8 before the war and Stutz I believe had an overhead cam straight 8.
Awesome thank you so much for sharing all of that insight as well as information I wasn’t sure if there was another company out there that made an overhead valve straight eight I thought maybe Buick that was proprietary to Buick
@@What.its.like. Duesenberg had a four-overhead-valve straight eight, as did Stutz in one model--the DV-32. ( Stearns had a Knight sleeve-valve straight eight.)
I have this same car! Since 1996, which I was in fact 34 years old! It’s my baby! I also have a 1953 Chevy 210 sedan. But my 41 is my fav!! Great video!
That’s awesome thank you so much for sharing your fleet with us the 41 is so cool =)
Jay, I really enjoy the videos on these old cars. Especially a classic like this one that is in unrestored condition. There's just something special about seeing one of these old road warriors that's just screaming, "Hey I still have life left in me. Check me out. I'm still here."
=) I know right I’m making a point to cover the lost and forgotten classic cars. So many great cars out there besides mustang camaro firebird, ( we’ll cover those to) driving is an experience and it’s different in every car.. like a packard will offer a different experience then a ford.. mustang is going to offer a different experience than a model a. And the experience isn’t strictly the drive. It’s everything the sights (what the instrumentation interior over the hood, greenhouse/visibility) smells sounds going threw the gears, just don’t get that on the new cars
I totally dig this channel. That auto mall is a great resource for you (and us). And you might help them sell a few!
I’m glad you did this channel I absolutely love that place the only downer is this is 5 1/2 hours down the road for me so it’s a day venture generally the last time I went there Wednesdays is the day to go they’re open for almost 12 hours that day.. I was gone literally all day I left at 4 o’clock in the morning that morning and I didn’t get home until 4 o’clock in the morning the next day..
The staff is super friendly very knowledgeable it’s like an indoor car show they have a bunch of brass era cars too
@What it’s like I've visited the Auto Mall a few times. Awesome place!
It's about a two hour drive for me from the Jersey shore.
The Hotel next door is a great place to spend the night so it's not such a long day for you.
I thought about doing that
I'll never forget my dad got a new (well, new for us) car in about 1964 ... and my grandfather said "well, all it needs is a new towel for the front seat." I was too young to realize he was dissin' my dad for not being able to afford a better car, that actually had good upholstery.
Great memory =) thank you so much for sharing that story
A fine ride from Buick Michigan • 👍
FLINT, Michigan.
'Bet you by Golly'?
Thanks for another great, smooth car and your inevitable way of describing it.
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I would have loved to hear that engine run!
Me too I want to find a sedenette This summer those things are gorgeous
Got an interesting story for you...
David Dunbar Buick made cars that were reliable and intended for doctors.
Up until 1941, doctors had special licence plates issued in British Columbia, Canada with the first letters being "PN".
An example of a doctor's plate would be "PN-374".
The government stopped issuing those plates because regular civilians figured out what the Doctor's Plate Codes were and those people were breaking into cars looking for medications and other things that only doctors could get.
Hey Jay, this Buick is beautiful!!! I really like the design of these prewar cars!!! The thirties & early forties produced some of the best looking automobiles ever!!! Thanks for sharing another exciting video!!! 👍👍🙂
Me too I absolutely love the Art Deco I don’t know what I like more fins or fenders and don’t even get me started on the fast backs that GM produced during this time. They are absolutely stunning.. i’m going to make it a point to try to feature as many fastbacks this year that I can find a friend of mine has a Chevy torpedo back fast back I’m trying I’ve been trying to go over and do his collection for almost a year now busy guy
I think it was fairly common for rear windows to crank all the way down it seems.
Jay, thanks for your great video! I have one of these (forgotten) cars, and it is wonderful to be able to share your in-depth review with those who see it!
Glad you dig this episode
What body style is yours, what do you like the most and what do you like the least
@What.its.like. Four door touring sedan. It is not glamorous, but she rides so smoothly on the road! Still in the restoration process after too many years, but continue to be amazed at the technology employed then, largely without computer aid, is still around today! I would add that the suspension feels more like a buck board (rolling from side to side) than with today's shock absorbers. Thanks again for your video!
Jay, are you telling me You need a pillow to see out? I bet it has been a long time since that has happened to you? The art-deco instruments and the segmented steering wheel are very nice features that have long disappeared. All the 3 side windowed cars of the era seemed to be like Limos of today, with a huge rear legroom area, as the door doesn't open onto the back seat itself, it is only an entrance for the rear seat which is set back much further. "I will have a whisky and soda, please."
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RIP Thom Bell, co-writer of Didn't I Blow Your Mind, died last week.
Wow I didn’t know that, picked this song completely at random
The large straight 8 was 320 cubic inches from 1936 until 1952 which was the last year for the straight 8 in the senior series cars. In the specials it had 248 cubic inches from 37 to 50 and then 263 from 51 to 53 which was its last year. You didn't mention that that car had the optional dual carb setup.
Thank you so much for pointing that out information spotty at best on this car they made a ton of models as well as body offerings.. I generally get a lot of information from engine ads but I couldn’t find any engine ads the only Internet that I found was the one that I put in the video..
Beautiful car Jay! The twin carb setup was called 'Compound Carburation'. The second carb was activated by flooring the gas pedal. Although priced at the top of the mid-priced segment right under Cadillac/LaSalle, Buicks were good sellers, often selling in the top 5 makes. 'Wouldn't you rather have a Buick?' was a well-used sales slogan. Thank you for showing another old gem!
It is another beautiful example of the amazing designs of that era! I love the brochures featuring all the great colors and options! It's so cool all the names they designated to the engine, who wouldn't mind owning an auto with something called the fireball dyna flash under the hood! 😎
I love the sedanette need to find one to do
Love how unique these Buicks were.
Me too there is a 49 coming later this week
Another great review! Kudos on your pros and cons. Nice to see you, Jay. 👍🏼
Glad you dig this episode
I love the hood how you could open it from both sides that’s an awesome feature =)
Great job Jay! Love what you do and look forward to each video.
=) thank you glad you dig
Harley (Duke of) Earl, was a tremendous designer, until time passed him by, in the form of Mitchell at GM, opinion. With the signature Buick horizontal cutouts along the front sides. Nice.
He was both him and Mitchell carried GM
@@What.its.like. Absolutely, Chrysler + divisions and Ford + divisions would have trounced them easily, and that's without their additional smaller competitors. 2 styling geniuses made the company, and what ever they were paid was probably not enough in gratitude?
Friend of mine in the early 1970s had a postwar Buick, think it was a 1947 or 48 model with the straight eight. It was the quietest, smoothest and most refined engine I have ever seen. A really cool car.
Awesome insight thank you so much for sharing that =)
All your vids are truly super. Thank you for your love of form. I do cringe, however, every time you operate a hand crank side vent pane window in front doors, hoping each goes back in place for you without (terrifying) issues! Thank you again for all you do…….
I only had an issue with one that is because the crank wasn’t lined up properly with the splines but it did open and shut just was a little slow at doing so.. i’m pretty Ginger if it doesn’t go I don’t force it.
Thank you for digging this channel =) next week is going to be stellar especially if you like 50s cars
My dad had a 1943 4-door Buick Special in black. I remember I really liked the hood ornament on that car. Great job showing us around, Jay.
Glad to bring back that memory =) glad you liked this episode
Sure it was a 1943? I understood 1942 was the last (and brief) year of production until 1946 models.
Nice 🥰
I remember many of the old cars had the rope on the back of the front seat, but never ever considered it a place to hang a blanket, but it seems like a logical idea. I rode in a few of old cars growing up and never saw a blanket hanging on the rope. I used them to pull myself out of the back seat.
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My grandfather owned one and he used to drive it 110 mph
That’s awesome I couldn’t find any 0 to 60 or economy numbers for this car the source that I use for all of that has cars up until 1945.. at least that’s what it says ironically 1945 was the last year of World War II not a lot of auto motive manufacturers produce cars in 1945 but there was a few.
looks very much like the 41 chevy special i had in tghe mid seventies
I was going to say that in the episode that this in the Chevy are very similar to one another.. maybe even share the same body
This is one very imposing-looking car.
Warner Brothers studios had quite a fleet of 1940 and 1941 Buicks. Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart were seen in any number of their movies in the early forties driving them, either romancing or wreaking havoc.
Quite beautiful!
Yeah it was I want to find a sedenette
@@What.its.like. Just keep looking.
good presentation--this is a deluxe model with the rear cigaret lighter,
Sweet
Really nice car.
I love that the hood can open either side and doesn’t have hood springs or traditional hinges
Oh boy, the Diamond T.
That’s going to be a real treat because information is super hard to find it’s model 306 which is a 1 1/2 ton truck they made a 201 1 ton information for that one is everywhere 306 I was able to dig some stuff up but man did I have to dig deep
@@What.its.like. Yeah, I know man, and I appreciate the research efforts you put in. The Diamond T is not a Dodge viper, where you just ask your neighbour, and he knows off the top of his head, by year and updates etc.
Yu gotta spend your brain, to make your brain.
I had to delete the first one and post it again it got copyright claims for the song.. But yeah I had to dive deep for that one light of information just not out there I’m sure it would probably be in a book in the library I need to get some good reference books there’s just some things that never made it to Internet and that truck is one of them. That’s what this channel is for I’m interested in all the cars that never really got talked about and I can’t be the only one. =)
Before the 1936 Buick Special, there existed the Buick Series 40. Before the Series 40, the Marquette was a cheaper companion car to Buick around 1930. The Series 40 was heavily based upon the Chevrolet to control costs because more expensive Buicks were not selling well due to the Great Depression.
Thank you so much for sharing that insight About the series 40 which the Buick special replaced but was still titled series 40 super confusing..
@@What.its.like. It was common up until that time to describe a model of car by a series of numbers or letter(s)...like Ford Model A. More descriptive names like Chrysler New Yorker and Buick Roadmaster came later.
Very cool antenna placement, keeping the symmetry, for the most part, good. A right side mirror would complete the job?
5:30 Those fender lines, and the _much_ thicker metal, reminds me of back when you and your girlfriend could _EASILY_ sit on the fender of a car, lean back, look up at the stars.
The yutes of today sadly will never know this pleasure, as they sit across from one another eating their lunch, staring down at their phones.
I have a 52 Chevy and take it for weddings and let kids sit on the fenders
Something from the Stylistics maybe? Dude, you're definitely making them harder 😮
Somebody got it it was the
Del phonics didn’t I blow your mind this time great song =) I have to make them harder as soon as I drop the video somebody gets this song lol
The 4.1 litre straight 8 shows a real change in engine development. Due to the war years, I would guess? A tremendous leap in technology came out of man kind's biggest nightmare, and I would happily go back and return the technology to prevent the war. Technology we invent anyway, and capitalism makes it worthwhile.
Rust all in the inner fender aprons. My Dad's Packard had that...Dad was saying that it was from a radiator hose or something like that that burst. Could have happened in this car too.
Yeah that makes sense this one is a driver but it’s still pretty nice I bet it will clean up good =)
@@What.its.like. Leak in radiator assisted by the fan blowing the water as a mist all over the place.
@@What.its.like. For sure.
Great job! Has any average car buyer ever understood or even cared how many wheelbase inches a car has? I thought of this at the start when you talked about two models that had about 3” difference in their wheelbase. Which one is better? Flip a coin. Love your videos.
Longer wheelbase cars I think the thought process was people thought they were more elegant looking because they looked longer and generally the space was added to the rear compartment providing more leg room
@@What.its.like. Yeah, I can see that overall thought process. For me, if they said _This car’s wheelbase is a _*_foot longer_*_ giving it a smoother ride than the competition_ it would make sense. But a couple of inches? I appreciate your quick replies!
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The straight 8 whether overhead valve or side valve (also known as Flathead) was a very common engine in domestic manufacturer. Pontiac had one Oldsmobile had one of course Buick. Chrysler had one Nash had one Hudson had one Studebaker had one. Packard also had one. The straight 8 was commonly used from the late 1920s through the mid-1950s because they were cheaper and easier to manufacture than the V8 was. Until 1932 with Ford's flathead V8 V8 was very expensive to manufacturer. Ford figured out a way to cheaply manufacture a monoblock V8. Unfortunately until 1949 with Oldsmobile and Cadillac and then later with other divisions the V8 wouldn't take off until the early fifties. Pontiac and Packard were the last vehicles to feature straight 8 engines through the end of 1954. As far as fuel consumption goes on that Buick it really wasn't all that bad. 20 miles per gallon highway was not unachievable.
That’s awesome I wasn’t sure if gas mileage was good or bad I couldn’t find anything on mpg I wasn’t sure if there was other companies making the ohv.. I knew the flathead eight was prevalent in the auto industry in the 30s
Didn’t I blow yo mind this time,The V05,s
Del phonics
My parents had a 1953 Buick straight 8 and it was very quiet when you drove it.
That’s awesome =) I often wondered how these things Rode and drove they had to be pretty good considering the engine was made for 20 years.
@@What.its.like. My dad bought it used and it had a worn out manual transmission, but he found a good transmission in a junk yard and drove the car for several years afterwards.
Nice =)
Should have bought the two Supers! Sedan, Sport Coupe 😳😬
read some books on fischer body/ gm very interesting
Neighbor had early Buick w 2carbs may have been 41 doubt if it helped the fireball 8 0-60. 1.2min 5mn to stop 8mpg
Awesome information thank you so much for sharing =)
I currently own a 1940 Buick Special 2 door. Couldn't find much literature about the car. It's not original more of a street rod. It would be nice to learn more about it, though.
I will totally do a 40 when I find one I want to find a sedenette 42
We meet again Jay, and this is going to be a special car, I know it. Yep, I love this, style and grace.
Just a quick note about the metric system and how it is actually applied, (to clear confusion) mm's are generally expressed up to the metre, 1000,so 1.534 etc when expressing weight, the convention is to shift away from massive numbers to more easily assimilable smaller numbers. IE, 1500 KG is normal, but 1.5 tons is fine too, once we measure big things like aircraft and ships or rockets it is all in metric tonnes, which are about 2 pounds different from one of your tons (long or short?) So, 140.58 tons. No farting about with lbs or kg, because every individual unit in 140.58 is known as a kg. yet expressed more conveniently as a ton with the lesser kg as well 140.58, would be a large aircraft. Comparable directly to Imperial tons. I get lost when an aircraft carrier is 28,000,000,00000847 lbs. coz I have no idea, and more than you would not understand how far away I live if I told you in nanometres or cm's or mm's. Kilometres are more sensible, which is why your military are fully metric, as are your scientists, but only some of your engineers, which costs your economy dearly in lost productivity. Cheers.
Thank you so much for taking the time to explain all that =) I honestly had no idea how the metric system worked..
@@What.its.like. Hi Jay, I was trying to walk softly, and not cause offence. It is not just the universal measurement standard for science, and 99.99% of the world due to clever marketing, it makes common sense, with the measures relating to real world units, and lacks, say 4 variations around the world, between what a peck or a hogshead, or barrel means in weight. 1 litre of water = 1 KG. Already relatable, and you guys no longer even buy milk or soft drink, or even beer and spirits in fluid ounces or pints and quarts any more. You guys partially use the metric system, just not fully enough to use it without misapplying imperial standards. That is where the confusion is injected. Your poor engineers have to rely on conversion tables to perform their every day work, instead of using the metric which is already provided, and getting rid of the conversion factor. That's what I mean about productivity. You probably don't realise the amount of unnecessary conversions you are forced to do in your head every day, just to stay on imperial. The Americans were the first to go metric with your currency, using a 10 base, (instead of the old imperial 12 and alternate 18 base sometimes, just for fun called a guinne, which I can't even spell.) You wouldn't want to go back to that? Imagine back before the USD.
If something cost 16 guinnies, 4 pounds six shillings p and 8 pence ha'penny.
That's 16 times base 18, + 4 times base 12 plus 6 times base 12 and 8 1/2. Units. My head is reeling. That is the system you currently use, but run a conversion on in your head for every purchase or engineering or a building decision.
So for simplicity’s sake, we do not use the smallest unit of metric measure, instead shifting up to the larger unit. I do not live 38 billion cm away from a gas station, because I would be leaving you with an equation to run in your head, and is not a convenient expression of the system. I'm trying to help here, coz 99.99 % of the world use it, even every liquid you buy uses it, except you will have fluid ounces or gallons as an addendum on the label. If you welcome confusing yourself, the metric system is impossible. But used like the US military do, It makes life easier. 4 kilometres north. 4000 metres, (around 4000 yards approx.) you can see and imagine that easily in the head. A metre is around a yard for example, and not 16 3/8 chestnuts, for that is all I know about a mile. You're a good man, Jay, so as I say, just trying to be helpful (@ 5:17 A.M. Car's weight is expressed in KG because a decimal point appears by magic after the first digit of any 4 numbers, the same as USD. The first number is just assumed as a metric ton designator for simplicity. Cheers Jay, I hope I'm not overwhelming, or boring you?
Thank you so much for all of that =)
gm did that often, with only ornamental changes
That hood could be a liability in an accident. A Buick hit a tree once, and the hood came flying off and injured a woman bystander. The hood could also be easily stolen if someone needed the part. Old Buicks in junkyards often had the hoods missing, though much of this might have been pre-emptive removal. The straight eight stayed 6-volt for the rest of its production life, even when the 1953 V8s went to 12 volts.
That’s crazy I never heard of the hoods flying off like that I personally love that hood concept because if you had help you could pull both pins and just take the whole entire hood off. But like I said you would need help you probably need at least three people in the process because the hood is so heavy there is a De Soto coming later on this week that has a butterfly Hood but it is the lightest Hood that I’ve ever opened ever.
Thank you so much for that added information about Buick V8 being 12 V in 1953
@@What.its.like. Actually, Buick had problems with shorts in its early 12-volt 53s. They also had problems with the improved Dynaflow transmission that year, with all models. You wanted to wait for a late-year construction model to avoid troubles. This had happened before, with the 1939 models, which had cut-off chassis under the body in the early production examples, and also had cooling problems with the bigger eights. I had posted a reply about the engine sizes, but deleted it when I saw the other post. A possible source of confusion about engine size may lie in the fact that Buick used torque figures, which are bigger than the hp figures, to advertise models. For example, they called their 401 CID engine the "445," after its torque figure, without so specifying.
Are the parking lights in the torpedo shaped items above the headlights?
Jay surprisingly didn't point that out, but I believe they were.
Yes,concurrent with the flashing turn signals.
Some GM cars became closely associated with professions and historical figures. Buick in the 30's was known as 'the doctor's car'....rugged yet w/ great style. The founder of modern China, Dr. Sun Yat Sen Sun (educated in U.S.) and influenced by Western ideas... drove a Buick. This car took on a cult status in China. Little wonder many modern day Buicks are made in GM plants in the PRC, for the China auto market.
Buicks in China are considered the car to have I think that’s why GM kept them around versus Oldsmobile or Pontiac..
@@What.its.like. I understand GM has pledged to the CCP to build at least 11 auto plants in China. If China 'moves' on Formosa {T'aiwan}... GM may have a lot of 'egg on its face'?
Dusenberg had a dual overhead valve.
Did Duesenberg Overhead cam as well or were they just overhead valve
@@What.its.like. It was dual Overhead Cam
The Duesenberg was the most powerful engine produced in america until the mid 1950's
Dual carbs 1941 only.
nice how may are left?
No idea
The upholstery on the seat looks a bit worse for wear. 😮
I didn’t take the seat covers off sometimes the seat covers are in worse shape than the seats are themselves this is definitely a driver car.. and honestly if it was mine I would drive it every day
@@What.its.like. you could take it to an upholstery shop and get it redone possibly.
is this still on the market?
I’m pretty sure that one sold
What is the difference between a touring sedan and a sedan ?
I think the touring sedan is longer I think the sedan was on the shorter wheelbase and the touring sedan was on the longer wheelbase but I could be wrong because the pictures look the same and that was my question when I was doing the episode
A few model years earlier the term "touring sedan" generally described a 4-door sedan with a built-in trunk. But later as the passenger compartment progressively moved forward on the chassis, the meaning may have changed.
Thank you so much for that clarification
Again , just another Treat ,
Thank you 50s cars are coming next week as well as the diamond T
I think that had said "situation" one more time I would have expired. Please learn some automotive design language. Cowl, Ventiports (unique to Buick for decades), fastback, pontoon fenders, hood release. Is the left side the right side or is the left side, indeed, the left side. Maybe you could have used "correct" to convey your point.
Those niggles aside, I enjoy your videos.
Gas filler neck on the left side of the car is less safe that on the right side. Statistics show that you are more likely to be hit on the left side in an accident as cars pass left side to left side. Placing the filler on the right side you statistically reduce the chances of having the filler neck damaged in an accident, spilling fuel, and possibly causing a fire...... Just check out any Mercedes, BMW, or Audi. They have the filler on the correct side.
The gas pump is in the way if it’s on the left side honestly I prefer it in the center frankly.. i’m a lot like Scotty Kilmer in the regard I don’t like BMWs Mercedes Benz products they’re endless money pits.. just never got into them but if you like them cool, I was telling somebody else Mercedes-Benz hasn’t made a car that I would buy in the last 40 years.. The only Mercedes-Benz that I kind of sort of like is the gullwing ones but they’re highly impractical and really hard to get in and out of ive been in one.. I always thought that they were over priced piles because if you see them on the used market you could usually get them for 1/10 of the price that they were when they were new 10 years later.. that’s just me tho idk I’m different
If I ever came into money I would probably buy a Packard or Pierce arrow, Auburn something like those those cars were built back in the day.. car companies now they don’t really make cars they make appliances
2 carburetors from the factory.