1929 Buick Model 116. Started as a father/son project. Alas, as space is limited, the car isn't mobile, and the pushback I am getting to spruce up the Wildcat instead, It has to go. Car is 95% complete. Engine was seized. Pulled it out and was able to unstick it, and the cyl. walls look OK. This car was in storage for over 40 yrs, and there is no rust or rot. Frame is solid, wood spoke wheels are solid (just need a sanding, staining, and poly). Body has pitting, but is in primer. Wood substructure on body needs work (dryrotting). There is over $4000 in parts if you part it out. $2500 OBO. Trades considered. Call (401)254-0989 or my Cell (401)486-2816 PM or email at cooterbfd@msn.com
Thanks (I see you're selling the Model A). I thought about rodding it out, but the wife REALLY wants the 'Cat looking her best. I personally don't have the heart to part it out. Those spoked wheels are probably worth $300 each, and the Marvel carb (which is supposedly rebuilt) is $400, if it truely is rebuilt.
She would be a sweet street rod if I had it!! Restored is cool, but for the most part it's cheaper to buy a restored car than to do it yourself, not that you see many Buicks of that vintage. For a guy who wants to restore, parts would probably be tough to come by. The old Ford can be built back to stock from scratch there are so many parts pieces and patch panels out there. My model A is suppose to be gone tonight..... Didn't want to but life happens. Turns out I'm getting a 65 El Camino for it. Should be easier to sell the el camino than the A. Restorations or hotrod projects have a much smaller audience than a vintage chevy. If you were closer and my circumstances were different, I would be over there checking out that Buick. It would be nice to build a hotrod that wasn't like what anyone else had, besides it would really look good with a nailhead in it!!
[My model A is suppose to be gone tonight..... Didn't want to but life happens. Turns out I'm getting a 65 El Camino for it. Should be easier to sell the el camino than the A. HEY!!!:beers2: Some guy in Tenn. has a '56 Super, complete on Craigslist. He's asking $1600. He was going to drop the body onto a '95 Roadmaster, but he says the frame on the Roadie is 11" too short. Both the Roadie and my '29 have a 116" wb. Sooooo hard not to call him to see if he wants to swap so he can drop the '29 on the Roadie frame. If I did, maybe I could come out ahead. Or, aheadache...o No:
Boy that's the truth!! I would love a 56. To me, it's a toss up between the 55 - 56 Buick and the 65 for what I would like the most. The hotroder in me likes the 55-56!
Some bits are made out of unobtainium, but generally, these aren't bad to restore. There are a lot of resources, not to mention a newsletter that hits a few hundred '29 owners. There isn't a lot of reproduction available, but there are a number of folks crafting pieces as need be. So, what model is this? 116 is the series, meaning it is the shorter wheelbase with the smaller engine, sometimes referred to as Standard, but '29 is I believe the first year without the Standard / Master as official designations. I would suspect it is the four door sedan as those are the most common. See http://1929buick.com/models/index.html?action=ShowYear&year=1929 I have a McLaughlin-Buick Model 51. If you want more exposure for the car, you may want to send information to Bill McLaughlin at http://www.29buick.ca/ - he may be traveling right now, but he'd be the guy to get your ad into the hands of other '29 owners. Good luck with the sale.
Boy wouldn't that roadster be cool! When you build a vintage parts hotrod you would be starting with more power than the model A to begin with. Not sure what hotrod parts were available in the 40's or 50's though. I suspect none since the focus was on the more common and cheaper to buy Ford to fix up into a hotrod. Still, a Buick roadster would be very cool to build a highboy open fender hotrod out of!
Hey, I've got someone interested in trading a running, driving, '69 Riviera GS for it. He's gonna check mine out on saturday the 26th. If anybody has any interest in case he passes.........
damn i wish I had this car, its like a dream. I have a 68 riv running and driving :grin: Gahh, perfect rod, especially since it isnt a chebbie
