Technically, a century lasts 100 years, however this 1942 Century is 80. And at 80 years outdated, it’s successful awards and turning heads as a lot because it did when it was new.
The Pick of the Day is a 1942 Buick Century listed on the market on ClassicCars.com by a non-public vendor in Galesburg, Illinois. (Click the hyperlink to view the itemizing)
“As lovely as it’s uncommon, Buick solely made 1,229 of its hottest physique type, the Century Sedanet,” the itemizing reads. “This was the quickest U.S. sedan till manufacturing was halted in February 1942 as a result of of the struggle.”
To perceive the historical past of the Century, now we have to take a look at the automotive that preceded it. The full-size Series 60 mannequin first got here out in 1930 on the General Motors B-platform with an OHV straight-six and advanced from there. When the Buick lineup was reworked in 1936, modifications had been utilized to design, engineering, and naming conventions. The Century identify was born to determine varied varieties of automobiles in each two-door and four-door configurations.
The vendor states that the two-tone maroon and taupe paint on this 1942 is flawless, and Buick consultants should agree: This automotive took second place in its class at an Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) nationwide meet a number of months in the past. Capping off the period-correct look are the toothy waterfall grille, the beneficiant chrome aspect spears, and the wide-whitewall tires.
Power comes from a rebuilt 320cid Fireball inline-eight coupled with a three-speed synchromesh handbook transmission. The vendor has supplied a 30-second YouTube video illustrating a cold-start sequence, and the automotive fires up with ease.
True to the vendor’s commentary in the itemizing, Century manufacturing was certainly lower brief in the 1942 mannequin 12 months (particularly, on February 4, 1942) as a result of of the onset of World War II. After that, the Century identify would take a hiatus for over a decade till a brand new technology debuted in 1954.
“You gained’t discover a higher instance of automotive Art Deco,” the itemizing concludes. “This current restoration turns heads wherever it goes.”
The vendor is asking $42,000 or greatest supply for this 80-year-old Century. To view this itemizing on ClassicCars.com, see Pick of the Day.
