1939 Buick Roadmaster Convertible Sedan [81-C]

1939 Buick Roadmaster [81-C] in Strange Angel, TV Series, 2018-2019 Ep. 2.03

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin:

00:01:48 Background vehicle

Author	Message
maxp ◊ 2019-06-30 23:05	I think it´s a 1938 Buick Phaeton
nzcarnerd ◊ 2019-07-01 02:21	maxp wrote I think it´s a 1938 Buick Phaeton It is 1936. Hard to say which series - there was a phaeton version of all series. Parked in front of it is another GM phaeton.
nzcarnerd ◊ 2019-07-04 23:38	Whoops - just realised this is for the white one - yes a '38.
nzcarnerd ◊ 2019-07-04 23:39	But the black one does not have a page of its own.
supcoach ◊ 2019-07-05 19:12	Convertible Phaetons were available as a Special (38-40C) of which there were 946 produced; Century (38-60C)- 219 produced; and Roadmaster (38-80C) - 411 produced
38buicks ◊ 2025-01-11 22:24	Buick did not make a trunk back convertible in 1938. They were all slant backs. Based on the tail light and that it is a trunk back it is either a 1939 or 1940 Series 80 (so 81C, which was the trunk back convertible designation). If 1939, it is a Roadmaster. If 1940, the model name for series 80 was changed to Limited. RE: The tail light. Buick used a different tail light for the small series Buicks in '39 and 40. The big series Buicks for '39 and '40 got the 1938 tail light design. I am a '38 Buick guy, so I do not know the differences between '39 and '40 but the belt molding and the hubcap MAY be a way to differentiate. For now I'd say the more commonly produced one, which would be the 1940 80C Limited convertible.