1940 Buick Super Estate Wagon [59]

1940 Buick Super Estate Wagon [59] in Curtain Call, Movie, 1940

Class: Cars, Wagon — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
Caboverlover ◊ 2021-05-28 03:44
Gilbert ◊ 2021-05-28 08:34	Buick Woody Woodie Estate Wagon, ≈ 1940
Lateef ◊ 2021-05-28 10:37	The only Estate Wagon in 1940 was the Super [59] - only 501 made.
Animatronixx ◊ 2021-05-28 15:54	What is generally accepted as a Buick wagon, was actually a coachbuilt car: The - mostly uncredited - manufacturer of the bodies for the prototype and the 501 units sold in the 1940 model year was Biehl’s Auto Body Works (formerly Biehl's Carriage & Wagon Works) of West Reading, Pennsylvania. "The mahogany-paneled, ash-framed Model 59 wagons were built on Buick-supplied cowl and floorpans which when completed were returned to Buick’s Flint assembly line for trimming and installation on Buick’s 121" 1940 Super chassis." Considering they were now official GM suppliers, Biehl's weren't as large as one might think. Due to the great success of these Buick wagons the contract for the following year was given to the Hercules Body Company of Evansville, Indiana, who were one of three coachbuilders which provided station wagon bodies for Chevrolet, Oldsmobile and Pontiac since 1939 (the Ionia Manufacturing Company of Ionia, Michigan, and J.T. Cantrell & Company of Huntington Station, New York, were the other two). After the war, Hercules built a few more of these wooden bodies for GM, but in the end Ionia became the main supplier.