1940 Buick Special [41]

1940 Buick Special [41] in The Maltese Falcon, Movie, 1941

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

01:07:58 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
winger ◊ 2004-11-16 04:51	C'est une Buick de 1940.
DidierF ◊ 2014-04-20 06:21	Time: 010758 again: used by Sam Spade—Humphrey Bogart—for a very short time.
NeilM ◊ 2020-07-02 05:37	I'm pretty sure this is a Special, not a Super. I just watched the movie, and you can see by the roof line that it's the "B" body, not the "C" body. In the screen grab here, you can see the running boards. The Special had running boards, the Super did not.
tore-40 ◊ 2020-07-02 08:21	In main photo, you can just spot the pillar between the rear door and the rear quarterlight window, so it's not a solid C-pillar. Cowl trim is too long for Super, but matches the Special. Rather a Special [41]?
NeilM ◊ 2020-07-02 22:22	Thank you, tore-40, I would say between the two of us, we have nailed it. Definitely a Special. But it's a '40, not a '41.
tore-40 ◊ 2020-07-02 22:54	That was chassis code 41, not (19)41 Updated
CameronLikesCars ◊ 2022-10-09 19:27	This exact car from this is on display today at the Jekyll Island Club and Resort in Jekyll Island Georgia