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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2007-03-05 11:35 |
brought them all to the air-field:![[Image: Casablanca29bis_013548.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0pb/Casablanca29bis_013548.jpg) -- Last edit: 2011-12-09 13:00:44 (vilero) |
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◊ 2007-03-05 12:22 |
Buick Roadmaster Convertible Phaeton 1940 ( 71-C) |
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◊ 2008-02-28 04:30 |
The famous "Casablanca" Buick phaeton is a 1940 Series 80 Limited, Model 81C. The car still exists. It was used in numerous other movies, as well. I will post some color stills from one of them. The 1940 Roadmaster Convertible Phaeton had a rounded deck. It used the mid-1940 GM C-body style which was continued on 1941 Roadmasters and was not available with sidemounts and did not have running boards. A major Buick reference book published in the early '70s incorrectly substituted a picture of a model with sidemounts for the 1940 Roadmaster phaeton, so this may be why there is confusion. There is a second 1940 Buick in "Casablanca," a light-colored Century Convertible Coupe, driven by "Major Strasser." It also survives and was recently offered on Ebay...it now has sidemount spares, which were installed by a later owner. Both cars were sold into collector hands at a Warner Bros. property auction ca. 1970. |
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◊ 2008-04-16 20:39 |
Richard E. Osborne's "The Casablanca Companion" by (published 1997) is in agreement that this car is a 1940 Buick Limited Phaeton model 81C and that the color was/is Aztec Brown (page 263). |
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◊ 2013-10-22 16:29 |
Here’s looking at you, kid: 1940 Buick phaeton from “Casablanca” to cross the block - See more at: Link to "blog.hemmings.com" |
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◊ 2013-11-26 20:10 |
Sold, 380 grands. |
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