Cool Buick Wrecker

[NOBLNG]

I found a picture of this while researching stuff. I think it is really cool!?

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2016/04/25/hemmings-find-of-the-day-1950-buick-roadmaster-wrecker

 

[NYLIBUD]

Man that is one scary looking car,?but very cool.That thing has been chopped and cut in every direction,wow.

[espo]

As the article points out this type of conversion wasn't as common as before WW11. The emblem on the passenger rear fender could suggest this was a service vehicle from either a Buick dealership or someone who specialized in Buick repair. The body itself looks like it was a four-door sedan at one time. 

[2doors3pedals]

Wow, I haven't seen this one for a long time! A friend of mine owned this car sometime in the '80s and it looked pretty much the same.  He drove it to car shows and got lots of attention as you might imagine. I remember being very impressed by the workmanship and quality displayed.  It looked like a factory job. When I rode in it the ride was best described as "squishy "....

I sure wish we had a scale '50 - '53 Buick.

Thanks for the memory jog.

[Brian Austin]

Banthrico made diecast banks of that era Buick, four door sedans.

[Zippi]

Yeah, you do with what ya got I guess.  Kewl looking old Buick. 

[stavanzer]

Man! What a neat Machine. I hope it gets restored as it is, not turned into Hot Rod. That is really something else.

[Bainford]

I dig it! Very cool conversion, and it looks like good work. The only problem, to my eye at least, is the side mounted spare tire. It kind of messes with the overall look.

[Brian Austin]

It might create a blind spot as well.  ?

[misterNNL]

The shape of that roof and the chrome hand rail on top of the rear side panels make me think it may have started liver as a flower car used by funeral homes to transport flowers to the cemetery. A lot of those were produced here in central Ohio by Superior Coach in Lima and another builder in Piqua,Ohio.

[misterNNL]

1 minute ago, misterNNL said:

The shape of that roof and the chrome hand rail on top of the rear side panels make me think it may have started liver as a flower car used by funeral homes to transport flowers to the cemetery. A lot of those were produced here in central Ohio by Superior Coach in Lima and another builder in Piqua,Ohio.

 Miller Meteor was the Piqua based coach builder.

[Brian Austin]

Hemmings did a follow-up article, explaining the origins of this car.  No flower cars were involved, just two wrecked sedans.

 

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2016/04/27/better-one-wrecker-than-two-wrecks-the-origin-of-the-hfod-roadmaster-wrecker

 

 

 

 

[misterNNL]

3 hours ago, Brian Austin said:

Hemmings did a follow-up article, explaining the origins of this car.  No flower cars were involved, just two wrecked sedans.

 

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2016/04/27/better-one-wrecker-than-two-wrecks-the-origin-of-the-hfod-roadmaster-wrecker

 

 

 

 

Great information, thanks.