Keith Snyder
PCS Member
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Tom McPherson sent me this link to a 1940 Flxible-Buick Premier that is now for sale in Florida. He used the images to identify the car and sent me the following information..."Using the posted image of the ownership (registration) I searched through the listings for 1942 - even though I knew the car in the photos was not a 1942. Naturally there was nothing there - not even close. So....I went to the listings for the 1940 Buick Series 60. Viola.....there I found the vehicle identification number that matched that seen on the registration. The VIN - 63926752 - matches a 1940 Flxible-Buick Premier Model 60-8 service car (Flxible body #4268 and frame #13757955) that was built for James C. Corbett of Rochester, New York and delivered on March 19, 1940. This car had a list price of $2,695 when new. That VIN number was also the motor number. According to what I can glean from the records, Flxible produced and delivered 24 Buick service cars in 1940 however, I haven't broken them down by series so...I can't tell you exactly how many of these were on the Series 60 (Century) chassis and how many were on the Series 40 chassis. At some point in this particular vehicle's history it was mis-registered as a 1942 but, any fool can tell by looking at the car that it's not a 1942 and I haven't the faintest idea where that serial plate came from. It's certainly not from any Flxible professional car of any era. I still think it's off a bus." I thought I'd pass this along for anyone that may be interested. Recently, a 1939 Flxible-Buick service car showed up at the International Meet. Now a 1940 Flxible-Buick service car surfaces. They'd make a nice matched pair.
Tom McPherson sent me this link to a 1940 Flxible-Buick Premier that is now for sale in Florida. He used the images to identify the car and sent me the following information..."Using the posted image of the ownership (registration) I searched through the listings for 1942 - even though I knew the car in the photos was not a 1942. Naturally there was nothing there - not even close. So....I went to the listings for the 1940 Buick Series 60. Viola.....there I found the vehicle identification number that matched that seen on the registration. The VIN - 63926752 - matches a 1940 Flxible-Buick Premier Model 60-8 service car (Flxible body #4268 and frame #13757955) that was built for James C. Corbett of Rochester, New York and delivered on March 19, 1940. This car had a list price of $2,695 when new. That VIN number was also the motor number. According to what I can glean from the records, Flxible produced and delivered 24 Buick service cars in 1940 however, I haven't broken them down by series so...I can't tell you exactly how many of these were on the Series 60 (Century) chassis and how many were on the Series 40 chassis. At some point in this particular vehicle's history it was mis-registered as a 1942 but, any fool can tell by looking at the car that it's not a 1942 and I haven't the faintest idea where that serial plate came from. It's certainly not from any Flxible professional car of any era. I still think it's off a bus." I thought I'd pass this along for anyone that may be interested. Recently, a 1939 Flxible-Buick service car showed up at the International Meet. Now a 1940 Flxible-Buick service car surfaces. They'd make a nice matched pair.