1938 Buick Special

This vehicle is being sold at the Glendale 2021 as Lot No. F115.
- Best in Show at Pacific Grove Tour and Concours
- Balanced and blueprinted 1941 248 CI straight 8-cylinder engine
- Compound carburetion
- Reground camshaft
- Custom progressive linkage
- 1941 split exhaust manifolds
- Custom Ross Racing pistons
- Pertronix ignition
- 12 volt system and new cloth wiring harness
- Flowmaster Hushpower mufflers
- Duesenberg style radiused tips
- 3-speed transmission
- Original frame
- 1955 Buick Torque Tube rear end
- A-arm independent front suspension
- Custom metal fabrication by Ron Pepper of Sacramento, California
- Custom side panels with 1956 Portholes
- 1938 Whistler Gray Metallic paint
- Guide Super Rays in split front bumper
- Stop lamp on rear bumper
- Australian lacewood veneer on dash, window mouldings and trunk
- Custom leather and mohair upholstery
- 1939 cloisonne trunk emblems used as upholstery buttons
- Restored Donaldson steering wheel
- Custom wire wheels with Packard hubs and Borrani lip lacing
- 18 inch Firestone bias ply tires