Beautiful old Buicks

Steve Loftin

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Here are examples of the first four years of the Flxette series:

1959 limousine (combination?) - Ivey Bros.
1960 limousine ambulance - McRae
1961 landau ambulance - ?
1962 landau (endloader?) - Day

If any of you know where these cars served, please let us know. I found one Ivey Bros. firm in Atlanta, GA. I found three McRae firms; one in Boaz, AL and two in FL...Tampa and St. Petersburg.
 

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I never get tired of looking at those pics. There is something about those beautiful cars that look so good in black and white.
 
Ambulances from my collection

1-3. 1947, 1949, and 1951 (Baltimore F.D.) Flxible factory postcards

4. This blotter from the Cleveland A.S. in OH shows their '47 model.
 

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63 Flextte

This came from Mullens Coach and I sold it to a PCS member here in So Cal.
 

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From Goodguys Blue Suede Cruise 2009:

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Here's my contribution:

'62 Flxette - Crestview Ambulance, Winnipeg, Manitoba
'61 Flxette - Greencastle, FL
'64 Flxette - Paul Nix collection, Arleta, CA
'62 Flxible LWB - Paul Nix, formerly Rose Hills Mortuary, Whittier, CA
 

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Heres a couple I have. In order, a 39, 41, 42, 46, & 49.

Josh
 

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that 49 was one of the set I gave Josh. no idea were it served. when I started saving pictures the idea of saving the information with them was second to having a shot of the car. now of course I know different. here is two pictures of the us navy receiving the shipment in Baltimore Md from Flexable. first is 37 the other 40 these were one of the you give me a dollar I send you big file pictures deals.
 

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rethinking that 39

Josh,
Great pictures. You might want to remark that 39 without a grille. From the tall grille opening and the divits in the hubcaps it is a 36. The 39 Buick had a low wide grille.
Thanks for adding to the Buick pics here.
Mike

:my2cents:
 
Josh,
Great pictures. You might want to remark that 39 without a grille. From the tall grille opening and the divits in the hubcaps it is a 36. The 39 Buick had a low wide grille.
Thanks for adding to the Buick pics here.
Mike

:my2cents:

got that one off e-bay. strange how people don't know what they are selling.
one more I'm thinking this is a factory picture of a fleet order in 1962
 

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The one I let get away..........

That 58 National Buick was owned by a 58 Buick collector in Pennsylvania for years. He used it to haul his swap meet offerings to Buick meets. We had a mutual friend in the Buick club who introduced us when he brought the ambulance to a Buick National Meet here in Flint some years back. He wasn't interested in selling the car at the time, but promised that if he ever did he would call me first. True to his word he called me about five years later and told be he was moving and had decided to sell the car. He wanted $50,000.00 for it. That was way to rich for my blood and so I just didn't pursue it. I suspect he sold it for far less than that. If I had it to do over I would have worked harder to get a deal. It is a fabulous automobile.
 
Went to a haunted corn maze this weekend in Elmira, NY. To my delight, they had an early 60's (1962?) Buick combination parked out front. It had the expected Halloween paint scheme, but looked relatively solid. The owner said he starts and drives it twice a year. Once to put it out for Halloween and once to put it away. I offered to buy it on the spot, but he declined.

I'll post pics as soon as I get the camera back from my wife.
 
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