1939 Buick Type 41 Limo Rescue

More rust!!

[@mdogg1604]

Great rescue! Those dual side-mount front fenders are a rare find.

[@johnmitchell5351]

Johnathon you are so lucky to have so many old cars around in the USA here in the UK there is none left very envious

[@georgegavin5273]

I can't believe the grill looks that good after all the car has been through!

[@SuperKONR]

Thanks for saving another one, it's at least good for parts. The shoebox looks like a business coupe with the rear window shoved forward, pretty cool!

[@kapekodbob]

A challenge for sure but all original. Bet you get that motor running. Still has the partician window maybe just cranked down ! Can't wait for vid 2

[@jimfuller5309]

Nice to see somebody that cares about the old cars..That one is rough though lol..

[@dan6047]

Hey Jonathan I enjoy watching you get engine started that have been sitting for years then you ever get the white 4 door chrsyler to turn over and the ford Granada running thanks and keep up the great work you do

[@MrDeleon9999]

love them shoe box fords!!! I had a 51 me and my dad worked on. But had to sale it to pay rent and dad passed almost two years ago.. Hope to find another one to build someday..

[@talfacprez]

Any of the 1939 GM automobiles are stil one of my favorite years.

[@rexjaru]

talfacprez Yep. I think the '39 & '40 Cadillacs are the finest looking cars I've seen.

[@shakerattleandrollgarage7223]

awesome!! like the shoe box!!! actually all are cool , definitely rat rod material for the Buick very cool, really glad you save them 👍

[@LarryDeSilva64]

my Dad had a '37 buick back in 1946 That '39 looks like it has been sitting out there since '46 with the amount of rust damage that one has. But hey you got it out before it completely rusted into the ground. Looks like the straight eight if you can get itvto run would be worth your time and trouble.

[@gilliland426]

is the straight 8 engine all there.... be a great keeper for sure! awesome engines they were!

[@denisfossett3009]

you got some vital work there jon ,,,keep going ,,,if the car could possibly speak it would say ....please save me!!!

[@dadsvespa]

When I was 18 I bought a 41 Buick sedan, with the straight eight...for 1600 dollars. Interior was original and nice!. Body was painted and solid...engine was worn out ! lol. It smoked all the way to work up route 93 and back again.lol. I got her up to 85 one day and couldn't see the cars behind me !..lol. I took it off the road. and GAVE it to a junk yard ! Stupid ! I've owned and registered over 50 cars in my life . I would get bored within a few months and buy something else...I should have kept them. Matt.

[@wichita1960]

You sound a lot like me. I always had to see what they'd do top end with no regards of the dangers. I bought a 1938 Buick Special black 4 dr sedan. My friends called it my Al Capone car. I remember selling it for $10. and it ran like a top

[@MissouriOldTimer]

it'd be interesting if the old boy will start after sitting so long, the doors look fairly good and the hood, so you might make a little off those .

[@joelpalmer]

What happened to the Buick after this video

[@kenswitzer4133]

Must have been a sign of wealth to have more bumper guards than the other people. 👍😃

[@1966scoutcheif]

yard art if nothing else that is for sure. FINS UP 👍 👍

[@PapiDoesIt]

Love the front end on that Buick!

[@buzzsah]

A good start of a lasting project , enjoy

[@TheSearaider]

grill is beautiful

[@markfortin421]

Hi J.W. ! EVERY one you save gets you 2 points closer to heaven...by now your close to Sainthood! The Buick, kicking and screaming every inch of the way..."Please let me die peacefully" but 'ol J.W. says, "Not on my watch, Jack !" ✌😳

[@GhettoWagon]

I like how you chain the frame to the deck, then roll the deck in to move the car. I was never taught that (Of course) lol I will have try that one day.

[@barryphillips7327]

The old Buick is beyond restoration, maybe someone has one the same and could use some parts.

[@browncarp]

That is a Roadmaster, model 81-F. The F stands for formal, formal sedans had the roll up window between the front & back seat. Those portholes on the hood must have been a previous owner's custom touch, they didn't have them factory until 1949.

[@edwardsofin3593]

Good Job. It is fun to think of the people that would have been the passengers in this neat old car. The front is so ugly that it is pretty to look at. straight eight....yea

[@1940limited]

Looks like a Roadmaster, Model 91F.

[@derrickrees8895]

Couple of interesting cars there for sure ...do I remember a Buick like that in one of the Godfather movies ? - a series 90 limo I think , with big white sidewalls...a great Gangster Car .

[@treckdimondback3253]

Damn that is ROUGH AND FRAGILE! cars out here in California hold up so much better

[@ervingoertzen7233]

I agree with a response I read , cut her behind doors , weld on truck cab back , new rat rod truck build !!!!!

[@hanziwatdan5373]

Beautiful car ,safe and ride again

[@laneramsey1473]

It saddens me deeply to see cars like these in such wet and rough environments, that tear down vehicles so quickly, and leave them in a state of rust and decay, and in my opinion there is a special place in hell for people who leave these cars like this one in such places, unless it’s out of there control

[@seed_drill7135]

My mechanic collects Metros. There was one locally that he tried to buy 20 years ago. The owner wouldn't sell, and and it's still sitting in the same spot with a tree growing up through it. His junk yard currently has a '54 Ford awaiting the crusher. He tried to buy it years ago, then a tree fell on it and caved in the top.

[@treckdimondback3253]

Can't fix em all

[@charlesdyer2376]

If that thing has a mixin stick in the floor be great for a 50's build with an olds or nail head hooked to it.

[@kevykev38]

You parting out the Ford? I'm looking for a driver's door and fender

[@oranguidry5118]

My Grandfather had one, that he used for his Band Car, it had a floor shift as I remember. Maybe wrong heck i was around 3 years old LOL!!!

[@captwar]

The ford is a '49. You can tell by the gas filler cap.

[@StarlightWorkshop0z]

at .45 seconds i thought you were gunna break into a springsteen song JW

[@mdogg1604]

Good one!

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

Still save able!!!! Probably rat-rod and not a full restore, but it has enough there to live on and just rot to rust.

[@F6FHellCat0013]

I see this car and all i can see and hear is that scene from the brave little toaster and the song worthless. thank god this one get saved

[@nightlightabcd]

This looks like it is beyond saving, even for you! So I see you got a motorized wench now, instead of hand cranking for a hour now! Maybe the truck lid is around somewhere! The old Ford looks like it might be a good prospect!

[@paulquirk9041]

the shoebox is a 49. In 50 they put the gas fill behind an access door, also the door handles are different in 50 they have a button 49 you pull the habdle

[@Lfig012]

u gonna c will she start or is de engine seized ?

[@gregjude2198]

Keep it up man, you're doing God's work...

[@nightlightabcd]

Congratulations, that it the stupidest thing I have heard in the last few hours, which is saying a lot here on KZbin!

[@vernonsmithee792]

"A coat of paint, will make her what she aint!"

[@johnmitchell5351]

That’s a good looking car from the front

[@DesertDigger1]

That poor thing. It almost seems sacrilegious to disturb it.

[@nightlightabcd]

Yes, it is somewhat like waking up the dead, but it could be a new life, at least maybe as a rat rod or parts for another! I would think he could sell the parts left over to others that may be working oin another like it!

[@DesertDigger1]

@@nightlightabcd The vehicles built in the 30's had class and personality.

[@michaelhaney2468]

How are you doing mr Jonathan do you ever come across any 1960s ford rancheros just asking

[@finno123456]

pure gangsta car my mind is running around and wondering was there any mafia personal in that car :) i played mafia on the ps3 i drove one of these in the game

[@jasonflournoy9885]

It's rough but it's very cool ! Rat rod hell yeah even the engine !

[@trickydable]

You read My mind RAT ROD I believe that model had a straight 8 in it .

[@pattycat100567]

could bring the rear bucket forward,make a coupe rag'''..........just turned a 29 murray modle a 4 door into a truck/////gets all the looks.....anythings possible with REAL STEEL

[@linwoodmichael170]

Main thing you save it God bless ya.

[@resoman8219]

That old Buick Limo you recently rescued. I thought I noticed three "portholes" on the side of the hood. Would that make it a Century model?

[@chrisdowland]

Dang it Jonathan you should of done a first start and threw an axel on it and drive it home :) that is such a nice care I can just see it new and a straight 8?? I guess I missed that engine that’s super cool

[@fuzzwack1]

Cut it off behind the front doors,and make a rat rod Pick-up,awesome front end on it!!

[@jorgefernandez-mv8hu]

That car looks like a candidate to have the back half of the body cut off and a stepside bed put on. A Buick pick up truck.

[@mcheles3301]

Did anything ever come of this?

[@sonsofthunder915]

Oh yeah, that '50 Ford would look cool with a chopped top and fender skirts.

[@chrismclain8587]

that would make an awesome restomod if it's not a rare car.

[@micregil]

I've watched a lot of your videos where you go and pick up cars, what do you do with them? What did you do with this one? What state are you located in, I'd like to try and get one of those, maybe even that one, or even the T-bucket roadster pick up that you got the other day, how about it? Hey, I'd even like to buy just the body parts and frame, and you could keep all the running gear, good deal huh??

[@freddiebates5539]

Definitely a hunk of junk, but it could be a diamond some day !

[@stephenwilliams5201]

Ah driving miss dazy. Sick em a real heart supper. Om good show

[@nunyabizness199]

Well, rat rod material but GREAT rat rod material !

[@hudentdw2]

To restore this car would take a lot of money who knows there are parts available or aftermarket if you do it for pleasure fine but for return of investment I think is a long shot!

[@robertzumwalt2540]

You need to restore the car good job

[@timerickson7056]

Ok my cousin had and may still have the Marin Brando's limo from the godfather movie the one where Marlon Brando fell over when they shot him. Everytime I se a old Buick limo or a old pretty much anything I think of Stan . I spoke to him a few years ago when I came across a ford model t speedster with a impressive history . It had won a race to the American expo (the first world's fair I Seattle not the 1962) that race put Ford on the map. It was $18,000. My cousin was getting older and sold most of his collection topay for his 2 daughters weddings and I guess he bought them houses . He was up to over 300 cars at the time including a 36 Auburn cord boat tail speedster that won the grand Nationals 5 time he covered it and put it in a warehouse he had in 1978 and forgot about it until he was asked to put it Ina parade it hadn't been uncovered in almost 35 years neither of his kids were born the last time it was out. Must be nice...

[@angryrednecks9314]

that's pretty awesome

[@granskare]

to bad you didn't have some wheels for it which would have made it easier to load, eh?

[@Wallie2004]

That thing need to be put on a truck frame and made into a Dually like madmax style

[@cesmith4566]

You gotta try the straight 8 it might turn!!!

[@1963impala2drWaylonWire]

lots o fun!

[@kapekodbob]

Oh , wait ,this is 5 years old.

[@san379]

better than going to china.... YOUR THE MASTER OF HISTORY AND TIME MACHINES .. THINK IF" AL CAPONE" WAS IN THAT CAR ... COOL

[@DannyWalker1949]

It's a shame this 0l' Buick is so ate up. The Grill and front bumper are savable. The 0l' 49' Ford business coupe's are great car to fix up.

[@KenthGustafsson300]

you should taken that shoebox ford insted.

[@JamesBond-pb2qy]

Maybe so

[@cranki6316]

I'm thinking that restored, and possibly in the right rat rod condition" that thing could make a lot of money in Raleigh with the weekend bar crowd.

[@billywhite3020]

Be a cool old car

[@satanstrilogy2288]

W.O.W.

[@stevenwithanS]

That would be cool with a Dodge dually under it.

[@Magnetron33]

What a shame!

[@1940limited]

The Ford's a 49.

[@Rick-S-6063]

That's right. The '49 was the only shoe box Ford with an exposed gas cap. The '50 and '51 had the cap under a flip-up door.

[@1940limited]

@@Rick-S-6063 You can also tell by the trunk latch mechanism, parking lights and hood emblems. :-)

[@1940limited]

@@Rick-S-6063 That I didn't know. Thanks for the information! :-)

[@jeffryblackmon4846]

Little bit of paint and polish, she'll be roadworthy again.

[@jlletaw1954]

1 cool car...sure is rough...but l'm sure worse ones than this have been brought back

[@konstantinusov2812]

И что с ним будет?

[@edsonatoniogarciaantonio3305]

Que raridade

[@rafaelgledson4728]

Vale cara salve ai

[@50zcarsman]

What you have there is a Buick-shaped pile of corrosion. I've never liked those "mustache" grilles.

[@josecarlosgrandinetti6195]

TOP 🤙🇧🇷🤙🎱

[@vermontjeff2535]

Pull the engine. Junk the rest

[@EdEverson-n4b]

Rat rod why

[@jackgreen412]

3 hole Buick

[@lalinflores7019]

Me extraña que en ese *Hermoso pais* tengan muy buenas herramientas y no te las ingeniaste para haberlo subido de otra manera. Muy mal video

[@MAC-ws8fz]

I watched this and then saw the date. I was going to tell you I like the other intro music better! An STOP with the rat rod crap! NOBODY likes that stuff any more! Sure there's lots of shows with rats but its going out of style and cool!

[@kyleallenburgess]

hell i would restore it put a 350 sbc in it and start a limo service that car is beautiful

[@mikedrown2721]

Oh sure let's sink a Buick down to the level of a common shevrolay🤬

[@ednalbraden3970]

hello

[@autobug2]

LOL--A brit no doubt titled this video, hence the 'limo' moniker. It's not a limousine, but just a Buicke regular sedan. All 4drs. to foreigners are "limos".

[@jonathanw4942]

Explain the divider glass between driver and passengers in the rear

[@JamesBond-pb2qy]

Don't look like. Limo

[@jonathanw4942]

Called an executive limo, not a stretch, but has the partition glass and all the comforts in the rear.