1949 Buick Roadmaster Sedan, a quick drive

[@kroakie4]

That’s an absolute beauty of a car. I love old Buicks. The quiet rumble of the engine is very appealing.

[@misterfrias]

That was really nice. Very smooth.

[@grampy2014]

One advantage of the Dynaflow was on snowy/icy roads. Steady motion with no downshifting

[@gentle285]

The scenery, the car, the atmosphere and the picture quality... this video is awesome! Thank you for sharing it!

[@dondesnoo1771]

Straight in line with mi foty nine drives real fine 8in line the flows jus fine in my foty nine.jus something I remembered 70yrs. Ago.

[@Modeltnick]

The Dynaflow transmission doesn’t shift when it’s underway. All the torque multiplication is in the torque converter.

[@pilsudski36]

Yes! At sixteen, a 1949 Roadmaster was my very first car. Needed a lot of stuff, but it looked great. Couldn't go on the expressway but it was great for dates and beach trips. And it rode as good as any car on the road today!

[@darrylfenley3959]

Love it! This is truly a drive down memory lane! Thank you!

[@ddkoda]

Gorgeous work of art instrument panel complement the mechanical smoothness of your car.

[@muffs55mercury61]

Yep that's the Roadmaster 320 big block straight 8 that purred like a kitten as I remembered them. The engine was made from 1936 to 1952 and very reliable (don't expect more that 10-11 mpg tho) I was lucky to had a '51 and two '52s some years ago.

[@billhowes7464]

My Dad had two Buicks .A 1946 Roadmaster and a 1952 Super. I learned to drive in the 52.❤️

[@muffs55mercury61]

@@billhowes7464 Beautiful cars !!

[@Paramount531]

Great video, thanks! The car is beautiful!

[@dogman8436]

Wish I had one now. Dynaflow transmission-no shifts in “D”. Accelerates like a small air plane with variable prop. My father had a 1941, 47, 55 and 63. He offered me the 1955 for $300 and I declined! Dumb me! I was into sports cars then.

[@MichaelJohnson-dt8tv]

You can’t hear the transmission shift because it’s a Dynaflow, and i don’t think they had gears, per se. Seems like it was a type of variable pitch turbine or something along those lines. An interesting concept, especially for the time. It must have been at least moderately effective, I think they kept them in production for a while.

[@joegarcia54]

That’s one sweet ride. Would had love to see the exterior

[@simonchesterman1108]

There's a couple of other videos on my channel, a walk round and an engine bay one

[@cherianmanamel]

A Gem of a car. Lovely job it really shows brovo.

[@davekennedy6315]

GLC in the house! Fear Of A Welsh Planet.

[@Rottingboards]

Nice drive, thanks.

[@timseidel-qq5gy]

Beautiful

[@sonuattri3299]

Beautiful.........

[@MrMarket1]

wow its beautiful

[@mariahhaarstick591]

It's still in pretty good condition

[@christopherwirt7429]

Raymond says he's an excellent driver.

[@Rottingboards]

Nice video, Do you know the difference between the special, super and road master for 1949. Does the dashboard change its looks? And I have found the road master has a longer wheel base. Any knowledge would be appreciated.

[@hoss73ford]

***** The 1949 Roadmaster and Super share the same dash. The 1949 Special still used the dash of 1941-48. The Specials were phased out of production early in the production year to be replaced by the 1950 model. The Roadmaster wheelbase was about 4 inches longer than the Super (the 4 door sedan even longer) and the Specials were the smallest, I believe 122 inches.

[@MrTheMiguelox]

The roadmaster also got the bigger engine.

[@thewilddinkus8026]

Super and special had 3 venti ports in the fenders roadmaster had 4. They drilled them out for the first half of 49 but after that they were solid. I own a 49 straight 8 super and notice very little difference between the 3 besides trims, transmission and if you could get the dyna flow option

[@dbona4445]

You can't hear the transmission shift because it doesn't.

[@alanwann9318]

Nice view of a Buick consul?

[@mikedrown2721]

👍👌😊

[@paradiseroad6405]

...DYNAFLOW...no shift in drive...strictly torque converter...with a manual low and reverse...

[@brucewiemer255]

Eight in a row, rhe only way to go. Aplies to Packard as well.

[@brucewiemer255]

No one mentioned the Buick bombsite hood ornament. Not pedestrian friendly

[@grampy2014]

I never impaled anyone though. 😂

[@delftfietser]

The high hoods on today's American full size pickups is part of pedestrian safety. It's been thought that it was better to hit a pedestrian square in the chest and knock them down, rather than a low hood knock them off their feet and smash their head into the hood( and the engine beneath it) or the windshield. Of course if the driver can't see short objects in front of him because of a high hood, that's a problem.

[@brucewiemer255]

I am not advocating gunning for pedestrians with a Buick hood oranament. The Buick bombsite name for the hood oranament was a direct coralation to the Norden bombsite on ww2 american bombers. Fact not fiction.

[@GenerallyGeneralLee]

Who makes a video about a car without showing the car?

[@danschubring7957]

She? It’s a car…