1931 Buick Series 90 Convertible Coupe

Built on Buick's largest chassis and powered by Buick's largest straight-eight, convertible coupes were the only 1931 open-bodied Buicks that received Fisher bodies. Sequentially, this car is the 939th 1931 Buick Model 8-96C Convertible Coupe of 1,070 built, making it a late example with single-rail bumpers, a feature unique to late-production 1931 Buicks. It is estimated that less than one percent of all 1931 Buicks were equipped with the optional six semi-chrome plated Kelsey Hayes wire wheels (with sidemounts in fender wells).

The original owner of this car is not known. The second owner was a Shell Oil service station located in Manchester, Michigan, which converted the car into a tow truck by removing the rumble seat and welding a wrecker crane to the frame. In 1998, John and Roger Fields became the seventh owners when they began an ambitious five-year restoration. Two 1931 Series 90 sedans were used as donor cars.

The current owner purchased the car in 2007 and retained the Fields to continue to improve and maintain its impeccable restoration. A two-year extensive freshening of the car's restoration was completed in October 2019, by John Fields.

This Buick is restored in its original colors of Martinique Blue Light and Martinique Blue Deep, with Black fenders and a Gold pinstripe. The car features Buick Official options including sidemounts with mirrors, chrome spoke wire wheels, whitewalls, dual Pilot Ray driving lights, Mercury ornament, trunk and rack, right taillight and wiper, and rumble seat footrest. The base price was $1,785 and the price with options was $2,650.