1949 Buick Series 70 Roadmaster Convertible Coupe

The Harley Earl-designed styling represented a successful application of aircraft-inspired design themes in his vision for the ideal automobile. Another aircraft-inspired design theme was Buick's trademark front-fender portholes or 'Ventiports' developed by designer Ned Nickles and reportedly tested on his own personal car. They were more than just a styling exercise, but functional as well, but quickly became purely decorative in nature.

The Dynaflow fully automatic transmission was an option on the Series 70 Roadmaster model line in 1948, and it proved so popular that Buick folded to customer demand to drastically increase its schedule of proposed installations, a trend that only continued over each successive model year. The well-proven 'Fireball Dynaflash' inline 8-cylinder engine offered 150 horsepower and would continue to soldier on until the debut of Buick's new V-8 engine for 1953.

This 1949 Buick Roadmaster Convertible is equipped with a 320 cubic-inch, overhead-valve inline-8 cylinder engine backed by an automatic (Dynaflow) transmission. It has been restored with Royal maroon paint and rides on new period correct tires.

By Daniel Vaughan | Oct 2021