Car of the Week: 1950 Buick custom convertible sedan

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I first saw this 1950 Buick convertible from a distance in February of 2012. I hadn’t seen one of these for years. But as I got closer something appeared wrong. How could it be so long? I was standing beside it and suddenly noticed — it had four doors! But this couldn’t be. Buick finished building four-door convertibles in 1941.

I was remembering my past. My experience attending General Motors Institute in the 1950s and later working for the Buick Motor Division offered me a chance to really know the Buick lineup. I had several Buicks then and you couldn’t fool me on this one. Although the owner was at lunch during this car show near Palm Springs, I overstepped my bounds and opened the front door to locate the VIN number. It was then that the answer became obvious to me. It had a large body plate in the door jam identifying that the car was built by General Motors but had a custom body built by Bayliff Custom Body Company located in Lima, Ohio.

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I s'pose it's safe to assume that it still has an original 1950 Bufford drive train. :doh:
 
its bloody stunning..but...i feel that the area behind the top forward of the trunk lid needs to be longer..that whole section down to the wheel is too short...but...being the body wasnt modified only the top and interior..it works
 
I have to ask where that center "pillar" between the doors goes when the top is put down?

I agree that with the top up that thing is hideous!
 
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