
So, be my guest-go out and find some spare rear vent window frames for '49 Buick wagons! But you can't have these pictured above, because "there is obviously nothing salvageable there". If we use the general guideline of 1% being left today, that is 25 vehicles. Total Buick woody wagon production for 1949, Supers and Roadmasters combined, is less than 2500.

Do you have any idea how hard it is to find '49 Buick wagon rear door vent glass frames? Obviously, you don't. On the '49, I see good windshields, windshield mouldings, and rear door vent glass frames. “Now it’s better than new because we’ve brought it into the 21st century.These cars are probably not restoreable, but I see lots of scarce and salvageable parts. “It’s special to me because it was my first vehicle here in California,” he told Dennis Gage of My Classic Car. He added C5 Corvette suspension in the front and C4 Corvette independent suspension in the back plus custom springs. Leno added a 620 hp ZZ572 big-block crate motor and a new transmission. Along with the outside, Leno restored the engine as well. He painted the Roadmaster in DuPont paint with fresh new wheels, tires, and matching Buick hubcaps. Leno restored Rosebud in 1973 to its former glory. So even if Jay Leno’s Buick Roadmaster isn’t the most expensive vehicle in the garage, it certainly means a lot to him. It was also the vehicle Jay drove to his first Tonight Show appearance in 1977. The Roadmaster was the car Jay and his wife, Mavis, drove on their very first date. Uxe2uTEvmn- Jay Leno's Garage August 10, 2017Īccording to Throttle Extreme, the 1955 Buick Roadmaster is nicknamed “Rosebud” by Leno himself. Roadmaster Estate Wagon on #JayLenosGarage. As for Shepard’s 1994 four-door Roadmaster Estate Wagon, it is still pretty cool. The 1955 Buick Roadmaster 4-door Sedan was one of 31,717 produced, and a 2-door convertible model only had 4,739 units made that year. It was the 1955 Buick Roadmaster 2-door Riviera model.

Out of all the vehicles, Jay Leno’s Buick Roadmaster was one of 28,071 produced. The lineup also included the 1955 Buick Century (Series 60) in the lineup. In addition to the 1955 Buick Roadmaster, Buick also offered the 1955 Buick Special (Series 40) and the 1995 Buick Super (Series 50). Buick often used these vehicles for police cars, ambulances, and other commercial vehicles. The company produced 738,894 cars in 1995, and this was the statistic for the public models only. Buick removed the B-pillar and turned it into a coupe based on the most popular Riviera model. The 1955 Buick Roadmaster actually started as the Riviera. Hometown Buick publishes the original information shared by Buick back in 1950.

Jay Leno owns a 1955 Buick Roadmaster | Buick
