- Sporty Buick roadster
- AACA National First award winner
- Well appointed and conserved
Although Buick reintroduced a four-cylinder car for 1922, the
mainstay continued to be the six-cylinder model, available in ten
body styles. The higher radiators and hoods of 1921 were retained,
as was the 60 bhp, 242-cubic-inch overhead-valve engine. Brakes
continued to be two two-wheel mechanicals, operating on the rear
wheels.
This Buick Six 22 is the Style 44 three-passenger roadster body, of
which 7,666 were built. Painted olive green with black fenders, it
presents very nicely and has a delicate white pinstripe around the
cockpit and a black leatherette top. The seat is upholstered in
black pleated leather. The radiator has a Buick script MotoMeter
mounted in a dog-bone cap. It has been fitted with a tubular
accessory bumper, which has parking lights at its outer ends, and
twin taillights within the perimeter of the rear-mounted spare
tire.
The engine, Buick's famed valve-in-head design, is very tidy and
correctly appointed, including the Stewart vacuum fuel system, to
which a modern inline fuel filter has been added for reliability
and ease of service. A correct Klaxon 12A horn and period oil can
are mounted on the firewall. Gehrig 33 � 4 blackwall tires are
mounted on varnished wood-spoke artillery wheels.
Purchased in 1995 from Bobbie Phillips of London, Kentucky, it was
the recipient of an AACA National First award in 1965. A windshield
sticker shows that it participated in a Glidden Tour in 1969. Very
well maintained and preserved, it is sure to be enjoyed by its next
owner.To view this car and others currently consigned to this
auction, please visit the RM website at
rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/hf19.
