[{"id": 1672846, "authorName": "rbjam83", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rbjam83/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "So it does over 90 mph even when parked.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1501878820, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1672912, "authorName": "David_P", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/david_p/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What a great period car, and the photo setting is apt. \n\nNow look at the Y-job and you'll see how advanced it was compared to the styling of what you could buy.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1501879857, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1672956, "authorName": "SM_Minis", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sm_minis/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "\"Oil Cushioned Valve-In-Head\" Gotta' love it! Hydraulic valve lifters, I assume, and the oil cushioning will make them much quieter than non-self-adjusting. The service station sticker is also intriguing. Claflin, Kansas - pretty much dead center in the state, not very big, and a long way from anywhere interesting. I work with several folks from that part of Kansas; emphasis on FROM. Current population is 624, about one fourth the size of the company I work at.\n\nAnd changing the oil more often than the filter was still common practice. At that time most BMC cars were still on an oil change every 3,000 miles and the filter at 6,000. What would the oil and filter change frequency be for a new American car in 1961?\n\n@David P - I'm with you on the period setting of the photos. That's what caught my attention. A very evocative presentation, I hope it does well.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1501880211, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1673090, "authorName": "tony1883 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tony1883/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The log building shown was road house on old rt 66 about 10 miles east of Williams AZ. Rumor has it that they had \"girls\" upstairs. Way before my time. Has since been bought and painted and is now trying to become a winery. And yes it is going 90 mph right now in my garage.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1501882364, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1673113, "authorName": "Potomacduck", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/potomacduck/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What a fantastic car!!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1501882810, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1673261, "authorName": "PWSchuh", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pwschuh/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Looks like a swell car for running a little 'shine.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1501890663, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1673317, "authorName": "BCMac", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bcmac/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Love the lead photo with the San Francisco Peaks in the background. Beautiful country for a beautiful automobile. Sounds like this Buick will get newer one part at a time.\n\n@tony 1883 : Do you have a sense of how many layers of paint are present, and what does the undercarriage look like?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1501894765, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1673364, "authorName": "tony1883 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tony1883/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "From looking at the upper parts of the car I think that what you see is the original factory paint. I don't know why the fenders and hood are so worn. \n\nOne of the reasons I bought the car was that the sheet metal appeared to be in such good condition. I could see no evidence of body damage, repairs or rust except for the dents under the front bumper. \n\nThe undercarriage is dirty and splashed with muddy water. As you can see I live down a 2 mile dirt road, and I don't have a lift, but I don't see any rust.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1501898436, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1673504, "authorName": "Antichrysler", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/antichrysler/", "bidAmount": 1938, "content": "$1,938 bid placed by Antichrysler", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1501909318, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1673588, "authorName": "Carlo_Muro", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carlo_muro/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wait a minute. Oil not changed since 1961 and you're showing it can do 90? \n\nGLWTA. Poor thing needs a new owner.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1501933448, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1673717, "authorName": "Mart_Emeness", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mart_emeness/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Very stately looking. With just a fresh paint job and not a whole lot more. this could be a very classy and elegant cruiser. I like it a lot.\n-----------\nSome 1938-vintage Buick magazine ads.\nhttp://www.oldcaradvertising.com/Buick/1938/dirindex.html\n=====================", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1501940789, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1673800, "authorName": "rlincoln", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rlincoln/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "i wouldn't drive this car without dropping the pan and cleaning it out. The oil pickup may have a screen on it it that is partially plugged. This would account for the drop in oil pressure. This could be a simple fix. I would also flush the engine and change the filter. This old battleaxe should run forever.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1501944347, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1673801, "authorName": "48flyboy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/48flyboy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "could we get a photo of the damage under the front bumper. Thanks. Why would anyone ruin this car with a new paint job?", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1501944430, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1673802, "authorName": "RoopsMG", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/roopsmg/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "So does this engine have babbited rods or does it have bearing inserts on the crank?", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1501944439, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1673936, "authorName": "IrishlovesBritish", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/irishlovesbritish/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The patina Is perfect. Jonathon Ward should make this his next \"derilict\".", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1501951180, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1673994, "authorName": "skipjack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/skipjack/", "bidAmount": 2500, "content": "$2,500 bid placed by skipjack", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1501953541, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1674033, "authorName": "tony1883 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tony1883/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "As far as I know this engine came with babbited bearings, and I have no reason to think they have been changed. I have not dropped the pan. I have also been told that the low oil pressure might be fixed by taking the bottom off the oil pump and flattening it. I have changed the oil twice since I had the car.\n\nThe only pictures I have of the sheet metal damage under the front bumper are terrible but I will try to attach them. If it doesn't work I will find out how or where to do it.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1501955356, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1674208, "authorName": "bringatrailer", "authorUrl": "", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Pictures of the correct hubcaps and front panel damage have been added to the gallery.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1501967928, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1674285, "authorName": "bondgraham", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bondgraham/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I'd like to hear the stories this car could tell. I've always had a soft spot for Buicks and Arizona. Rode the Grand Canyon Railway out of Williams in the late '80's.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1501975608, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1674346, "authorName": "nmilne", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nmilne/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I'd be (slightly) surprised if the bearings were still babbited for 1938 for this straight 8. In any case I think that it WOULD be a good idea for someone to remove the pan and clean the screen...and oil pump too. Unfortunately, it's likely that after all these years oil galleries may also be sludged up.....I'd try a couple of pan loads of Rotella to see if any cleansing is possible....with the caveat that as sludge is shifted, it is likely to pass over the bearing surfaces.\r\nIn the mean time.....I would treat it with some respect.....", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1501981738, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1674378, "authorName": "voltage", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/voltage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful piece of art - what a dilemma I would have keeping the patina or repainting in the original color... Going to watch this one closely.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1501985984, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1674640, "authorName": "EUbrainwashing", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/eubrainwashing/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Some girls can be too pretty and some cars can look too clean", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1502034395, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1674669, "authorName": "Swingandamiss", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/swingandamiss/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wonderful car. I've always loved the crisp front of the 1938 Buick (and GM) cars. GLWTA.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1502036832, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1675024, "authorName": "Davey_Jones", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/davey_jones/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wow! How about that gorgeous air extraction vent casting on the side of the hood! Maybe Pininfarina flipped it back to front for the Testarossa's side strakes? \nAlso, the headlight fuselages are elegant, and prominent without looking forced. \nI've never driven a straight eight. I presume it gives plenty of smooth torque so shifting is minimized. \nAs for this car: The seller was spot-on that the good body condition was a prime reason to buy it. Mechanical systems are relatively easy to address compared to undoing previous body repairs or dealing with rust.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1502068444, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1675280, "authorName": "DeFront", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/defront/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wow, I can't believe the condition of this interior. It's incredible that its intact after nearly 80 years. Restorations are for cars that need it. Patina like this is rare. We have a '37 LaSalle coupe that was purchased new by my great-grandfather. While it's never been restored and garaged for the last 40+ years, the first 40 must have been hard. It's condition doesn't compare with this. This is a gem!! Good luck with the auction.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1502111075, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1675435, "authorName": "Patrick01", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/patrick01/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "For all fans of \"patina\"...this is what REAL patina looks like! Rust is NOT \"patina\"! A well-worn, yet very presentable look. Not \"fauxtina\", which drives me nuts! I really like this Buick! Their Eights of the era were quiet and quite powerful for the day. A ride in one of these is like floating on a cloud. Roll the windows down and enjoy the breeze, as the road rolls effortlessly by under the tires. So nice! All I'd do, appearance-wise, is take some 0000 steel wool to the body and roll with that. A repaint would not do this car right in its' current shape.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1502117945, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1675481, "authorName": "Zayante", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/zayante/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I've wanted a car like this ever since I saw the '37 Buick on the cover of Hot Tuna's Burgers album. Am now working on how to get more garage space - don't want to screw up the patina with real deterioration.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502120242, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1675875, "authorName": "Ondeamo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ondeamo/", "bidAmount": 2675, "content": "$2,675 bid placed by Ondeamo", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502132968, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1675966, "authorName": "skipjack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/skipjack/", "bidAmount": 2775, "content": "$2,775 bid placed by skipjack", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502134510, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1676401, "authorName": "Ondeamo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ondeamo/", "bidAmount": 2875, "content": "$2,875 bid placed by Ondeamo", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502140027, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1676632, "authorName": "Ondeamo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ondeamo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I have a 1939 Buick Roadmaster Phaeton model 81C, a great mostly original car, only 2 owners since new. This 1938 would make a very good second car!!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1502142781, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1676884, "authorName": "skipjack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/skipjack/", "bidAmount": 3600, "content": "$3,600 bid placed by skipjack", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502153363, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1677134, "authorName": "Ondeamo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ondeamo/", "bidAmount": 3766, "content": "$3,766 bid placed by Ondeamo", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502171252, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1677548, "authorName": "skipjack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/skipjack/", "bidAmount": 3889, "content": "$3,889 bid placed by skipjack", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502207752, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1677623, "authorName": "rhsalter", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rhsalter/", "bidAmount": 4000, "content": "$4,000 bid placed by rhsalter", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502210814, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1677966, "authorName": "skipjack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/skipjack/", "bidAmount": 5000, "content": "$5,000 bid placed by skipjack", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502219849, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1678213, "authorName": "kpelowitz", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kpelowitz/", "bidAmount": 5100, "content": "$5,100 bid placed by kpelowitz", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502223330, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1678255, "authorName": "skipjack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/skipjack/", "bidAmount": 5500, "content": "$5,500 bid placed by skipjack", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502223768, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1680752, "authorName": "crashcraft1", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/crashcraft1/", "bidAmount": 5600, "content": "$5,600 bid placed by crashcraft1", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502313618, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1681196, "authorName": "skipjack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/skipjack/", "bidAmount": 6137, "content": "$6,137 bid placed by skipjack", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502320282, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1681326, "authorName": "rhsalter", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rhsalter/", "bidAmount": 6500, "content": "$6,500 bid placed by rhsalter", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502327752, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1681399, "authorName": "Blink", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/blink/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Saw the SF Peaks in the background and only clicked because I wanted to see if this was listed from Flagstaff. Close!!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1502331066, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1681539, "authorName": "Robert_in_LA", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/robert_in_la/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@voltage\nIn practice, I don't find \"paint or not to paint\" to be a dilemma at all. Patina is lovely. You can buff it out a bit and wax a little. Then as years pass, what you will find that you are looking at is no longer 'patina', but 'decay'. And at that point, you know what you are going to do.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1502342339, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1681547, "authorName": "Robert_in_LA", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/robert_in_la/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Regarding the main bearings on Buick straight eights. This engine had poured rod bearings, but according to this article, the later steel backed bearings will fit, provided you change all of them. \n\n\"Engines pre 1949 had poured babitt-type rod bearing with adjusting shims. Post '49 engines use steel backed inserts. Because the late rods and bearings are interchangeable with the earlier models, this change is recommended. \nBuick straight eight cranks have five main bearing journals. Generous in size, the become larger from front to rear, except in the 263 engine where they are a constant diameter, 2.562 inches. To prevent misalignment of the crank, matched sets of main bearing inserts must be installed when fitting the crank to the block If the crank must be ground to an undersize main journal or crankpin diameter, the shaft should be re balanced.\"\n\nTry this URL, and search for Mike1951: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/buick-straight-8-parts.483694/", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1502343094, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1681550, "authorName": "Robert_in_LA", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/robert_in_la/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A set of main bearings for the Buick 248 straight eight is listed as available here. Asking is $250. The bearings are 0.030\" over. My guess is that the same folks would know who would do a good job turning that crank. \n\nhttps://www.kanter.com/productdetail.aspx?Mak=Buick&Ov=1&Yr=1938&Dv=1&Dpt=1400&Sb=0&Vdr=&Itm=&MDv=1&MDpt=0&MSb=0&Cat=32&Prc=357\n\nThis is not a vendor I have used before, but to casual inspection they look quite legitimate. Apparently they have been in business since 1960. Buick specialists of the era could tell you in a heart beat.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502343562, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1683293, "authorName": "skipjack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/skipjack/", "bidAmount": 6600, "content": "$6,600 bid placed by skipjack", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502414634, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1683324, "authorName": "Ftumpch", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ftumpch/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Looks very appealing. I have an almost-identical 1937 model (bought new by my great-grandfather!) which is similarly unrestored and remains remarkably solid. I believe the engines are slightly different incl. perhaps the \"oil-cushioned\" feature (this being the era when car companies brought out a new/update model every single year), but my car has the most amazing, proverbial sewing machine-quiet operation. As its appearance suggests it's pretty truck-like to drive, and teeters rather than handles, but overall it's still quite a relaxing and remarkably competent machine, perfectly fine all day at 70mph, lovely design details, and parts are readily available. \n\nAgree with @rlincoln about dropping the pan. This is precisely what I did when I got my hands on the old battleaxe (after it had been sitting virtually unused for the last 20-some years), and discovered a 2\" layer of the thickest sludge I've ever encountered. Took quite a while to dig it out, and it wouldn't properly wash off my hands for over a week... but it's out now and the engine is much happier as a result.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1502416095, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1683614, "authorName": "tomwas", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tomwas/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This was my first antique car when I was twenty or so years old, I'm 65 now. Was a black repaint over that brownish color. Two pistons melted a bit and would foul the plugs in a mile of driving. A guy I worked with just got back from the Marines and wanted to work on an old car. He had it a few months, I rounded up good used parts and he got it back up and running. Had the car nine years and loved every minute of it. Wish I still had it, along with my first car, a 63 s22 comet convertible. Whoever gets the Buick drive it and cherish your ownership. They are a helluva car.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1502454884, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1683828, "authorName": "Robert_in_LA", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/robert_in_la/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Apparently parts availability for these 248 Straight Eights is really pretty good. Here is an engine rebuild kit for about $1,900 and it includes a re-ground cam shaft. These are not hard engines to rebuild if you can find the parts. One of the obstacles to the work is that block and and head are very heavy. \n\nhttps://egge.com/kit/bu248m37/\n\nPeople are reporting that they have had the heads rebuild, in the last half decade, for around $600 including parts. \n\nhttp://forums.aaca.org/topic/245807-248-straight-eight-head-rebuild/", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1502461520, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1684118, "authorName": "ralt12", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ralt12/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wish I had the room for this.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1502470633, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1684120, "authorName": "Johnsgarage", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/johnsgarage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Before purchasing main bearings, I'd check with knowledgeable Buick folks before selecting a vendor. This automobile is perfect for AACA's Historical Preservation of Original Features (HPOF) class. It's got to be one of the nicest unrestored '38 Buicks out there.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1502470692, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1684170, "authorName": "Erl", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/erl/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A car nut as a child, I always listened intently to my father when he spoke of past cars he had owned. He was 35 when I was born so that was a number of vehicles. My parents lived in Wyoming and Nevada before settling in California. My dad, on many occasions talked of the \"best car he ever owned,\" a 38 Buick identical to this one. I have his old pictures to confirm the model. I recall him saying he drove it 90 mph everywhere he went in those vast territories. I would love to own this one.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1502472455, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1684411, "authorName": "pshade44", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pshade44/", "bidAmount": 6700, "content": "$6,700 bid placed by pshade44", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502478357, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1684426, "authorName": "skipjack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/skipjack/", "bidAmount": 7025, "content": "$7,025 bid placed by skipjack", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502478447, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1684429, "authorName": "pshade44", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pshade44/", "bidAmount": 7125, "content": "$7,125 bid placed by pshade44", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502478483, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1684443, "authorName": "skipjack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/skipjack/", "bidAmount": 7300, "content": "$7,300 bid placed by skipjack", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502478552, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1684459, "authorName": "pshade44", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pshade44/", "bidAmount": 7400, "content": "$7,400 bid placed by pshade44", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502478636, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1684619, "authorName": "skipjack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/skipjack/", "bidAmount": 8000, "content": "$8,000 bid placed by skipjack", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502479929, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1684684, "authorName": "pshade44", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pshade44/", "bidAmount": 8100, "content": "$8,100 bid placed by pshade44", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502480428, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1684690, "authorName": "skipjack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/skipjack/", "bidAmount": 8500, "content": "$8,500 bid placed by skipjack", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502480471, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1684732, "authorName": "pshade44", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pshade44/", "bidAmount": 8600, "content": "$8,600 bid placed by pshade44", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502480930, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1684734, "authorName": "skipjack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/skipjack/", "bidAmount": 8700, "content": "$8,700 bid placed by skipjack", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502480949, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1684736, "authorName": "pshade44", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pshade44/", "bidAmount": 8800, "content": "$8,800 bid placed by pshade44", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502480980, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1684741, "authorName": "skipjack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/skipjack/", "bidAmount": 9000, "content": "$9,000 bid placed by skipjack", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502481032, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1684753, "authorName": "pshade44", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pshade44/", "bidAmount": 9100, "content": "$9,100 bid placed by pshade44", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502481189, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1684777, "authorName": "skipjack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/skipjack/", "bidAmount": 9200, "content": "$9,200 bid placed by skipjack", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502481598, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1684783, "authorName": "pshade44", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pshade44/", "bidAmount": 9300, "content": "$9,300 bid placed by pshade44", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502481669, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1684787, "authorName": "Countrysquire", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/countrysquire/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I'm going to feel bad if a third guy jumps in here at the end.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1502481730, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1684790, "authorName": "915fan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/915fan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "putting a few more seconds on the clock?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502481750, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1684791, "authorName": "skipjack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/skipjack/", "bidAmount": 9500, "content": "$9,500 bid placed by skipjack", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502481770, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1684792, "authorName": "915fan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/915fan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "wow!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1502481779, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1684788, "authorName": "cigarsandscotch", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cigarsandscotch/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "We got a live one....", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1502481813, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1684796, "authorName": "pshade44", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pshade44/", "bidAmount": 9700, "content": "$9,700 bid placed by pshade44", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502481851, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1684802, "authorName": "skipjack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/skipjack/", "bidAmount": 10000, "content": "$10,000 bid placed by skipjack", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502481967, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1684804, "authorName": "DaveD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/daved/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Skip is all in!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502481984, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1684806, "authorName": "915fan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/915fan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "one of these days those last second bids aren't gonna go through, just saying", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1502481988, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1684807, "authorName": "DaveD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/daved/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Waiting 'til the last second here is pointless. It ain't eBay!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1502482015, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1684808, "authorName": "915fan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/915fan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "exactly", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502482038, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1684809, "authorName": "cigarsandscotch", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cigarsandscotch/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@915fan...I've always thought the same thing, seems here the risk totally outweighs the reward", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1502482041, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1684811, "authorName": "pshade44", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pshade44/", "bidAmount": 10250, "content": "$10,250 bid placed by pshade44", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502482058, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1684813, "authorName": "DaveD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/daved/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "It's not reward...it's trembling indecision!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502482068, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1684816, "authorName": "bigsix87", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bigsix87/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I believe it happened on the 1966 Mustang earlier today.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502482074, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1684818, "authorName": "mwillinger", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mwillinger/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I'm tempted to bid just to break up this duopoly. \n\nBut I might win.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1502482095, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1684819, "authorName": "frozen_car_guy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/frozen_car_guy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "People do it to annoy us peanut gallery types.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502482112, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1684820, "authorName": "cigarsandscotch", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cigarsandscotch/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@mwillinger.....Worse things have happened...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502482128, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1684822, "authorName": "Dennis_Jimenez", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dennis_jimenez/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Go man, make it a triopoly.........", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502482142, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1684825, "authorName": "skipjack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/skipjack/", "bidAmount": 10500, "content": "$10,500 bid placed by skipjack", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502482164, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1684828, "authorName": "pshade44", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pshade44/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "It's all yours skip! Enjoy!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1502482201, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1684834, "authorName": "DaveD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/daved/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Now they're playin' Chicken with $250 bills...see who blinks first....", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502482241, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1684830, "authorName": "mwillinger", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mwillinger/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "If I was to bid, I would make SURE I won.\n\nIt's a very cool car.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502482257, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1684840, "authorName": "skipjack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/skipjack/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sold on 8/11/17 for $10,500 to skipjack", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502482287, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 1684841, "authorName": "DaveD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/daved/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Whew!!!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1502482293, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1684844, "authorName": "915fan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/915fan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Never saw a car come back from the dead like that, congrats skipjack nice car!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1502482325, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1684846, "authorName": "skipjack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/skipjack/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thank you ..........lets hope", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1502482352, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1684850, "authorName": "Dennis_Jimenez", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dennis_jimenez/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Well done skipper, wish I had room for one like this. Unfortunately would also leave room in my wallet.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1502482375, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1684888, "authorName": "tony1883 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tony1883/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "An exciting finish. Congratulations skipjack. I think you will be happy with your purchase. And all of you people who said nice things about my former car - thanks.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1502482729, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1684899, "authorName": "Texasplumr", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/texasplumr/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Got caught up working and missed the end. @skipjack congrats!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502482886, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1685536, "authorName": "Johnsgarage", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/johnsgarage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@skipjack - This Buick is not a \"value guide\" automobile; well bought.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1502498871, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1685629, "authorName": "Robert_in_LA", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/robert_in_la/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Have fun @skipjack The Buick Special really is 'special' and this one is an extraordinary find. There are a lot of people out and about who love this specific car with the Straight Eight 248 cubic inch, which is big enough to move that amount of metal smoothly and not so big as to consume an obscene amount of fuel. The extended community will help you find your way forward with this thing. You'll find a history of the development that engine here at the Buick Heritage Alliance. 1938 was the first year with domed pistons, that increased the compression a bit. Your model also benefits from the recent introduction of aluminum valve rocker arms, which reduced valve train inertia and decreased valve train noise. Try this URL: http://www.buickheritagealliance.org/index.php/restoration/engines/straight_8", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1502504042, "type": "comment"}]