1938 Buick Century Convertible [66-C]

1938 Buick Century [66-C] in Dark Victory, Movie, 1939

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin:

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

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sixcyl ◊ 2010-07-31 06:12	There's a pick-up in the background, in the 4th thumbnail. Humphrey Bogart, on the running-board of this Buick, play a 2nd role in that film. He wasn't yet the Hollywood star he will become few years later.
nzcarnerd ◊ 2010-07-31 06:54	Can we be sure it is a Century and not a Special?
38buicks ◊ 2011-01-11 17:48	nzcarnerd wrote Can we be sure it is a Century and not a Special? Actually we can be fairly certain it is a Century. The dark steering wheel was used on the Century, Roadmaster and Limited Models and a light colored steering wheel was used on the Special. Now a days a lot of restorers put the light colored steering wheels on the larger series cars but this movie was made in 1939 so i doubt it was changed.

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sixcyl

◊ 2010-07-31 06:12

There's a pick-up in the background, in the 4th thumbnail.

Humphrey Bogart, on the running-board of this Buick, play a 2nd role in that film. He wasn't yet the Hollywood star he will become few years later.

nzcarnerd

◊ 2010-07-31 06:54

Can we be sure it is a Century and not a Special?

38buicks

◊ 2011-01-11 17:48

nzcarnerd wrote Can we be sure it is a Century and not a Special?

Actually we can be fairly certain it is a Century. The dark steering wheel was used on the Century, Roadmaster and Limited Models and a light colored steering wheel was used on the Special. Now a days a lot of restorers put the light colored steering wheels on the larger series cars but this movie was made in 1939 so i doubt it was changed.

1938 Buick Century Convertible [66-C]

1938 Buick Century [66-C] in Dark Victory, Movie, 1939

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