1948 Buick Roadmaster

HEARSE Other

8 - Cyl.

Manual

15734

Gasoline

             1948 BUICK HEARSE BUILT BY THE 'FLXIBLE' COMPANY 66,882 ORIGINAL MILES FIRST TIME OFFERED THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE EVER OFFERED OUR 1948 BUICK  TO YOU LOYAL EBAYERS AND, BY NOW, MOST OF YOU KNOW OF OUR NEAR PERFECT RECORD.. WE HAVE LISTED  OVER 35 OF OUR ANTIQUE AND CLASSIC CARS ON EBAY AND HAVE SOLD NEARLY EVERY ONE ON THE VERY FIRST LISTING.. OUR SUCCESS IS DUE TO OUR LOW REALISTIC RESERVES, AS OPPOSED TO THOSE BARRETT-JACKSON WATCHERS OUT THERE, WHO FEEL THAT SELLING THEIR COLLECTOR CARS IS EQUIVALENT TO WINNING A LOTTERY JACKPOT.. ONE SHOULD ALSO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS NOT OUR LIVELIHOOD, BUT RATHER , A LIFE LONG PASSION.. WE TRULY LOVE OLD CARS AND TRUCKS.. OUR OFFERING FOR TODAY IS UNRESTORED AND IT SHOULD BE CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD THAT EVEN THOUGH IT DOES RIDE, DRIVE, STEER AND STOP, IT IS BEING SOLD AS A RESTORATION PROJECT AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED SAFE FOR AMERICA'S ROADWAYS UNTIL FURTHER WORK IS PERFORMED..... FROM THE DRY STATE OF NEBRASKAOUR BUICK HAILS FROM THE DRY-DRY  AREA OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA, ONLY  25 INCHES OF RAIN PER YEAR.... LICENSE RECORDS INDICATE THAT OUR BIG BUICK WORKED IT'S ENTIRE PROFESSIONAL CAREER (16 YEARS) IN THE CENTER PORTION OF THE STATE, IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA... THIS COULD GIVE US ONE INDICATION WHY IT IS ALMOST TOTALLY RUST FREE  ! ! ! DRY CLIMATE & VERY LITTLE SALT ..  THE BRAND NAME ON OUR CONVERSION IS FLXIBLE AND THEIR COMPANY WAS  LOCATED IN LOUDONVILLE, OHIO..WITH A HISTORY THAT DATES BACK TO 1913, THIS COMPANY WAS CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE THE PREMIER IN PROFESSIONAL COACHES..  THEY USED BUICK AUTOMOBILES ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY, ALTHOUGH AT TIMES THEY  ALSO USED CADILLACS AND STUDEBAKERS.. FLXIBLE WOULD TAKE THE BIG 70 SERIES BUICK AND STRETCH, LENGHTEN AND RAISE NEARLY EVERY BODY PANEL ON THE CAR.. AND THEY MADE SURE OF A ROCK SOLID FOUNDATION WITH THEIR OWN FACTORY BUILT   FRAMEWORK.. THEN, DUE TO THE LARGER WHEELBASE, DRIVE SHAFTS WERE LENGTHENED AND A CARRIER BEARING WAS ADDED, FOR SILKY SMOOTH ACCELERATION..TO SAY THE FRAMEWORK WAS   SOLID WOULD DEFINITELY BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT.  REMEMBER, THEY ALSO BUILT BUSSES.  FURTHER, THEY WANTED THEIR FUNERAL COACH TO HAVE A REGAL OR MAJESTIC LOOK, TO BE FITTING FOR THE BURIAL OF ANY PRESIDENT OR HEAD OF STATE..THE HOOD ON OUR CAR WAS RAISED 5 FULL INCHES BY THE FLXIBLE COMPANY, THIS  IN AN EFFORT TO CREATE THE PROPER STATURE AND BLEND WITH THE REST OF THIS MASSIVE AUTOMOBILE... RECENT IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE A BRAND NEW FUEL TANK, NEW WATER PUMP, CARBURETOR, ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP, MASTER CYLINDER, WHEEL CYLINDERS, HOSES AND EXHAUST.   PLEASE TAKE NOTE IN THE VIDEO THAT THERE IS A DEFINITE EXHAUST LEAK THAT STILL MUST BE ADDRESSED.. THE HEADLIGHTS, PARK LIGHTS, TAIL LIGHTS, BRAKE LIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS ALL WORK PROPERLY..THE INTERIOR COULD BE CLASSIFIED AS GOOD ORIGINAL INTERIOR WITH A FEW SPLITS AND WORN SPOTS IN THE LEATHER..HOWEVER, ON A CAR LIKE THIS, WE ARE CERTAIN THAT OUR NEW OWNER WILL WANT TO REPLACE IT TO IT'S FORMER GRANDEUR.               MATCHING NUMBERS UNIT PLEASE TAKE TIME TO VIEW AND STUDY THE PICTURES BELOW.. ONE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST SHOWS THE ORIGINAL SERIAL NUMBER TAG AS IT WAS ATTACHED BY THE FLXIBLE COMPANY IN 1948.. IT SHOWS THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AND THE ENGINE NUMBER AS WELL.   OBSERVE THAT THE ENGINE NUMBER ON THIS ORIGINAL TAG MATCHES PERFECTLY WITH THE NUMBER THAT IS DISPLAYED ON THE ENGINE BLOCK DIRECTLY BEHIND THE DISTRIBUTOR.  THUS PROVING THAT THIS IS INDEED THE VERY SAME ENGINE THAT WAS INSTALLED IN THIS UNIT OVER 60 YEARS AGO.. PLEASE MAKE ME A STAR NO, I REALIZE I'LL NEVER BE A STAR BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD TAKE TIME TO VIEW THE YOUTUBE VIDEO THAT IS MENTIONED ABOVE.. IT IS ONLY A FEW MINUTES LONG AND IT ANSWERS SO MANY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE GENERALLY ASKED..IF YOU HAVE REGULAR SLOW SPEED INTERNET, IT MAY TAKE A FEW MINUTES FOR IT TO TOTALLY LOAD, BUT PLEASE WATCH IT. I KEEP MY FACE HIDDEN AND THE INFORMATION IS INVALUABLE...  PLEASE CHECK THE SERIAL NUMBER ONE OF THE PRECAUTIONS THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN BY THE OLD CAR & TRUCK BUYER IS IN REGARDS TO THE SERIAL NUMBER.. IN THE LATE 40s AND EARLY 1950s, MANY STATES FOUGHT TENACIOUSLY TO THWART OFF THE PROLIFIC MOTOR VEHICLE THIEVES.. LEGISLATORS IN SOME STATES DETERMINED THAT THE TRUE SERIAL NUMBER SHOULD BE THE ONE THAT WAS STAMPED ON THE ENGINE, RATHER THAN THE NUMBER THAT WAS STAMPED ON THE EASILY REMOVED COWL PLATE.   THIS WORKED OUT FINE UNTIL THE OLD ENGINE WAS REPLACED AND THE SERIAL NUMBER BECAME DISCARDED.  IT WAS SENT OUT  IN THE SCRAP... NOW, YEARS LATER, THIS IS BECOMING AN INCREASINGLY SERIOUS PROBLEM, WITH TITLES TRANSFERRED THAT SHOW A SERIAL NUMBER THAT DOES NOT MATCH----ANYTHING....  PLEASE NOTICE THE TWO PICTURES  REGARDING OUR OFFERING.. WE HAVE ILLUSTRATED THAT OUR TITLE AND SERIAL NUMBER COWL TAG MATCH PERFECTLY.. MANY CANNOT MAKE THIS CLAIM.. A SHORT HISTORY OF THE FLXIBLE COMPANY In 1913, Hugo H. Young and Carl F. Dudte founded the Flexible Sidecar Co. in Loudonville, Ohio, to manufacture motorcycle sidecars with a flexible mounting to the motorcycle. The flexible mounting allowed the sidecar to lean on corners along with the motorcycle, and was based on a design patented by Young.   In 1919, the company's name was changed to The Flxible Co. (still pronounced "flexible") so that the name could be registered as a trademark.    After low-priced automobiles became available in the 1920s, the motorcycle sidecar demand dropped and in 1924, Flxible turned to production of funeral cars (hearses), and ambulances, which were primarily manufactured on Buick chassis, but also occasionally on Studebaker, Cadillac and REO chassis, and intercity buses, initially (1930's and early 40's) built on GMC truck chassis, and powered with Buick Straight 8 engines.  TO LEARN MORE CHECK OUT WIKIPEDIA.. BUY THE BUICK AND WE'LL DONATE $100 TO 'CARE' THE CLINTON ANIMAL RESCUE ENDEAVOR (CARE) TOOK OVER THE CLINTON ANIMAL SHELTER IN DECEMBER, 2007.. PRIOR TO THAT, IT WAS RUN BY THE CITY OF CLINTON AND FORCED EUTHANASIAS WERE COMMON.. THIS WAS PRIMARILY DUE TO OVERPOPULATION.. SINCE THAT DATE, THE VOLUNTEERS HAVE WORKED EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN THE SHELTER INTO A CLEAN, HEALTHY AND HAPPY ENVIRONMENT.  THE DRAB, GREY WALLS WERE REPAINTED WITH BRIGHT CLEAN COLORS AND THE LOCAL FOLKS HAVE RESPONDED IN A VERY POSITIVE MANNER.  SINCE 2007, WE HAVE ADOPTED OUT NEARLY 2200 HEALTHY, HAPPY, (SPAYED AND NEUTERED) PETS WITH 0 EUTHANASIAS (EXCEPT FOR HEALTH RELATED ISSUES).. TO LEARN HOW YOU CAN BECOME A PARTNER IN OUR GROUP, CONTACT SHELTER DIRECTOR HEIDI SAPP AT 1-660-351-0472.. ABOUT US JIM RAYSIK CHRYSLER-DODGE-JEEP & GMC TRUCKS  HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 20 YEARS. WE ARE LICENSED, BONDED, INSURED AND HAVE ALWAYS HAD A FEEDBACK RATING OF 100%. WE HAVE EARNED CHRYSLER'S HIGHEST AWARD FOR CUSTOMER SATISFACTION FOR OVER 10 YEARS IN A ROW AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU AS OUR NEXT CUSTOMER. BUT WHERE THE HECK IS CLINTON, MISSOURI??? CLINTON IS LOCATED ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI ON THE SHORES OF BEAUTIFUL TRUMAN LAKE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS VEHICLE FIRST HAND, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU VISIT... IF YOU WOULD LIKE AN INDEPENDENT APPRAISER TO CHECK THIS OFFERING, MAY WE SUGGEST... FRISTOE'S BODY SHOP, PHONE 1-660-885-2622 OR BARTLETT'S BODY SHOP, PHONE 1-660-885-7950. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR ADDITIONAL PICTURES, PLEASE CALL JIM AT--1-800-748-7712. ABOUT DOWNTOWN DESOTO DOWNTOWN DESOTO WAS BUILT IN 1951 BY ARCH SADLER AND ORIGINALLY HOUSED THE SADLER MOTOR CAR COMPANY. IT WAS RESTORED IN 2004 AND NOW HAS ALL OF THE SIGHTS AND SMELLS OF YESTERDAY; INCLUDING A SHOWROOM, A FULLY STOCKED PARTS DEPARTMENT, EVEN A 5 CENT COKE MACHINE. ITS CURRENT OWNERS, JIM AND BECKY RAYSIK USE THE FACILITY AS A COMMUNITY MUSEUM AND AS A STORAGE PLACE FOR 47 OF THE OVER 100 ANTIQUE CARS AND TRUCKS.  IT IS OPENED DURING THE CITY'S 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION AND BY APPOINTMENT FOR TRAVELING CAR CLUBS.. METHOD OF PAYMENT; $1000 DEPOSIT WITHIN 48 HOURS OF END OF SALE, WITH THE REMAINING PORTION DUE WITHIN 7 DAYS, CERTIFIED FUNDS ONLY. FREE INDOOR STORAGE FOR UP TO 30 DAYS, HOWEVER, ALL MONIES MUST BE PAID WITHIN THE 7 DAY WINDOW.                 OUR DOG  BUDDY says;   ===" IF YOU LOSE A GOOD FRIEND, LET HIM TAKE HIS LAST RIDE IN A FLXIBLE HEARSE"===                                   On Jul-23-11 at 12:15:51 PDT, seller added the following information: I'VE HAD CALLS REGARDING THE OVERALL MEASUREMENTS OF THE FLXIBLE HEARSE, THEY ARE; LENGTH--21 FEET 1 INCH.... WIDTH--6 FEET 5 INCHES.... HEIGHT--6 FEET 4 INCHES...