what can i do for you well i have a 1918 buick sitting in the parking lot waiting for you to
drive it corey let's go look at the 1918 buick what do you need my help for get your butt in gear
come on cory needs to have a little more appreciation for the classics
especially something like this car this thing is almost as old as two of us combined
now that is nice what's top speed on one of these things
40 45 corey to get it up to 50 you had to push it off a cliff i came to the pawn shop today to try
to sell my 1918 buick i like to sell it because we can use some cash and hopefully i can get 24
000 but at least i'll take probably it's 20. this is what is known as a buick touring car
back in 1918 corey this was a very innovative car it's got a six-cylinder engine back then
99 of the roads were dirt roads it's high enough off the ground that it can travel those
this is a car that you would take out on sunday afternoon and take a drive who has a car that
they only drive on sunday people with money these old buicks were the electric cars of their day and
unlike the cars today they were worth every penny this one here is so rare you just got to love it
it's definitely not my style but i can appreciate it do you mind if i take a look around absolutely
tires are all rotted a little bit yeah dry rod will get to them corey painted the dashes off
you got chips everywhere what's this about over here man i've never seen this
back in the days there was not many gas stations so you have to carry gas can water tank is your
car overheated and a little bit oil okay cars like this are definitely a part of american history
it's in good shape and the old man's really into it but i'm just not totally sold on it yet
so what do you want to do with it ponder it or sell it we'll like to sell it okay
how much do you want for it i would like to give 24 000 for it
do you mind if i have a buddy of mine come take a look at it tell me what it might be worth
yeah absolutely i'm very proud to own this car i want to see an expert that really appreciates
history hey danny how you guys doing guys usually give me a jingle and have me come
down and check out either a car or a motorcycle or something with wheels and an engine sweet got
ourselves an old buick here today this is always a pleasure for me because you know you get to see
automotive history when this car came out this was a pretty high-end vehicle this was something that
your upper class would be cruising around in back in 1918 these cars were selling for about
13 to 1400 msrp brand new and uh that was a whole lot of money back then
your everyday man he was dealing with the model t's out of ford they were probably uh
three or four hundred dollars a car like this buick can see these cars parked at the polo
events do your magic danny it doesn't look like the car's ever been abused uh at all it looks
just absolutely beautiful but she's got paint issues everywhere the upholstery looks beautiful
we need tires all the way around but paint that seems to be that seems to be the biggest deal
can you open it up can we see the engine please you ready for a treat absolutely
look at this that's beautiful can we hear it run sure
yeah you can shut it off it certainly runs just beautifully i think this car is is really
beautiful you can get uh you know reproduction tires for this that's not an issue but the whole
car needs to be painted you have to disassemble it and repaint everything and put it back together
you're going to easily put anywhere from 10 to twelve thousand dollars into this car i know to
make it to make it that museum quality piece but let's take it let's take this thing for a putt
let's see how it runs and drives 10 to 12 grand is a lot of money for this paint job but i really
like this car but before i can pull the trigger there's one more thing i got to check out i can't
wait to ride in this thing now this is gonna be fun this is class absolutely all right here we go
come on danny crank this damn thing up i'm trying trying my buddy danny is helping
us check out a really old buick but the test drive part just isn't going that hot
i don't think it's gonna happen let me hop out here and take a peek see what's going on
you better fix this damn thing danny there we go oh goodness
well it's flooding really bad common problem in these cars it's just one of the personality corps
of old cars like this every once in a while they get in the mood to dump too much fuel and this
one has dumped way too much fuel in the canister there in other words we can't drive the damn thing
yes sir i still think i want this car but if danny can't test drive it the price is going
to come down a little bit you just rent my day danny yeah it's not my fault i can't help it
that it just does that okay so what do you think it's worth man you're probably looking at about
about 10 to 12 000 worth of restoration to put in this car off the top of my head i i would say
uh 17 18 000 right now is is where i'm at with it hey thanks a lot danny yes sir
this car is really sweet but it needs major paint work and the engine just flooded so even though
the old man wants it i'm really not quite sure on how things are gonna turn out obviously i'm not
gonna pay 24 000 for it give me a better number i think this car can go when it's fully restored
and you can get close to 40 for it look i'm not gonna beat you up i'll go 17-5 and that is it
wow i'm not gonna argue with you well for me at least 22. a 17-5 guy or you haul it home
if you go 17-6 you'll haul it home i'm not going over that in the story done deal
deal 175 it was a fair price the economy is not the greatest so
17-5 probably i can double that money
myself