1949 Buick Super Estate Wagon

1949 Buick Super Estate Wagon brings traditional wood-bodied construction into Buick’s postwar range. This profile explains its history, specification, production scope and collector significance with named sources and credited photographs.

Record: BUI-028 · Buick · 1949 · High.

1949 Buick Super Estate Wagon: history and background

The 1949 Super Estate Wagon places traditional wood-bodied construction beside Buick’s postwar styling. It is not interchangeable with the larger-engine Roadmaster Estate Wagon. A wagon can look similar in a photograph while belonging to a different Buick series, so the Super name and 1949 reference year are essential parts of this record.

Specifications and production scope

Design and engineering

The wood framing, roof line and multi-door passenger body give the Estate Wagon its strongest visual identity. Unlike a sedan’s painted steel exterior, the timber construction makes the condition and restoration of the body a particularly important part of an individual car’s history. Original construction, replacement timber and modern finishing choices should be described honestly rather than hidden beneath a general restoration claim.

Model identity and rarity

The reported 1,830 total belongs to the 1949 Super Estate Wagon. It is not a count of every Buick woody. The photographed Automobile Driving Museum example supplies a clearly named subject and setting. That museum identification is useful visual evidence, but it does not establish the originality of every timber section, mechanical assembly or colour combination.

Collector significance

The wagon’s significance is the meeting of practical family transport and a labour-intensive body style that was nearing the end of its traditional production era. It adds a different story to the open cars and design studies in this batch. A strong collector description should discuss the body’s construction and documented restoration as carefully as the engine, with a separate record for any Roadmaster counterpart.

Compare related verified Buick profiles

Read this 1949 Super Estate Wagon beside the 1941 Buick Roadmaster Convertible Phaeton 71C and 1959 Buick Electra 225 Convertible to place its four-door wood-bodied estate wagon, model 59 in context. The related entries retain their own years, model identities and production scopes, so their figures are not added to this record.

• 1941 Buick Roadmaster Convertible Phaeton 71C
• 1959 Buick Electra 225 Convertible
• 1959 Buick Invicta Convertible

Frequently asked questions

Is this a Roadmaster Estate Wagon?

No. The profile covers the 1949 Super Estate Wagon, with its own series identity and reported production total.

How many were built?

The cited references report 1,830 Super Estate Wagons for 1949, excluding Roadmaster wagons and later years.

What deserves particular attention on a surviving car?

The body’s timber construction and restoration history deserve close documentation, alongside the model plate and mechanical identification.

Why is the Super Estate Wagon included as a rare Buick?

1,830 Super Estate Wagons reported for 1949; Roadmaster wagons and other years excluded. The scope is tied to this specific year, body or original project. It does not confer the same rarity on every car carrying the broader Super name, and it does not describe how many survive today.

What records help identify an individual Super Estate Wagon?

Begin with the documented year and four-door wood-bodied estate wagon, model 59. Read the original model/body identification and surviving factory or collection records together. Record replacement components and restoration work separately. For a concept or racing car, its physical-car provenance is especially important; for an optioned production model, retain the equipment paperwork.

What photographs and credits accompany this profile?

The bundled photograph is retrieved from named Wikimedia Commons file records. Each image has a visible photographer or archive credit, its own licence link and an accurate subject caption. The pictures illustrate the documented model; they do not establish ownership, present condition or every component’s originality.

Sources and photo credits

Production figures retain the scope and qualifications of the named references. Manufacturer and museum records establish project identity; auction and historical model references supply additional body-specific context.

• Bilweb Auctions — 1949 Super woody wagon, model production discussion
• Historical model table — 1949 Buick

Photo: Daderot / Wikimedia Commons · CC0. No local cropping, retouching or content removal. A source-supplied size variant is used where available.