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Nice looking 41 Buick (Chevy cousin) that just crossed the auction block in Sin City. Check out the dual carb set-up, I like it.

http://www.barrett-jackson.com/Archive/Event/Item/1941-BUICK-40-2-DOOR-SEDANETTE-177689

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I remember as a kid where I picked up my papers I thought Smitty's Sunoco had everything. They had a Black Buick Sedanette, a ChristCraft Boat, and a Chevrolet Cab Over Tow Truck. The Buick had dual exhaust with Smitty Mufflers. It sounded about the same as the boat.

In 1941 and 1942 Dual caruretors were standard equipment on Buick Supers and a factory option on the Special models. These models had a 248 cubic inch engine.
The Century, Roadmaster, and Limited had the 322 C.I. engine and all had dual carbs. Raised the H.P. from 141 to 165 tied with Packard as the highest H.P. production engine. Cadillac had only 150 H.P.
The carbs. opened in a progressive manner like a more modern 4 barrel.
According to G.M. proving ground figures the Centry/Roadmaster was the fastest US car in 1941 with an actual top speed of 102 MPH. The smaller engine Super did 95 MPH which was higher then all but a few of the 1941 cars. Probably had the optional 3.9 axle ratio as a 4.11 was standard with dual carbs and a 4.4 with single carb.
I always thought the 1941 Buick was one of the best looking cars of that time. They were very popular also. Also no other car road and drove like a Buick.