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Time capsule 1934 Buick found after sitting in shipping container for 40 years
By Gary Gastelu
Published October 19, 2018
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Time’s almost up to buy an amazing time capsule find.
A 1934 Buick Series 60 that’s been sitting in a storage container for the past four decades is up for auction on eBay through Saturday.
The seller tells Fox News that he had retrieved a group of containers from a client over 20 years ago and just got around to opening them up while clearing his property, even though he’d heard there may be a couple of cars still inside of them.
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The Buick was in one, and is in better shape than it first appears. The interior is a mess, but the body and frame are rust free, and both the 3-speed manual transmission and straight-8 engine and 3-speed manual transmission spin, even if the former doesn’t run.
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Small car could sell for big bucks.
As one of 5,300 built, the big Buick has plenty of potential as a collector car. Listed values for restored models range anywhere from $25,000 to $85,000.
This one likely has a way to go before it’s worth anywhere near that, and bidding on the no reserve auction was just over $4,000 at the time of this writing.
UPDATE: The car went for a high bid of $6,300.
https://www.foxnews.com/auto/time-capsule-1934-buick-was-sitting-in-shipping-container-after-40-years