1939 Buick Redfern Salon Tourer, now owned by Floridian
                                  John Beebe. 



                                  The unique Buick dual cowl phaeton was originally displayed
                                  at the New York Auto Show in 1939, before being acquired
                                  by a Danish furniture manufacturer, who intended to bring the
                                  car to Europe. But by the time all the paperwork had been
                                  completed, the Germans had invaded Denmark, thus putting
                                  a halt to those plans. He then stored the car in the basement
                                  of his U.S. furniture factory until the war was over. 

                                  In 1960, the Danish owner died and left the car to his
                                  chauffeur. Ten years later, when a GM executive came to
                                  visit a supplier’s factory for a tour, he was told by the
                                  limousine driver that his friend had a 1939 Buick dual cowl
                                  phaeton. That immediately captured the executive’s interest,
                                  since he knew there had been no such production car ever
                                  made by Buick. 

                                  Upon investigation, he decided to acquire the car and bring
                                  it back to the U.S., and the first restoration took 1982 to
                                  1985. 

                                  According to Beebe, the car had several owners between
                                  1985 and 1992, when he acquired it. He then authorized a
                                  complete mechanical restoration, which he decided to check
                                  out by taking a little "test drive." 

                                  But instead of a spin around the block, Beebe drove the car
                                  over 10,400 miles in the summer of 1994 in a classic car
                                  club tour. The tour left from Newport, Rhode Island and
                                  wound up in San Fransisco. Before returning east, Beebe
                                  decided to take the long way home - via Canada. His little
                                  side trip included stops in Vancouver, Lake Louise and
                                  Banff. 

                                  The car's many features include fitted luggage for the
                                  odd-shaped truck, and a locking tool kit in the rear tailgate,
                                  not unlike what one might find in the trunk of a BMW.
                                  Included in the tool kit is the jack, a tire pump, grease gun,
                                  hammer, pliers and screw drivers, among other things.