For fans of the home team favorite from Flint, Michigan, there’s nothing better than the waterfall grille that gave classic Buicks their menacing sneer. How can something be so sinister and so beautiful at the same time? If you’re of that mindset, welcome to the club. If you’d like to join the club of straight-eight Buick owners, this 1947 Super might not be a bad place to start. The seller says that it’s an original-paint car (Sherwood Green, most likely) that is rust-free from stem-to-stern, and given that the current owner is the third, you could have the opportunity to be the fourth owner in 79 years. All-star Barn Finder T.J. grabbed it from eBay and sent it our way; it’s located in Fate, Texas (a good omen?), with an asking price of $6,995 or best offer.

The Super used Buick’s “small-block” straight-eight, the 248-cubic-inch version of their long-lived overhead valve engine. The 248 was still bolted to a three-speed manual in 1947 (the Dynaflow was still a year off, and only then available in the Roadmaster), which means that it also has solid lifters. In this configuration, it produced 110 horsepower and breathed through a Carter two-barrel carburetor. The seller provides a video of the engine starting and running, and aside from some valves that might benefit from an adjustment (although video tends to magnify valve noise), it seems to run on all eight and idle smoothly.

The seller has clearly poured some money into the Buick. The door panels and seats were reupholstered by a professional, and the tires were recently replaced with a new set of wide whitewalls. Additionally, well-known Buick expert Pete Phillips “install[ed] new brakes, torque ball seal, new battery, [and] rear shock links.” The torque ball seal is a common leak point at the rear of the transmission on torque-tube Buicks, and the battery itself is not cheap, as these cars still had a six-volt electrical system. It’s good news that this work has all been done.

The trunk was also reupholstered, and the seller will include the spare tire and jack, in addition to the original air cleaner, which was an oil-bath unit that is quite easy to maintain. Every once in a while, you clean the screen and change the oil in the air cleaner sump with about a quart of 50 weight. Done.

One slightly odd thing that I noticed is that the front and rear bumpers have “Roadmaster” emblems on them; it’s possible that someone swapped the bumpers at some point, as Supers and Roadmasters shared a body.

Regardless, the 1946-48 Buick C-Body was a handsome car with its swooping front fenders whose outline spilled into the doors and, of course, that waterfall grille. Torque-tube Buicks aren’t for everyone, but if you find yourself entranced by the burbling idle of a Buick Eight, by all means join the club!