History "Blue Illusion" '49 Buick

In search of my grandfather's (Don Kober) 1949 Buick convertible the "Blue Illusion". My grandfather bought it in the early 90s for $200 and had it customized by Merlyn Berg. The Buick was in show condition by 1995 and was featured in Rod & Custom and Motortrend. It has a '51 Buick grille, '54 Merc taillights and powered by a fully chromed 350. My grandfather sold it sometime around 2000 and the latest information I could find on it was that it sold at auction in Ohio in 2012. If anyone has seen the car or know of it's whereabouts please let me know, thank you.

- Marcus

 

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I'll do that, thank you very much

 

Merle Berg is one of the best. Good luck, I hope you ae able to find it.

 

I have the award from that show.

 

care to expound?...

 

I don't know too much about that show other than the fact my grandparents won the custom rod of the year award. Though I think because they won, the car appeared on the promotional posters and t-shirts for the 1996 Goodguys Heartland Nationals show.

 

Enjoyed seeing your dads builds over the years. Are you the child of the mom that wasn`t in the back of his Cotton Candy Merc when it got rear ended.

 

wow- the"expound" really took a turn..

 

Thank you very much! That was my Aunt Tara, Don was my grandfather. I have a piece of the rear quarter panel from when it got hit. When he was repairing the car, he cut out the piece that said Cotton Candy and saved it.

 

I saw a forum on here dedicated to my grandfather's Cotton Candy merc asking whatever happened to it. To those of you wondering, while I don't know of it's whereabouts today, I can tell you that my grandparents had it for about a decade after the '86 Lead Sled Spectacular. Here's a photo of it from around 1995. As you can see, it's been repainted a reddish brown color and has gained a second pair of headlights. By this time, my grandfather had five cars (the "Blue Illusion", "Cotton Candy", the '54 Olsen Buick "California Dreamn'", '55 Ford station wagon "Goffer" and a '57 Chevy pickup "Trick Truck". All of which can be seen in my first post). He was mainly focused on showing the Olsen Buick and the Blue Illusion, so the Cotton Candy just sat at home. The Blue Illusion started to have a lot of mechanical issues and my grandfather needed the money, so with the Cotton Candy being a paperweight in the garage, he decided to sell it. I hope that helps to answer your questions.