Buick Roadmaster Wagon

Jay Leno's Garage · Jay Leno's Garage · 10 Sep 2026

Which classic era of American steel actually gained value over the last five years? In this episode of Assess and Caress, Jay Leno teams up with automotive appraiser Donald Osborne, to evaluate three defining icons of American motoring shipped straight from the @AudrainMuseumNetwork in Newport, Rhode Island: 1940s: A mostly original 33,000-mile 1947 Buick Roadmaster sporting Harley Earl's landmark pre-war styling and a Fireball straight-eight engine. 1950s: A coral-and-charcoal 1956 DeSoto Fireflite Sportsman hardtop featuring Virgil Exner’s "Forward Look," push-button drive, and DeSoto’s exc…