Classic Buick
May 19, 2021 08:52:54 #
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May 19, 2021 10:06:34 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
mr spock wrote:
Flowing lines and classic aerodynamic styling
Anyone know what year it is?
Anyone know what year it is?
Late 40s or early 50s - original fastback styling. Other cars had that look as well during that time. I’ve noticed that some new models have a similar stretched roofline. New styling ideas are hard to come by. It’s kinda like the movies - new ideas are scarce so there are a lot of remakes, updates, and adaptations.
That is one handsome Buick, BTW.
Stan
May 19, 2021 10:50:32 #
I remember day repeating a slogan: “When better cars are built, Buick will build them”, this must be the reason for it.
May 19, 2021 10:50:51 #
ezslides wrote:
The holes are called “Cruiser-Line Ventiports."
Of course. "Holes" would just be too boring.
May 19, 2021 11:45:35 #
I remember people called the body style a fast back.
Also it was commonly called torpedo style.
Also it was commonly called torpedo style.
May 19, 2021 11:57:48 #
Ah, the "Torpedo Back" of the late 40's. I'd say that is a '48 model.
May 19, 2021 12:10:35 #
I think this car had the famed Buick straight 8 under the hood. Length of the hood suggests that and I recall seeing one many years ago.
May 19, 2021 12:46:24 #
TriX wrote:
Sedanette: “A two-door sedan having a slanted back with the rear window and trunk along one unbroken curve”. Cadillac made Sedanettes also, maybe first.
Moast GM stuff had the " Torpedo " back up to about 1952.
May 19, 2021 12:52:10 #
ezslides wrote:
The holes are called “Cruiser-Line Ventiports."
Through the 50's and 60's, GM used virtually the same body style for Chevrolet, Pontiac and Buick. The differences in their aesthetics was typically cosmetic and the Cruiser-Line Ventiports were the main visible feature that set the Buicks apart from Chevy and Pontiac. They became so indicative of the Buick brand that they are still used on Buick vehicles today.
May 19, 2021 13:20:37 #
Reference the Dynaflow gear selector arrangement. My dad thought it was important to save wear and tear on the brakes by slowing the car by shifting the transmission into low. That was a bad idea as he shifted into reverse twice. It destroyed the transmission both times.
May 19, 2021 13:24:32 #
augieg27
Loc: Central California
mr spock wrote:
Flowing lines and classic aerodynamic styling
Anyone know what year it is?
Anyone know what year it is?
Early 50ths. Maybe a 1953
May 19, 2021 13:45:20 #
May 19, 2021 14:03:45 #
See this informative write-up plus a lot of pictures of Buicks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick#1940s
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