Those Old Buick Portholes
Sep 24, 2017 08:00:04 #
Interesting story about the origin of those old Buick portholes.
http://jalopnik.com/i-bet-youd-like-to-know-what-those-holes-in-the-sides-o-1818673895
http://jalopnik.com/i-bet-youd-like-to-know-what-those-holes-in-the-sides-o-1818673895
Sep 24, 2017 08:48:35 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Interesting story about the origin of those old Buick portholes.
http://jalopnik.com/i-bet-youd-like-to-know-what-those-holes-in-the-sides-o-1818673895
http://jalopnik.com/i-bet-youd-like-to-know-what-those-holes-in-the-sides-o-1818673895
Thanks Jerry
Now I know why I had to pay so much for a Buick. Fake holes must be expensive. I hope the rest of the car is not a fake but they are a nice car.
Sep 24, 2017 08:50:30 #
Sep 24, 2017 09:46:26 #
Sep 24, 2017 12:04:42 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Interesting story about the origin of those old Buick portholes.
http://jalopnik.com/i-bet-youd-like-to-know-what-those-holes-in-the-sides-o-1818673895
http://jalopnik.com/i-bet-youd-like-to-know-what-those-holes-in-the-sides-o-1818673895
Sep 24, 2017 12:22:24 #
Paulie wrote:
It must have been something to see those portholes light up as the cylinders fired. Of course, this was a few years after WW II, when the image of flames coming out of a planes' exhaust would have been fresh in everyone's mind.
Sep 24, 2017 15:52:42 #
Sep 25, 2017 07:56:00 #
I learned to drive in my Dad’s ‘55 Buick Century, it was a big boat of a car.
Sep 25, 2017 10:35:06 #
I could never understand the reason why, all Buicks have those holes on the side. I thought it just aged them.
Sep 25, 2017 11:33:15 #
Leo Perez wrote:
I could never understand the reason why, all Buicks have those holes on the side. I thought it just aged them.
Now they're gone, so they'll be forever young!
Sep 25, 2017 11:39:07 #
Sep 25, 2017 14:05:23 #
Thanks Jerry!
I had a friend who removed the driver's door handle and installed a push button in one of the 3 holes to open the door. Was very unique.
I had a friend who removed the driver's door handle and installed a push button in one of the 3 holes to open the door. Was very unique.
Sep 25, 2017 14:15:15 #
Spectre wrote:
Thanks Jerry!
I had a friend who removed the driver's door handle and installed a push button in one of the 3 holes to open the door. Was very unique.
I had a friend who removed the driver's door handle and installed a push button in one of the 3 holes to open the door. Was very unique.
Clever. He should have left the door handle there but disconnected it.
Sep 25, 2017 16:02:07 #
GMCJim
Loc: York Haven Pa
Surprised how many did not know this! In 49 Buick advertised "one day all cars will have holes in the sides." And no I'm not quite THAT old.
Sep 25, 2017 16:11:35 #
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