[Thriller]

Hot Rod Lincoln - a song - had a line in the song about "them telephone poles looked like picket fences".

Son, you gonna drive me to drinkin' if you don't stop drivin' that hot rod Lincoln

[dei]

Definitely stupid as I was old enough to know better but......... My 58 Buick Special convert had been in storage for several years after my marriage in 1980 and one summer decided to get it out and back on the road. After new brakes, radial tires, carb rebuild and trany flush, on an early Sunday morning drive with top down, decided to take a run on a new four lane highway expansion that was about to open and opened her up. With the speedo only registering to 110 mph it was all red to the end and believe it or not still had a "little" room till the floor. Again, stupid as it was already a 22 year old car with original drive train and anything could have happened. But...... boys being boys I got it out of my system and still have the car with that original drive train today. (it will not happen again in my life time!)

Not a Buick this time but my Dad bought a 1959 Olds Ninety Eight with the four speed auto trans used in 1969 for $500 and while on a family Vacation out West found ourselves in Nevada in a car without air conditioning in the Desert with three young kids and the temperature around 105 degrees. Dad put the Olds up to 110 mph for almost a half hour on the straightest never ending road I ever remember! That car never offered to overheat when we had to slow back down to reality. Hmmmm.......... maybe that is where I had it in my mind to try the Buick out? I'm older now, wiser??????? (My wife might have an opinion here - ha,ha)

[billbuickgs]

I have gone 135.86 mph in my 68 "SPORTWAGON FROM HELL" , that was in 1/4 mile. It took 9.95 second to get there ! It has a 494 stroked 455 Buick that dynoed at 687 hp @ 6250 rpms, 665 ft lbs of torque @ 4800 rpms.

Bill Lagna

[The Old Guy]

Bill
I have seen your wagon run ,and it is AWESOME ! You went fast where you are supposed to. I haven't run at the strip in 2-3 years but still enjoy "fast " buicks

[Mark Shaw]

One of my buddies clocked me at over 55 MPH in my 1913 Model 31 Buick on I-5 heading south into Portland OR. Not bad for a car pushing 100 years old! It was on a weekend, so I had lots of room to slow down with only rear brakes in the right lane in light traffic....

[The Old Guy]

Mark
Running on wood spoke wheels and 2 wheel brakes that fast is amazing. I had the oppurtunity to run the Buick "Bug at the drag strip in 2003 and I don't think I went over that . It went 105+ in 1910, but the guys that drove it must have had titanium gonads.

[1950SuperBlueBuick]

My '50 Super has a personal speed limit of 63 MPH.
The engine has never been rebuilt and I would feel pretty stupid if I blew something up just showing off. She is quite content cruising gracefully in the right lane.
She's about as aerodynamic as a freight train and gets similar mileage so what's the point?
Besides, I probably do a public safety service because most people slow down to admire her fine lines and that crazy grill before they wave and go speeding off again.

[Mark Shaw]

Joe,
I don't have titanium gonads, but my 13 Buick is in pretty good shape. The spokes were reworked with "wood swell" & linseed oil inserted into the drilled ends of each spoke and capped with 22 shell casings. They are nice and tight, but I really don't trust the way the rims mount to the wheels anymore. I keep it slow on turns to reduce the side loads on the spokes.

My 55 mph straight run was several years ago.... now I run between 40-45 on most tours....

[Mike1953]

What do you think a bone stock 53 special will do? I have yet to get her on the highway yet...new springs are a must before this happens

[windjamer]

Fresh out of the Army in 66 I was driveing stock-car for a auto dealership at a couple local tracks.arriveing at the lot one Fri. I found a 61 Pont. venturea with a 389 v8 and a tri-power. It had a standard floor shift,a quick change rear and I was told a full race rebuild. I had to have it. I took it home and for the next few mo. I took a few bucks off anyone that DIDNT know what was under the hood. A guy I knew kept after me to race, but wouldnt put up any bucks to cover the cost if we got a ticket. One day he tryed to pass me on the right at a light,he didnt but a mile or two down the road I heard tic tic tic BANG. For the next year I looked at that Pontiac with a rod sticking out the block and paid a hundred bucks a mo. to the dealer till it was paid for. Thats when I knew what dad meant about paying for a dead horse. HOW fast will my 65 GS go?? I dont know, but I will be glad to road test yours.