Did buick ever make a pick-up truck?

[Guest]

Someone said that buick made some trucks. If so could someone tell me what year and what type of truck was it or was it some sort of custom. Please e-mail me at rasmayojr@juno.com <P>Thanx, <BR>Ras

[BUICK RACER]

There were some trucks made in 1915-18, but they don't show up in the records, there were a few others made out of cars, and/or export bodys. The Sloan Museum has 2 Buick trucks, and all the Buick records/archives are stored there. Try contacting them if you have a particular interest at sloan@tir.com<BR>

[The Old Guy]

Buick also made some pick-ups in 1940. They were built for use by the factory ,and were made on Roadmaster chassis. They were supposedly crushed ,but one that I know of got away, and was in the Flint area for years. <P> Joe Taubitz<BR> BCA 1308<BR> BDE 001

[Fred Rawling]

Buick made 4 cyl. delivery cars or trucks in 1923 and 1924. The body styles were screen side canopy, pannel truck, pick up and canopy with open sides. They are neat looking trucks. I almost owned one. I am still looking for one.

[Dave@Moon]

You should post this question on the AACA general forum. You'll get definitive answers on something like this in short order.<P><I> Seventy Years of Buick </I> lists truck production as beginning in 1910 and running through WW1. Also a truck line was introduced in 1923 for 1 year only.

[Clincher]

The Owl's Head Transportation Museum at Owl's Head, Maine, has a 1908 Buick Truck. They also have a great website at <A HREF="http://www.ohtm.org/" TARGET=_blank>http://www.ohtm.org/</A> where a picture of the truck may be found.

[Fred Rawling]

Correction to the post from Dave Moon:<P>Buick did make a 4 cyl. truck in both 23 and 24. Reference for this info is from the 1930 master parts book and the 1923 and 1924 illustrated parts books.

[Dave@Moon]

That's not me you're correcting, Fred, it's George Dammann (author of most of the Crestline series). I'm sure it's not the onlyerror in there. He's quite specific that Buick made no trucks in house until 1910, so either he's wrong there too or the 1908 is a conversion.

[Guest scott mich bca # 6619]

I saw a 1942 Buick Pickup truck at the 1997 St. Louis BCA NAtional. The person that owned it said it had belonged to an exectutive that worked at Buick at the time.<P>I don't recall if he siad it was originaly built as a pickup truck or if it was converted. Perhaps someone else spoke to this individual.<P>Scott

[Fred Rawling]

Dave, You are correct about the errors in 70 Years of Buick. Even with the errors, it is a nice book and it does have a lot of good information.

[Guest]

I saw a 1970 Skylark GSX pick-up truck at the nationals in columbus ohio 2 years ago. If it wasn't stock it wouldn't have been their. It was yellow and quick..........BL

[Guest my3buicks]

Buickluver, it was not stock, but it was beautifully done. It was in the modified class. An awesome machine indeed!<P>------------------<BR>Keith Bleakney BCA# 11475<P>1967 Technical Advisor<P>1 - 1967 (3517) & 1 - 1953 (56R)<p>[This message has been edited by my3buicks (edited 12-26-2000).]