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    Buick pictures you may or may not like

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    2 hours ago, 1939_Buick said:

     

    Yes . The late 50's to mid 60' BMC Farina range.  Austin 6 cylinder & Morris & Riley Wolseley clones

    The same body shell was used for a Vanden Plas with a 6 cylinder Rolls Royce engine

     

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Motor_Corporation#BMC_Farina

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Westminster

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Oxford_Farina

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanden_Plas

    Yes thanks links interesting ,back to original photo , think may have been taken in Uk as number plate looks D reg 1966

    Pre War Cars - how fast is fast?

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    39 minutes ago, 8E45E said:

    The Pennsylvania Turnpike, which opened in 1940 with a speed limit of 70 miles-per-hour.  It is considered North America's first 'Superhighway''; a precursor to the Interstate Highway system as we know it today.  I would say the percentage of cars that could have maintained 70 mph on opening day would have been around 50% or less of what was on the road at the time.

     

    Fast forward to 1959 when England opened its first "Motorway" with a speed limit of 80 miles-per-hour.  Roughly only 10% of British-made cars on the road at the time would have been able to sustain that speed, which would have been limited to Jaguars, Aston Martins, Austin-Healys, and perhaps an MG or a Triumph with overdrive transmission.  (The pre-war Ford Popular was still available at the time which had a top speed of 45 mph.)

     

    Craig

    English motorway was M1 , 80 mph ,  sadly since reduced to 70 mph , which most cars can attain nowadays so continually exceeded 

    Rarity ? Pure sales talk?

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    6 minutes ago, Restorer32 said:

     

    I have yet to see a car advertised as "medium rare" though I have seen a few advertised as "well done".

    In the Uk , We use the phase ‘we’ll done’ when someone  has tricked us and perhaps sold us  a bad car for to much money , I’ve been well and truly well done in the past .?

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    Rarity ? Pure sales talk?

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    25 minutes ago, 8E45E said:

    The 1967 Camaro 'Waikiki.  It remained a one-off concept.  http://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/beach-time-1967-camaro-hawaiian-shouldnt-they-have-shot-it-in-honolulu-instead-of-detroit/

     

    IF you really want a production convertible with imitation wood panels like that from the late '60's either look for a '69-'69 Chrysler with the Sportsgrain option, or a '68 Mercury Park Lane with the 'Yacht-paneling' option.

     

    Craig

    Mock Woodgrain on exterior of cars my pet hate , unless one of the 20s sporty ones when they were real wood.

    Rarity ? Pure sales talk?

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    5 hours ago, John_S_in_Penna said:

     

    Mr. Pilgrim, since the word "rare" is so common,

    I instead use terms such as "uncommon" or "seldom-seen."

    You may call your car's feature "rare" if you like, naturally.

     

    Another aspect of the overuse of the word:

    When people have a common car, such as a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air

    convertible, they may tend to call out some "rare" FEATURE of their car.

    "Only XX were made in this color combination."  "Only YY had 

    air conditioning AND the signal-seeking radio."  Everyone likes to be

    an individual, and sometimes that's how they achieve some individuality.

    That way, almost every vehicle comes to have a rare aspect to it.

     

    I like understatement and modesty instead of hype.

    Thank you John , I prefer understatement to so in future I will refer to our 100/6 as uncommon as it has a rare aspect to it , perfect description ?

    Rarity ? Pure sales talk?

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    Thanks Guys 

    interesting and enjoyable posts .

    recent information I received this week , prompts me to submit this 

    lm am currently involved in the restoration of a 1958 Austin healey 100/6 , which I do not consider rare , however this week whilst sourcing parts for the project I mentioned that the car had factory fitted disc brakes all round previously only fitted to the famous 100 S, and was told by a couple of knowledgeable healey experts that only 50 such cars were produced. 40 LHD and 10 RHD , apparently the dealers at the time nicknamed the car the 100/6 S .

    Therefore bearing I mind the bad state our car was in I imagine some the original batch have been scrapped am I accused  of affrontary if say this car is Rare ?? 

    Rarity ? Pure sales talk?

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    1 hour ago, John_S_in_Penna said:

    Mr. Pilgrim, in almost all situations, no one knows

    how many of a particular car model survive.  If you

    see claims such as "1 of 5," or "only 12 known," 

    take those claims with a grain of salt.  The statement

    that only 12 are KNOWN is more honest than the former.

     

    Duesenbergs are well tracked and known, but probably

    no other car has had such exhaustive research done.

    And the data to perform such research are not available.

    There may be, for example, only 5 of a certain Buick model

    in the current Buick Club of America roster;  but many

    people who own Buicks don't belong to the club.

    And if anyone could track registrations by state, as some

    claim to do, the states that I know only keep track of

    year and make, not model or body style.  Pennsylvania

    records that a person has a "1967 Buick," but not a 

    1967 Buick Wildcat 4-door hardtop.  Thus, the population

    reports are inaccurate and can't be relied on at all.

    Thanks , interesting,  logical, and answers a few of my questions regarding data collation on this subject

    Rarity ? Pure sales talk?

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    19 minutes ago, JV Puleo said:

    In advertisements, it is completely meaningless about 99% of the time. It is a word like "classic" which has come to mean nothing at all.

     

    19 minutes ago, JV Puleo said:

    In advertisements, it is completely meaningless about 99% of the time. It is a word like "classic" which has come to mean nothing at all.

    Apologise for using the term classic in my posting , here in the Uk , cars are deemed classic once 25 years old , but to me that’s nonsense,  I use the term for cars mostly pre 65 that appeal to me 40s 50 s American and 50s British and European , love the curvy American , sporting looks of that era British sports car and the quality of the German cars and flair of the Italian ?

    Rarity ? Pure sales talk?

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    Good afternoon folks , whilst perusing internet advertising for mid range classic cars I’m surprised how many vendors use the term rare , but are they actually rare , what does  rare actually mean , is it  because there are only a few left or they only made a few originally , how do they know how many’s left , who keeps count .

    I relise the top marks have documented history and as such these cars rarity or not is know through showing , sales etc.

    but I saw one an advertisement for a nice 55 Buick super convertible , which was deemed rare, which surprised me knowing production figures .However , Not living in the states It’s hard to judge because we don’t see these cars often in shows in Europe, I’ve seen the sad photos of your scrap yards with thousands of once beutiful classics laying barren and forgotten, but surely no one knows how many of a particular model  is laying waste somewhere , so I can’t see how a figure can be derived to be set against know production figure so as to ascertain number left and thus rarity. Do you have a system in the states where all scrapped cars are logged and collated, if this is the case then I understand and apologise to all vendors using the term and who actually do know .

    If there is such a system I would like to know how to obtain relevant figures for some of the cars I’m interested in as this obviously has a bearing on price and the attraction of owning a rare car.

    any advice welcome 

    apologies if this subject has been covered recently, but I didn’t see it 

    cheers

    pilgrim

    Ford V8 sedan 1946

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    Like the white walls and the car  but this car has bad memories for me . When I had just started school at 4and half ,my mother would cross me over the main busy road we lived on and I would walk a mile to school , but on the first day on my own I had to cross a road that joined the main road , it had traffic lights and not knowing the code crossed on the green for go , hit by a ford V8 pilot , luckily for me the driver had seen me coming and only knocked me over , a policeman saw the accident ,picked me up ,checked me out walked me the rest of the way to school saw the headmistress and the next day came to school with a dummy traffic light and taught us the code.

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