Thriller

Now there's a dangerous question. Off the top, an Electra could be Ella or Ellie. Or, similar to mine, "Carmen". Sometimes the colour lends itself to a name...Arctic White...hmm.... Characteristics of the car can come into play...such as a Super Wildcat car could be Tiger or Kitten (depending on the extreme you want to go to), or a character name like Simba or Clarence (Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion was one of the few movies I saw in a theatre as a child). Another thing I have done is based on the license plate assigned to the car. The Wildcat's start with ELY, so it became Ellie. A name for a car is typically personal though, so I'm hopeful these suggestions merely get you thinking about the acquisition and perhaps gets your creative juices flowing. Good one on joining the BCA. For what it is worth, a book I have states 9045 of the 2 door coupes were built. The 401 was standard with both versions of the 425 available as options. I can't wait to see the photos.

The giving up tends to be after the meet...either during recovery, or when one recognizes how much one spent....

I'm sorry Senator, I have no recollection of the event in question.

By the way...drool. Great find.

Just in case some aren't aware, the information contained above isn't entirely accurate. The 401 ci developed 445 ft-lbs of torque, so it was called the Wildcat 445. The 4-bbl 425 is the Wildcat 465. The dual quad 425, or Super Wildcat, was rated at 485 ft-lb if I remember correctly.

Dietary cholesterol isn't a big factor in blood cholesterol levels since it does get somewhat broken down. Generally the level of fat in the diet has the biggest impact (ingestion wise) on blood cholesterol levels...of course genetics and other factors come into play as well. Now back to your regularly scheduled Spam...I think I'll have bacon spam eggs and spam.

This is where I need a tongue-biting smiley I managed to land one...only problem is that expenses always rise to meet income...if it isn't a toy, it's a toy box, or fixing a toy or.... The way it works for me is that essentially my income is the gravy for the toy fund, so long as I also sometimes put funds where She wants...or I'll be living in a Buick, which isn't all bad, but not as nice as what I have now.

A friend and I were looking the other day - is the rear seat torn, or is that some sort of reflection? I don't know all the designations, so I'm not sure which variant the Wildcat 410 engine is. Is it a 2 or 4 bbl? I would imagine it is either the low compression 4-bbl or high compression 2-bbl, but I'm not sure.

You and your years...that Cordovan Invicta wagon would look fantastic beside my restored (eventually) Cordovan '61 Invicta convertible. I really like the look of both '59 and '60 wagons.

It's a shame they get so rough...as rare a bird as a '60 wagon is, it would be a fabulous car to have restored. After a '59 or '60 (memory fails at the moment) wagon parked beside our '54 in Jewell, I've been thinking it would be neat to have another wagon or two from different years to showcase styling changes. Of course, I could go broke doing that....

You may have more success if you drive away from the big city and find yourself something more akin to a country general store. With our place in the country we found that our closest grocery store out there carries bacon ends. Y'all realize that slabs of bacon aren't a perfect rectangle waiting to be sliced, right? So, after the smoking / salting process, the ends are the irregular pieces - tend to have more meat and less fat and the packages are relatively inexpensive compared to the fancy sliced bacon. That grocer is supplied by a local, smaller, meat packing plant. Good stuff. I wouldn't mind finding them in a lower salt version, but I guess I'll live with what I can get. The other brands I have found (one out of the US and another at a local butcher) were considerably fattier than what we regularly get.

I like the panel / forum idea.

Further to the statistical significance, registered members of the forum do not necessarily form a representative sample of the membership of the BCA. Then again, attendees at National meets are not necessarily the best sample either - the question needs to be asked why those not in attendance are not in attendance. This is valid as a straw poll though to gauge the reasons for attending or not attending. Thanks BJM for putting this together. As previously mentioned I do not think I participated in the poll - not because I don't think it is valid, it is just that I'm not sure I could pick out a single most important factor influencing attendance.

To take it a step further, there could be a general session on detailing, with break outs to engine, interior, and exterior, or any of the four. Folks like Meguiars always like to show their products off - with appropriate planning there could be a demo or a hands on session.

Indeed. I'm sure She Who Must Be Obeyed wouldn't let me go for this one either though.

Well, if timing worked for me (that is a session didn't conflict with another activity we were participating in), I would certainly be interested and I think some of my family members would probably attend as well depending on the topic. I think general sessions that cover a broader topic would probably be of interest to more attendees. To go broader involves being less deep, but probably catches more audience. Denny Manner had done a session on Nailhead engines if I remember correctly. Straight 8 engines, Dynaflow transmissions, turbo engines, and similar would probably go over well while covering a broad enough span of years to interest folks. Something like a "history" or chronology of the Riviera would be neat, although probably less technical...covering design / styling changes, generations, and so on. Perhaps a session could be done on Reattas (for the great unwashed masses who don't have one). Buick innovations - I'm thinking here of things that Buick did first in the industry or that were significant changes (i.e. driveline changes, '36 as first year for hydraulic brakes, and such). These are just a few things popping into my tired head. If things get too year / model specific, then the appeal may be lost on too many leading to a small session - that isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I presume the idea would be to try to have session(s) that appeal to a fair number of the attendees. I'll try to remember to discuss with Suzanne to see what she thinks. Perhaps there could be somewhat less technical sessions for spouses and children...at this moment I'm thinking back to Rochester and Ed Logan running "Buick and Its Parts" going through some of the changes over the years - chain drive, torque tube / open drive shaft, 4 wheel brakes, brass to nickel to chrome, etc. Something like that shouldn't be too difficult to research and put together a Powerpoint presentation on with access to sufficient pictures.

Gives new meaning to the phrase "Eat your Wheaties"....

Looks like a good day.

Whimper.

Sold...I hope it has found a good home.

From the August Old Cars Price Report, #1 is $30k, #2 is $21k, and #3 is $13.5k for a 2 door sedan. They only list one coupe as a rumble seat coupe. Since the Standard Catalog of Buick lists 2 variants of a sport coupe and a Victoria Coupe (model 68), I believe the OCPR 2 door sedan is the model 68 Victoria Coupe. All that being said, with a fresh restoration, the price guide would imply that the asking price isn't significantly out of line. The big question is simply finding the person who wants one and has the money. I love the styling of '36 Buicks, along with the fact they have hydraulic brakes. Since I don't have the funds and my storage location isn't completed yet, I'm not in the running for this car.

Years ago I came across a widow of a wrecker who had '58s, a '61, and a '76 Riv - the Riviera was in pretty nice shape, but way back then didn't appeal to me very much.

That's Luke's birthday, but I'm not sure his mother would want to send him away for a party....

So, what model '29 out of curiosity?

Great looking car Frank. Congrats.