54 Buick Landau

[wldavis]

What is the story on that '54 Buick

Landau in the photo pages posted by

"Centurion"? Is this some type of

customized car or "coach built" or what?

Thanks for the information.

[Guest my3buicks]

Bill, Do a search on the BCA General forum - there is a ton of info and details on the car - makes for GREAT reading.

[Centurion]

Bill, here is a link to the recent topic regarding this car, which was one of two 1954 Buicks specially built for the 1954 General Motors Motorama.

http://forums.aaca.org/ubbthreads.php/topics/490551/1/1954_Buick_Landau_Motorama_Sho

As you will see, recent events surrounding this car have been quite fascinating.

[NTX5467]

There is also a recent book out called something like "GM Motoramas . . . .". I found it at Borders a month or so ago. It has ALL of the GM Motorama cars in it, including the '54 Buick Landau. It has the MOST pictures of that car that I've seen anywhere online, plus some not in the online galleries. It covers ALL of the GM Motorama vehicles from start to finish. Probably the only place you'll find some of that information.

Enjoy!

NTX5467

[Robert K. Blair]

Bill: This is a legimate "one and only" Motorama car. You can see some great photos of it by searching on 1954 Landau in the forum. The car was also used by Harlow Curtice, President of GM from 1953 to 1958. Harlow was the Time Magazine "Man of the Year" for 1955. Buick sold 754,000 units that year and zoomed past Plymouth into 3rd place in sales.

Robert Blair

Austin, TX