Guest Scotsbass Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 As some of you may have worked out by onscreen name, I do have certain ties to Scotland (like being born and raised there and having parents who still live North of Edinburgh). While I was on the phone chatting with my mother she asked when I was taking delivery of my first Buick (next week, a 1964 Riviera), but went on to add "it's nice that you buying a car with a Scottish heritage"...I asked her what she meant and she explained that Buick is actually a very old Scottish name derived from a corrupted version of title "Bee Wick" (Bee related to the the flying honey giving creatures and Wick being the old name for a very small village) - in other words a village's bee keeper.So I thought that I would do some more investigation and, blow me down if my saintly white haired old mother was right!Buick | CartypeSo, Ladies and Gentlemen, I propose a toast. Here's to David Dunbar Buick, (born in Arbroath, a small fishing village north of Edinburgh, Scotland, on September 17, 1854) - a Scotsman never created a better automobile company!Yours (waving a huge Scottish flag)Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ZombyWoof Posted August 21, 2009 Share Posted August 21, 2009 Long may his lum reek! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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