Guest 75RivGS Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Beautiful blog by Jeff (10,000 Miles in 5,000 Minutes - V8Buick.com) about the '60 Invicta endurance test:Reynolds Buick GMC Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhambulldog Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 yes, most interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthbob Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 (edited) Just to give credit to the owner of the video...its not easy to digitize this stuff from VHS but if it wasn't it would have been lost forever!Thanks Willie!http://forums.aaca.org/f115/buick-endurance-301398.html Edited June 5, 2011 by stealthbob (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanZverina Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 What a great video, and a great piece of 1960 GM history, although they made the assembly process look like a piece of cake!But also great because according to my calculations, that Invicta was averaging 4 mpg - and my '60 Electra gets almost three times that!!(yes I know - 4 mpg at 120 mph...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhambulldog Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 A lot of credit needs to be given to the tanker car, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Straight eight Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Did the Invicta only have three port holes in 1960? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thriller Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhambulldog Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 What a great video, and a great piece of 1960 GM history, although they made the assembly process look like a piece of cake!But also great because according to my calculations, that Invicta was averaging 4 mpg - and my '60 Electra gets almost three times that!!(yes I know - 4 mpg at 120 mph...)Averaging 120mph is really chugging along!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jock82 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 I remember reading about this when they did it in 1960. My dad had bought a new 1960 Invicta 4 door hardtop in December 1959. I wasn't old enough to drive , this was the car I took my driving test in in 1961. We drove the car 4 years and it was one tough car. I wish I still had it. It was the first car we ever owned with air-conditioning. He traded it for a 1964 Wildcat 4 door hardtop custom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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