Dave Gelinas (XP-300) Posted December 3, 2016 Author Share Posted December 3, 2016 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Thriller Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 On December 2, 2016 at 7:45 PM, EmTee said: I'd say this was the Blizzard of '66. No school for a week and I was able to climb up a drift onto the roof of our front porch! A week later it took two V-plows traveling in tandem to open up our road to traffic. It was quite an adventure... Regardless of when and where this was, just imagine getting around in that gas-guzzling rear wheel drive car. Here and now, if many modern drivers don't have winter tires to go with their front or all wheel drive, they don't seem capable of getting around. Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 10 hours ago, Thriller said: Regardless of when and where this was, just imagine getting around in that gas-guzzling rear wheel drive car. Here and now, if many modern drivers don't have winter tires to go with their front or all wheel drive, they don't seem capable of getting around. Sigh. In '66 we would have had our '64 GP, after that a '66 Catalina. I can't tell you how many times I had to dig those cars out of the end of our driveway where my mom would either get hung up on the way in or out of the driveway (especially where the plows pushed the snow). "#@&$% low-slung Pontiacs!" she would say. Those crappy bias ply snow tires and an open rear diff almost guaranteed you'd get stuck somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Those crappy bias tires and open differentials made for some great fun on frozen parking lots though. ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Since I would have been responsible for digging myself ( Mom did not drive) out of those snow piles, I often shoveled the driveway before entering or exiting! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 8 hours ago, RivNut said: Those crappy bias tires and open differentials made for some great fun on frozen parking lots though. ? That they did -- in fact, my mother was known to 'let the tail wag' around corners for a little fun now and again! --- Weeeeee!!! (Watch out for that snow bank...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 8 hours ago, JohnD1956 said: Since I would have been responsible for digging myself ( Mom did not drive) out of those snow piles, I often shoveled the driveway before entering or exiting! Well, I was only 8 years old in '66 and our driveway must have been 120 feet from the garage to the road. When there was snow on the ground shoveling the driveway wasn't high on my 'fun-meter'... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avgwarhawk Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 (edited) My first recollection of snow tires was Firestone Snow Biters. I learned to drive snow in a 78 rear wheel drive Buick Regal 2 door coupe. Edited December 5, 2016 by avgwarhawk (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 18 hours ago, avgwarhawk said: My first recollection of snow tires was Firestone Snow Biters. Ah, I can hear 'em singing now -- RAR-RAR-RAR-RAR-RAR-RAR-RAR-RAR-RAR-RAR-RAR-RAR...! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91vert Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 I can't tell if this is the Wildcat concept or the Old's concept. No info with photo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avgwarhawk Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avgwarhawk Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 7 hours ago, EmTee said: Ah, I can hear 'em singing now -- RAR-RAR-RAR-RAR-RAR-RAR-RAR-RAR-RAR-RAR-RAR-RAR...! Funny you say that because I would lay in the back of our 73 Estate Wagon and hear the snow tires through the floor humming away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avgwarhawk Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kgreen Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 (edited) On 11/18/2016 at 0:16 PM, avgwarhawk said: Come on...you own a Buick. SMILE!!!! What do you mean SMILE? We just signed a 30 year note for a $4,500 home. With that kind of debt, I can't smile! Edited December 6, 2016 by sixseven (see edit history) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Gelinas (XP-300) Posted December 6, 2016 Author Share Posted December 6, 2016 (edited) 2 hours ago, 91vert said: I can't tell if this is the Wildcat concept or the Old's concept. No info with photo. I'm not certain if it's the Olds, but it is definitely not the Wildcat ll. Note the rear side exhaust just before the rear fender. Edited December 6, 2016 by xp-300 (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 4 hours ago, xp-300 said: I'm not certain if it's the Olds, but it is definitely not the Wildcat ll. Note the rear side exhaust just before the rear fender. Cadillac's La Salle II concept 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC-car-guy Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 They had those darn dagmars on everything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Gelinas (XP-300) Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 7 hours ago, avgwarhawk said: Noticed the Limited convert in the background! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Not sure, has this been posted before? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91vert Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Good catch Dave. Can't pull the wool over your eyes can we Ed. Cal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWB Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Check this salt flat '52 out: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-Other-Makes-Buick-Bombshell-Betty-/232162190209?forcerrptr=true&hash=item360df1e381:g:mDIAAOSwEzxYQakh&item=232162190209 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Gelinas (XP-300) Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91vert Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Anyone heard of a Bush Burger ? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91vert Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91vert Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Never seen one of these. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 2 hours ago, 91vert said: Anyone heard of a Bush Burger ? Oh no.... Careful with replies guys. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 3 hours ago, 91vert said: Never seen one of these. Sure you have Cal, it's just a 53. But the visor may be throwing you. Just kiddin, no I've never seen a milk machine like that either, nor a LOOK traffic marking. Can anyone make out the license plate state on the 53. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 46 minutes ago, MrEarl said: Oh no.... Careful with replies guys. ????? Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Gelinas (XP-300) Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 (edited) 4 hours ago, MrEarl said: Can anyone make out the license plate state on the 53. I believe it is a Massachusetts plate, and I think the photo appears to be in the mill district of Lawrence, MA I live about an hour away from this town and those milk machines were popular in Mass. when I was a kid. Edited December 10, 2016 by xp-300 (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91vert Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 (edited) Faggart Buick GMC Porterville California. Then and Now. Pete got me into doing a little reseach when posting old dealers. Edited December 10, 2016 by 91vert re-wording (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91vert Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 (edited) Couldn't find any good info on this one but looks like the Buicks were a sideline to International tractors and farm equipment. I did find a Harris Truck Services Ltd In Ladis Saskatchewan Canada. Unconfirmed if the same place but defiantly in farm country. Edited December 10, 2016 by 91vert added info (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GARY F Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 23 hours ago, MrEarl said: Sure you have Cal, it's just a 53. But the visor may be throwing you. Just kiddin, no I've never seen a milk machine like that either, nor a LOOK traffic marking. Can anyone make out the license plate state on the 53. they had them all over new jersey in the 70s when i lived there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thriller Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 There's a Clark Chevrolet Buick in Kansas that dates to 1962...perhaps close enough in time that it came from this dealer. Im not sure if Landis would ever have been big enough for a buick dealership of that size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91vert Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91vert Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 '31 Buick 8-54 Sport Roadster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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