Elpad Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 (edited) Love 60's Rivs Edited July 11, 2017 by Elpad (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 A Limited trumps a Special. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 32 minutes ago, dei said: A Limited trumps a Special. there is something awesome in the top car of the brand for the year, but "Specials" are automatically" that" to begin with! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuickBob49 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 (edited) I really like this photo! It shows a 1941 Buick sedan on Laurel Hill, east of Portland, Oregon, with Mt. Hood as the backdrop. Can you identify the model? I would say that it is probably a Super or a Roadmaster four-door sedan, model 51 or model 71. I imagine that the colors could be light green and dark green. This is likely a publicity photo for the Oregon State Highway Department. Edited July 12, 2017 by BuickBob49 Grammar (see edit history) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithbrother Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Ben was thinking when he saw the BUICK inspired golf cart, IF ONLY IT HAD A BEAUTIFUL VISOR. After all, HE is the visor king. Got to love that Ben, Dale in Indy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Just a few of the things I love. First and foremost, Having my wife of 37 years married (and counting) in the car we dated in. A very close second , Having the Special "On The Road Again". And.... Having been a boater most of my life, enjoying the picturesque views remembering some of the great times cruising the Detroit River, Lake St Clair, St Clair River, venturing out into Lake Huron and the many adventures going to Put-In-Bay, Ohio out in the middle of Lake Erie with friends and family. That I miss now having sold the boat but... I have my "Land Yachts" to keep me happy. Just before putting on the new top after another short storage period. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Boats attract more... white ones. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 That looks really nice Bernie! Whats the location? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 1 minute ago, dei said: That looks really nice Bernie! Whats the location? Seneca Lake park, Geneva, New York. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Thanks Bernie. Have to look that up and explore. Would love to have the Special there and a few shots of a red and white Buick together and possibly be out on the Lake... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Thanks Bernie. I will have to look that up. It would be great to have the Special there for pictures with yours and possibly be out n the Lake (some day...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Continuing the theme... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Taken today at Watkins Glen State Park. These are the Buick participants (that I happened to catch) of the 2017 Vintage Tour. http://forums.aaca.org/topic/287866-2017-vintage-tour/ 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWB Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Double Turquoise deuce and a quarter up for grabs! GORGEOUS cloth seats. Cheap! (Not mine - wish it was) http://www.ebay.com/itm/1966-Buick-Electra/132264984171?_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D41376%26meid%3Df19700918aac4333852ae49a84089a2d%26pid%3D100033%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D8%26sd%3D132264984171 Drooooool: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91vert Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fr. Buick Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Those '58s are growing on me... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCHinson Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 I got a chance to take a few photos of an area model tonight unexpectedly. She and I have been planning to take some photos of her with my 1937 Century sometime in the near future. She showed up tonight at an Art of the Automobile display by local automotive artist Joe Pepitone where my Century was on display. The lighting was not too good and I only had a phone camera with me but I got a few quick photos. I really look forward to our full photo session sometime soon. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retirednow Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 (edited) Not Joe Pepitone of NY Yankees fame? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Pepitone Edited July 22, 2017 by retirednow (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCHinson Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 11 minutes ago, retirednow said: Not Joe Pepitone of NY Yankees fame? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Pepitone Different Joe Pepitone... http://www.pepitonecreativeservices.com/ http://www.pepitonecreativeservices.com/Pdfs/HenningsAutoArt.pdf Joe has been a Hemmings featured artist at the Hershey Fall Meet and is a member of our local Cape Fear Chapter of the NC Region of AACA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retirednow Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Didn't think so, but had to ask anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Brink Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Looking at some pictures on the Library of Congress and these caught my eye. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50jetback Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 https://www.historicvehicle.org/history-in-motion/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 On 7/23/2017 at 3:12 PM, Gene Brink said: Looking at some pictures on the Library of Congress and these caught my eye. The date and the clothes changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 If I didn't know any better, though I heard something go "tink". With the way that wheel is sitting, looks like something broke. To each his own..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elpad Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Don't have a Buick to show but a piece of a 49? Grille in the upper right side of the photo. Wanted to share this historic photograph of a parts counter in my hometown of Santa Clara, Cuba. The story goes that Autos Nuñez was a local Chevrolet-Buick dealership loosing the Buick franchise circa 1950 or 1951 replacing the model line with Oldsmobile. Do not know why but would like to find out. Photo courtesy of a Mr. Tom Gibson. Mr. Administrator, feel free to move around if post do not apply here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elpad Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 1953 photo of Chevrolet-Oldsmobile dealership in Santa Clara, Cuba formerly a Buick distributor. There is a Buick in the background. Photo courtesy of Mr. Tom Gibson. Love the Art Deco style building. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 2 hours ago, Elpad said: 1953 photo of Chevrolet-Oldsmobile dealership in Santa Clara, Cuba formerly a Buick distributor. There is a Buick in the background. Photo courtesy of Mr. Tom Gibson. Love the Art Deco style building. I wonder if the building is still there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgreen Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 This is the best I could get for the address of the Cuban dealership, kind of hard to tell if the building is still present. I don't think google maps cars are approved to drive Havana streets yet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elpad Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 Kgreen, I think you are looking someplace else. Casa Nuñez, the distributor depicted on the pictures, is on the Town of Santa Clara which is the capital of Las Villas province now called Villaclara. The town is at the center of the province and right smack at the center of the island of Cuba. The place was in the corner of Ciclon (Hurricane) Street and Carretera Central (inter-Province Main Highway) this is the two lane 40's style main East-West corridor. Don't know if the building still standing or not but I will find out for my own curiosity. All I can tell you is that I never drove in Cuba since I left when I was 14 and now 63. I did ride a lot of bike then throughout the whole town and don't remember that site. Pity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgreen Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 16 hours ago, Elpad said: Kgreen, I think you are looking someplace else. Casa Nuñez, the distributor depicted on the pictures, is on the Town of Santa Clara which is the capital of Las Villas province now called Villaclara. I plugged in the street address and was automatically placed in Havana. Thanks for the clarification. I'd sure like to visit Cuba before it get's re-americanized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elpad Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 (edited) Cuba is a Pandora's box Here is another Colonial style building and a 50 Buick (looks like a Special) not sure The picture may have been posted before Edited August 4, 2017 by Elpad (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilgrim65 Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 On 03/08/2017 at 4:18 PM, Elpad said: Cuba is a Pandora's box Here is another Colonial style building and a 50 Buick (looks like a Special) not sure The picture may have been posted before Hi Elpad , you sparked my interest as the car is probably a special ,but also with the term colonial style , as I had previously thought colonial style buildings referred to British mainly Georgian buildings which was the style when many of the colonies were set up , but your post prompted me to look further as I didn't think Cuba was ever a British colony , probably Spanish . So today I've learned that colonial style refers to the style of the mother country, not particularly British . Interesting photo particularly as I'm keen on architecture, should have known from the arches and decorative balconies,not British. Sorry to go off topic ,but it was the car that initially got my attention.? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elpad Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 (edited) Let me insert this car here before we get kick out of this forum. We share same interests, old Buicks too, like architecture specially old buildings. In this pic you can see the arches and iron railings molded under Mediterranean tradition and a beautiful 58. Arches came to Spain through the Moorish occupation of the Iberic Peninsula. Yeap Cuba was briefly on English hands but they swapped for Florida in 1762 so not enough time to establish British architecture. So Spain was the mother land therefore Cuba as a Spanish colony thus the term Colonial Edited August 4, 2017 by Elpad (see edit history) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elpad Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 By the way, I'm restoring a 50 Super you can meet "Toby" in me and my Buick forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pilgrim65 Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 2 hours ago, Elpad said: Great picture , is it real , not photoshop, cars 50s American but surroundings French ? Didn't think they imported that many or is this a French quarter ,perhaps New Orleans. That tower in the background intrigues me., only one Buick though, or is the green one a Buick too.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elpad Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Looks like the 1950 GM line in Paris, France. The green one is the Olds. Viva la voiture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 (edited) 7 hours ago, Elpad said: What is really interesting in this picture is the combination of body styles. The Caddy, Pontiac, and Olds are the now infamous "Riviera" style (hardtops). The Chevy is a convertible. But the only one with people actually looking at it is the Buick, which appears to be a 4 dr sedan! Edited August 5, 2017 by JohnD1956 (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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