MrEarl Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dship Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 8 minutes ago, MrEarl said: Groovy...diggin' the clogs! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 On 2/3/2018 at 3:49 AM, Pilgrim65 said: Can’t believe the size of caravan in one of the black and white photos above must be 40/50 ft long , how does that mother tow round corners!! And bet that super or roadmaster needed some welly going up hills. ? “welly” ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilgrim65 Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 (edited) On 09/02/2018 at 9:49 PM, MrEarl said: “welly” ? Hi Lamar Welly is an English phrase derived from wellingtons boots , wet weather footwear , name derived from Duke of Wellington of Waterloo fame against Napoleon we say, give it some welly meaning , put the boot down , or when pushing or pulling we use it too meaning push or pull harder. A person with some welly has strength. In this case put foot hard on Gas ! Another thing about wellies is here in Uk , you know the brits are class conscience and the aristocracy, old money and posh horse crowd wear green wellington boots with their tatty burburie weatherproof coats . We call them the ‘green welly brigade’ when on holiday in Scotland that’s what our Queen ‘s attire is most days ! English slang lesson over for today ?? cheers pilgrim Edited February 13, 2018 by Pilgrim65 (see edit history) 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurent Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 With a Sport Wagon again 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted March 9, 2018 Author Share Posted March 9, 2018 On 2/10/2018 at 11:38 AM, Laurent said: With a Sport Wagon again Hmmm, wonder where he got them vintage looking trailerin mirrors from?........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgreen Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 How about here? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Tow-Mirrors-Car-Automobile-Extension-Adjustable-Ford-Chevy-Dodge-Buick/152934783972?hash=item239b9f9be4:g:cAUAAOSwHYVaUo-9&vxp=mtr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 10 hours ago, MrEarl said: Hmmm, wonder where he got them vintage looking trailerin mirrors from?........ This looks almost exactly like the set up my parents had when I was a young guy except they had a '68 sport wagon 400 without the roof racks and not a '69. Slightly different trailer. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thriller Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 (edited) Those mirrors weren't vintage when I remember seeing them. Does that imply that I'm vintage?? A neighbour towed a trailer with a car...I want to say it was a Chrysler product and had similar. Edited March 10, 2018 by Thriller Typo (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 I'll have to take a good look up in the attic of Dad's garage. I believe there are a set up there that he used on his 1959 Pontiac Parisienne when towing a large 8 sleeping pop-up camper one vacation in 1967. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 On 3/9/2018 at 8:11 AM, kgreen said: How about here? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Tow-Mirrors-Car-Automobile-Extension-Adjustable-Ford-Chevy-Dodge-Buick/152934783972?hash=item239b9f9be4:g:cAUAAOSwHYVaUo-9&vxp=mtr gottem, thanks for the heads up Ken! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dship Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Lamar...Boy, did you get a bargain!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buick 55 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 hi guys, my name is Pascal and i lve in France. my baby is a 55 Buick Special 4 doors hardtop. And with my wife and kids, we have three old caravans ( 2 french : Notin Chaumière 1956, and Notin Vedette 1964 / and the third one is a belgium one : Constructam Coral 1971 ) here are some pictures i hope you will like ... our 55 Buick Special with our french caravan Notin Chaumière 1956 our 55 Buick Special with our french caravan Notin Vedette 1964 our 55 Buick Special with our Belgium caravan Constructam Coral 1971 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Ah... mais oui! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stooge Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Maybe not a camping trailer, but its atleast pulling A trailer! '37 Century that I've had saved in my cache 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Sorry no picture of my Buick pulling the boat but... It is the Great Outdoors, My 15' Lyman, My Girl (my now Wife), on the shore at my parents cottages (North Shore of Lake Erie)... The only thing better than that moment... was the evening ride back to the boat ramp. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dons56 Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 North shore? The flag on the boat explains it all... LOL I guess it was before the maple leaf flag which means you must be really old... LOL The boat looks like a dandy. Still have it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 2 minutes ago, dons56 said: I guess it was before the maple leaf flag which means you must be really old... LOL NO not Old at all just old before my time! I had to be different! What 19 year old kid drove a 1958 OLD MAN Buick in the 70's? (hence the flag ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dons56 Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Just guessing I went with my parents from Lansing, Michigan to Nova Scotia. After all these years I don't remember too many details other than we went as far east as we could. It was great traveling the Trans Canadian highway. Some of it was under construction. That was back in the day you could just drive there and answer a few questions when you crossed the border. Oh, and I am old... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 (edited) 20 minutes ago, dons56 said: The boat looks like a dandy. Still have it? Keeping with the Great Outdoors part of the thread? Thanks on the boat. It was indeed in good shape and I redid the paint and decks that summer. Trailered it further up north and did the western section of the Trent Severn system the next year (with the now wife...) All boaters get two foot fever and after getting married bought a 20 foot Bayliner and so on... Sold the Lyman to a fellow from New Brunswick who was here due to the off season fishing there. I miss the Lyman especially because it would look great behind the Special today. Edited March 25, 2018 by dei (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 1 hour ago, dons56 said: Just guessing I went with my parents from Lansing, Michigan to Nova Scotia. It was great traveling the Trans Canadian highway. . That was back in the day you could just drive there and answer a few questions when you crossed the border. Oh, and I am old... Those were good days before the politics of terrorism has taken over. Miss those times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dons56 Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Am I green? Four pre 1920 Buicks. How wonderful... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 10 hours ago, dons56 said: Am I green? Four pre 1920 Buicks. How wonderful... They just keep following me home. My wife likes her Synergy Green Camaro the best, I think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZRIV Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Off to a Car & Boat Show... Not two miles from home and the brakes blew! That was 13 years ago... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZRIV Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brass is Best Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 2 hours ago, JZRIV said: Son I can assure you this is no joke, we at the State Patrol have no sense of humor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elpad Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Hey Lamar! are we there yet! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elpad Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 (edited) A more modern approach, I bet it comes with Wi-fi! Edited April 6, 2018 by Elpad (see edit history) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Hmmmm, that disappearing 'clamshell' tailgate... I consider that one of GM's ideas that sounded great conceptually, but fell short as implemented. Sorry to say, but Ford's 2-way tailgate was "a better idea" in this case... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC-car-guy Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 NC plates AND a Buick in that movie, now I've got to see it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 7 hours ago, EmTee said: Hmmmm, that disappearing 'clamshell' tailgate... I consider that one of GM's ideas that sounded great conceptually, but fell short as implemented. Sorry to say, but Ford's 2-way tailgate was "a better idea" in this case... My 94 Roadmaster Wagon does both- opens as a door or as a tailgate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmfconsult Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 1 hour ago, RivNut said: My 94 Roadmaster Wagon does both- opens as a door or as a tailgate. The also have the 2-way tail gate from 77 through 90. I really loved the novelty of the clamshell though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 1 hour ago, dmfconsult said: The also have the 2-way tail gate from 77 through 90. I really loved the novelty of the clamshell though! Yes, at least the General knew when to concede on this one. I think those wagons like yours were the best -- and I'll bet Lamar will agree! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRJBUICK Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 On 4/2/2018 at 4:14 PM, JZRIV said: Absolutely love this cars and looking like a train does it get any better. Probably pulling that brick down the pike brought the gas mileage down to almost nothing but look at the great looks you would get, lol. Does anyone know if this was privately built or did a trailer company offer it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTX5467 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 The GM clamshell B-car tail gate had its good points, BUT the main thing it didn't have was to allow an extended load area. In more current times, that clamshell would be power-driven rather than spring-counter-weighted which would have made it even more neat. If it was pneumatic, using a reservoir from the auto leveling system's compressor, it might have made those sounds like the compartment doors on "Star Trek"? Trying to do a push-pull vac mechanism like the Corvette headlights would have been a "FAIL". All in all, the "Ford Idea" was better, lighter weight, less bulky, and fits a more squared-off body architecture better. NTX5467 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxBuicks Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Yeah, but if you've ever seen a clamshell tailgate open and close in person, they are way cool! That's all that matters now. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avgwarhawk Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 4 hours ago, TxBuicks said: Yeah, but if you've ever seen a clamshell tailgate open and close in person, they are way cool! That's all that matters now. We had two Estate Wagons. Both 1973. The clam shell gates worked great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC-car-guy Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 I had to google this. I need one! This example sounds like it's struggling: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avgwarhawk Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 This was me in 1973. I was 8 years old. Our estate wagon was maroon color. When I went to college I purchased a used 73 estate wagon. She had just over 100k on the ticker. The clam shell door worked well also. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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