Mudbone Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 (edited) “Throwback Thursday” Driving with my sweetheart in my dad’s 56 century… (1972) Edited March 3, 2023 by Mudbone (see edit history) 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudbone Posted March 4, 2023 Author Share Posted March 4, 2023 Another photo of dads 56 with original wide white walls. We were visiting our uncles farm out in Iowa. We believe it to be 1958 as that would make my brother 7 years old. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudbone Posted March 4, 2023 Author Share Posted March 4, 2023 The 56 Buick overheated in Clinton Iowa on our way to Dallas Center Iowa to visit Grandma and Grandpa. My dad asked if he could use the gas stations shop to clean out the radiator. I remember him going across the street and buying a gallon of muriatic acid and a box of Sal-Soda. That is all I remember about that trip. This was probably 1962-1963. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudbone Posted March 5, 2023 Author Share Posted March 5, 2023 I found one more photo of the 56. I was taking a photo of my new Sears 5 speed bike. I mowed lawns all summer to buy that bike! 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 Nice bike! Makes me think about my Huffy 'Rail"... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avgwarhawk Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 On 3/5/2023 at 7:13 PM, EmTee said: Nice bike! Makes me think about my Huffy 'Rail"... Nut buster shifter. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAD36 Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 Had a metallic green Schwinn Sting Ray with the “5 speed stick” and a rear slick pie crust tires, sissy bars and the banana seat. Likewise I mowed alot of lawns and put up alot of fences to pay for it.. I always thought that bike and my Schwinn Continental 10 speed were special but Dad threw them both out when I moved out. Isn’t it something how “ordinary” things of “the time” stick with us even years later. … but this is about Buicks. Nice dual exhaust on that Centiry Mud 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudbone Posted March 16, 2023 Author Share Posted March 16, 2023 (edited) This is the current location of the 56 Buick as of today. Buried in 1973. (Aproximitly 6 foot deep) I have been trying to get my nephew to let me dig it up, but he just gives me that real strange look........ Edited March 16, 2023 by Mudbone (see edit history) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastienbuick Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 18 hours ago, Mudbone said: This is the current location of the 56 Buick as of today. Buried in 1973. (Aproximitly 6 foot deep) I have been trying to get my nephew to let me dig it up, but he just gives me that real strange look........ It would be great if you could dig it up ! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudbone Posted March 16, 2023 Author Share Posted March 16, 2023 I found another photo. It looks like we had a little snow........ 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAD36 Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 (edited) That is so cool. Makes me want to dig up photos of mine in black and white from the late 50s at my grandfathers place when it was out doin it’s thing….. Probably drag racing usnavystgc 56 Buick up the Kulpmont hill… So….why did the Buick get buried but not the Model T? So you could make tea in the Model T? ( great video btw). I mean, if you could plow a field with a model T couldn’t you do it with the 56? It has power steering. I just don’t get it.😎 Edited March 17, 2023 by KAD36 (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudbone Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 45 minutes ago, KAD36 said: That is so cool. Makes me want to dig up photos of mine in black and white from the late 50s at my grandfathers place when it was out doin it’s thing….. Probably drag racing usnavystgc 56 Buick up the Kulpmont hill… So….why did the Buick get buried but not the Model T? So you could make tea in the Model T? ( great video btw). I mean, if you could plow a field with a model T couldn’t you do it with the 56? It has power steering. I just don’t get it.😎 I have no idea why they buried that car out in the field. (I was not there when they did it) There was a large cattle confinement barn on the land to the west. That right side driveway was the entry to the east end of that barn where we fed the cattle. I pulled the motor and Trans and a few small parts off, that I have hanging in the garage. Back then scrap was not worth much at all so everything got buried on the farm. I know there is other stuff buried with it. My nephew also burned and then buried a motor home on the other farm. I also think there is a 68 Olds in the dirt somewhere also. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 That would be a cool excavation to put on youtube! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAD36 Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 15 hours ago, Kosage Chavis said: would be a cool excavation to put on youtube! It would be the BCA version of "The Curse of Oak Island'. Bunch of us running around the field with metal detectors and we find a nail or an Ox shoe. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 18 hours ago, KAD36 said: Makes me want to dig up photos of mine in black and white from the late 50s at my grandfathers place when it was out doin it’s thing….. My '56 Chevy when my Grandmother still had it... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine Gun Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 On 3/16/2023 at 10:12 PM, Mudbone said: I have no idea why they buried that car out in the field. (I was not there when they did it) I know there is other stuff buried with it. My nephew also burned and then buried a motor home on the other farm. I also think there is a 68 Olds in the dirt somewhere also. You're not the least bit suspicious? Burying things years ago without witnesses? Won't allow you to dig it up? Any chance there might be some "passengers" in the Buick or the motor home? Some Italian guy from NJ is curious... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old-tank Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 3 hours ago, Machine Gun said: On 3/16/2023 at 9:12 PM, Mudbone said: I have no idea why they buried that car out in the field. (I was not there when they did it) I know there is other stuff buried with it. My nephew also burned and then buried a motor home on the other farm. I also think there is a 68 Olds in the dirt somewhere also. You're not the least bit suspicious? Burying things years ago without witnesses? Won't allow you to dig it up? Any chance there might be some "passengers" in the Buick or the motor home? Some Italian guy from NJ is curious... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosage Chavis Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 First time I have ever witnessed @old-tankbecome speechless. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAD36 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 12 hours ago, Machine Gun said: You're not the least bit suspicious? Burying things years ago without witnesses? Won't allow you to dig it up? Any chance there might be some "passengers" in the Buick or the motor home? Some Italian guy from NJ is curious... “Now youse can’t leave”. From A Bronx Tale. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NailheadBob Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 On 3/15/2023 at 8:54 PM, Mudbone said: This is the current location of the 56 Buick as of today. Buried in 1973. (Aproximitly 6 foot deep) I have been trying to get my nephew to let me dig it up, but he just gives me that real strange look........ Keep the cool stuff coming. We had a neighbor who buried cars in the yard after they were done driving them, hate to have been the person that purchased that house and property. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudbone Posted March 22, 2023 Author Share Posted March 22, 2023 On 3/18/2023 at 6:27 PM, KAD36 said: “Now youse can’t leave”. From A Bronx Tale. Now that I think about it, they said the hired man quit and left everything.......... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudbone Posted March 26, 2023 Author Share Posted March 26, 2023 I found another one. It looks like we were getting ready to head to Iowa. (If my dad only knew it was going to overheat) 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NailheadBob Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 In the trunk I do see a thermostat LOL Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudbone Posted April 28, 2023 Author Share Posted April 28, 2023 My nephew just purchased this new Bobcat Excavator. I told him digging up the old Buick would be good practice for him....... He just laughed at me...... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancemb Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 I don't think there would be much left of the Buick if you dug it up. It would be more sad than anything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Kinda like this? https://dyler.com/blog/355/miss-belvedere-the-car-that-became-a-time-capsule 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudbone Posted April 30, 2023 Author Share Posted April 30, 2023 42 minutes ago, EmTee said: Kinda like this? https://dyler.com/blog/355/miss-belvedere-the-car-that-became-a-time-capsule It would be much worse. I think they flattened it with a loader and I understand other scrap metal was added to the hole. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Oh boy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine Gun Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 9 hours ago, Mudbone said: It would be much worse. I think they flattened it with a loader and I understand other scrap metal was added to the hole. Wow! There must have been some very deep, dark hatred for that car. God only knows what it must have done to your family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancemb Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 10 hours ago, EmTee said: Kinda like this? https://dyler.com/blog/355/miss-belvedere-the-car-that-became-a-time-capsule That's exactly what I was thinking of, but I agree it would be much worse! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudbone Posted May 3, 2023 Author Share Posted May 3, 2023 On 4/30/2023 at 5:49 AM, Machine Gun said: Wow! There must have been some very deep, dark hatred for that car. God only knows what it must have done to your family. No, we loved that car. It served us well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine Gun Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 9 hours ago, Mudbone said: No, we loved that car. It served us well. Your description of the car's ultimate disposition just reminded me of those criminal cases you hear about where someone is so hated that they're murdered, mutilated, and then unceremoniously buried in a dump with other trash. Hence my tongue-in-cheek post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudbone Posted June 22, 2023 Author Share Posted June 22, 2023 A good friend gave me this! 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAD36 Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 10 hours ago, Mudbone said: A good friend gave me this! Don’t you go be steppin’ on it and then burying it in the backyard….🤣 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastienbuick Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 On 4/30/2023 at 2:19 AM, lancemb said: I don't think there would be much left of the Buick if you dug it up. It would be more sad than anything! I would be very curious to see this buick come out of the ground and see what condition it is in 13 hours ago, Mudbone said: A good friend gave me this! your friend gave you a great gift ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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