Bowdlerized Buicks

[TG57Roadmaster]

Greetings Buick Fans,

Do you have a shot of a Buick that has been modified beyond belief? C'mon, I know you do; I wanted to use another word that starts with b & ends in d (think: illegitimate), but I didn't want to get edited out from the git-go. All it takes is a cobbled-up Caballero, a raunchy Riviera, a ludicrous LeSabre...now you're getting the hang of it.

Let's start the (fire)ball rolling with this gem, found at a popular tourist trap in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. And let's hope David Dunbar Buick will stop spinning in his grave and forgive such transgressions.

Have fun,

Tom Gibson

[JohnD1956]

Holy crap, the "C" is missing from the name on the hood! What a car!

How about this beauty?

JD

[Guest ZondaC12]

yeah some people just love those LEDs.

i dont have one myself, personally i havent really noticed anything like that around here!

but with the trend of people "pimpin" out the 1980s GM two-door whatever-bodies theyre called (Monte Carlo, Grand Prix....) with huge wheels and pinstripes and gaudy grilles and paint jobs, I wouldnt be too surprised if i saw a jacked up regal nearby!

[TG57Roadmaster]

JD,

More like "Holy carp", as it sure looks like a bottom-feeder to me! I'm surprized the owner doesn't have a bumper sticker saying,

"Officer, STOP THIS CAR, & bring the K-9 Squad!"

Tom Gibson

[Dandy Dave]

Gee, they could have got rid of the "I" and Left the "C" and called that redneck plow a "Buck". <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

[jscheib]

There was a raised yellow and blue something on e-bay a few weeks ago with flip doors a la DeLorean, but I am not sure how to find that picture now.

John

[Guest GRANNYS 70 SKYLARK]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Holy crap, the "C" is missing from the name on the hood! What a car!

How about this beauty?

JD </div></div>

I took that picture at the New Smyrna Beach, Fl, Canal Street Cruise and the owner was really proud of what he had done to his Riv. Go figure?

I've seen much worse on ebay on any given day, though.

[Guest GRANNYS 70 SKYLARK]

Here's another beauty!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CLEAN-Bui...1QQcmdZViewItem

[JohnD1956]

That's right, I remember you took that picture now. Oh man , this one really hurts. I guess the fact of the matter is these people are proud of their cars. And in at least these two cases they are technically Buicks. And the cars are done, unlike mine rusting away in the back yard.

JD

[pakkrat]

Ok, TG. Here's my Buick, but I don't want to be in the group with a couple of those above! Maybe the plow, I could really drink beer and plow snow in style with that thing. The sky view is when a person power washes the dirt dauber nests off of the underside of a rat rod undertaking. The subsequent posts are other pics. Enjoy, and sling as much mud at me as you want!!

[pakkrat]

topless

[pakkrat]

done!

[TG57Roadmaster]

Naaah, no mud-slinging from me; besides, you'll need that plow to scoop away the dauber's mess. Your beer analogy was spot on, but don't forget that baby comes in handy when you're snowed-in, trapped in your ice-fishing shack. That's when Eino says to Toivo, "I go store, get beer, take da Buick, eh?". The Finns in the U.P. are a people of few words (and fewer prepositions), and Eino & Toivo are the most famous Youpers of all.

My attachment doesn't belong here, except that I need it for my signature. It's the Roadmistress, my '57 Model 73 before her facelift. She didn't get the Full-Tilt, Joan Rivers Miracle-Makeover, just back to red wheels, new interior and a rechromed rear bumper. Taken at an AACA Hornets Nest Region Victory Tour to Wilmington, NC. She's too fine to be named Duke or The Roadmaster. As for the backdrop, the developer must have run out of Druids to populate his planned sub-division, 'cause there was nary a home or mud hut in sight; just a road to nowhere.

Thanks for the pix; you did your duty to rescue that sedan from obscurity!

[Guest GRANNYS 70 SKYLARK]

Nicely done! Definitely not a bowdlerized car in my book!

[JohnD1956]

Agreeing with GRANNY there... The car definitley came out nice. And TG, the 57 is sweet too. Me senses a swing in this thread.... <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

JD

[pakkrat]

Tanks for the kind words. I've never had so much fun. Well, there was that one night....aaaaannnnyyway. I really like your 57 mister Gibson. All these old cars are cool. I love the tangiblity of them, you know, like when you peer into a 80's car in the salvage and everything has fell apart, then you go to another row and there's that 60's cad with the dash still in it and you think, I'll bet that radio still works! While staring at your car, the rear of the roofline started to resemble a 70-81 Camaro roof. Maybe it's these pops with the foam on top. Where is the U.P.? I've never been ice fishing. We use dynamite here.

[Dandy Dave]

DYNAMITE!!! <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />Yeah, my brother and a neighbor tried that once back in the 70's. It worked real well. All you had to do was take a boat out and pick up the floaters. I wonder if anyone ever tried to use the roof off of a Buick for a Boat? That would be truly Bowdlerized!!!

[TG57Roadmaster]

Let's get back on track, sorry for my diversion. Tho' I do think <span style="font-weight: bold">Buicks Gone Global</span> would be a pretty cool thread..."Here's my Riviera <span style="font-style: italic">on</span> the Riviera", "My LeSabre at the Leaning Tower of Pisa", or "My Apollo on the Moon"...

While you ponder your next road trip, pick the appropriate caption for the attached:

"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Buick.";

"And just <span style="font-style: italic">who's</span> the Black Sheep in the family?";

Glinda, the Good Witch of the North to Dorothy (Toto, too), "Are you a <span style="font-style: italic">Good</span> witch or a <span style="font-style: italic">Bad</span> witch?"

Feel free to supply your own. Same cars, same day, not from the Land of Oz, but the Charlotte AutoFair Car Corral.

TG

[Guest imported_Thriller]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Naaah, no mud-slinging from me; besides, you'll need that plow to scoop away the dauber's mess. Your beer analogy was spot on, but don't forget that baby comes in handy when you're snowed-in, trapped in your ice-fishing shack. That's when Eino says to Toivo, "I go store, get beer, take da Buick, eh?". The Finns in the U.P. are a people of few words (and fewer prepositions), and Eino & Toivo are the most famous Youpers of all. </div></div>

Hmmm...I ice fish...and I have a '56 Buick hanging around doing nothing...maybe, just maybe...that would be something though, wouldn't it, to see something like that in operation in the winter? Right now, it's about -20C (yes, it has warmed up) and pretty much all the old cars are either in shops being worked on, or hibernating for the winter.

[TG57Roadmaster]

pakkrat,

The U.P. is the "Dog", while Michigan's Lower Peninsula is the "Mitten". It's one of the most pristine places left, east of the Mississippi River, with plenty to do in all four seasons; June, July, August, and Winter. It's my mom's family's homeplace, sparsely populated by Finns, Swedes, Native Americans (and their casinos), and myriad other misfits, and I'm the luckiest guy on the planet to have a connection with it. Grampa had a Standard Oil gas station & body shop, and, as a kid, my playground was all the rusting hulks of old cars

strewn about the fields and woods. My only worries back then were to be mindful of bee's nests.

People who live there are disparagingly referred to by down-staters as Youpers (as if the folks in <span style="font-style: italic">Dee</span>-troit have anything to crow about!). It has about 5 miles of Interstate 75, then it's all woods, deer, bars, snowmobile trails, and the Michigan Air Force (aka Deerflies & Mosquitoes). Truly a Sportsman's Paradise.

This map, produced by the Canadian Department of the Interior in 1930, shows the main roads, and it really hasn't changed a whole lot since then. At the lower right you'll find St. Ignace, now home to a couple of hugely famous car shows; to the left, at the bottom of the dog's "ear" is Keweenaw Bay, and what remains of my family live west of L'Anse. U.S. 41 begins in Copper Harbor, ends in Miami, and until the Mackinac Bridge opened in 1957, you had to take car-ferries across the Straits at St. Ignace to Mackinaw City.

All the "cars in the woods" pix that I post came from there. Thanks for asking, and go there sometime, eh? Eino & Toivo would love to see ya'; don't forget to save the empties, 'cause theres a 10-cent deposit on 'em. Alas, don't despair...for the <span style="font-style: italic">Old Swill-waukee</span> cans you turn in today will become part of <span style="font-style: italic">tomorrow's</span> Toyota!

TG

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