by Brandon McCloskey | Jun 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Walter Chrysler had great mechanical skills on the Midwestern railroads and learned about cars by interacting with a locomotive he bought in 1908. In just a few years he became the plant manager at Buick under Charles W. Nash and took over from him as president....
by Brandon McCloskey | Jun 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
A revised automatic transmission was introduced in 1958; Flight-Pitch Dynaflow, known in later years as the triple turbine transmission. It was standard on the large Buicks and optional on the rest of the line. It was costly to produce due to the complicated...
by Brandon McCloskey | Jun 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
The key to entering the luxury car market for Buick was supposed to be the 1958 Buick Limited. 1958 turned out to be a recession year and very bad timing for Buick, although no one could have foreseen this at its planning years making Buick Company experience its...
by Brandon McCloskey | Jun 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Buick Riviera Coupe is a vehicle that teaches an important lesson; don’t forget lesser versions of a prime collectible. For the mid-to-late 1950s Buicks, car collectors’ interest is usually centered on the Century models, which is a combination of the...
by Brandon McCloskey | Jun 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
Buick had an old slogan “Valve-in-head, ahead in value” and was also applicable for the 1950-’52 Buick Roadmaster. The rest of the industry-led by Oldsmobile and Cadillac was finally coming to a conclusion that overhead valves were going replace side valves....
