Wanna see your Grandfather's Buick from the 50's?
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That is the ugliest POS I've ever seen!
I find it beautiful. In fact - I would daily drive it. In the summer.
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Why would someone destroy a nice early 50's Buick and then have the nerve to want 120 grand for it?
With those small windows all around the car.....lots of hanky panky and fooling around with the babes....for sure! Steamed up windows in the 1950's, were the norm for Friday and Saturday nights.
At first I was with 46 Harry but...
Industrial age machine porn. How many objets d'art go 165 MPH?
Industrial age machine porn. How many objets d'art go 165 MPH?
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How many objets d'art go 165 MPH?
Difficult question. For cars, I make it 394, assuming you count "production" cars as individual objets d'art.
http://www.autosnout.com/Car-Top-Speed-List.php
Then there's planes...statues blown up by ISIS....Picasso's thrown from Manhattan apartment windows during acrimonious divorce disputes....etc, etc.
How many objets d'art go 165 MPH?
Difficult question. For cars, I make it 394, assuming you count "production" cars as individual objets d'art.
http://www.autosnout.com/Car-Top-Speed-List.php
Then there's planes...statues blown up by ISIS....Picasso's thrown from Manhattan apartment windows during acrimonious divorce disputes....etc, etc.
Major automotive sculpture that also holds class records. There might be 2 BITOG'ers that could build something comparable. No poser there. That's the real deal. Lots of retro themes, but done in white
You wanna go fast in retro style? That car will get it done. They are taking offers. I'll bet it goes for somewhere in the $90K range ...
Buying it costs less than it would to have it built. Already certified for Bonneville. You wanna go faster, pull that S-8 and put something else (Buick) in there. How bout a twin turbo and blown 425 nail head, or a Kenny Bell GNX motor
That car has trophies and magazine articles up the wazzoo
You wanna go fast in retro style? That car will get it done. They are taking offers. I'll bet it goes for somewhere in the $90K range ...
Buying it costs less than it would to have it built. Already certified for Bonneville. You wanna go faster, pull that S-8 and put something else (Buick) in there. How bout a twin turbo and blown 425 nail head, or a Kenny Bell GNX motor
That car has trophies and magazine articles up the wazzoo
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Until four years ago I lived in St. Louis and would go out to these guys' place and look around. Always some weird stuff, always overpriced. Nearby was a way cooler place that dealt in old race cars, mostly Indycars.
My first car was a '56 Buick Special bought from my Grandad. It was a rare unit indeed, a Buick with three on the tree, no Dynaflow. Quick for a hunk of metal with its nailhead V8. I was lucky to have it.
My first car was a '56 Buick Special bought from my Grandad. It was a rare unit indeed, a Buick with three on the tree, no Dynaflow. Quick for a hunk of metal with its nailhead V8. I was lucky to have it.
Misleading thread title.My Grandfather was an Oldsmobile guy.
Bombshell Betty is a famous land speed record holder. I have seen the car many times over the years in different articles.
That is cool...
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