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1958 Buick Super Riviera coupe. The once most popular Buick line was reduced to two body styles for 1958 with the elimination of the convertible. Side trim was similar to lesser series, except for the Super lettering on the rear fender flashes, but Supers were longer than the Series 40 Specials and Series 60 Centurys. The Super name was also ...
1966 Buick Riviera GS rear 1967 Buick Riviera 1968 Buick Riviera GS 1969 model (headlights deployed) 1970 Buick Riviera. The Riviera was redesigned for the 1966 model year. [22] It retained its cruciform X-frame, powertrain, and brakes, but its new body was longer, wider, and 200 pounds (91 kg) heavier. Vent windows, a feature GM had introduced ...
The 322 Fireball V8 in a 1956 Buick Century. Buick's first generation V8 was offered from 1953 through 1956; it replaced the Buick straight-eight.While officially called the "Fireball V8" [1] by Buick, it became known by enthusiasts as the "Nailhead" for the unusual vertical alignment of its small-sized valves (Originally it was known to hot-rodders as the "nail valve", because the engine's ...
The first Buick made for sale, ... 1950 Buick Super Riviera. ... 1953 marked Buick's 50th anniversary as well as the introductions of the Buick V8 engine and the ...
Buick Estate is a nameplate that was used by the Buick division of General Motors, denoting its luxury full-size station wagon from 1940 to 1964 and from 1970 to 1996. The Estate nameplate was derived from the term country estate in wealthy suburban areas and estate car, the British term for a station wagon.
The last year for Buick's straight-eight was 1953, but only in the lower-cost Buick Special. All other lines using the same basic chassis received the new V8 322 cu in (5.3 L) Fireball . Starting in 1954, the Special received the V8 as well.
The first automobile made by the Buick Company. Four: 1909 1915 1 Passenger car, the first model as a General Motors division. Six: 1914 1925 1 Senior model to the Four: Master Six: 1925 1928 B-body: 1 Standard Six: 1925 1929 A-body: 1 Limited: 1931: 1942: C-body: 2: Full-size car: Century: 1936 2005 B-body (1936–58) A-body (1973–96) W-body ...
The 1953 Chrysler Imperial was the first production car in twelve years to offer air conditioning, following tentative experiments by Packard in 1940 and Cadillac in 1941. [49] In actually installing optional Airtemp air conditioning units to its Imperials in 1953, Chrysler beat Cadillac , Buick and Oldsmobile , who added it as an option later ...