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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 250-horsepower 455 four-barrel was now optional. With the LeSabre convertible temporarily dropped after 1972 and the intermediate-sized Buick lineup (renamed from Skylark to Century for 1973) losing its droptop permanently after the 1972 model year, the Centurion was Buick's only convertible offering in 1973.
The Marina was designed and developed on a limited budget and a very quick timescale – less than three years from initial conception to full production – to urgently replace a number of outdated saloon car models inherited by British Leyland from BMC. It was intended to be in production for five years before a more considered car could ...
Grand tourer coupe and convertible. Park Avenue: 1990 2012 C-body (1991–96) G-body (1997–2005) GM Zeta platform (2007-12) 3 Full-size luxury sedan succeeding Electra. Discontinued in North America in 2005. GM Zeta platform version sold in China 2007–2012. Roadmaster (revival) 1991: 1996: B-body: 1: Rendezvous: 2001 2007 U-body: 1 Midsize ...
As a result, it was remarkably free of teething problems. During 1951–1952, Pontiac had 23 287 cu in (4.7 L) V8-equipped 1953 model production prototypes running tests on the GM proving grounds. Pontiac planned to produce the 1953 models with the V8, but Buick and Chevrolet appealed to GM management and earned a 2-year delay.
An early (1968) red-painted Rocket 455 in a Delmont 88. The 425's stroke was lengthened to 4.25 in (108 mm) to achieve 454.6 cu in (7.4 L; 7,450 cc) to create the Rocket 455 for 1968. It kept the retired 425's 4.126 in (104.8 mm) bore to produce between 275 and 400 hp (205 and 298 kW). Initially the paint was red, except for metallic blue in ...
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In 1962 the Wildcat was a Buick Invicta subseries, mating the Invicta's longer full-size two-door hardtop Buick body (known as the "sport coupe", body production code 4647 hardtop only) [2] with a high-performance 325 hp (242 kW) version of the 401 cu in (6.6 L) Nailhead V8, known as the "Wildcat 445" for producing 445 lb⋅ft (603 N⋅m) of torque.