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The Buick Y-Job, produced by Buick in 1938, was the auto industry's first concept car [3] (a model intended to show new technology or designs but not be mass-produced for sale to consumers). [4]
McLaughlin's fifth-wheel 1910s Democrat buckboard 1910 Model 41 touring car 1915 touring car 1923 Master Six Special touring car, manufactured by GM Canada. Robert McLaughlin began building carriages in 1867 beside the cutters and wagons in his blacksmith's shop in Enniskillen, a small village 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of Oshawa, Ontario.
The Buick Special was an automobile produced by Buick. It was usually Buick's lowest-priced model, starting out as a full-size car in 1936 and returning in 1961 (after a two-year hiatus) as a mid-size. The Special was built for several decades and was offered as a coupe, sedan and later as a station wagon.
In 1947 Bill Buckle Snr. died causing Bill Buckle Jr. [note 1] to enter the family business. [2] [3] In 1952 Bill Buckle Jr. traveled to England and found fibreglass-bodied sports cars being manufactured and a plastic sports car body at the 1953 London Motor Show. Upon his return, Buckle persuaded the company's other directors to construct a ...
Ontario was founded by Hiram Cook, and was platted in December 1834 as a settlement in Springfield Township near Mansfield. [6] During that same month thereafter, the original settlement of Ontario merged with New Castle, another small settlement that was originally located just to the west of the Ontario settlement along the Mansfield and Bucyrus route (known today as State Route 309) that ...
The 1963 Special was available as a two-door pillared hardtop coupe, a four dour sedan, a convertible, and a station wagon. Engine choices were a standard 198 cu in (3.2 L) V6 with a twin-barrel carburetor and an optional 215 cu in (3.5 L) V8 with 155 hp (116 kW) (two-barrel) or more powerful four-barrel (190 hp (140 kW) in 1962, 200 hp (150 kW ...
Star would also be manufactured in other Durant factories in Lansing, Michigan, Oakland, California and Toronto, Ontario. [2] Star was planned to undercut Chevrolet prices and match Ford prices, starting in 1922 at $348 (equivalent to $6,335 in 2023) for a touring car, Ford slashed prices by $50 in mid 1923, which Star could not match. Star was ...
Prices ranged from US$895 ($21,066 in 2023 dollars [3]) for the business coupe to US$1,085 ($25,538 in 2023 dollars [3]) for the convertible sedan, while the long wheelbase was listed at US$1,125 ($26,479 in 2023 dollars [3]), offering the appearance of the flagship Imperial but at an affordable price. [1]