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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 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 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]
Buick Roadmaster (1938-1939) Cadillac Series 72/75 (1938-1940) Cadillac Sixty Special (1938–1941) Cadillac V-16 Series 90 (1938-1940) International Harvester D Series Metro Van (1938–1940) Oldsmobile Series 60 (1938-1940) Oldsmobile Series 70 (1938-1940)
Available only as a 4-door hardtop, 2-door hardtop coupe or convertible, the Limited rode Buick's 127.5 in (3,238 mm) wheelbase, [10] and overall length 227.1 in (5,768 mm). [11] Interiors were of high quality fabrics in sedans and coupes, full leather in convertibles. Buick sold only 7,438 Limiteds, due in part to their price.
The 2,600,000-square-foot (240,000 m 2) factory opened in 1937 to build Buick, Pontiac, and Oldsmobile vehicles from "knock down kits".Linden was the second of several B-O-P "branch" assembly plants (the first being the Pontiac-operated South Gate plant), part of GM's strategy to have production facilities in major metropolitan cities.
1234-NJ: Discontinued in the late 1990s; regular Omnibus plates issued to NJ Transit buses since. Outdoor Advertising 1931 12345 Used on signs and billboards. Discontinued sometime after 1956. Outdoor Advertising No Fee by 1956 N/F 123 PUC LIM 1977 OL-1234 PUC LIM stood for "Public Utilities Commission - Limousine". Replaced by Livery in 1979 ...
In May 1925 the Chevrolet Export Boxing plant at Bloomfield, New Jersey was repurposed from a previous owner where Knock-down kits for Chevrolet, Oakland, Oldsmobile, Buick and Cadillac passenger cars, and both Chevrolet and G. M. C. truck parts are crated and shipped by railroad to the docks at Weehawken, New Jersey for overseas GM assembly ...