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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.
Hudson retired its straight-eight at the end of the 1952 model year. Buick introduced a (4.0" bore × 3 13 ⁄ 64 " stroke = 322 in³ (5.277 L)) V8 in 1953, with similar displacement as their (3 7 ⁄ 16 " bore × 4 5 ⁄ 16 " stroke = 320.2 in³ (5.247 L)) straight-8, the latter being produced until the end of the 1953 model year.
1952 Buick Roadmaster. Introduced: 1936. ... (and had a horn button featuring a special gold rim saying “50th Anniversary 1903-1953”). The truck, designed for the working class, had a 239 ...
The Buick Super is a full-sized automobile produced by Buick from 1940 through the 1958 model years, with a brief hiatus from 1943 through 1945. The first generation shared the longer wheelbase with the top level Roadmaster while offering the smaller displacement engine from the Buick Special. The Super prioritized passenger comfort over engine ...
The Buick is considered one of the less egregious-looking cars of the 1950s, but for some reason, that didn’t apply to the 1954 model year. ... Roadmaster, Special, and Super models that came ...
For 1970, the mid-sized Buicks once again received new sheet metal and the Buick Skylark name was moved down another notch, replacing the previous entry-level Buick Special. It was available in two- and four-door sedans with the 250-cubic-inch inline-six as standard and the optional 350-cubic-inch V8 (260 horsepower at 4600 rpm).
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 ...