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The Buick Roadmaster is an automobile built by Buick from 1936 until 1942, from 1946 until 1958, and then again from 1991 until 1996. Roadmasters produced between 1936 and 1958 were built on Buick's longest non-limousine wheelbase and shared their basic structure with the entry-level Cadillac Series 65, the Buick Limited, and after 1940, the Oldsmobile 98.
This year also brought all-new bodywork, as well as a four-door hardtop station wagon called the Buick Riviera Estate. [17] The 1957 wheelbase remained 122 inches. [ 18 ] In the June, 1957 issue of Popular Mechanics , the Special was rated with a 0-60 mph time of 11.6 seconds, fuel economy of 17.4 mpg ‑US (13.5 L/100 km; 20.9 mpg ‑imp ) at ...
Other delightful classics up for sale that day include a 1958 AC Ace roadster, a 1989 Lamborghini Countach, and a 1965 Jaguar E-type coupe. ... the 1949 Buick Roadmaster convertible seen in the ...
4-door sedan 4-door Riviera sedan 2-door Sedanet coupe 2-door Riviera hardtop 2-door convertible 4-door Estate wagon: Platform: C-body: Related: Cadillac Series 62 Cadillac Series 61 Buick Roadmaster Oldsmobile 98: Powertrain; Engine: 248 cu in (4.1 L) Fireball I8 OHV 263 cu in (4.3 L) Fireball I8 OHV 322 cu in (5.3 L) Nailhead V8 OHV: Transmission
Originally, the Series 60 had the 331.4 cu in (5.4 L) OHV Buick Straight-6 engine from the Series 70, developing 99 bhp (74 kW) at 2,800 rpm. It had, at the beginning of the generation, a full-length running board denoting the top model for Buick at the time, shared with the short wheelbase, entry level Series 40.
4-door station wagon 4-door hardtop station wagon: Layout: FR layout: Platform: C-body (1950-1953) B-body (1954-1958) Related: Buick Special Buick Super Buick Century Buick Roadmaster Oldsmobile 88: Powertrain; Engine: 264 cu in (4.3 L) Fireball Straight-eight engine OHV 320 cu in (5.2 L) Fireball Straight-eight engine OHV (1950-1952) 264 cu in ...
Introduced as an option on the 1949 Buick Roadmaster Riviera hardtop coupe, the original Sweepspear was a chrome-plated steel rub strip which began level over the front wheel, gently curved down across the front fender and door, dove nearly to the rocker panel just ahead of the rear wheel, then flared up and over the rear wheel before leveling ...
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.