My MIL owned a Buick when she died last year; I sold it two days later for low retail to a passer-by. She liked it, though I wish it had been a RX 350 Lexus or a new Porsche or an NSX or a Beemer or a.............

 

My family in 1957 took a 3 week road trip from NYC to Acapulco Mexico and back in one of these. Its July, no AC, plastic seat covers, and 5 of us plus luggage, no interstate system only the AAA Strip maps to guide us on our way. Talk about a family experience.

 

The Lucerne is really not the most popular buick. The rendezvous is They sold over 130,000 of em. They claim it had something to do with Tiger Woods

A company spokesman stated that Buick is happy with the value of Wood's endorsement, pointing out that more than 130,000 Rendezvous vehicles were sold in 2002 and 2003. "That exceeded our forecasts," he was quoted as saying. "It has to be in recognition of Tiger." In February 2004, Buick renewed Woods's endorsement contract for another five years, in a deal reportedly worth $40 million

The japanese are the biggest fans of them they import as many as they can.

 

Funny, just the other day I was thinking how the Toyota Camry has replaced the Buick for old, slow and don't know how to stay out of the left lane drivers. And now here's a thread about Buick's.

One of my peers asked me several years ago when we were looking at cars why a Buick wasn't on my list. I told him I wasn't old enough to drive a
Buick. Maybe I was sick and had a gray pallor that day.

 

The clear plastic covers??? If so, I remember seeing those.

 

[QUOTE=silvershadow,Jun 9 2009, 08:23 PM] Funny, just the other day I was thinking how the Toyota Camry has replaced the Buick for old, slow and don't know how to stay out of the left lane drivers.

 

I found some '50s Buick pics from a couple of my recent Carlisle shows!

Luckily, only those who like 50s cars are probably following this thread...b/c others will be bored to by the Detroit bad boys! Fasten yer seatbelt....here we go....powered by that big bad Veeeeeeeeeeee-8

Look at this beautiful '56


...with the signature portholes


....cool front end


....and check out the "survivor story" and original mileage <10k


I love the Harley Earl script....

 

....and another '56 in a great "fifties" 2-tone color combo



...note that the lesser model only gets 3 portholes


...and script for a different "entry level" model'

 

My first car was a "hand me down" from my Mother. A '56 Buick Special "hard top" (no "B" pillar) in red & black two tone paint.

I wish that I had that car now.

 

Saving the most outrageous for last, here is an ultra-chrome-laden '58....a wagon this time

Note that the portholes are gone but it's got 'gunsights' on the fenders for taking aim on lesser vehicles


This behemoth weighed in at about 4400#


It was called the Estate Wagon in 4 door form; in 4 door hardtop form it was called the Caballero wagon