While photographing a 1969 Buick Riviera on Long Island recently for a forthcoming feature in Hemmings Classic Car magazine, the car owner, Eric Sporrer, showed me some of the many pieces of original...
Photo by Richard Lentinello. I sure liked my 1955 Buick Special’s portholes…officially called “ventiports” by GM. They boldly told the world I had “arrived.” It bothered me, I admit, there were only ...
Marketing automobiles has certainly come a long way since the days prior to World War II. Back then, when a dealer wanted to get the word out about the cars that he was selling, he would either adver...
Flxible-built 1948 Buick Roadmaster funeral car for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Buick-Flxible premier funeral car with three way turntable. Only 29 made, as far as we can fin...
Restored and maintained 1964 Buick Riviera for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: I bought this car from an individual in Arizona who had started with an exceptionally nice driver a...
This 1950 Buick was built by Old Buzzard’s Rustorations in Mount Pleasant, Tennessee. Under the hood sits a turbocharged 5.9 L Cummins 6BT inline-six connected to a 47RE four-speed automatic transmis...
From the seller’s description: 1965 Buick Skylark, 2 door automatic. Garaged, covered and well maintained. No rust and never was. With approximately 65,438 miles, it has been driven an average of 1,2...
The Henry Ford’s trove of Dave Friedman photos has revealed many gems in the past, so one would expect the most recent digitized batch of Friedman photos – from the 1960 U.S. Grand Prix at Riverside ...
Pair of weathered 1954 Buicks for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: 1954 V-8 Buick Special Coupe & 1954 V-8 Buick Super Hardtop. both ‘Nailhead’ V8 engine. Have factory windshield ...
These days, Adam Woodhams has earned quite the reputation. Taking a look back, it's possible to see his growth as a builder right here on the pages of StanceWorks, starting with his Audi A8 in 2011 ....
1932 Buick Model 57S Special Sedan (top); 1932 De Soto SC Roadster (bottom). Photos by the author. Last month we launched This or That: a new feature enabling us, in an idyllic world, to add a collec...
1967 Buick GS 340 (top); 1969 Dodge Dart Swinger 340 (bottom). Photos by the author. We’ve all had that “if money was no object” dream; a foggy utopia where we gleefully theorize amassing a collectio...
Photos courtesy Klein Realty and Auction. Blame a 1965 Chevrolet for Terry Hodgen’s fascination with the Buick Riviera. “As the story goes, he bought that Chevrolet new, and the transmission went aft...
Das Echte Heut‘ hat SUV, Sport Utility Vehicle, ein bisschen oder auch sehr den Geruch von Schimpfwort. Aber trotzdem will das SUV selbstverständlich noch so manch ein Autohersteller erfunden haben. ...
1966 Buick Wildcat convertible for sale. From the seller’s description: This is a 1966 fully equipped Buick Wildcat Convertible with the famous 401 nailhead Buick engine, factory air conditioning. 40...
From the seller’s description: 1964 BUICK ELECTRA 225 four door thin-pillar Sedan The Wildcat 445 engine has 235 horsepower in the “401-4″ V-8 engine specifically 401 cubic inches, 4-stroke and 10.25...
1966 Buick Skylark GS. Artwork provided by the Automotive History Preservation Society. I believe that this advertisement really stands out among other Buick GS ads of its era for evoking emotion and...
Saturday night with a Buick – volt meter at the ready. First the good news: Headway has been made with the renewed Garage Night effort Associate Editor David Conwill and I initiated last week. This p...
Associate editor David Conwill reconnects the fuel line on the 1961 Buick Invicta. Hosting regular Garage Nights amongst us Hemmings editors has been a frequent point of discussion over the last 10 y...
Die Schönen und Reichen Es war noch im 2. Weltkrieg, als eine reiche Kalifornien an die Chefetage von Buick gelangte. Es war ihr der Bedarf nach einem anständigen Kombi, denn sie brauchte einfach meh...
Photos courtesy GM Media. Most show cars make a big splash on their introduction, maybe tour the country or a few different countries for a year or so, then descend into warehouse purgatory until the...
Caffeine & Carburetors is a gathering of automotive enthusiasts. We meet at Zumbach’s Gourmet Coffee or Waveny Park in New Canaan, CT to enjoy their cars, trucks and motorcycles, and share them with ...
Photos by the author. Ever since the 1950s when my father bought us a Lionel train set I’ve been hooked on toy trains. I still have that Texas Special F3, complete with scratches from running over hu...