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Awhile ago i posted so Buick Performance claims that seemed to annoy and downright P O some folks, I take that from some of the posts susequent to mine, some were somewhat belligerant. THAT wasn't my intention.
Like most any car crafter/hot rodder i have favs and then i HAVE MY MOST FAVORITE of all. In my case, THAT is Buick. Admittedly I have not owned a great number of rides that actually had a Buick name on em, most of had some other brand name on em but BUICK motors in them. My 1st BOP and ride period of my own that i raced and wrenched myself was actually an OLDSMOBILE, but even then i WANTED a Buick; specifically my aunt's white 1957 Buick Roadmaster Convert. At the time she was willing to take my price but just didn't feel like i was old enuff or responsible enough to own a car, it was my 12th Bday. One of my younger adult uncles felt so bad for me that he began to hire me to help him out, at work, 1st at the Spartan's dept store in St. Louis where he worked and around the house doin his ''homework''. Later, when he moved on the The Corvette facility when it moved to St. Louis from Flint where i now live, i often got a chance to go there with him too. Uncle Joe became the 1st family member, indeed the 1st person I knew to actually own a Corvette NEW, and until ME the ONLY family member to own a NEW corvette, i bought a NEW 2001, after having had a used 70.
Unc promised me that if i worked and saved my money, kept my nose clean, when i turned 14 and could get a permit he would let me have his 1959 98 convert, which was ALSO WHITE, AND in the meantime of that 2 years he would teach me how to maintain it and safly operate it. I was so good at following the guideline he set that i actually got the car BEFORE i turned 14.
I went to summer vacation in the summer of 63 with a straight A report card and got the car then June 14 1963, didn't make 14 till Sept 11 1963, by which time unc and i had already totaled the car and i had moved to MILWAUKEE, where my next car was a 53 Buick 2dr Special with a straight 8, 3 on the tree. I went to mostly Pontiac when i discovered that they had power characteristics that were a blend of those of BUICK and OLDS, AND hop up parts were a lot more plentiful, not to mention CHEAPER than either of the other 2, BUT NEVER was BUICK not my most fav ride.
I'm as fiercly defensive of my fav as anyone else is of their's, but i do so accepting the FAULTS and FAILINGS of my fav as well as the postives, nor do i sugar coat either one.
Since i have been a Buick fanatic, i have studied Buick and Buick's History, especially the performance side of its History which begins at its BIRTH.
Buick is and always has been the PARENT, FOUNDING, INCORPORATING division of GM. To this Day the CEO of BUICK is 2cnd only to the CEO of GM in GM Hierarchy.
To this day, Of the GM divisions that are or ever have been there are but 3 basic GM divisions that GM actually created, the last being GMAC, before that GMC, and before that Chevrolet. Chevrolet, the 1st was created in existing BUICK facilities with existing Buick and OLDS employees, since prior to that Buick and Olds were the only GM Divisions, and all others, including Buick the parent were AQUISITIONS and all but ONE Hostile, as well as ALL divisions save for GMAC were either built or aquired by BUICK MOTOR DIVISION for GM, not BY GM. The one non hostile aquisition was the Dayton Electric Company of Charles Kettering, who became the CEO of Buick after founding Kettering University, formerly GENERAL MOTORS INSTITUTE, of which im a graduate. You likely came to know this company as DELCO. When the driving force behind the creation of GM, William C. Durant Jr., moved on from CEO of Buick to become CEO of GM, CEO of Buick passed to Walter P. Chrysler. When Walt moved on to found his OWN company and AQUIRE Dodge/ Desoto and later Plymouth, Charles Kettering took his Post as Buick CEO. Walt became the 2cnd domestic major auto producer to produce something that even with the aquisition of cadillac/Lassalle and Delco, did NOT produce, a TRUCK and an entry level car. Charles made it his life's mission to remedy BOTH these shortfalls. Hireing the Chevrolet Brothers, both of whom worked then for FORD but RACED BUICKS; Charlie created Chevrolet, with the intent of dividing the division in 2 eventually, one dedicated to entry level cars, the other under corporate rather than divisional control to produce a truck. The evevntual division of Chevrolet in 2 is what led to the 1939 sit down strike that created the UAW. Prior to that any auto worker who was in a union and there were NOT many, were either in the AFL-CIO primarily doing seamstry on interiors or the TEAMSTERS moving materials and supplies by wagon and, after Chevrolet was created, TRUCK.
Pontiac is the ONLY GM aquisition that did NOT include the name and trademark of the aquired, and it is NOT named after the indian chief, the CITY of Pontiac Michigan IS and Pontiac is named after THAT. The head of Chief Pontiac BECAME the 2cnd trademark that GM created, the 1st being the chevy bow tie, which was the design in the wall paper in the paris hotel room where the chevy boys stayed for the PARIS auto show where they found design ideas for the creation of CHEVY cars, their cues for trucks they took from FORD and DODGE. Formerly Pontiac was OAKLAND MOTOR CARRIGES after the OAKLAND CARRIGE WORKS motorized luxury carriges useing CHEVROLET 6 cyl engines and BUICK drivelines. Kettering wanted, a did Louis Chevrolet for OAKLAND to become a CHEVOLET Luxury model, Oakland wanted to remain independant. Bill Durant convinced Oakland that they could incorporate into GM as a seperate division, then took the capitol from the 1st stock offering in same and squeezed the Oakland owners out. Who fought tooth and nail not to b forced out but ended up only leaveing with their name and trademark, and Bill Durant named the division after where it was built, Pontiac. The same engineer who designed the SBC designed 1st the Pontiac OHV V8 and based the SBC on that with a smaller cube capacity in a lighter casting, since prior to that the biggest and only chevy engines were all 6 cyls, the reason thas all the 1st vettes had, while Pontiac and Buick already had straight 8's, Buick 1st, essentually the Pontiac straight 8 is a BUICK, and all cadillac engines since its been a GM division to this very day are built by OLDS based on existing OLDS engines. Contrary to popular claim and belief OLDS is NOT dead at GM, they can't KILL OLDS without killing Cadillac since OLDS builds the engines. Olds is what is now generally accepted as SATURN, in fact the only GM facility that actually has the saturn logo is the Springhill, TN facility and they only do FINAL ASSEMBLY, all production is performed in BOC facilities with the O standing for OLDS, which has always been the GM R and D division, thats what it was aquired for in fact, since they had what became HYDRAMATIC. Prior to 63 late chevy's only auto was a glide, since all others were built by and dedicated to BOPC as it was at the time. They became oil cooled when HYDRAMATIC started to build them vs AIR COOLED when GMC did, thats right, Chevy does not make a truck or a transmission, and GMC hasn't built transmissions since the 63 model year.
This is all that is between the lines of the attachment, and i sincerely apologize to any thread members whose feathers i may have inadvertantly ruffled in my defense of Buick