Car show and hot weather

[Muley Gil]

I HATE hot weather! Unfortunately, I am going down to Concord (Charlotte)NC in the morning to the big Buick Club of America show. The heat index is supposed to be 108 Saturday.

I really want to see a bunch of straight eight Buicks, but I'm really dreading the trip. I will have a cooler full of cold bottled water with me.

 

[lihpster]

Look at it this way: It's hot, so some of the women will be wearing less clothing.

The down side is: It's hot, so some of the women will be wearing less clothing.

Enjoy yourself and stay hydrated.

 

[cherrypointmarine]

I'd be looking at the Grand National's , supposedly the fastest cars of their time , a turbo'ed 6 cylinder . Then there were the GS's , those were some holy terrors on the street . Take some pictures and post them please .

 

['79 Magnum GT]

I HATE hot weather! Unfortunately, I am going down to Concord (Charlotte)NC in the morning to the big Buick Club of America show. The heat index is supposed to be 108 Saturday.

I really want to see a bunch of straight eight Buicks, but I'm really dreading the trip. I will have a cooler full of cold bottled water with me.

Would you rather it be -20 degrees and snowing? Not me.

RIck

 

[Rustyt1953]

My oldest grandson (17) is a car/truck nut. He studies everything he can find on all makes, models and specs. There are quite a few car shows and car meet & greets in our county.

His warehouse of knowledge is impressive.

Heat waves nor tsunamis could keep him away.

 

[Golphin]

 

[Muley Gil]

I'd be looking at the Grand National's , supposedly the fastest cars of their time , a turbo'ed 6 cylinder . Then there were the GS's , those were some holy terrors on the street . Take some pictures and post them please .

My granddaddy's last car was a 1952 Buick Super 4 door. It came with the 263 ci OHV straight eight and a Dynaflow transmission. He bought it, used, from his boss in 1954. Pop-Pop died in 1958 and my grandmother kept "Old Betsy". Nanny would start her up every couple of weeks and kept tags on her and insurance as well. The battery finally died and the Buick sat until 1971 when I asked to have her.

My dad was very skeptical, feeling that the engine was probably locked up. My granny paid for a new battery from Western Auto, dad installed it, then poured some gas in the carb and she fired right up. I drove her off and on until 2000, when she was sitting outside and was rusting away and I sold her. Of course, I should have kept her.

So, I have a strong attachment to the post WW II straight eight Buicks. Don't know if I'll ever be able to have another one, but at least I can go look!

 

[oldman10mm]

Pictures of GN's and GS's please.

 

[swsig]

I HATE hot weather! Unfortunately, I am going down to Concord (Charlotte)NC in the morning to the big Buick Club of America show. The heat index is supposed to be 108 Saturday.

I really want to see a bunch of straight eight Buicks, but I'm really dreading the trip. I will have a cooler full of cold bottled water with me.

Well, you could be a lot more comfortable if you went down to your friendly local air-conditioned Buick dealer and drooled over the spiffy new Envista crossover suv, with its scintillating 1.2 liter, 3-cylinder, 137 hp engine. Who needs to ogle straight eights, when you can check out one of those babies!

I remember when Buicks were smooth, powerful, eight cylinder vehicles. (Dad had a 1965 Buick Electra 225 for several years.) How far they have fallen! Enjoy the show of classic Buicks, heat be darned. We'll never see the likes of them again.

 

[Norton 750]

Well, here is a car show at home.

 

[Norton 750]

And because the Cobra does not have a top, a fella needs a touring car....

 

[AC4142]

I HATE hot weather! Unfortunately, I am going down to Concord (Charlotte)NC in the morning to the big Buick Club of America show. The heat index is supposed to be 108 Saturday.

I really want to see a bunch of straight eight Buicks, but I'm really dreading the trip. I will have a cooler full of cold bottled water with me.

Being a lower priced car I can see Pontiac waiting to 55 for a V8, Cant understand why Buick took till 53 to get one. Buick more conservative than Olds and Cadillac? Love those straight 8s too.

 

[taz666]

Hey ... lets consider keeping this a Buick thread.

 

[ko41]

I'm bringing my new to me 2008 Cadillac XLR to the Aebleskiver Days car show in Tyler, MN. It's supposed to be a warm day but only about 90 degrees.

Buick straight 8s bring back wonderful memories as that is what powered the 1945 Flxble Clipper bus my dad converted to a camper.
A video my youngest brother put together about "Our Marvelous Toy" including the sounds of the Buick straight 8.

KO

 

[ladder13]

Those mid to late 60's deuce and a quarter Electra"s were luxury boats.

 

[Rodan]

Hey ... lets consider keeping this a Buick thread.

Too late...

I'm not much of a car show person these days, but I took my Cosworth powered Capri to a local show in the spring. I ended up parked next to a cousin, a Cosworth Vega. Both are pretty rarely seen these days...

Summer is too hot for car shows in AZ... most are in Spring/Fall.

 

[Bald1]

And because the Cobra does not have a top, a fella needs a touring car....

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73 very nice. The affordable chrome bumper Vette……. But probably not much longer.

 

[Muley Gil]

Being a lower priced car I can see Pontiac waiting to 55 for a V8, Cant understand why Buick took till 53 to get one. Buick more conservative than Olds and Cadillac? Love those straight 8s too.

Buick introduced a factory deuce two-barrel carburetor set-up in 1941. This lasted for 2 years-'41 and '42. It didn't return after WW II. In 1952, the Roadmaster, which had the larger 320 ci straight eight, received a four-barrel carburetor. At that time, the factory engineers determined that the bottom end couldn't keep up with the top end.

The straight eight, hooked to a manual transmission, could slow to well below 10 MPH in 3rd gear and accelerate without having to shift to a lower gear. Folks that bought Buicks loved that smooth, torquey engine. It just couldn't keep up with the horsepower race that was starting in the late '40s-early '50s.

 

[wood714]

Some of those straight 8's are big motors. The owner of this one bought a new head and shipped the original off to be rebuilt. They returned it in a massive wood crate. Took 4 of us to carry it.

 

[Golphin]

Well, you could be a lot more comfortable if you went down to your friendly local air-conditioned Buick dealer and drooled over the spiffy new Envista crossover suv, with its scintillating 1.2 liter, 3-cylinder, 137 hp engine. Who needs to ogle straight eights, when you can check out one of those babies!

I remember when Buicks were smooth, powerful, eight cylinder vehicles. (Dad had a 1965 Buick Electra 225 for several years.) How far they have fallen! Enjoy the show of classic Buicks, heat be darned. We'll never see the likes of them again.

That would be a "Deuce and a quarter" back in the days gone by.