1940 Buick Straight Eight Mechanical/specs Eight cylinder OHV Capacity – 248 cubic inches Bore/stroke-3&3/32x4.125 inches Taxable HP – 30.63 Brake HP - 107 Wheelbase – 121 inches Top speed - 90mph (est) This car was purchased in 1973 at [...]
Brakes have been very much on my mind of late. Too much, to be honest. It all happened at the tail end of our V8 Buick run to Mudgee in November. On the Sunday, we joined the crew for [...]
I found my 65 Riviera in the USA in 2011 and I mildly customised it to my own personal taste by changing the colour, debadging and trimming the seats in leather, away from the factory stitching and plush carpet. [...]
Our journey to owning and enjoying our Buick and the Buick Family by Bob & Linda Farrow In 2013, as I had never owned a V8 car before, I thought it was about time I did. I started looking [...]
MY FAVORITE BUICK IS 1934 AND IT WAS MY FIRST BUICK by Greg Massey My first Buick was a 1934 Holden Body 8/40 Sedan. I retrieved it from a barn outside of Camden, NSW, back in the early [...]
Column 801: “Bare Grilles” I sit at my Laptop waiting for inspiration. Surely that can’t be too hard in this strange season of lockdown! Plenty of time to think and reminisce. But sadly it is done alone, most of [...]
Whilst always being an avid car enthusiast the vintage car craze for myself began in early 2016. I was driving along New Canterbury Road, heading towards Hurlstone Park (Sydney, NSW), where I noticed a maroon vintage car parked on [...]
1987 Buick LeSabre Coupe Mechanical/Specs Six cylinder (V6) – OHV Capacity – 3.8 Litres Bore/stroke –97x86 mm Power – 125 Kw (Est. based on Commodore) Transmission – 4 speed auto Wheelbase – 2.6m (est) Top Speed - 180 kmph [...]
Nice to finally introduce myself officially. My name is Brent Lee and I believe I am the youngest member of the Buick Car Club. Here is my short story on how I came to be part of this great [...]
Holden is Dead - Long live Holden After the devastating announcement some years ago that General Motors was to stop manufacturing Holdens, the almost immediate reaction of Australians was to stop buying their products, it’s hardly surprising that General [...]
