That was amazing for more then a half-century ago. I don't think that the fuel tanker car gets enough credit. This gets posted every two or three years, but it's still worth watching again.
Thanks for sharing that video. I hadn’t seen it before. “When better automobiles are built, Buick will build them.”
Yup, and it's funny that I have watched this video about five times over the years, and I didn't notice that these Buicks were Dynaflow-equipped. I just assumed that they were manuals. These would be among the most collectible post war Buicks ever. I wonder what happened to them? I sure hope that they survived. There is a "rest of the story" here. This event was staged during the American Automobile Manufacturer's (AMA) racing/performance advertising ban that started in 1957. Buick didn't release any information about it until an automotive writer named Tom McCahill (IMHO one of the best automotive writers ever) learned about it and published an article on it. At that point Buick started showing the film at the huge GM-only travelling Motorama shows . I saw the video for the first time at The Motorama in Boston in either late 1960 or in 1961.
"Water: 180, vacuum: 4.7, rear axle: 240, transmission: 210, engine oil: 260." "Refueling continues every half hour, pit stops every 2 hours. Not a whimper out of the car, it's just starting to get into the groove." Fantastic stuff- gives me goose bumps.
Interesting image, I found out that it's from MAD Magazine in 1965: By the way, something is very wrong with that 1963 Riviera: You can see the passenger side of the front bumper sticking out, but also the passenger side of the rear bumper...
You gotta love it......tough as nails, Describes the Nailhead! Probably Buicks most durable engine ever! Bob H.
The reason it was done was to show that there WERE NOT ANY problems, as far as durability, of the new 401 engine & other components from the '59 model year which had been spreading around through the public. Tom T.
ALSO notice it had probably the 1st. use of a bucket seat. Which by the way look simular to what came out later & looks the same as the buckets in my '64 Riv.