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 Post subject: Buick
PostPosted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 1:01 am 
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...Le Sabre.

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This is a '51, and it's a concept prototype built by Harley Earl.
GM decided against producing the car, and Earl kept it as a personal driver.
I think this is the same designer that did the concept prototype '55 dynamic Olds 88.

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 Post subject: Re: Buick
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it reminds me of the edsil facing the opposite direction .............


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 Post subject: Re: Buick
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Finally found a photo of the front of the car.

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There's Earl with the LeSabre.
I can see why GM passed on this one. Edging into Studebaker territory a bit there.

I have been looking for a photo for a while now of a '70 Chev Sportvan 90.
Seems to be a fairly rare vehicle, but it's one that I did a lot of driving in once I had my license...

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interesting , looks similar coming and going , still looks like and Edsel to me but then was not really a Studebaker fan except for the Avanti , those are still a very nice looking car


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Теперь предлагаем бесплатную ежедневную маммографию!
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Looks like a body & fender man's nightmare if it came in the shop after a fender bender. SW

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Did some digging and found that the '70 sportvan 90 was sort of a rare vehicle.
Roughly 647 were built.
The model year was cut short by the introduction of the generation III G-20 van series.

I found a photo of a not too badly beat sportvan 108, which had slightly more numbers made.


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Those numbers above are the wheelbase length in inches.

Ours was the 90 inch version with the 200 h.p. 307 c.i.d. with the little Rochester 2 bbl carb, and turbohydramatic 350 3 speed auto.


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