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	Buick Car Club Australia - Vic
		David Buick's memory was also honored in 1994 when Buick executives and officials in Arbroath, Scotland, dedicated a plaque near the site of his birth in Arbroath.
		David Buick was born in Arbroath, a fishing village on the North Sea north of Edinburgh, Scotland, on September 17, 1854.
		Buick, a plumbing inventor and businessman, began to tinker with gasoline engines around 1896, and the first experimental Buick horseless carriage was completed between 1899 and late 1900.
	www.buickcarclub.org.au /Buicklogos.htm (1411 words)

	HISTORY :: Beginnings of Buick Performance.
		The man behind the first Buick was David Dunbar Buick, who had previously developed a method to affix porcelain to cast iron, and thus also gave the world the white bathtub.
		Buick sold his plumbing business to Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company in 1899 and soon started a business to manufacture gasoline engines, a venture that was reorganized in 1902 to the Buick Manufacturing Company.
		Buicks had been selling as a substantial part of the medium price range but this entire class of vehicles was being squeezed out by the economic events of the day.
	www.gnregistry.org /buick.htm (935 words)

	Musclecarclub.com - Classic Cars - Buick
		Buick engineers again were busy redesigning body lines for the 1957 models, but this was a common practice with all manufacturers in the late '50's.
		Buicks were capturing the prestige market's attention (or visa versa) as prices reached a high of $4,700, and strangely enough, a low of $2,900.
		Buick's two millionth hardtop was sold this year and it's one millionth Opel gave Buick an early start in the small car rush of the '60's.
	www.musclecarclub.com /other-cars/classic/buick/buick.shtml (3995 words)

	David Dunbar Buick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		David Dunbar Buick (September 17, 1854 - March 5, 1929) was a Scottish-American inventor best known for founding the Buick Motor Company.
		At this time Buick began to show his promise as an inventor, producing many innovations including a lawn sprinkler, and a method for permanently coating cast iron with vitreous enamel which allowed the production of "white" baths at much reduced cost.
		Buick now had the time and capital to work on engines full-time, and he set up a new company, the Buick Auto-Vim and Power Company, in 1899 to do so.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Dunbar_Buick (509 words)

	David Dunbar Buick Summary
		Buick was born on September 17, 1854, in Arbroath, Scotland, the son of Alexander Buick and Jane Roger.
		Buick's later inept business deals suggest that Sherwood was the driving force behind the plumbing company's financial success, while Buick contributed to that success with his mechanical skills and numerous inventions.
		Buick eventually convinced Benjamin and Frank Briscoe, suppliers of metal parts to Detroit's young automobile industry, to forgive the debt he owed them and advance him $650 for the automobile on which he was working.
	www.bookrags.com /David_Dunbar_Buick (2090 words)

	Buick Motor Division - A Brief History
		David Buick, born in Scotland Sept. 17, 1854, and brought to the United States at age 2, had been a successful plumbing inventor and manufacturer in Detroit when he turned his attention to gasoline engines in the late 1890s.
		Buick was the only car to complete a 1,000-mile Chicago to new York relay race in 1906; a Buick was the first car to travel across South America, driven from Buenos Aires, Argentina, over the Andes to Santiago, Chili, in 1914.
		Buick was serving notice that it would continue to enhance its reputation for product leadership.
	www.buickclub.org /Misc/history.htm (3171 words)

	Buick - Wikicars
		Buick originated as an independent motor car manufacturer, the Buick Motor Company, incorporated on May 19, 1903 by the Scottish-American David Dunbar Buick (who invented the overhead valve engine on which the company's success was based) in Flint, Michigan.
		Buick began consolidating its lineup in 2005, replacing the Century and Regal with the LaCrosse, and the LeSabre and Park Avenue with the Lucerne in 2006.
		It appears Buick may be preparing to abandon this styling cue for a new waterfall grille, as seen on the Buick Velite concept car from 2004 and the Buick Lucerne introduced for the 2006 model year.
	wikicars.org /en/Buick (1770 words)

	We Love Buick - History
		Buick traces its beginnings to David Dunbar Buick, born in Arbroath, Scotland, in 1854, and brought to Detroit at age 2.
		Buick's chief engineer, the brilliant Walter L. Marr, was later identified with its future development and indeed, with more than 30 patents, the entire development of Buick automobiles.
		Buick and GM Export sent a Buick around the world without a single driver - passing the vehicle from one sales/service operation to another to demonstrate the worldwide reach of GM's operations.
	www.welovebuicks.com /history.html (1820 words)

	Buick Overview - Edmunds.com
		Owned by General Motors, Buick is one of this country's oldest brands, with a rich tradition of innovation that dates back to the turn of the century.
		The 1950s and 1960s witnessed Buick continuing to zoom ahead of the curve; it was among the first to offer vehicles with power brakes and steering, and 12-volt electrical systems.
		Buick made its name as a manufacturer of stately land barges, such as the Electra 225, but by the '70s and '80s, the automaker had downsized its offerings to meet changing demand.
	www.edmunds.com /buick/history.html (458 words)

	Co-Brand: Driving Today
		By way of quick background, Buick was born in Scotland in 1854, and emigrated to the United States with his mother and father two years later.
		Buick, Marr and, another engineer, Eugene Richard, had developed an overhead-valve gasoline engine that was light, powerful and reliable - three things that most gas engines of the day were not.
		Production of the Buick Model B began in 1904, after a successful test run conducted by Buick's son, Thomas, and by the end of the year 37 copies had been manufactured.
	www.drivingtoday.com /cobrand/greatest_cars/roadmaster (1280 words)

	Junior Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		That year, Buick's financial backer, Benjamin Briscoe, Jr., sold his interest in Buick to a group of wagon makers in Flint, Mich., 60 miles north of Detroit.
		On January 22, 1904, Buick Motor Company Of Detroit was dissolved and on January 30, 1904, Buick Motor Co. Of Flint was incorporated.
		The celebration seems to be controlled by the Buick Club of America and on their web page you can find minimal info.
	local.aaca.org /junior/gazette/buick.htm (412 words)

	Northern Buick Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		He was David Dunbar Buick, born 9-17-1854 at 26 Green Street, Arbroath, Scotland.
		His father, Alexander Buick, a joiner, emigrated to America with his wife and son when David was 2.
		David Buick died of colon cancer, impoverished and forgotten, in Harper Hospital, Detroit on March 5, 1929.
	groups.msn.com /NorthernBuickClub (719 words)

	Buick Antique, Vintage and Classic Cars For Sale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Buick began consolidating its lineup in 2005, replacing the Century and Regal with the LaCrosse, and the LeSabre and Park Avenue with the Lucerne the next year.
		A traditional Buick styling cue dating to 1949 is a series of three or four portholes or vents on the front fender behind the front wheels.
		The one Buick styling cue (dating from the 1940s) which has most often reappeared, though, is for the grille to be a horizontal oval with many thin vertical chromed ribs bulging forward.
	www.antiquecar.com /index/listings/category591/page1.htm (1138 words)

	Buick
		The Buick Motor Company was founded in 1903 in Flint, Michigan by Scottish-American David Dunbar Buick.
		Buick cars and Buick SUVs are sold mostly in the United States and Canada, but the market is beginning to expand beyond domestic soils.
		Buick has also retained the wide taillights it made famous in the 60s on their Skylark and Electra models, and some current grill designs, such as on the Lucerne, are attributed to the popular Buick "dollar grins" of the 1950s.
	www.car-advisor.org /Buick.php (319 words)

	Who Remembers Dave Buick
		He was David Dunbar Buick, born September 17, 1854 at 26 Green Street, Arbroath.
		David started the company that grew into the General Motors Corporation of America, the mightiest car-making empire in the world.
		His father, Alexander Buick, a joiner, emigrated to America with his wife and son when David was two years old.
	www.buickbombsight.org /buickart.html (606 words)

	Buick
		March 6, 1929, Detroit, Mich., U.S. David Dunbar Buick, a Scottish Immigrant, began as a successful plumbing inventor.
		Utilizing his natural instinctive business sense, Durant built up Buick until it was the largest auto maker in the U.S. Using the capitol gained by the success of the Buick cars, Durant established General Motors in December 1908.
		Buick, meanwhile, left the company in 1906 and engaged in further, unsuccessful business ventures that were unconnected with automotive manufacturing.
	local.aaca.org /bntc/KidsKorner/picturepgs/buick.htm (277 words)

	Mini Biographies of Scots and Scots Descendants - Buick, David Dunbar
		Because of Buick's advanced designs his firm soon had financial troubles and was forced to merge with another company.
		Buick was a craftsman who felt that each car was a unique invention.
		In 1906, Buick, at the age of 52 left the firm.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/minibios/b/buick_david.htm (158 words)

	1947 Buick Super Sport Convertible Eight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Buick sold off his plumbing business in 1899 because he found the mechanical world more inticing than plumbing.
		Buick developed the first process for attaching porcelain to cast iron which he applied to bathtubs and thus the white porcelain tub was christened.
		Buick called his new mechanical venture the Buick Auto-Vim and Power Company with intention of building farming and nautical powerplants.
	www.ktsmotorsportsgarage.com /ault98/pages/buick.html (168 words)

	Buick Opel Parts - Partstrain.com
		Buick pronounced as “B-yoo-ick”, is a branch of General Motors Corporation which is built in the United States, Canada and China.
		The company did not succeed in David Dunbar Buicks management so it was taken over by James Whiting who turned over the management to William C. Durant.
		Evolution is evident in the presentation of the Buick Opel.
	www.partstrain.com /ShopByVehicle/Buick/OPEL (465 words)

	David Dunbar Buick Biography - Biography.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		He began making gasoline engines and formed the Buick Manufacturing Co (1902); its automobiles were the first to have windshields and a valve-in-head engine.
		Buick left in 1906, pursued oil and gold mining interests, and died an impoverished clerk at a Detroit trade school.
		The Buick Motor Car Co became part of the General Motors Co that William Durant organized in 1908.
	www.biography.com /search/article.jsp?aid=9230798 (129 words)

	Buick Cars Model Range Types
		The first widely recognized use of the Buick name was a large brass cursive "Buick" that appeared on the mesh radiator grille of early models but there is some confusion about how early.
		Buick begins it long-term commitment to golf by sponsoring the Buick Open at Warwick Hills near Flint (1958).
		Buick heads into the the redesigned LeSabre (best-selling U.S. full-size car for eight straight years based on Polk Large Sedan segment registrations) and an increased horse power (to 165 HP) and torque in the Century.
	www.ukcar.com /carspecs/basicmodels.asp?maker=Buick (1961 words)

	Buick Riviera Parts: Buick Riviera Auto Parts to Revive Original Riviera Performance
		David Dunbar Buick, a Detroit plumbing executive and inventor who began building and selling gasoline engines late in the 19th century and his engineer Walter L.
		Having this momentum, Buick continuously make records by selling thousands of units over the next few years, especially after the war when Dynaflow, the first torque converter automatic transmission was introduced on the 1948 Roadmaster, a high-compression V-8 was introduced in 1953.
		One of them is the Buick Riviera in 1963 (first seen in 1949 not as a model but as an optional body style).
	www.innerauto.com /Buick_Parts/Buick_Riviera_Parts (432 words)

	david dunbar buick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		David Buick - A Automotive History & Biography.
		David Dubar Buick - 1854-1929 Inventor, Manufacturer, and Founder of the Buick...
		father, Alexander Buick, a joiner, emigrated to America with his wife and son when David was two...
	s186989164.onlinehome.us /david_dunbar_buick.shtml (79 words)

	*THE BUICK STORY*
		The Century, Roadmaster, and Limiteds were powered by the 320.2 cubic inch straight eight engine which, as you stated developed 141 horsepower in 1938 due to the use of anolite domed pistons.
		The 1958 Buicks almost passed for Oldsmobiles of the same year, equally sharing the same amount of afterghought chrome.
		The early Rivieras are Buick's donation to the late model buffs and, unfortunately, are overlooked.
	www.buickbombsight.org /story.html (4182 words)

	Amazon.com: "David Buick": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		David Buick F ame beckoned to David Buick," said one of his contemporaries.
		David Buick had developed a method of fixing porcelain to metal, the key to manufacturing low-cost, modern bathtubs.
		Buick Motor Company The Buick Motor Company was founded by David Buick in 1903 to capitalize on a novel engine that had been developed in an engine firm he started in 1899.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/David-Buick (644 words)

	Michigan Historical Marker: David Dunbar Buick / Buick Motor Company
		David Dunbar Buick, for whom the Buick automobile is named, came to Detroit from Scotland, with his parents in 1856 at age two.
		David Dunbar Buick was one of many Detroiters who build gasoline powered marine and farm engines during the late nineteenth century.
		Carriage maker William C. Durant took control of the company in 1904, propelling Buick to the top of the burgeoning market and using the capital to found General Motors in 1908.
	www.michmarkers.com /Pages/S0675.htm (279 words)

	Buick Car Club of Australia Inc. in N.S.W. - Emblems
		DETROIT Buick Motor Division's famous "tri-shield" emblem, basically three shields inside a circle, can be traced directly to the ancestral coat of arms of the automaker's Scottish founder David Dunbar Buick.
		It further observed that "among car marketers, GM's Buick gained an astounding 53 percent in positive image with its tri-shield symbol." Here is how the tri-shield was developed.
		The Buick family crest, like the Buick nameplate, keeps alive the memory of David Dunbar Buick, who started a chain of events that gave birth to Buick Motor Co. and led to the creation of General Motors the world's largest automaker.
	www.buickclub.org.au /Buick_Pages.php/SectionID/12 (1601 words)

	Buick - Research All Models and Prices - MSN Autos
		Buick's namesake, David Dunbar Buick, began work on gasoline engines as early as 1895, and by 1903 the Buick Motor Company was incorporated.
		In 1904 Flint, MI, industrialist William Durant took control of the company and built on Buick's success to create General Motors in 1908.
		Firmly established as an automotive icon, Buick recently celebrated a centennial of building vehicles with, in the company's words, "Premium American Style."
	autos.msn.com /browse/Buick.aspx (78 words)

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