Yep Buick had the straight 8, thus the 8 holer. The straight sixes
were known as six holer buicks. As GM tried to push everyone toward
v-8s, the salesworms made a big deal of selling customers that they
needed and 8 holer. I think they still do, even though the "holes"
are vestigal and as useful as t*ts on a boar.
The MB 300SL had working ports on the fenders, behind the front wheel
to duct away heat in the engine compartment. The 53-55 corvettes
were styled as a preview of 55/56 Chevies. Then the stylers decided
to copy the 300SL. SO the 56-63 Corvette had the styled, but useless
side vents and "route 66" went on the boob tube, and a 40 year run of
"classics" was born.
At 03:39 PM 7/8/2009, you wrote:
A ridiculous styling fad that Buick introduced about 1950 - '52
still hangs on. Buick started putting "port holes" (fake exhaust
ports) on the upper sides of front fenders about '50 -'52 to
simulate exhaust pipes/ports on sides of '20's Cord, Duisenberg,
etc., hoods. The more expensive/bigger Buicks had four "ports;"
smaller models had three ports. After marketers picked up on it and
sold even fakier attachment "ports" that vehicle owners could add to
their fenders on Fords, Chevies, Plymouths, or whatever. Well,
guess what I saw this afternoon - a fairly new Buick with, you
guessed it - fake exhaust ports on sides of front fenders. They've
been streamlined a bit since the early '50's, but they're still
there - "must-have" items, especially for a Buick owner, I
guess. Otherwise, how can one tell it's a Buick? ;<)))))
Wilton
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