Featured on AutoHunter, the net public sale platform pushed by ClassicCars.com, is that this 36k-Mile 1952 Buick Tremendous Riviera.

The Nineteen Fifties have been an period of unmistakable model when it got here to extravagant brightwork. A few of it was useful, a few of it was ornamental, and about seven many years later, such trim has gone virtually fully extinct: Many fashionable automobiles, in truth, have even foregone chrome or vibrant aluminum wheels in favor of darker gunmetal or black finishes. It’s no thriller that I’ve an affinity for Buicks from the Nineteen Fifties. Here’s a story I wrote final 12 months a couple of 1950 Buick Particular that my grandfather owned when he was in his 20s.

Completed in Apache Purple with a Carlsbad Black roof, this AutoHunter-featured Tremendous has loads of that gleaming chrome trim. The automotive is being offered by a supplier in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and the public sale ends on Wednesday. Few individuals maintain a automotive for various years, however this Tremendous reportedly stayed with its unique proprietor for a formidable 65 years, till 2017!

In 1949, the Basic Motors C-body platform obtained an replace, and the Tremendous shared this platform with the Roadmaster though it had a shorter wheelbase. All Buicks of this period grew to become identified for fender-mounted or hood-mounted portholes known as “VentiPorts.” When launched, there have been three or 4 of such ports that denoted the dimensions of the straight-eight engine.

The VentiPort custom, by the way, was introduced again in 2003 with the Buick Park Avenue Extremely, and later with its 2005 to 2011 model-year alternative, the Lucerne. Staying true to the unique Buick engineering methodology, the variety of ports (though merely ornamental and never useful) on the automotive corresponded to its engine measurement (V6 versus V8).

The mechanical situation of the featured 36k-mile automotive seems sorted based mostly on the AutoHunter itemizing. Energy comes from a Fireball 263cid inline-eight mated to a Dynaflow two-speed automated transmission. The promoting supplier says that there was in depth upkeep carried out in October 2023 together with alternative of the battery, belts, hoses, water pump, gas pump, exhaust, and exhaust manifold gasket. As well as, the radio was re-cored, the carburetor was rebuilt, and an oil change was carried out.

If you’re into massive Buicks with lovely brightwork like I’m, you’ll want to examine this one out!

The public sale for this 36k-Mile 1952 Buick Tremendous Riviera ends Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at 1:15 p.m. (MST)

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