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17/03/2024 8:10 am
It sure doesn't look like someone thought about its aerodynamics with those fender lines. I bet that front end can generate some hefty lift.
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
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17/03/2024 8:43 am
Mercury all the way for me on this choice. If you drove that Buick, did you notice how susceptible to cross winds, that design was?
Fascinating! Is this a known issue? Has anyone ever figured out why?
We owned a new one in '60 and I drove it in '62 and '63 before we traded it. I did not experience a cross-wind problem but I think I know where David is coming from.
The side sculpturing is like a sail panel. Going forward, if there IS a cross-wind; it was said that the air would tend to gather rearward and be held against the car by the fins and deep body curve.
17/03/2024 4:06 pm
Mercury all the way for me on this choice. If you drove that Buick, did you notice how susceptible to cross winds, that design was?
Fascinating! Is this a known issue? Has anyone ever figured out why?
Don’t know about the Buick, but we had a ‘59 Chevy wagon and my dad would complain about rear end stability at freeway speeds.
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17/03/2024 4:19 pm
@pete-rovero Pete, A co-worker had '59 Bel-Air...same issue.
John Bono
North Jersey
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18/03/2024 8:04 am
Both a beautiful, but it's the Buick that gets my vote.
John Bono
North Jersey
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