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Puzzle #149 - Solved! 1958 Buick XP 75
« on: December 21, 2006, 03:52:29 AM »
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Re: Puzzle #149
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2006, 05:42:15 PM »
Buick Invicta, circa 1961
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Re: Puzzle #149
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2006, 12:15:04 AM »
Quote from: MG on December 21, 2006, 05:42:15 PM
Buick Invicta, circa 1961

Buick Wildcat approx '59
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Re: Puzzle #149
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2006, 04:16:14 AM »
Close in both cases, but incorrect.
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Re: Puzzle #149
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2007, 05:05:21 PM »
Looks like a 1960 Buick Electra..only the grills are different.
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Re: Puzzle #149
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2007, 09:43:07 PM »
1957 Buick Skylark ll concept car.


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Re: Puzzle #149
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2007, 02:07:27 AM »
No
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Re: Puzzle #149
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2007, 05:54:23 AM »
1958 Buick XP 75.


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Re: Puzzle #149
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2007, 10:04:01 AM »
Yep!
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Re: Puzzle #149 - Solved! 1958 Buick XP 75
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2007, 02:19:23 PM »
I wonder; since the two cars are so similar, was the XP 75 just a "warmed over" Skylark ll?  The XP 75 was evidently built by Pininfarina, from what I've been able to uncover about it...but it WAS a Bill Mitchell design, wasn't it?

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Re: Puzzle #149 - Solved! 1958 Buick XP 75
« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2007, 03:11:29 PM »
was a two-passenger coupe with twin white leather bucket seats. It was hand-built by Pininfarina in Turin, Italy. Its wing-like rear fins became a 1959 Buick styling feature and its sculptured metal side treatment a hallmark of the 1960 Buick line. Features included power windows, air conditioning, paddle-type door releases, floor-mounted transmission lever, vertically indicating radio and specially designed steering wheel. The engine was a 348-cubic-inch V-8. This car, featured in GM's Golden Milestone Parade in 1958, no longer exists.

I'm not sure what the Skylark II was. I'll do some reading when I get home tonight.
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Re: Puzzle #149 - Solved! 1958 Buick XP 75
« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2007, 08:19:56 PM »
Quote from: KarnUtz on January 11, 2007, 03:11:29 PM
was a two-passenger coupe with twin white leather bucket seats. It was hand-built by Pininfarina in Turin, Italy. Its wing-like rear fins became a 1959 Buick styling feature and its sculptured metal side treatment a hallmark of the 1960 Buick line. Features included power windows, air conditioning, paddle-type door releases, floor-mounted transmission lever, vertically indicating radio and specially designed steering wheel. The engine was a 348-cubic-inch V-8. This car, featured in GM's Golden Milestone Parade in 1958, no longer exists.

I'm not sure what the Skylark II was. I'll do some reading when I get home tonight.

I started out by Googling 1950's Buick.  I found a picture that looked like it was the puzzle car, and it wa identified as a 1957 Buick Skylark ll concept car.  So, that was the first entry I tried.  I went back to Google, and entered 1958 Buick.  There I found the car in question, Id'd as the Buick XP 75.  The pictures weren't the same, but they were so close, I had to wonder.  I couldn't find a separate entry for the Skylark ll, just that one picture.

The Skylark ll pic is trhe first one I saw when I googled 1957 Buicl Skylark.  Also, there is a link:

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Wish I was better at posting pictures.


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Re: Puzzle #149 - Solved! 1958 Buick XP 75
« Reply #12 on: April 23, 2011, 07:42:09 AM »
The other end
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