Cars I've had -- Gone but Not Forgotten!

This was my very first car -- a 1955 Buick Century 4 door Riviera with 3-speed standard transmission.   It was purchased from Eisman Buick in Hicksville, NY in January of 1967 for $750.    I kept the car until 1978, at which point it had covered over 250,000 miles -- with only one valve job!

To the left is my 1956 Buick Special Estate Wagon, in its original spring color combination of apricot and dover white.  This was one of the few cars I've owned that was a complete restoration.  Station wagons of this vintage are very rare nowadays, as most of them saw very hard usage.

To the right is a 1969 Buick Wildcat convertible in Turqoise Mist.  A rare car indeed, as only about 2,000 were built.  I think this is one of the best looking Buicks of the '60's.

There's no mistaking this one -- a favorite of mine, the '72 boattail Riviera.  This car was a 24,000 mile original, in triple white with nearly every factory option available.  A great car to drive -- but the term 'rear visibility' in this car was a joke!

Here we have a 1964 Buick Skylark Hardtop Coupe,  with a red bucket-seat interior.  Owning a smaller car was sort of a depature for me, but I found the styling of this quite appealing.  It was a great performer, with its 300 c.i. V-8.

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