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john charlton · 10-31-2020, 03:59 PM

Canadian Buicks were very popular in South Africa when I was a boy .My next door neighbour had a 1948 Buick Special I seem to remember it had a straight 8 "Fire Dome" engine . After school I made pocket money by working at Mr de Beers garage which was a short bike ride from my house . I remember the prewar Buicks had the "Du bonnet" (I might have spelt that wrong) knee action front suspension . This setup did not like rough roads and began to display a marked splayed stance . Mr de Beer did a beam axle conversion using a junkyard beam axle and fore and aft springs which seemed to work quite well . In Camps Bay a lady had a cream 1948 Buick convertable with tartan seats I did lust after the car but not the owner as I must have been about 14 yrs old and I must have got my priorities right at an early age !!!

John in windy evening Suffolk County England .

10-31-2020, 03:59 PM	#35
john charlton Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,304	Re: this is what I drug home yesterday- not Ford Canadian Buicks were very popular in South Africa when I was a boy .My next door neighbour had a 1948 Buick Special I seem to remember it had a straight 8 "Fire Dome" engine . After school I made pocket money by working at Mr de Beers garage which was a short bike ride from my house . I remember the prewar Buicks had the "Du bonnet" (I might have spelt that wrong) knee action front suspension . This setup did not like rough roads and began to display a marked splayed stance . Mr de Beer did a beam axle conversion using a junkyard beam axle and fore and aft springs which seemed to work quite well . In Camps Bay a lady had a cream 1948 Buick convertable with tartan seats I did lust after the car but not the owner as I must have been about 14 yrs old and I must have got my priorities right at an early age !!! John in windy evening Suffolk County England .