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David Buick's marvelous motor car : the men and the automobile that launched General Motors /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gustin, Lawrence R., 1937-
Corporate Authors: Buick Gallery and Research Center, Alfred P. Sloan Museum
Other Authors: Kirbitz, Kevin M., Lutz, Robert A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Flint, Mich.] : Buick Gallery and Research Center : Alfred P. Sloan Museum, [2011]
Edition:2nd ed., updated and expanded ed.
Subjects:
Buick automobile > History.
Buick, David Dunbar.
Durant, William Crapo, > 1861-1947.
Buick Motor Company > History.
General Motors Corporation. > Buick Motor Division > History.
Table of Contents:
  • An interview in Detroit
  • From Scotland to Detroit: the early years
  • Gasoline engines: the obsession begins
  • Buick and boats
  • First Buick automobile
  • Charles Annesley: finding a missing link
  • 'Valve-in-head' engines
  • 'Valve-in-head' engine technology
  • Buick starts a new company
  • Move to Flint
  • Arthur Mason: a daughter's recollection
  • The Wolverine
  • First Flint Buick
  • The irrepressible Billy Durant
  • Buick thrives, but where's the founder?
  • David Buick hits the road
  • Oil in California
  • Buick sets pattern for Chevrolet
  • David Buick's final years
  • Celebrating the past; a peek at the future.