Word: buick
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Dallas' Ross Avenue, Dealer Gene Goss ("Goss on Ross, the Tradin' Hoss") was just as idle. In San Francisco, "Horse Trader" Ed Shapiro, the city's biggest used-car dealer, was singing the blues. He had cut the price of an "almost new" 1948 Buick convertible, which he bought six months ago, from $3,295 to $2,395-and he still had it. Not long ago he sold "new-used" Packards for $200 above list price; now he is getting $800 below list. Among 1949 cars, only the Chevrolet still commanded a premium (about $300) over list...
...front window of a 1940 Buick belonging to Ralph M. Hymans '49, was broken Wednesday by garage attendants who proceeded to tow the vehicle from its parking place on Holyoke place according to police instructions. Hymans last night announced that he will sue for damages in small claims court...
Police today located the Buick sedan that burglars used in Monday night's $8000 robbery of Hunter Haig Clothiers on Plympton Street. The automobile, property of the Maiden School Department, was found on Hilliard Street, just off Mt. Auburn, beyond the carbarns...
They apparently entered the building merely by forcing open the door, which had a weak lock. The car used for the getaway was a black Buick sedan, but police were investigating the possibility that the same men were responsible for the theft of a red convertible from the Union Square garage
...models. On the outside, they looked much the same as the old ones. But under the floorboards there was something to send rival automakers back to their drawing boards. Packard had come out with a new automatic shift-and those who had driven it gave it the edge on Buick's Dynaflow. The shift will be standard on the highest-priced line, the Custom 8s, optional on the lower-priced Supers...