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Squatting on its bent axles on Mill street between Lowell and Winthrop Houses is a 1931 Buick Phaeton that is worth its weight in 1950 Cadillacs, according to owner Michael S. Post...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: President Lowell's Buick Phaeton Has Its Third Undergraduate Owner | 12/3/1949 | See Source »

With its low-slung, "step-down" car, Hudson Motor Car Co. had been competing with Buick, Oldsmobile and De Soto. This week, Hudson unveiled a smaller, cheaper car to compete with Pontiac and Dodge. The new Pacemaker looks like current Hudsons, but has a shorter wheelbase (119 in. v. the Super-Six's 124), a shorter hood, smaller engine (112 h.p., six-cylinder), and a lower ($240 to $265) price. It ranges from $1,675 f.o.b. Detroit for the three-passenger coupé to $1,795 for the four-door sedan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Step Down | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

Full Service. In St. Paul, Minn., when Motorist Darrald Schoenheider refused to pay $7 for having his 1934 Buick hauled out of a swamp, the tow-truck driver returned to the scene, shoved Schoenheider's car back into the swamp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 14, 1949 | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

...some instruction from his roommate, Hank Greenberg (58 home runs with Detroit in 1938), he boosted his home-run production to 51 the following year-and his salary from $10,000 to $30,000. With that he could afford to buy his mother a new home, drive a maroon Buick, and dress the part of baseball's most eligible bachelor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pride of the Pirates | 10/3/1949 | See Source »

Operation Trusty. In Michigan City, Ind., Trusties Walter Gump and Leo Stumbaugh, stopped while walking out of the Indiana State Prison, admitted that they did it frequently, had used their time off to hold up a store for $4,145 and buy a Buick coupe, which they kept in the prison parking lot when it was not being used either for joyrides or for getaway purposes in other holdups...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 1, 1949 | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

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