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Author:

Gustin, Lawrence R., 1937-

Title:

David Buick's marvelous motor car : the men and the automobile that launched General Motors / by Lawrence R. Gustin with Kevin M. Kirbitz ; foreword by Bob Lutz.

Edition:

2nd, updated and expanded ed.

Publisher:

Buick Gallery and Research Center ;

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

x, 271 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Buick automobile--History.
Buick Motor Company--History.
General Motors Corporation.--Buick Motor Division--History.
Buick, David,--1854-1929.
Durant, William Crapo,--1861-1947.
Marr, Walter L.--(Walter Lorenzo),--1865-1941.
Automobile industry and trade--Michigan--History.

Other Authors:

Kirbitz, Kevin M.
Lutz, Robert A.
Buick Gallery and Research Center.
Alfred P. Sloan Museum.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-257) and indexes.

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.

ISBN:

1466263679 (pbk.)
9781466263673 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)771943227

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)