The 1970 Buick full line brochure was kind of dumb

"505Turbeaux" (505turbeaux) 01/30/2015 at 09:30 • Filed to: brochures

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But also pretty cool as well. Let's take a look and see.

3 dogs, 2 adults and a kid. In a 2 door coupe. This is what you have a wagon for

I like to park my Wildcat on the the courts too

Yes, you can fit a full 9 people in this wagon, kind of, for now. Should be 8 people really, but seat belt laws were a thing of the future

Again, big RC planes are wagon territory

*wagon

the girl in the yellow - "because racecar". I wonder who the suspect drives the GS. I want to

I was unaware anyone could eat such a large slice of watermelon. OM NOM NOM. These people could have gotten away with a coupe though

probably the coolest page is the first. Look at all of your Buick Options!

that guy in the wagon is legit taking out the trash

Enhance:

or what is he doing, plants and trash?

Just thought I would share. Have some GS's and a racecar in closing

$kaycog > 505Turbeaux 01/30/2015 at 09:32

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Neat! A Buick guy would love to have this.

505Turbeaux > $kaycog 01/30/2015 at 09:38

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no doubt!

FKA-RacecaR > 505Turbeaux 01/30/2015 at 09:38

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Is that the Duggers I see?

505Turbeaux > FKA-RacecaR 01/30/2015 at 09:39

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in the early days

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 01/30/2015 at 09:39

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The dogs problem is best solved by having the biggest dog in the trunk. Then again, it probably doesn't have a ski hole for doggy to stick his head through, so it's more mean than it would be in a W115 Mercedes or a Volvo.
As to babby, I think the assumption is more "no infant car seats" than "no seatbelts" per se.
As to the guys on bikes, they're not passengers for the Skylark, but they might be either competitors or targets.

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/30/2015 at 09:46

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ha yeah - babby can sit on someones lap. Jesus I dont think my sister was in a car seat in 83 for longer than a year. Now they say up to freaking 50 lbs you need to be in a car seat!

Shift24 > 505Turbeaux 01/30/2015 at 09:49

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Dont know if anyone else has seen this but there is a data base for the old car brochures

Some of the old adds are just goofy

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 01/30/2015 at 09:50

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I remember being next to someone in a car seat in the back of a '70s 240D circa early 1990, me age 4-ish, the guilty one <2. THE ORANGE SHITS OH GOD

505Turbeaux > Shift24 01/30/2015 at 09:50

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haha now that is the face of a woman who no longer bangs her husband

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/30/2015 at 09:52

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hahahahaha

in 1990 I was in germany in the way back of a 230TE wagon on the autobahn. Not a 7 seater either. Good times

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 01/30/2015 at 09:55

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That's what Mr. Campanelli needs his dashing new sports car cap for. No tissue dispenser in the GS.

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/30/2015 at 09:58

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oh man the mental picture.

Also I notice Ruth waits till after dinner to get a little "driving" in of her own.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 01/30/2015 at 10:05

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All joking aside, the add mentions dual master cylinders, plural. Ignoring some spectacular innuendos that can be made from that, that's a very unusual thing, unless the copy editor was on martini #4 of his 3 for lunch. There are cars that have two, among them the Lotus 49, but it's mostly just weird.

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/30/2015 at 10:07

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I think it was Martini #5 and they meant dual circuit braking, and the chief editor was used to editing underwear ads instead of car ads

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 01/30/2015 at 10:12

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Looks like martinis are confirmed. Three examples, two unrestored, two restored (one the same as previous unrestored). No hints of anything cool. Darn.

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/30/2015 at 10:19

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it was late 60's GM, I wouldnt expect anything that cool going on under the hood!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 01/30/2015 at 10:34

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Late 60s Mopar or Ford, though, it would depend on whether the bennies prescriptions had been filled. Not necessarily cool, but better than average chance for "WTF?"

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/30/2015 at 10:35

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oh yeah, 100%

Or AMC

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 01/30/2015 at 10:36

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AMC has to have been almost even odds of having a dual brake system using two brake cylinders in '67. Not necessarily due to any reasons of competence - more "shit, we need dual brakes this year, improvise!"

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 01/30/2015 at 10:37

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I should mention - class act on Buick's part listing something as a selling point that was required BY FUCKING LAW.

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/30/2015 at 10:38

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and using one from Motorcraft and one from Mopar, just cause

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/30/2015 at 10:39

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was it by 67? I could have sworn a friends 67 Wagoneer had single circuit. Maybe that was trucks exempted

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 01/30/2015 at 10:42

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May have been - I saw something that said '67, but it may have been off for some things. It gets worse, though - seat belts in *every* seating position? Yeah, '68, and driver's position way before that. Padded dash? *66*. WAY TO BE FUCKING AHEAD OF THE CURVE, THERE, BUICK. Every safety feature listed as a selling point, either mandated or imminent.

Coty > 505Turbeaux 01/30/2015 at 11:32

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"Can you move your fucking car?"

472CID > 505Turbeaux 01/30/2015 at 11:45

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That's what was so cool about the 60s, people used coupes for everything. Nowadays people think they need an SUV for all of these scenarios.

FiST of FuRRY > 505Turbeaux 01/30/2015 at 23:15

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By "dumb", you mean awesome?! because that's what it is

deekster_caddy > $kaycog 01/31/2015 at 09:08

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Yes, definitely would!

$kaycog > deekster_caddy 01/31/2015 at 09:10

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I bet there's a way you can get it from 505.

deekster_caddy > 505Turbeaux 01/31/2015 at 09:15

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When you only have a lap belt it doesn't matter much what size you are as long as you can hold yourself up!

deekster_caddy > 505Turbeaux 01/31/2015 at 09:22

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Do you have this brochure? I'd love to find one of these. I have a couple old Buick ad pages somebody framed and gave me years ago...

505Turbeaux > deekster_caddy 01/31/2015 at 09:44

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I dont have this one. I am on the hunt for the 63 full line because it has a pink invicta wagon like mine in it!

deekster_caddy > 505Turbeaux 01/31/2015 at 11:27

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Did you ever get that thing ready to drive? You brought it home in the fall, right?

505Turbeaux > deekster_caddy 01/31/2015 at 11:58

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nope, still sitting up north, but I did find out the motor has about 5K on a rebuild. It is running, moving and nothing froze up. Just didn't end up in a spot where I wanted to make the drive, but she is ready to do it. Not going anywhere though, at my girls dads just chillin'

deekster_caddy > 505Turbeaux 01/31/2015 at 13:51

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when the spring breaks it free I'm happy to make a trip up with my trailer if you want. Would be fun to pull the invicta behind my LeSabre!

505Turbeaux > deekster_caddy 01/31/2015 at 14:29

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this might be the best idea ever... Oh I found out the air cleaner is totally gone too, someone was stealing random old T and A parts and grabbed that to go off to the scrapyard. I think that is all it needs. I found a source for the tartan plaid and the pink vinyl so I can fix the drivers seat up. Pumped

505Turbeaux > deekster_caddy 01/31/2015 at 14:35

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also, I might be able to further use you to identify other buick things up there so I can catalog them for his will. If you were interested you would be compensated. CalzoneGolem and RamblinRover are possibles to be there for the other things (model A stuff, dodges, old fords). As many lobsters and beers as you can handle, some good times to be had. Might be the best thing ever

deekster_caddy > 505Turbeaux 01/31/2015 at 14:40

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This sounds fantastic! Lobstah, Beeah and Buicks? Count me in!

(Watch for a current post from me, got the LeSabre started today and am totally psyched!!! Trying to figure out how to embed video)

505Turbeaux > deekster_caddy 01/31/2015 at 15:53

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Awesome. Well get the 49 roadmaster fired up and take that for a spin while we are at it

deekster_caddy > 505Turbeaux 01/31/2015 at 15:58

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Did you see my post? Did you see 3 of the same video or 3 different videos embedded in it? (was about an hour ago)

505Turbeaux > deekster_caddy 01/31/2015 at 16:06

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I see the videos, but they wont play for me?

deekster_caddy > 505Turbeaux 01/31/2015 at 16:20

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Huh. Flashblock?

505Turbeaux > deekster_caddy 01/31/2015 at 16:24

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nah I am at home, no flash issues

deekster_caddy > 505Turbeaux 01/31/2015 at 16:27

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Here's the 'album' they are in (at the bottom): https://www.flickr.com/photos/6509315…

Here's another 'embed' attempt:

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and here's a link:

https://flic.kr/p/qHRyYB