Sweet on the Street- Fast Friday, Street Rod Style

Yes, it's another Fast Friday, and while we love to talk about our Buicks from the nailhead era, it's also true that Buick's performance reputation goes back to the straight-eight days of the early thirties. In fact, Buick is a darn popular car among street rodders for its beautiful styling. Sometimes they modify the Buick straight eight, and sometimes they use modern V-8 power. Many times they end up with air conditioning and all of the creature comforts of modern cars. 

Sometimes they lower them, sometimes they chop the tops, sometimes they do resto-rods that look almost totally stock, but which ever way, they're always instantly recognizable as Buicks and there's no doubt that they love their Buicks. Here's a salute to some of the cool Buick street rods out there. Take a look:

Monday Memories- The Buicks of West Coast Meet

The West Coast Meet, now in it's 27th year, has a different theme each time but one thing is certain - the cars are of exceptional quality and this year was no exception. Personal Luxury Cars were the theme, and that is a segment of the market in which Buick has excelled.

There were several notable Buicks at the show - mostly from the peak of the Personal Luxury Era from 1963 to 1973. A bevy of Rivieras took the field- a car which was always hugely popular for Reynolds- including a gorgeous Cloud Silver '63 with Silver leather, a stunning '65 with the first year concealed headlamps, and two boattails- a '71 GS with buckets and a '72 were represented.

Lots of options too- tilt wheels, air conditioning, and the gamut of wheel choices- from the Riviera cast wheel to the deluxe wire wheel covers and on to the iconic V2 Chrome Plated Road Wheel by Motor Wheel Corporation that will forever be a Buick classic.

Add to the mix a '65 Wildcat convertible, a sporty '72 Skylark Custom convertible with bucket seats and floor shift, and even a '95 Riviera representing the last of a proud lineage. Add it all together and the result is an awesome display of some of Buick's finest- take a moment and check out the Buicks of West Coast Meet:

  

Beautiful Buicks

Last week our correspondent was traveling up to San Luis Obispo for a classic car show so we asked him to take some pictures of any cool Buicks that he encountered.

He was showing a classic 1972 Riviera, a low mileage beauty still sporting Reynolds frames. It was renowned for its dramatic boattail styling, and he reports that the car was trouble free throughout the 650 mile journey. Along the way, he encountered a number of beautiful Buicks including a 1957 Special hardtop in black, a white 1955 Century which had been purchased new by the owner's uncle, a sleek razor sharp 1965 Riviera in a dramatic deep blue, a 1958 Special in shades of blue, and a pair of gorgeous 1965 Wildcats to dream about- a convertible in bright red and a coupe in aqua and white- both loaded with bucket seats, floor shifts and lots of accessories. So take a moment and look at some of the beautiful Buicks.