Buick model 5

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Model 5
Sales designation: Model 5
Production period: 1908
Class : Upper class
Body versions : Touring car
Engines: Otto engine :
5.5 liters (29 kW)
Length:
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 2743 mm
Empty weight : 1676 kg
Previous model Buick model K
successor Buick model 6A

The Buick Model 5 was a passenger car made by the American manufacturer Buick .

description

Buick launched the model in the 1908 model year as the successor to the K model . It was the manufacturer's top model.

The car was powered by a large four-cylinder in - line engine , which developed an output of 40 bhp (29 kW) from a displacement of 5506 cm³. The T-head valve control was a special feature . The engine was installed at the front and drove the rear axle via a chain. The vehicles had spur gears with 3 forward gears.

The wheelbase was 2743 mm. The only body variant available was a five-seater tourer. The vehicle weighed 1676 kg. The model was available in red or blue and had ivory-colored wooden spoke wheels and decorations.

402 copies were made. The successor was the 6A model in the following year .

Existing vehicles

On July 29, 1999, a Buick Model 5 with British registration number DS 8447 sold for £ 18,500 . This vehicle is in the Museo de coches antiguos y clásicos in Spanish San Esteban de Galdames issued.

In the car museum vintage cars in Belgium Reninge also is an old Buick. According to the museum, this is a Buick Model 5 , but the displacement is specified as 5964 cm³.

source

  • Beverly R. Kimes, Henry A. Clark Jr.: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942. Krause Publications, Iola 1985, ISBN 0-87341-045-9 , p. 155. (English)

Web links

  • Photo (accessed July 15, 2013)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942.
  2. ↑ Auction on July 29, 1999 (accessed July 15, 2013)
  3. ↑ Museo de coches antiguos y clásicos (Spanish, accessed July 15, 2013)