Buick Model B

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Production period: 1904-1911
Class : Lower middle class
Body versions : Touring cars , roadsters

The Buick Model B was a four-seater passenger car , the first Buick built in the United States, and had a two-cylinder engine installed in the front . In 1905, he was the Model C replaced. The Model F followed in 1906 , with a two-seater roadster called the Model G aside. While the four-seater model was phased out in 1910, the Roadster found successors in the Model 14 and Model 14B .

Year by year

Model B (1904)

Model B (1904)

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Production period: 1904
Body versions : Touring car
Engines: Otto engine :
2.6 liters (15.4 kW)
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Wheelbase : 2210 mm
Empty weight : 838 kg

The touring was equipped with a two-cylinder in-line engine, of from 2606 cm a power output of 21 bhp (15.4 kW) at 1230 min -1 scooped. The wheelbase of the chain drive, front engine and rear drive vehicle was 2210 mm. Like all Buick at the beginning of the 20th century, the Model B also had a planetary gearbox with two gears for gear selection. The vehicles were painted indigo blue as standard and had bright yellow wooden spoke wheels.

The model was presented on August 13, 1904. Of a total of 37 copies made, one won the 1904 Eagle Rock race , another the Race to the Clouds on Mt. Washington .

Model C (1905)

Model C (1905)

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Production period: 1905
Body versions : Touring car
Engines: Otto engine :
2.6 liters (16.2 kW)
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Wheelbase : 2210 mm
Empty weight : 838 kg

In 1905, the model C replaced the Model B. The engine power increased with unchanged capacity to 22 hp (16.2 kW) at 1,200 min -1 . The vehicles were painted in royal blue as standard and had ivory-colored wooden spoke wheels. In contrast to the predecessor, they offered five seats.

750 vehicles were built from the C model.

Models F and G (1906–1910)

Model F (1906–1910)
Model G (1906–1909)

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Production period: 1906-1910
Body versions : Touring cars , roadsters
Engines: Otto engine :
2.6 liters (16.2 kW)
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Wheelbase : 2210-2337 mm
Empty weight : 815-1042 kg

The Model F from 1906 was a modernized Model C. The technical data remained the same. In addition to the tourer, an otherwise identically constructed roadster was offered as model G. The vehicles were painted purple as standard and had ivory-colored wooden spoke wheels. From 1906 onwards, all Buicks were factory-fitted with acetylene lighting and a ball horn.

In 1907, the wheelbase of the two models grew from 2210 mm to 2261 mm. In the following year it was enlarged to 2337 mm and the bodies modernized. These new bodies were painted burgundy and combined with red wooden spoke wheels.

In the years 1906–1910 15,709 type F tourers were built. The type G roadster was discontinued in 1909 and 1,091 times had been produced by then. In the 1911 model year, the roadster found a successor in the 14 model, the tourer with two-cylinder engine was discontinued without replacement.

Models 14 and 14B (1910–1911)

Models 14 / 14B (1910-1911)
Buick Model 14 Buggyabout (1911)

Buick Model 14 Buggyabout (1911)
Production period: 1910-1911
Body versions : Roadster
Engines: Otto engine :
2.1 liters (10.4 kW)
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Wheelbase : 2007 mm
Empty weight : 680 kg

The Model 14 inherited the Model G, which had been discontinued a year earlier. This car had its gas tank under the seats. But there was also an identical vehicle with the tank behind the seats, the 14B model . Both vehicles were equipped with two-cylinder in-line engines, which developed an output of 14.2 bhp (10.4 kW) with a displacement of 2081 cm³. The wheelbase of the vehicles equipped with a chain drive was 2007 mm. In contrast to the predecessor, the 14 and 14B models already had a spur gear with two gears, which could be changed either via a center shift lever or a pitman arm. At US $ 550, the small cars were significantly cheaper than their predecessors.

The Buggyabout, which was manufactured a total of 3300 times, was only available in the 1911 model year, but the majority of the cars (2048 pieces) were manufactured in the 1910 calendar year. This was the brand's last two-cylinder model and was discontinued in 1912 without replacement.

Web links

Commons : Buick Model 14  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

source

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