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At the wheel of the 1927 Buick Master - lovable giant

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Created on January 1, 1990

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Paul D. Ponsel

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Buick Master (1927) - Stately sedan

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Buick (1926) - 3400cc, 6 cyl, 5-6 seats, 17cv

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Buick Master (1927) - The heavy drive unit fills the entire engine compartment

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Buick Master (1927) - Instruments and switches are presented on the dashboard

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Buick Master (1927) - Buick status - middle class in the USA, elsewhere the large Buicks often had luxury car status

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Buick (1927) - Convertible with two doors

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Buick (1927) - two-door convertible

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Summary

Not a candidate for the Mille Miglia, but on the road the 1927 Buick Master surprises with more comfort than expected. This report describes our experiences on a test drive with a rustic American with a six-cylinder engine.

This article contains the following chapters

Surprisingly comfortable on the road
Conservative-bourgeois fare
Preserved as original
From the USA to Denmark
Technical data Buick Master, Model 50, 1927

Estimated reading time: 5min

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Even when idling, you listen in awe: The engine does its work almost silently and with little vibration, without any irregularities - the restrained bubbling of the exhaust sounds like music to the ears. I climb into the stately sedan... Getting in is an inadequate description. Because I heave myself up by the steering wheel and let myself fall into the club chair upholstery. In front of me is an impressive sight: the valance with the solid walnut rim and the bright aluminum spokes, in its center the levers for manual ignition and throttle adjustment, the horn with the switch for the drum headlights.

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