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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet - open-top Swiss workmanship from the 1930s

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Created on June 1, 2012

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Bruno von Rotz

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937)

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - Abbiegen wird mit einem Winksignal angezeigt

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - zweckmässig eingerichteter Kommandostand

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - der Fahrer durfte sich zurecht wie ein König fühlen

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - ein grosses Lenkrad ist nötig, um die nicht unerheblichen Lenkkräfte aufzubringen

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - alles im Blick

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - auch auf der Lenkradnabe wird auf die Marke aufmerksam gemacht

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - das zentrale Anzeigeinstrument

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - schön gestaltetes Armaturenbrett

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - die Windschutzscheibe konnte zur besseren Kühlung der Besetzung ausgeklappt werden

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - noch mehr Frischluft durch Ausklappen der Frontscheibe

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - Achtzylindermotor

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - Blick in den Motorraum

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - Kühlschlitze

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - die Klappe sorgt für kühlende Luft

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - ein intelligentes Werkzeug, um die Radkappe zu demontieren

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - Buick-Schriftzug auf den Raddeckeln

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - der mächtige Achtzylindermotor

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - Hinweiszettel wie anno dazumals

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - Scheinwerfer links

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - Scheinwerfer rechts - dieser blendete in der Highway-Stellung nicht ab

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - kunstvoller Verdeckverschluss

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - die Sicherung für den Dachverschluss hat sich der Besitzer bauen lassen

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - Buick-Schriftzug auf dem Kühlergrill

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - der mächtige Kühler

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - Schlitze sorgen für die Kühlung des Motors

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - richtige Türgriffe

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - der Wagen war immer in der Schweiz

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - feine Details

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - damals ging es noch nicht um Aerodynamik

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - Markenemblem

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - hier werkelt ein Buick-Achtzylinder

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - Hinweise für Wartung und Betrieb

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - Warnkleber wie bei der Auslieferung

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - dezent angebrachtes Tüscher-Emblem

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - Tüscher-Emblem im Wageninneren

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - Hinweiszettel für Schmierung und anderes

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - auch eine Uhr war eingebaut

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Buick Eight (1938) - Roadmaster Series 80 - Limousine für sechs Personen, Model 81-F

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Buick Eight (1938) - Special Series 40- für fünf Passagiere - Streamline Sport Secan Model 47

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Buick Eight (1937) - Series 41 Limousine

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Buick Eight (1937) - Buick 40 Convertible mit dem neuen selbstschaltenden Getriebe, dem niedrige Motordrehzalen und ein tieferer Verbrauch zu verdanken waren

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Buick Eight (1937) - Interieur mit grossem Zentralinstrument

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Buick Eight (1937) - das robuste selbsttragende Chassis

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Buick Eight (1937) - der Buick wurde auch als Chauffeur-Limousine geliefert, mit langem Radstand und Trennscheibe

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Buick Eight (1937) - das Chassis mit Motor

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Buick Eight (1937) - einige der Modelle für das Baujahr 1938

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Buick Eight (1937) - die Technik unter der Haube - aus einem zeitgenössischen Verkaufsprospekt

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Buick Eight Series 40 Tüscher Cabriolet (1937) - erster Fahrzeugausweis

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Summary

The Tüscher brothers were two Swiss coachbuilders in Zurich who, like their competitors Graber, Langenthal and Beutler, built bodies of various designs on chassis from different manufacturers. The Buick Eight Series 40 Cabriolet portrayed here was built in 1937 and is in perfect condition today. This report briefly covers the Buick models of 1937 and the Tüscher convertible in detail, supplemented by many current and historical illustrations and two original brochures from the period.

This article contains the following chapters

Promotion of the coachbuilding industry
Requisitioned by the army
Home visits in Thurgau
Decay and reconstruction
Stable and heavyweight base
100 hp for around 1.7 tons
Elegant convertible bodywork
Many interesting details
Comfortable to drive
Helping hands recommended
Further information

Estimated reading time: 6min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The Tüscher brothers were coachbuilders in Zurich who, like their competitors Graber, Langenthal and Beutler, to name but a few, built bodies of various designs on chassis from different manufacturers. The American chassis, e.g. from Buick, were particularly suitable for this purpose due to their robust construction and usually opulent engines. The choice of an American base was supported by the government's promotion of the coachbuilding industry by waiving part of the customs duties, which made the US chassis attractively priced. Chassis for the Buick Eight thus also came to Switzerland via the Agence Américaine, the Basel representative of General Motors, and were finished into convertibles by the coachbuilder Tüscher, among others, who presented their products - two Chrysler convertibles, a Studebaker sedan, a Studebaker convertible and a Buick convertible with two doors - to the public at the 1937 Geneva Motor Show. Buick supplied the frame, including the engine and the front of the vehicle, which reached up to the A-pillar, i.e. the front part of the door opening. The Tüscher brothers built the middle and rear sections of the vehicle, including the roof and interior.

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