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David Buick's Marvelous Motor Car: The Men and the Automobile that Launched General Motors Book

David Buick's Marvelous Motor Car: The Men and the Automobile that Launched General Motors
David Buick's Marvelous Motor Car: The Men and the Automobile that Launched General Motors, David Buick created a team that developed the legendary 'valve-in-head' engine. And he produced a car that - after it was turned over to the charismatic promoter Billy Durant - provided the foundation for General Motors, which would become the world's lar, David Buick's Marvelous Motor Car: The Men and the Automobile that Launched General Motors has a rating of 3 stars
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David Buick's Marvelous Motor Car: The Men and the Automobile that Launched General Motors, David Buick created a team that developed the legendary 'valve-in-head' engine. And he produced a car that - after it was turned over to the charismatic promoter Billy Durant - provided the foundation for General Motors, which would become the world's lar, David Buick's Marvelous Motor Car: The Men and the Automobile that Launched General Motors
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  • David Buick's Marvelous Motor Car: The Men and the Automobile that Launched General Motors
  • Written by author Lawrence R. Gustin
  • Published by Alfred P. Sloan Museum, January 2006
  • David Buick created a team that developed the legendary 'valve-in-head' engine. And he produced a car that - after it was turned over to the charismatic promoter Billy Durant - provided the foundation for General Motors, which would become the world's lar
  • The first biography of David Buick, an enigmatic figure in automotive history.
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Buick general manager's message     7
Foreword     9
An interview in Detroit     17
From Scotland to Detroit: The early years     21
Gasoline engines: The obsession begins     29
Buick and boats     39
First Buick automobile     43
Charles Annesley: Finding a missing link     57
'Valve-in-head' engines     63
Seven Sidebar: On engine technology   Kevin Kirbitz     76
Buick starts a new company     81
Move to Flint     89
First Flint Buick     103
The irrepressible Billy Durant     121
Buick thrives, but where's the founder?     141
David Buick hits the road     153
Oil in California     159
The final years     175
Acknowledgments     209
Index     222
About Buick Gallery and Research Center     230


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