1952 Buick Starting Up

I start Betty, my 1952 Buick Straight Eight on a Sunday morning outside our house. She has a 4.3 litre engine and is right hand drive because she's originally from South Africa. She has been restored and we use her and her sister Wilma, a green and white '49 Buick as wedding and prom cars - check out www.bluemooncars.co.uk for more pics. We're in WInchester in the UK.

[@spewgilist]

Right hand drive Buick - - Awesome!

[@JrgrimWoW]

Seeing nice seeing such a high quality classic in HD is like traveling through time. It really helps you understand why America use to be so in love with cars. Now most cars have been reduced to incredibly expensive and souless transportation devices. Kind of depressing.

[@robert3302]

Lovely car. I'm happy to see it respected. I remember when I was little, I would hear a car coming down the street and knew it was a Buick without seeing it, because the engine had that wonderful deep rumbling sound.

[@jsjhrc]

Very nice Buick, looks like new. My dad bought a 52 Special new. I was 10 years old it was dark green on the lower and cream color on top. Yours brings back memories. Thanks

[@Geordo1960]

Well I never knew these were right hand built. Rare bird!

[@douglasshupe2771]

My Grandma had a 1953 Special 4 door. I had many good memories of riding in her car.😁

[@collierandrew]

I've got a '49 Super as well! I'm saving up for a convertible next!!! Straight Eights are the best!

[@Tryvaltor]

Beautiful. I'm glad to see you take such good care of her.

[@JimBales]

I bought this very car in 1962 and paid $90 for it. Great car. Wish I had it now.

[@clearcreek69]

I live in Alberta, Canada & someone in the Province is selling a bunch of 1952 Buick Roadmasters for $600 I think. The cars need to be restored of course, then I keep telling myself that a car such as this isn't a "daily" driver

[@angelitavaldellon7600]

They can indeed be used as daily drivers. They are totally reliable cars.

[@michaelkaiser5994]

I remember my Dad had a '53 Buick Special, green with a white roof!

[@henryostman5740]

Lucky car, being from South Africa it never met any road salt. How many rt hand cars did Buick build?

[@collierandrew]

Built by General Motors South Africa and imported into the UK in 1984. Hence being right hand drive!

[@shineything4444]

My Dads 1948 Buick Roadmaster will start one pump or no pumps , If you start daily or drive it everyday . If it sits you have 2 pump more times .

[@markmoore4088]

Sweet! Gorgeous car! I just got one a couple weeks ago but it needs a lot of tlc.

[@bobbrueckner7498]

RIGHT HAND DRIVE, HOW COOL IS THAT?

[@patmclean1951]

I was about to make the same comment. I’ve never seen a right hand drive 50s Buick!!

[@craigjorgensen4637]

It cool at all!

[@andrewcollier1093]

Thanks for all the replies in the meantime. They are much appreciated and I agree, they're lovely cars. You can't beat the straight eight. We sold Betty five years ago now due to a change in circumstances but I'm currently looking for a '52 Roadmaster, maybe a project, we'll see.

[@nickjervis8123]

Just bought a 1952 Buick Roadmaster with Dynaflow

[@arthurlambert6418]

My grandfather use to trade-in his Buick every year for a newer model year back in the 40s & 50s.

[@irish89055]

Betty is a lovely lady Collier.. .just takes a few seconds to get used to the reversed controls and da Brit tags... very nice

[@robertvandeventer7099]

Wow , right hand drive and a 110 mph speedometer ! Very unusual Buick !

[@JOHNINCOLUMBUS]

Very nice car, the lines remind me of Cadillac's of the same era.

[@angelitavaldellon7600]

They both used GM's C body.

[@tpvalley]

lovely. I have seena few rhd american cars, the ford falcon for example was sold in the uk in rhd. I almost bought a gmc pickup in rhd with the 6.2 diesel.

[@collierandrew]

Hey there - you're right, all you do with the key is turn on the electrics and the fuel pump which is the rumble you can hear when the ignition is turned on. Then you start her on the gas pedal!

[@lisawestby3574]

Soon love the car awesome 👌

[@rogerstill71]

Superb! I bet that turns a lot of heads.

[@arsenmorph]

Nice car!

[@adoreslaurel]

Never driven LHD I could gladly step into that and feel at home.

[@kfl611]

I'm sure I'd drive on the wrong side of the road and crash if I drove a left hand sided steering wheel car.

[@adoreslaurel]

@@kfl611 To each his own, crossing the road is bad enough, rermembering which side the traffic is coming at you.

[@alanlegere6000]

You should always lift the hood showing a car of this quality.

[@michaelmartin9022]

Don't know if you want a leadsled or a jukebox? Get a '52 Buick! XD

[@TheSpazModic]

Straight-eights have a great sound--much like a V-8, but with the "drone" of a straight-six.

[@collierandrew]

@JSneaker. Our '49 is way different. Starting from cold with the '49, takes at least 8 pumps and 4 or 5 goes on the starter!

[@fjbutch]

Lovely !!

[@collierandrew]

@BuzzyFredrick. Not really any major differences. The mechanics are still basically the same. The throttle mechanism, speedo cable and gear linkage are all jury-rigged or just reversed. The dashboard is identical but reversed, the battery was underneath the driver's seat rather than in the engine bay - I've had it repositioned in the trunk for ease of access.

[@jeffreybaker100]

British Buick

[@collierandrew]

@JSneaker Sure! She's having a front suspension rebuild at the moment but I should get her back in two or three weeks!

[@califdad4]

nice car, the super model was the big one, Buicks Cadillac then! Had a friend here in California that had her Grandmas old 56 Super, loved it and I was heartbroken when she sold it, I wanted it and she didn't know

[@andrewcollier1093]

The Roadmaster is the really big one - larger engine than the Super.

[@califdad4]

@@andrewcollier1093 same size I believe and by my friends 56, I thought the engines were about the same. at the same time she had this, another friend bought a 55 Buick Special and this 56 Super was a lot bigger and the engine sounded bigger also

[@angelitavaldellon7600]

Actually, it was the Roadmaster that was almost a Cad. The Super was their less expensive big C body car, abd the B body Special was their base model car. Smaller, but still a big car.

[@angelitavaldellon7600]

In 53, they started using the same engine as the Roadmaster, but with a 2 barrel carb instead of a 4 barrel.

[@califdad4]

@@angelitavaldellon7600 not a DeVille but a series 62

[@MrTrack412]

Did you just get in on the wrong side of the car?

[@jasoncarpp7742]

Beautiful looking Buick. Where is this located? :)

[@GuitarMan22]

Any other differences between this and north american built buicks of the day? Apart from the obvious steering side.

[@VictrolaJazz]

Bopadoodle!

[@xBelastianx]

@videos4daworld gas pedal acts as a starter on some cars. maybe here too.

[@internetpolification]

How is this right hand drive? I'm looking at buying one of these and didn't even know they were made right hand drive! What country?

[@fredgarvinmaleprostitute6451]

I guess you can't read!

[@andrewcollier1093]

It's a South African import. :)

[@brucewiemer255]

Is it still 6 volt?

[@jr33dav]

Let me go get a tissue I think I'm gonna cry

[@jimjardine4705]

Let it warm up a bit please!!

[@andrewcollier1093]

She was already warmed up. No way would I rev her cold.

[@arnoldanderson1501]

Take a look at the plates, it's in Europe. Right hand in that country.

[@danielvillar7898]

Um deste eu queria ter sim quando eu tirar a minha carteira de motorista compro um buick

[@1940limited]

Right hand drive is so weird and the shift lever on the left? He didn't need the key. The ignition wasn't locked. I'd like to drive it just to experience that.

[@Geordo1960]

What is name of that paint color?

[@andrewcollier1093]

I believe it was originally called Venetian Blue but best to check.

[@billmoran3812]

My parents had a ‘52 in that color. It was blue in the sunlight and looked black on a cloudy day. As a young child I used to be afraid of that grille. It looked like teeth.

[@thenameisethang]

That's because it's a straight eight. haha

[@kennethreed2186]

Must be a English driver Right side. Wheel 😊

[@muffs55mercury61]

Australia also had right hand drive cars built. Some time, not sure when it was required by law to have right hand drive.

[@danielvillar7898]

Olha lá o ronco do motor

[@d.s7741]

the steering wheel is on the wrong side. It must have been the mail mans car.

[@allraiders420]

0:36 *lesh wok an woll*

[@hyzercreek]

When it starts you should not rev it like that. Just let it idle.

[@Xixu.co.6]

hyzercreek it would probably die if he didn't rev it, gotta get the fuel flowing

[@andrewcollier1093]

She was already warmed up. I agree what you say about the fuel though. You did just need to lightly pop the throttle to make sure she caught.

[@kfl611]

Nice car but the steering wheel is on the wrong side of the car. Looks show room new!

[@JorgeGonzalez-vq8fv]

☝️😁🇵🇷

[@jerrycaughron7378]

Bulldog special

[@danielvillar7898]

Este . é original sim

[@andrewcollier1093]

Sim

[@UfoDan100]

After WWII the U.S. blew it,, they had the chance to make the law ,, ''driver on left side of car'' ,, they should have done it !

[@adoreslaurel]

Not sure what what you had in mind? where would this have applied? Japan perhaps?

[@UfoDan100]

@@adoreslaurel yes , Japan

[@adoreslaurel]

@@UfoDan100 Glad they did not, We have to have a few RHD countries, only country that did that was Sweden, LHD cars driving left side until they caught up with the rest of Europe, Always wondered why Americans kiss left handed?, guess it's because of where the steering wheel is placed in the car, I am not going to explain that, look at some old US movies and you just might be bright enough to figure it out.

[@tomfrazier1103]

America's Right side of the road dates back to horse & wagon days. Some U.S. cars in the early 1900s were RHD as they wished to emulate British ones, notably Pierce-Arrow, whom began as a wire birdcage maker before being a luxury car until 1936.

[@acfan7785]

Can anyone tell me where's the push button?

[@andrewcollier1093]

She starts on the throttle - there's no button.

[@sandrochatlos1]

right hand drive? if you moved to the states this car would be rare...lol

[@axeandrewandrew6965]

Right driver ???? 😔😔😔

[@collierandrew]

Hey there - you're right, all you do with the key is turn on the electrics and the fuel pump which is the rumble you can hear when the ignition is turned on. Then you start her on the gas pedal!