A Drive in a 1952 Buick Super

Point-of-view-ish video of a drive in rural Indiana in the '52 Buick Super. No power brakes, no power steering, and only one forward gear in Drive. Enjoy the sound of the straight eight doing its thing.

[@MitchellMaichak-ze7mr]

I had a 1953 Buick Super two door hardtop in the late 1980s , powered by a Fireball V8 with a Dynaflow transmission ! Thanks so much for a drive down memory lane !!!

[@stex1985]

The smoothest ridding car ever put on four wheels and yours runs really well! Thanks for the memory.

[@davidgrisez]

This 1952 Buick Super is one of those cars with an early automatic transmission known as the Buick Dynaflow. This transmission used the torque converter for torque multiplication and just stayed in high gear when in drive. The result was a very smooth acceleration, but the drawback was that the acceleration was some what sluggish. This is a nice video of a classic car.

[@Modeltnick]

The old Dynaflow steps right out! Nice car.

[@allensoderlund7468]

Love the sound of that no shift Dynaflow...

[@A_Litre_of_Farva]

Oh gawd that sounds good…nothing like a Buick 8 cyl

[@johnhart4872]

There's nothing like the smooth hum of a straight eight. A great video! Thanks!

[@mgambuzz3]

Great video! Loved that it was you, the car, no inserted blaring music, allowing us to experience the drive as if we were the passenger. Ditto on the other comments on the camera positioning. So many are done in the passenger seat where all you can see is the glove box and the hood as it is too shallow to get a view of the dashboard.

[@santiagorubio833]

Thanks for this excellent video. I think this is one of the best I've seen. Show the car inside, its dashboard, how fast the car is going, etc.,. This young owner knows how to appreciate the car he has. It makes me remember when I had a Super 1951 Dyna Flow, more than 45 years ago.

[@clydedahler9542]

Great sounding engine, my 53 super had 2 forward gears L Low and D for Drive, thanks for the download, brought back memories

[@Alcyone850]

This is AWESOME man. For a large chunk of my life I've been microobsessing over the inline 8. They seem so smooth; especially in these times when we're mostly surrounded by inline 4's and v-6's(though it does seem that inline 6's are slowly making a resurgence).

[@rd4501]

Beautiful car💖

[@davidburton612]

In 1966 I dug one just like this out of a barn in New Mexico. I jumped it off and cleaned it up and drove it to Denver Colorado. Thanks for the memories!

[@davidcarroll1883]

OMG!! Major flashbacks!! My Mom's boyfriend had one of these in 1960. I remember riding in the back seat. The emblem on the center wheel, the antenna knob on the roof, sideways hood and the whine the car made when it changed gears. I remember all this!! It was a black 4 door. Thanks for the ride. It was just like the one I remember.

[@jewishman2687]

If you readjust the points (maybe clean them too) You will get a better response when starting. .Set them at .016. ALSO it is hard to find someone who can set the caster and camber on these cars, but the toe in and out can be set reasonably well by anyone. That way your steering wheel would be straight. Also those old steering boxes had to be tightened up every once in a while. takes the excess play out of the steering, and makes driving a bit easier.

[@anthonyballard9051]

Nice Cruise in a Nice Classic Troy!... 👍🙂

[@ZZZZ-wz4ue]

… yes, thank you for this video …On a production note, we appreciate as well your overall approach and technique and steady cam placement of delivery. Excellent - No way, way, way over done fuzzy dice hanging around anywhere, completely void of loud or continuous background music, no droning over talk narratives and most of all, no blizzard wind noise buffeting the viewer and drowning out this real road experience captured in a 1952 Super... well done Troy. On a personal note, this is how in our opinion, these videos should be posted and aired taking us back to when we use to ride in Super just like this every day while growing up as kids ….

[@AJ67901]

My first car was a 1952 Buick Special given to me by my grandmother back in 1971. I can still remember exactly what the interior smelled like. Thanks for the memories!

[@LawyerCalhoun1]

I learned to drive on a 51 Buick Special with a three speed manual. It had a lot of torque, could pull the car along in first or second gear at idle. I tended to lug the engine, and as a result, was rough on the gearbox. I drove that car to commuter college where the parking lots were just open lots that had been cleared of buildings. That Buick pulled through those bumpy lots like a tank.

[@markbrock4170]

Thanks for letting us hear it glide down the highway. I HAD a chance to get one in pretty much pristine shape for my son in Sheboygan, Wisconsin about 20 years back. It hummed. Did I mention it was only 1000 bucks? My son didn't want it. It kills me to this day. Listen to that car hum.