Tourabout
Buick built this model from 1908 thru 1910. Total production was 23,000 units, with 8,100 built in 1909. The car cost about $1,000 new. The car has a 4-cylinder OHV engine and a planitary transmission, brakes on the rear wheel as well as the transmission.
The car will cruise in excess of 40 MPH.
Tourabout
Buick, with Walter Marr's direction, built the sporty Model 10 in 1909. Buick built 8,149 Model 10s out of the 30,000 Buicks built that year. The Model 10 designation had continued into 1909 built the appearance changed through the use of a 92-inch wheelbase. The 4-cylinder engine produces 22.5-horsepower with a displacement of 165 cubic-inches.
The car sold stripped for $900 while the loaded version sold for $1050, which included a surrey seat. The engine followed Buick's style of casting the cylinders in pairs which could not be removed. Adjusting the valves did not require an entire engine overhaul as they were located in their own cages. The 1909 Model 10 earned its nickname, 'The White Flash.'
Buick built 8,149 examples of the 1909 Model 10's of the 30,000 Buicks built that year. The Buick 1909 Model 10 carried it's nickname, 'The White Flash.' The car sold stripped for $900 and loaded for $1,050 which included a surrey seat. The engine followed Buick's style of casting the cylinders in-pairs which could be removed. Adjusting the valves did not require an engine overhaul as they were located in their own cages.
This model Buick, introduced in 1908, was the most popular in 1908, 1909 and 1910 outselling Cadillac and Ford. The four-cylinder engine designed by the famous engineer Walter L. Marr was simple, efficient and trouble-free. The car was produced in two styles, roadster (two or three passenger) and touring four passenger. Thousands were sold and all were painted 'Buick White' thus the tag 'White Streak' was put on them because of their many hill climb victories.
Tourabout
This vehicle was restored by Keith Kruse in 1994 and has been in many 'brass' tours. The engine is a 2-cylinder opposed unit that is located under the car. The Gas tank is under the hood. Brake and high gear levers are outside the cab; it has tilt steering column. The body, chassis and engine are original to the car.
Roadster
Engine number: 7564
The Buick Model 10 was introduced in November of 1907 at the New York Automobile Show. It was a four-cylinder roadster that soon became the company's most popular model. Selling for $900, it was the lowest-priced Buick, and came with acetylene headlamps, oil lamps for side and tail illumination, and a bulb horn. With prices comparable to Henry Ford's new Model T, it was a good value and well received. During its first year of production, over 4,000 examples were built. The last year of production was in 1910, and by this point production had grown to 11,000.
A Model 10 scored a class victory at Daytona in 1909, and a hill climb victory at Atlanta.
This particular Buick Model was previously in the care of Charles Wood of Glen Falls, New York. In 1998 it was purchased by the Merrick Auto Museum. By this point in history, it had been the recipient of a nearly 1,200 hour restoration by Wilkinson & Sharp of Feasterville, Pennsylvania. This car is finished in the correct Buick Gray. It is a three-passenger car with open rumble or 'mother-in-law' seat. There is black leather upholstery and it has a black canvas cape top. The lighting is provided by Solar acetylene headlamps with carbide generator and Neverout oil side and taillamps. In 1969, this car received an AACA National First award.
by Dan Vaughan
The Buick Motor Company was founded by David Buick in 1903 who quickly found himself in financial problems. Dunbar is perhaps more famous, although not widely known, as the individual who developed a method of affixing porcelain to cast iron, resulting in the household white bathtub. In 1909, Buick sold the design for $100,000, giving him the financial ability to enter the automobile business. Although Mr. Buick was a talented plumber and an inveterate tinkerer, he lacked the business skills and experience to operate such an endeavor. Three companies later, the Buick Motor Company was acquired by James H. Whiting who appointed William Crapo Durant as president. David Buick sold his stock and departed the company in 1908.
William Crapo Durant gained control of the company and soon sales, production, and profit greatly increased. In 1908, the Buick Company became a founding member of the General Motors Corporation. This was the same year the Model 10 Buick was introduced. It carried a price tag of $900 which included the Buick Gray paint scheme, oil side and tail lights, acetylene headlights, and bulb horn as standard. The top was optional and cost an additional fee. In total, over 4000 examples were produced in its first year, providing Buick and General Motors with financial prosperity.
In 1909 Buick extended the chassis length to 92 inches. The number of body styles and sales also increased, reaching 8,100 units produced. By 1910, Buick was offering the Model 10 in 13 different body styles. The side-mounted spare and a windshield remained as optional equipment.
Production would last until 1910 with a total of 23,000 units being produced.
by Dan Vaughan