StevenGuthmiller Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 (edited) I want to thank all of you who voted in my little poll that I conducted last week. I actually found the results a little surprising. But, with 22 votes cast, the clear favorite was the '61 Buick Invicta with 15 votes, the '66 Chrysler picking up less than half as many with 7, & the '65 Dodge bringing up the rear with a dismal 0! That was the part I found surprising! I actually thought the Dodge may have been right out front! But regardless of all that, the masses have spoken & the '61 Buick gets the nod. Now I need to decide on a color. I already had colors picked for the other 2, but have still to decide on this one. I was contemplating an creamy color of white with a possible metallic blue or green top & matching interior. I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that one of the 2-tone options on the '61 Buick included the possibility of the panel around the tail lights a secondary color from the body, probably matching the top color. If that was the case, I have yet to find any photographic evidence of it. Can anyone shed any light on that? Anyway, we have a winner! Steve Sure wish I could go back to posting photos from Photobucket! Hasn't worked for me for the past week or so. Anybody know what's up with that? Edited July 28, 2015 by StevenGuthmiller
wrecker388 Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 (edited) Steve, go here and use the method that Bill describes. I couldn't figure it out either and had the same problem as you are describing since the forum change . Should be a killer project. Edited July 28, 2015 by wrecker388
slusher Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 Steve if you use the direct code image from photobucket it should work...
MrObsessive Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 Steve, that looks to be a killer project! I love the sleek "wingless jet" look of those '61 Buicks! As Carl mentioned........I tried to use the direct image code on my end, and it wasn't working. I've gone to right clicking on the pic, hit copy image, and then paste it in your text box. The pic should show up like this one from my Photobucket album............. That's what'll have to work for me for the time being..........at least till some of the other bugs can be worked out.
slusher Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u278/SLUSHER65/limesnake1_zps64addcb1.jpg
MrObsessive Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 Carl your link works...........to get the pic to show on the board, I right clicked on your pic, copied it, and pasted it here.
slusher Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 (edited) Thanks Bill i am going to try it... I think i got it but just a few days ago the direct link was working... Edited July 28, 2015 by slusher
StevenGuthmiller Posted July 28, 2015 Author Posted July 28, 2015 Yeah, it was working a week ago.I guess there's still a few kinks to work out.For the time being, I'm just posting from my files.I'm confident they'll get things working soon.Kind of hard to keep a forum like this operating if people are having to jump through these kinds of hoops just to post photos. Steve
John Goschke Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 Glad the Buick won the poll! Don't know if it helps, but more than a few '61 Buicks were two-toned like this. If I remember correctly they had the primary color on the rear panel.
Tom Geiger Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 Cool. I approve as a past owner of a 1960 Buick Electra. Check out the background.... the dealer was using those two story space saver parking devices and the cars up top are all LaCrosse's like mine.
StevenGuthmiller Posted July 28, 2015 Author Posted July 28, 2015 On 7/28/2015 at 3:43 PM, John Goschke said: Glad the Buick won the poll! Don't know if it helps, but more than a few '61 Buicks were two-toned like this. If I remember correctly they had the primary color on the rear panel. I did a little research John & found my error. Evidently, the 2-tone combination I was thinking of was only available on the Electra. The Invicta was either as your photo depicts, or just a contrasting top. Thanks! Steve
John Goschke Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 Interesting info, Steve. Thanks. I don't think I've seen enough '61 Electras to have taken note of that two-tone treatment, and have always preferred the proportions of the Invicta and LeSabre series.
StevenGuthmiller Posted July 29, 2015 Author Posted July 29, 2015 On 7/28/2015 at 8:25 PM, John Goschke said: Interesting info, Steve. Thanks. I don't think I've seen enough '61 Electras to have taken note of that two-tone treatment, and have always preferred the proportions of the Invicta and LeSabre series. I did a google search & couldn't find any Electras with that treatment either. I got the info from the bottom of a 1961 Ditzler color chip chart. I assume it would be accurate for the most part. Steve
Force Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 1961 is my favourite year for Buick followed by '59, preferably Invicta/LeSabre, '65 and '71-'73 Rivieras.
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