Mercedes-Powered '54 Buick

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Mercedes-Powered '54 Buick

By: Jen Dunnaway

Posted On: 11/4/2011 1:35PM

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What do you do if you wanna beat around in an old '50's GM but you're accustomed to the Euro-refined feel of your Mercedes G55 SUV? One option might be to wreck the G55, then have Troy Trepanier build you a custom 1954 Buick cruiser around the SUV's salvaged drivetrain. Troy is the same guy who built the incredible Blowfish, and as car-over-truck-drivetrain builds at this year's SEMA show go, the Buick is arguably a little classier than that AWD Camaro you guys loved so much. But the downfall of the Buick, which gets points for its perfect stance, custom Art Morrison chassis, and chocolately two-tone BASF paint job, is that that drivetrain has been adapted so as to power only the rear wheels. More pics below the jump!

Comments (12)

	By: pitchblack15 11/4/2011 1:53 PM 1st place all the way

	By: DaveyBoyo 11/4/2011 2:10 PM This piece! I must have this piece!

	By: ChrisStdly23 11/4/2011 2:18 PM wow that is nice! and very unique coloring

	By: TasakiDog 11/4/2011 5:38 PM Excellent restoration. Idk about the Mercedes engine, seems unnecessary but I guess I can dig it

	By: Master_Yogi_Bear 11/4/2011 6:38 PM I love those monoblocks, I really want them

	By: retroman 11/4/2011 11:11 PM I love the subtle updates. It just seems to flow by keeping it clean. The interior is well done blending both modern and classic cues, not to forget updated technology. I'm sure that the Mercedes powerplant will not only give the HP, but also bestow a smooth idle quality that would've been hard to match with a SBC. The engine bay looks super clean and uncluttered. Normally, I'd advise any '50s ride to use whitewalls, but that would just ruin it here. The rims are modern but look old, and who can resist the use of the more modern Buick script??

	By: JoeCool6972 11/5/2011 6:48 PM Why not a GM engine? Why a Mercedes POS? You like have something difficult and expensive to maintain and unreliable?

	By: SomersetMan 11/6/2011 4:53 PM My first car was a 1985 Buick Somerset and it had almost the same paint job! I would've loved to have been able to own them as a pair!

	By: GermanMatuX 11/6/2011 11:23 PM What an exceptional work !! I would like to have half a car like this...

	By: thrasher86 11/8/2011 3:37 PM I just fell in love.....

	By: Donology 11/8/2011 5:00 PM OMG! This thing is hot.

	By: 71impala 11/8/2011 8:25 PM Anyone else pick up on the 'AMG'd' stylization of the Buick script?

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