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[etceterini.com]

Can anyone shed some light on this car ie why it had a Buick engine at 1963 Green Valley TX, Jerry?:

http://www.cliffreut...seratibuick.htm

Edited by etceterini.com, 19 December 2011 - 03:43.

[Bjorn Kjer]

If it is Green Valley it is 1962 , Enus Wilson . After a succesfull 1961 season , first owner Roger Penske sold it to Wilson who in 1963 installed the Buick engine. Chassis 61.2471

All info from the Oosthoek/Bollee book "The magnificent front-engined Birdcages"

[raceannouncer2003]

Can anyone shed some light on this car ie why it had a Buick engine at 1963 Green Valley TX, Jerry?:

http://www.cliffreut...seratibuick.htm

Is this the Enus Wilson car? If so, it is covered in post 34 here:

http://forums.autosp...w...561&hl=Enus

Vince H.

(edit - Bjorn - great minds think alike!)

Edited by raceannouncer2003, 19 December 2011 - 07:21.

[Jerry Entin]

Etceterini: I can only assume that Enus believed that the Buick engine would be more powerful than the original Maserati unit. That is why he had John Miller and Bob Schroeder install the Buick engine.

Edited by Jerry Entin, 19 December 2011 - 14:23.

[TEDD]

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Can anyone shed some light on this car ie why it had a Buick engine at 1963 Green Valley TX, Jerry?:

http://www.cliffreut...seratibuick.htm

Edited by TEDD, 20 December 2011 - 09:14.

[arttidesco]

An argument I have heard repeatedly on the subject of European for US engine swaps carried out on European built vehicles during the period under discussion is cost, bearing in mind the value of a Birdcage was negligible the cost of maintaining the original engine was possibly more than the car was worth. Given a cheap and in the case of the Buick a light alternative that is readily available and easy to tune it is hard to argue against the economic argument for making the swap.

Of course this is absolute sacrilege given the desirability of these cars today and the astronomical prices they fetch even when they are known to be nothing more than key fob specials :-)