1953 Buick "Super" Estate Wagon owned by Owen D Young, Historical Value
1953 Buick Estate Wagon
*I'm currently selling this museum quality, vintage vehicle. It belonged to a friend who has recently passed away, and I'm helping his wife sell it. The vehicle is in pristine condition and possesses a unique history. Please call me, John, with any questions at 570-493-1920*1953 Buick Super Estate WagonOwned by Owen D. Young,former General Electric president and RCA founder and chairman
- Last Real Wood Buick of its kind, and the first with a V8 motor
- Only 1,830 produced
- Original rebuilt Dynaflow Transmission
- Iconic V8 "Nailhead" Engine - 322 c's
- Coker Radial Whitewall Tires
- All New Chrome
- 2 Barrel Carburetor
- Accessory Wire Hubcaps
- ONLY 71, 650 Miles - Excellent Running!
- Previously on loan to the Northeast Classic Car Museum from Gordon Wells, Frankfort, NY
The vehicle was purchased new in Herkimer, NY by Owen D. Young, former General Electric president and RCA founder and chairman
Owen D. Young (October 27, 1874 – July 11, 1962) was an American industrialist, businessman, lawyer and diplomat at the Second Reparations Conference (SRC) in 1929, as a member of the German Reparations International Commission.
Young represented Stone and Webster in a successful case against GE around 1911 and through that case came to the attention of Charles A. Coffin, the first president of General Electric. After the death of GE's General Counsel Hinsdill Parsons in April 1912, Coffin invited Young to become the company's Chief Counsel and Young moved to Schenectady. He became GE's president in 1922 and then in the same year was appointed inaugural chairman, serving in that position until 1939. Under his guidance and teaming with president Gerard Swope, GE shifted into the extensive manufacturing of home electrical appliances, establishing the company as a leader in this field and speeding the mass electrification of farms, factories and transportation systems within the US.
He is known for the plan to settle Germany's World War I reparations, known as the Young Plan and for the creation of the Radio Corporation of America. Young founded RCA as a subsidiary of General Electric in 1919; he became its first chairman and continued in that position until 1929.
- Make: Buick
- Model: Estate Wagon
- Doors: 4
- Year: 1953
- Mileage: 71650
- Color: Blue
- Engine size: V8 "Nailhead"
- Number of cylinders: 8
- Transmission: Automatic
- Vehicle Title: Clean Want to buy? Contact seller!
