Talk:Buick Roadmaster

message: I removed a reference to the supposed "slaughter of 1997", as the article created on that subject was previously deleted as unverifiable material. -Colin Kimbrell 15:47, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

message: Wasn't the primary reason for GM dropping the b-body platform the need to increase truck/SUV capacity? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.64.53.196 (talk) 04:56, 4 March 2006
:Yes, pretty much. --Sable232 04:17, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plant retooling 

message: Note:  This line:  "...in 1993, the newly-redesigned Cadillac Fleetwood was the same car as the Roadmaster and Caprice sedans--except that it featured chrome-plated front and rear bumpers and was much more expensive."  is incorrect in several regards.  The Fleetwoods had a completely restyled doghouse, side panels and molding, rear quarters/trunk, were six inches longer(wheelbase, overall 10 inches) and were designated "D body" as a result.  They also shared almost no interior parts with either the Caprice/Impala or the Roadmaster.  Even the PCM tuning is different once the LT1 engine was introduced in '94.
The line either needs modified accordingly(which I'll do if I ever remember my password) or reduced to a simple mention of the FWB with link.
FMChimera(also note I moved this from plant retooling and created a new section since putting it under plant retooling was dumb on my part)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.251.82.140 (talk) 23:32, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  B-body/Dbody 

message: I believe that the V8 version is the direct replacement for the Roadmaster, as both are full-size cars. 166.137.191.30 (talk) 14:48, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Buick Lucerne 

message: Present text re Ventiports says:
The idea for VentiPorts
grew out of a modification Buick styling chief Ned Nickles had added
to his own 1948 Roadmaster. He had installed four amber lights on each
side of his car’s hood wired to the distributor so as to flash on and
off as each piston fired simulating the flames from the exhaust stack
of a fighter airplane.
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I find that paragraph hard to believe. Even if each porthole light was controlled by only one cylinder, at an engine speed of 1000 RPM that light would be flashing on and off 500 times per minute, or just over 8 times a second. I doubt if anyone could notice incandescent bulbs "flashing" at that high a rate.
And just where on the distributor would he have "wired" those bulbs? Certainly not off the spark plug terminals, but that's the only place on a distributor that gets energized as "each piston fired".
Jeff Wisnia  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Javogadro1 (talk • contribs) 22:13, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fender Vents 

message: A discussion is taking place to address the redirect :Roadmonster. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 February 8#Roadmonster until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  signed, Rosguill talk 17:15, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Roadmonster" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: Currently it says “The Roadmaster is remplaced by Invicta,LeSabre,Electra,Century and the famous Park Avenue The period is 1959-1990”.  I have no idea what it's trying to say… Mr Larrington (talk) 21:52, 18 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nonsense in lede