Dear Jim and fans of "mature" Buicks,
Hey, that ain't all bad. She's inside, out of the elements! Some have it much rougher. 
Well, yes I see your point, but this isn't a typical 50 year old Buick survivor. My family bought Biquette second-hand in 1968 when I was only this tall:
The car has been in almost continuous service ever since. She has almost 270,000 miles on her and has had a very adventurous life. The lowest moment for Biquette was being stolen, lost for 3 months, but nonetheless being recovered and returned to us. Perhaps her highpoint was being included in my PhD. Even as late as 2004, when Biquette was 39 years ago, I drove her from Northern California to Seattle to work for 3 months at Amazon.
Once the assignment was over, Biquette and I drove the 800 miles back home. All that time Biquette was my only car. Until now, the longest she has been out of service was about 6 months during her two engine rebuilds and for body-shop work after the accident of November 2010.
The custom Big-Block Buick engine she was fitted with failed after only 3 months last April. She has been struck in the garage ever since. So it is truly in ignominious way for Biquette to spend her 50th birthday after having been such a faithful car for us all these years.
Edouard
