Very few Buick owners realize their vehicles carry the name of a business failure. David Dunbar Buick's life turned out like this--scrambled. He should have been wealthy like Henry Ford and Walter Chrysler. Instead, Buick worked at a Detroit trade school in his final years. He couldn't even afford a phone.

This vehicle is at the recreated village of Red Oak II, a fascinating time-capsule not far from Route 66: www.redoakii.com.