It would take a lot of time, money, and dedication to save this one.
Vehicle Sighting - 1968 Buick (full-size) in very rough shape
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It would take a lot of time, money, and dedication to save this one.
Wildcat engine, I presume...
I don't know - I should have asked to look under the hood.
That was my first guess, but without badging I was lost. I'm saying 1968 based on the cutouts for side-marker lights ('68 or newer) and the vent windows (older than '69).
That was my 1st Guess!
Its a 68 Wildcat. No ventiports. LeSabre and Electra's had the ventiports
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$2000 and not a penny less. I know what I got.
Looks like that would be right up DD Speed Shop's alley.
it look like a 1968 buick wildcat custom 4 door. it's sole engine is a buick 430 ci of 360 hp. it's in extremely bad shape. buicks of that era are so pretty. especially the wildcats. my favorite is the 1966 wildcat super wildcat, A8/Y48 option. they only made 22 of them and they came with a dual carb setup on the 425 nailhead engine.
Ya I bet that frame is swiss cheese at best.
Such a shame. Those Buicks were some of the most beautiful cars ever made.
In the area I came from that would have been a sensible car in 1968. Rough roads, long distances, and lots of room for parking. It had a good ride, was pretty reliable and had some style - a banker or doctor's car.
If I had been a country doctor in 1968 I'd have been happy to own that car. A reliable 90 MPH highway cruiser.
... and cheap gasoline!
I think of this era (late 1960s) as pretty much a high-water mark for the big domestics.
The OPEC embargo in the wake of the Yom Kippur war in the fall of 1973, with the ensuing shortages and rise in gas prices, seemed to get Americans looking seriously at smaller cars.
Combined with that, the domestic manufacturers had a lot of trouble meeting the clean air requirements, adding various doodads to the carburetors, air pumps, catalytic converters ... For whatever reason, the Japanese manufacturers seemed to be able to do it more simply.
I know, sweeping generalizations, but that's how it seemed.
Can you imagine being a "body man" and having the job to change the rear quarter panel on that baby?
Ran when parked and the owner will restore it someday. No low-ballers the owner knows what it's worth. I would not want the car even if it was fully restored.
