Dear People at V8Buick.com, I am happy to join this community and looking foward to getting support here. I recently bought a 64 LeSabre Wagon. The last american owner of this car I "know" is a guy with the username "SwitchBladeCustoms". I anybody knows him, please tell him about this thread. I attached a picture of the car when i picked it up. Kind regards, MrRowley
"MrRowley": Please put your name in your signature, we are all here on a friendly first name base :TU: Nice wagon, is it a 3 (Production total of 4003) or 2 (Production total of 6517) seats version ? Post more photos of the LeSabre in the European Buicks thread :Comp: And.....did you know that there is a board like this, especially for station wagons ? Click banner :Comp:
Hey guys, I'm sorry, I didn't really find out how to create a sig. But I will. And yes, I will post some more Photos soon, to capture the progress of this project. And I'm sorry, but I will paint the car in a different colour soon. It needs some bodywork anyways, and I'm just not that into blue. Raoul
Raoul, read this: Did you buy that car in Wetzlar (Hessen), from a bloke named Peter ? Click thumbnails :Comp:
Welcome!! (Re: New with a 64 LeSabre Estate Wagon) Dear Raoul and V-8 Buick wagon lovers, Welcome!! Always nice to have another person taking care of a properly seasoned wagon!! :TU: Cheers, Edouard :beer
Hey guys, thank you for being so nice and all the advice. I think I got the signature right now, had some problems with my ston-age browser in the office. I do live pretty close to Bamberg, in Erlangen, but the pictures were taken in Wetzlar. And yes the last owner was a guy named Peter. The Wagon couldn't make him happy, since he doesn't know how to fix electrical issues, so I bought it and will take care of it now. First of all I removed the Wildcat "nose" from the grill. That would have looked good if it would have been a complete Wildcat grill, but I absolutely didn't like it this way, so it had to go. I'm trying to track down a grill emblem right now, I found one for just 400$ so I might gonna build a custom grill. Oh and if anybody has an instrument panel for sale, the one I have is broken, I would totally buy it.
Raoul, CTC Autoranch in Denton, TX has 3 model year 1964 LeSabre (sedans) parts cars in their lot. So maybe they can help you out with a dashboard :TU: (Be prepared to say goodbye to at least one arm and one leg.......) Click here :Comp:
Did you noticed Peter's Blog about the LeSabre ? It shows photos and text from July 2009, when he picked the wagon up in Bremerhaven. Shipping the wagon to Rotterdam would have been cheaper: Wetzlar - Bremerhaven = 444 KM Wetzlar - Roosendaal = 391 KM And the import tax (you have to pay that over the combined purchase costs + the shipping costs) is a lot less in the Netherlands. Tailgating....... <iframe width="960" height="720" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/t2ilzdKhqXg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Raoul, Here's something you have to check on the car, or maybe Peter already fixed it ? That flywheel really wobbles: <iframe width="960" height="720" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xPWatC-6Ll8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> This is what Peter had to pay to have the car imported:
Raoul For best results place your parts needs in the Parts Wanted section on tis Board. Use a title like, "64 LeSabre Dash Needed".
Hey Erik, I know how to google stuff, I just thought you might know the last american owner of the car located somewhere in NC, that's the reason I asked. I know the blog and all that, this is how I found the wagon. I was googling (is that correct?) for something completely different and came upon the shipping story of the wagon. Also Peter is a well-known person in the german vintage car scene, so his (former) blog was nothing new to me. I added him on Facebooke and talked about what I was originally looking for, street legalisation of an air suspension on a vintage licensed car (bureaucracy sucks in germany, you've no idea). Two weeks later I had a business meeting just 20 minutes from where he lives. I called him, met him, saw the wagon, bought it. I already mentioned that I got it cheap, I know what he paid, and I meant it. The flywheel is all new, but some "professional" in Hamburg f'd up the electric system so this has to be redone, but that's not a big deal since I'm an electrician. The only thing is the car was standing outside for 1.5 years so there's some rust that showed up. Doesn't matter, it's a hobby, right? So I can spend time and money on it without feeling bad.:bglasses: ---------- Post added at 07:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:31 AM ---------- Thank you Jim, I will do so and see what I can find. ---------- Post added at 07:36 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:33 AM ---------- About that Boattail, have you had a fire in there? Holy crap!
Welcome! A friend of mine in High School drove a '64 Estate Wagon. I have lots of memories of riding around in it back then. Wasn't as nice looking as yours though.
If you hang out here for very long, you will quickly realize that Erik knows about EVERY BUICK in Europe, and most of them in the US too! :laugh:
