Found this bubble top Buick in a old closed private wrecking yard. Looked to be complete. The owner said he wanted to sell but didn't tell me how much? Now that it's rained heavy the car won't be leaving til Spring time. There are about a hundred cars to move to get to this car in the yard. He wants to clean out his yard this spring. I have a few cars I have bought from him that are near this car. Yard is located in Northern California . He doesn't answer phones or emails. If there's any interest I will relay messages when I drive out there. He will NOT sell any parts from it and will crush it before taking lowball offers.
Sad thing is, that one is so rough it barks. In all likelihood he's going to end up crushing it. There isn't enough parts support to fix all what could be wrong with that one. First off, there had to be something seriously wrong for it to end up there in the first place, and second, how many decades has that thing been sinking in the morass. There's probably no underbody left. That really is too bad, because the 61 model year is hot. If there was enough of the frame and floors left to be workable, that car could be turned into a nice resto-mod or a custom. But looking at it's current state, there's no way that it could be properly restored to showroom condition.
That car has been sitting there since 1989 that I know of. He is the kinda old timer that won't sell a trim off the fender because he won't be able to sell the fender then. He won't sell the fender because then he can't sell the front end. He won't sell the front end because he won't be able to sell the car. That's why it's still there. Here a few pics of a couple of other buicks there
It is located in California. Not exactly a salt state. Once one gets inland - Susanville for instance it should be a lot drier. Guess it's underside condition might be determined by how low it sits, how much water it took on from above, and how much rain they do get there. If right on the ocean - yes they should get a lot. If it rained in the last couple of days perhaps that will help put out the fires.
All this man had to do was park his car over plywood or rocks and he would have a totally different car. And some shelter, wow this car would have been so different
bubble top not worth much that bad of shape Maybe a impala guy would give a few hundred to cut off roof and make a fake conversion but that's about the only value
I would agree with that, a old timer that has has held on to a car to long and now it may too late for that car. He has probably had many offers on said car and turned them down for different reasons . The other half of reasons why cars bite the dust is nobody steps up when the time comes to save it. I only looked at this car for less than 10 mins. As I looked at several hundred vintage cars there that day. I like to collect (cars in barns) type pics. The good is that the body is arrow straight ,appeared to be original paint, no broken windows. All the trim and exterior parts seemed to be there. I did not lift the the hood. The bad appeared to be rust in the thin roof rear pillar. The rear bottom window may have had some issues? . And rust in the front of the hood. The interior.looked Kinda ruff. Overall it caught my eye as something worth saving! When I go back out out there I will get under the hood,trunk,and probe the the floorboards if any body interested? I'm not trying to flip this car for anybody ,just sounding a Paul revere that the crusher is coming.. A offer of something like only $200 gets it a front row seat for the crusher. Here is a Jurassic park pic of what best describes the yard.
