I have a 68 Buick Sportwagon that I have had a couple years and shipped in from Idaho. I bought the car from the original owners son and it spent its whole life in Washington and Idaho and they don't use salt out there. The car is ugly as the paint is baked off or faded terribly in most spots and has some surface rust on the top from the paint being so thin. The car is very solid and there is no rust or rot anywhere on the underside or lower portions of the car. I pulled the tank out of it and it looked like brand new literally inside and out. The car is complete inside and the seats and dash are in great shape. The third seat in the rear is in great shape as well. The door panels need redone and the rear cargo panels need redone and it needs carpeting. The seats are in great shape and the headliner is in great shape except the strip at the very front by the windshield. The car has 152k miles on it and last year I bought another Buick 350/350 combo for it with only 69k miles on the combo. I have the motor in the car but am waiting to get the power steering bracket and balancer pulley back from the old motor to finish bolting it all up. I put the Buick dog dish caps on the 14's but any Chevy rally wheel should bolt up as well and the caps should fit to put 15's on it I just never got a set. All the glass on the car is good and not cracked or broken. The Chrome on the car is in great shape for the most part as well. I have the original owners manual, warranty papers and protecto plate as well. I have many receipts for the car also. The Sportwagon was the same as the Olds Vista Cruiser in that they had the skylight windows around the rear roof area. They actually were 5" longer than the normal wagons and it was all in the rear doors as they were 5" longer than the standard doors. They only made a little over 6,000 of these in 68 and the same in 69 and Buick quit making them in 69 so they are getting harder to find. Before I changed out the motor I had it up to the Chicago area from my place (4 hour round trip) twice and it drove great. I am looking to get $3500. Sorry for the book just trying to explain everything on the vehicle correctly. My cell is 765-474-7755 or you can email me at nastynotch92@yahoo.com I will post the album here that has all the pics I have of it right now here and a few to give you an idea of the car. The 2nd page shows it when I got and the rear window was busted out (replaced now) and with the old crappy carpeting in the car. There is one pic of a white one with 18/20 combo to show what it could look like painted as well. http://photobucket.com/68sportwagon
Do you have any other pics like the inside? I cannot commit until I see about selling my truck but I am interested in seeing more pics john.kemper@sbcglobal.net
John I am planning on taking some more pics tomorrow. I will post them up and email you them as well. Thanks,
John sorry for the delay but I took about 70+ pics today and I added them to the album above. I tried to take a pic of everything but if there is something else you would like let me know. I do have the rear panels and the rear door panel in the garage. http://photobucket.com/68sportwagon
by chance, did this car have the side trim on it and you removed it ? I'm desperately seeking the right rear door trim for a 68 Sporty :beer ...Someone buy this and show it some Love !!
It came just as you see it....only prettier!! It did not have the trim on it. I have not seen many 68's with the trim. I wish someone would buy it and show it love, I just don't have time too right now.
do the roof windows leak? rust seems heavy around the window above the back seat or is it just the pic? is the wagon running and driveable now? any options? how about all the door seals and window seals? does the car need any frontend work? and what are you asking for it$
The windows do leak under a hard hard rain. The rust around the windows is not to bad. I had my body guy look at the car and he said it would be fine without replacing or cutting anything. My plan was to take the windows all out and repaint then reinstall the windows that way it was painted and protected all the way in the window tract and I needed to reseal the windows anyhow. It is not running at the current moment but I am working on getting the few missing bolts and getting everything bolted back up. The power steering pump, alternator, and radiator are all that is left besides the driveshaft. The door seals and window seals seem fine. The car drove fine and I didn't notice anything that was out of whack or needing replacement. I had planned on doing new springs shocks and some heavier duty frontend bushings just because of the age but it drove just fine. I have it priced at $3500.
No. I have not had the time to do much with it hence the for sale. I have been working on my Turbo car with my freetime this year. If I can get off work at normal time this week I may get it back together. The only things left are hooking up the power steering bracket, alternator bracket, radiator and hold down, exhaust to manifolds and change the oil. I am going to take the drive shaft this week and have it lengthened to fit and it is ready to roll.
Yes the wagon is still for sale. I am planning to schedule it in for paint in another month if it doesn't get sold by then. Let me know if you need anymore information. Thanks,
