So, new guy here. I'll have many questions coming so I'm learning new things about my Buicks. Here are a list of them: 1960 Buick Invicta 4 Door Hardtop Flat Top - Pearl Fawn - Runs/Drives 1960 Buick LeSabre Station Wagon - Not running....for many years, locked up, missing engine parts 1960 Buick Invicta 4 Door Hardtop Flat Top - White - engine spins, won't start 1960 Buick LeSabre 4 Door Post - White - engine spins but ignition switch jammed (said ran) 1960 Buick LeSabre 4 Door Post - Black (parts car) - no engine or interior Some are/were parts cars and some are impulse buys. Will likely get the ones working with engines that spin. I'll end up like Mitch one day I think! Ha!!
I agree with @Harpboys4 the wagon with a 455 and a 400 transmission could be a sweet ride. Btw I would restore the least rusty cars first...regardless of the motor.
I believe you can pull the body and swap the “X frame” out for a later model 455 Riviera and save a lot of headaches like that torque tube & transmission.
I LOVE your '60 Buick's!!! My grandmother had a '60 Electra 4dr flattop and I hold many fond memories of that car...white with green interior.
This explains the shortage of 1960 Buicks on the market. Seriously though, Welcome to the forum. You’ve certainly got some neat cars. Good luck with your project. Keep us posted as you progress. You might even consider doing a “build” thread once you begin. Mark
It’s all about that wagon, scarce without a doubt, only negative is it isn’t an Invicta. Hopefully one of the other LeSabres will run and be a good donor car.
I remember the first Buick I ever recall seeing (and remembering that it was a buick) It was a 1959 red invicta, and it was following behind my mother. I was about four and in the back seat of our car and standing looking out the back window and said: "There's a mad car behind us." Yes, I always wanted one of those "Angry" cars. 1959 was a very obvious "transition year" and the 1960 was as well, but not quite as drastic a "pivotal point"where the styling was such a drastic combination of the past 50s and the future of the 60s in a single package. Later the 67-68 was a "leap" between styles. (and in the 70s and beyond when cars sort of lost their uniqueness in styling, IMO) The 1959 Buicks were like "the missing link" in the auto evolutionists sort of way. Sure there are other manufacturers and other cars that this occurred, but they weren't Buicks, nor did they impress a four year old for life. Good luck with those 60s!
Yeah Michael, when I had first set eyes on a 1960 Buick, I bought it, years and years ago. I had to get rid of it and always wanted to get one again. So I did, and I got 5 of them last fall hahah. The design I liked because it looks good from every angle, has very nice smooth styling, and not so dramatic as the 59. The 59 was pretty wild and cool but, the 60 has always caught my eye.
