My first car was a 1980 Buick LeSabre. It was like driving a couch on wheels. My friends gave me a lot of crap for driving a "Grandma" car, but I loved it. After I passed it on to my brother, I began wondering if Buick made any muscle cars...and did they! Been hooked since. Chevys and Fords are a dime a dozen. Mopars are overpriced, overhyped, and overated. Buicks are special and something different. I like how most people don't know about them and overlook them. It's like being in on a secret almost nobody else knows.
I'll have to go back a ways for this explanation of why I love Buicks. My Dad had a 37 Chevy 2 door that he had milled the head on and it went OK for a 216. His best friend at the time had a 42 Roadmaster 4 door that would eat that poor old chevy alive after about 20 feet. Then my Dad bought what I thought was the most beautiful car in the world. A 46 Super Sedanette in 1947 it had a little over 2000 miles on it. I owned a ford and 2 chevys after I turned 16. In 1962 I bought a 46 Roadmaster that had a milled head and a cam ground for bottom end torque as if they didn't have enough stock. That Buick ran in the high 16s and I thought it was flying. Any way I still love Buicks and at 67 years of age I don't think its going to change. Take care..........Bob H. :beer
Love 'em all I always loved all of the '70-'72 A-Bodies GM made and honestly it has always been a toss up between the Chevelle and the Skylark. In the mid-80s I had an original LS6 SS454 w/an M22 and factory 4:10s. Had two build sheets and all. I also had no idea what it was worth. Put several motors and trannys in it and had a couple years of great fun before I sold it. Fast forward about 15 years and I got the hankering for another SS454 but couldn't afford one. I searched for a months for a Skylark and actually drove a two-owner California only car home for $800. No way I could pass it up. I've been slowly working on it since. Just got it to the body shop in mid-Jan. I still love all the A-Bodies but I really like how few know about the GS.
i perfer the term (lower middle class caulcasian refuse.) and your right they are good starter cars. :laugh:
Hi,i own my Buicks('69 Skylark Conv.&'69 GS Conv.)because my last name is Buick. I also like the lines on them,you don't see that many driving around,like you see hundreds of the Tri-5 Chebbys. I get lots of nice complements,from people.I like the torque and power of my GS GIDDY UP!!!!!! Brian
What a can of worms you just opened! Will you adopt me so I can be Roger Buick? If it wasn't a hassle I would change my name. Thank God you you aren't Brian Edsel, or Yugo, or on and on, you get the picture. How many times do you have to say, "No really it is".
Hi Roger,i've had to pull my drivers licence out a few times. Thanks,i think it's kind of cool having Buick as a last name. You if you want i can adopt you??? Brian
simple ....so I can pick up chicks.... ...then the wife found out ..so now she got me in the garage restoring it for the next 2 years ...penalty :spank:
I have done most of them in the past (Chevelles, Camaros, Rustangs (yes, a couple Fords)). They are all a dime a dozen. At a car cruze I hear: "What is a Suncoupe?" "I've never seen one of those before" Never the "What kind of/ year Chevelle is that?" though. ou:
There are some really cool stories on here. :TU: In 1969 my grandma bought a 1970 LeSabre off the showroom floor to replace the 1960 LeSabre my mom drove off a bridge. It wasn't a big bridge, but it twisted the frame and I guess my grandma decided she needed a new car. So in about 1986 or so my grandma stopped driving and gave the car to my mom. I was born in 82, so basically it's the only car I remember. I learned to drive on the car, then stole it from my mom when I was 17. So basically it's a family heirloom. Of course, the constant Buick presence (my mom also owned a 70 Skylark for ten years or so, before passing it to my cousin who recked it) got me hooked on Buicks and I don't mind a bit. I'm almost 24 now, and have two 70 LeSabres, one is the original grandma car, the other is a combination of two...semi-long story. :beer
Three times today! I already have had three People come up to me and say what a "COOL CAR,You don't see these to often! This is when they made cars! One Guy told me that he thought that the lines of the car were really beautiful, He told me that back when he was in his thirties that he wanted to buy a Wildcat 2 door but he had a Family of five and his wife thought that the car was too sporty looking for them to be driving around in,So he bought a 4 Door LeSabre. I told him that he still made a good choice! :TU: The funny thing is that my car is no where close to being done, it is a 30 footer but still I get the :TU: by people when I am driving around! Don
my papa had a 69 4 door lark hardtop a 73 225 a 70 lesabre 4 dr hardtop ....my dad a had a 61 invicta so i was partial i knew i wanted an a-body and i saw the black widow and was in love and found a 66 real cheap
Nothing on your chart fit! I grew up in Flint Michigan ,the home town of Buick, and bought my first one in 1948. It was a 1931 4 dr and I have had probably 70 since. At the present time I have all the ones in my signature, and hope to find a couple more in the future :beer :beer :beer
Well lets see . I have 3 old cars and the reason I have each of them is different. 1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst- Its such an oddball. Big hulking Chrysler, factory equipped with a spoiler , fiberglass hood w/ hoodpins, hurst paint treatment(White & Gold), 440 V8, floor console, fiberglass decklid. Leather interior, full power options, A/C , cruise, Luxury with performance...... not to steal from the GS guys but this one too qualifies for "Going fast with class". After I saw this car I just had to have it. 1972 Dodge Dart Swinger- This was my 1st car. I had one in high school that I never had the chance to finish. I wanted to put a 318 in it and paint some kind of stand out color. The torsion bar mounts broke before I could finish the car. And it was way too expensive to fix working at Arbys. The one I have now is a bright colored, built 318 car. It reminds of the good times. My wife doesnt understand it (I met her after high school) and she doesnt like the Dart much at all, but she knows Ill never get rid of it. 1977 Buick Electra Limited- Really didnt want it. Had 3 Buicks before it and I wasnt exactly impressed. But it is just so clean , and the guy I bought it off of had no idea what he had. He was just beating the car up , using it like a pickup truck not taking care of it etc. One day we were going to work and he spilled coffee on the rug , I flipped . Told him to pull the car over right away , got some rags , and some stuff he had in the trunk and cleaned up the coffee best I could. He told me "you care more about this car than I do , why dont you buy it off of me , Ill fix my old car up and start driving it again". Then he told me he only wanted $700.00 for the car. I bought it that afternoon and took it to get the rugs cleaned the next morning. Since that time Ive learned a lot about this car, including the fact that this car and I have a past , that occured long before the day I cleaned up the coffee along side a Pittsburgh highway. It has reversed the low opinion I held of Buicks that had been given to me by the three that had come before it. So much in fact that I am looking for another Buick to add to the stable in the next year or so. so what started out as a low buck rescue , has grown into a permanent home . Thats my reasons for old cars and these 3 in particular. Dan
It's the chrome I like the older car and truck because they have CHROME not like todays cars that are mono colored and plastic.
Old Buicks and Pontiacs I own a 72 skylark and a 77 grand Prix , I think the number one reason you should have put in your poll are the stories you hear from people who used to own a car like we all have and wished they still had them . Really I love hearing about the past history people have with these cars it really makes you feel how lucky we all are in still having time to enjoy all these cars . Dave from Flint Mi
was Chevy, fell into Buick Long story short. This old lady had my car sitting in her garage since 79', I new it was there, but never prodded (I was pretty young and already had a chevelle). She was down on her luck and needed her lawn mowed, (don't go there). I did, she tried to pay me, I said no, it was no big deal. She died a few years after that. After her house got cleanded out, and several of her family members fighting over the car, they found an envelope with my name on it (my grandma was her neighbor). Inside was the keys and the title. All I had to do is change the oil, plugs, and new battery and it fired right up after sitting for 17 yrs. It even had a bag of grocereys she left in the trunk that she must have forgot about so many years ago. Ever since then, BUICK>
I have a bit of fun locally when I need to fill the tank. Scope out where a new young employee is working. He's only been there a week, maybe a bit more. Pull in & say "Fill 'er up, hi-test". Close the window & carry on a conversation with a passenger. Young kid doesn't see the gas tank door on driver's side so he goes around to the pass. side. He thinks he's got another dummy who parked his car on the wrong side of the pumps. No door here either!!?? He paces around the back, left - right-left....determined he will find it without having to ask directions. It's a "Guy " thing with the directions. They all ask eventually & surprisingly show quite an interest in the old car.
LIke most of the old cars i have owned, I see a potential of revitalising the life of the old thing. Continuing the memories and legacy of the car. Even if i don't know all the stories of it. As for my 70 Electra Limited. One of my mothers customers told me about it. They had to sell it from an estate of a family member. She knew i loved old cars but wasn't to sure if I would want it. So we went to check it out. To make this short it looked very nice,No rust, The interior was just beautiful. The ole car hadn't been driven out of the garage in 18 years. I asked what she wanted for it and she said " To you Tim,Give me 300.00 and you can take it home" I about fell to the floor. I was like are you sure thats all you want for it. Needless to say I have had "LUCY" for 5 years now and she will always remain with me. Oh I am the 2nd owner and she now has 89,000 miles. I bought her with 67,000. Lucy no longer just 'sits' in a garage.
