No I am not having an estate sale but rather I BOUGHT an Estate...Wagon that is. Allow me to explain why I bought what I call my "40ft. of train". I have two very strong personality traits which have been with me for years. They've always bothered me to a degree but never enough for me to actually try & change them. First, I'm not a very patient person. If I don't see instant results from a diet I've only been on less than 2 weeks...I lose interest. If I can't open one of those infuriating plastic packages containing an electronic device i just bought, I lose it & immediately tear it to shreds in a somewhat childish tantrum often cutting myself on the jagged edge of the plastic! You get my drift. The other thing about me that I'm not to keen on is my lack of follow through on most anything that requires a greater level of effort or money than initially anticipated.
The ultimate goal here is to take my time, learn a few things, & actually finish something I set out to do. The wagon you see below is a 1970 Buick Estate Wagon 3-seat. Below are some specs about it, a brief model line history, & a bucket list consisting of some unique vehicles i'm looking to collect in the future. I will update this blog as I make progress so...WISH ME LUCK!...
VIN # 460460C113565
ENGINE: 370 hp 455 V8
TRANS: Turbo-Hydramatic
400 Automatic
COLOR: Bamboo Cream (code 50U)
INTERIOR: Burnished
Saddle Vinyl
MODEL HISTORY:
1970 was the first year Buick offered a full-size
wagon since 1964; prior to this you could only buy the Sport Wagon which was
smaller in size & built off the Skylark series. A total of 16,879 of the 9-passenger Estate Wagons were produced for 1970.
The Estate Wagon was essentially a wagon version of the LeSabre.
It shared the same basic "B" series body & trim + those trademark Buick ventiports on the front
fenders but was actually built on the Electra series "C" chassis. The bright rocker panel moldings, lower rear quarter panel moldings,
and 455 4-barrel V8 all came from the LeSabre Custom 455.
When the Electra & LeSabre series were redesigned
in 1971 the Estate was moved to that platform as well along with the newly
introduced Centurion which replaced the Wildcat series for that year.
The Estate Wagon lived on as one of America’s most
luxurious station wagons right up until model year 1996 when it was last sold
as the Roadmaster Estate Wagon.
1965 Rambler Marlin
1974 AMC Ambassador Brougham
1965 Imperial Crown Coupe
1972 Dodge Monaco Brougham Coupe
1975 Dodge Royal Monaco Brougham Wagon
1968 Chrysler Town & Country
1975 Chrysler New Yorker "St. Regis" Coupe
1960 Ford Thunderbird
1971 Ford Thunderbird Sportsroof Coupe
1970 Ford XL
1967 Mercury Marquis Coupe
1969 Mercury Marauder X-100
1967 Mercury Colony Park
1974 Mercury Marquis Colony Park
1976 Lincoln Continental Mark IV Designer Ed. (any)
1979 Lincoln Continental Collector Series
1965 Buick Riviera
1968 Buick Electra 225 Coupe
1970 Buick Estate Wagon
1972 Buick Riviera
1963 Cadillac Deville Park Avenue
1968 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado
1979 Cadillac Seville Elegante
1970 Oldsmobile Toronado Custom
1977 Oldsmobile Toronado XSR
1976 Pontiac Grand Safari
1973 Chevrolet Chevelle Laguna Estate Wagon
1976 Chevrolet Laguna Type S-3
