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Ted, you owe me one...
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Should be the same as a Roadmaster. Ken at Wheatbelt has a green 58 RM 4 door with ratty interior, so I am pretty positive the door panels are still there. Left and right should be the same too.
If I think of any more laying around, I'll let you know.
Matt
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Original over restored any day.
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Mitch, man you are right on the money. Honestly (and I might be a little biased here) that is the ONLY problem with these cars. The nailheads in the 64s are in demand for the hot rod crowd (can't say I don't blame them, cool motors, but...) and good driving cars are being knocked in the head. The 64-up nailheads I feel are more popular also because they have the awesome ST400 and not the Dynaflow. There was a particular LOADED Granada Red numbers-matching 64 Wildcat 425 2x4 automatic coupe for sale here and on eBay about a month or so ago. I talked with the owner at length about it and hopefully convinced him to keep the car, because most of the people contacting him about it wanted just the running gear. It was super cool, had almost every option offered in 64, and was a running/driving car. As far as I know, he still has it.
Now, the ICC, they are the low man on the totem pole compared to the Cadillac, Pontiacs, and so on. The seats are bringing such silly dollars that, yes, they are being parted to put the seats in a Bonneville or Barritz, even though the ICC is 10X as hard to find. Sad. I am like you, though, and am happy in the fact that the 60 Buick is not as popular as the rest, it keeps the prices reasonable.
Matt
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BJM, any bodyman worth his weight in Bondo can fix that fender. I does not need a new one, there is a ton of metal in those and that is a very fixable dent. Heck, if you can get the car for 200, get it anyway regardless of what it's future is. That is a lot of car, in parts or a project, for 2 hundred bucks.
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I might have an answer for that one. Those dashes are in 3 sections: the gauge cluster, the radio and faceplate, and the glovebox and door. The left side of the glovebox door plastic section was notoriously weak at the upper hinge area (they opened up rather than down, like a garage door), and a 63-64 full size Buick is hard to find without the hinge mount being cracked or repaired. Most likely, the glovebox door broke off on the original, and they found a good one from a salvage and put it in. Relatively easy to install without having to disassemble the entire dash. The radio bezel also has the a/c vent, too, but the heater control panel above does not have the knob that the a/c cars have. Being a vehicle from DVAP, they may just have put the right dash piece and radio/bezel in it to make it complete to sell as a whole car, too.
Just a guess, but there would be no reason to have a vent there in a non-a/c car.
One other thing I noticed is it has an a/c alternator bracket (the two little raised tabs on the top are for the compressor), but the car is definately a non-a/c car, the firewall does not have an evap case or any of the plumbing. What is also strange is the PVC valve is on the driver's side valve cover, and the fuel filter fuel line runs through a cast hole in the water crossover/thermostat housing pipe. Also, that is not a correct carb for a 64 Wildcat. Definately does not look like the original 64 motor to me.
Matt
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I am interested. How soon do they need to be gone? I have a buddy heading this way and can swing by, but that will be in about two weeks.
Thank you,
Matt
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Roy, next time you are Wichita way, look me up. You can drive one all over town if you wish.
Kenmando, let us know what happens on the KC car!
Matt
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... and the boomerang style shifter only came in the long console Wildcats in 63 and 64. It mounts on a large cast iron bracket and sits almost a foot behind the spot where floor shift/consolette shifter goes through the floor. The boomerangs are very cool to shift, it is more of a up and down motion rather than a forward and back like most stick shifts.
Matt
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Ken, that car has been for sale for a long time. If you want the low down on it as far as details and how it drives, I would suggest contacting Mark Lob. He went to KC and drove it, and passed. It used to be a silver car, not red. Trunk material not original. Wrong year wheels.
If you can talk him down a bunch, it is a cool car and would be fun to own, but like I said, look it over well before purchase. If you have any specific questions about 64 Wildcats, I'd be happy to answer them if I can.
Have fun,
Matt
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As far as coupes, that's the rarest one at 86. Once you start adding in options like A/C and posi, the numbers go down from there. Buick made less of the single 4 425 cars than the 2x4 425 cars.
If the car has factory A/C with 425 single 4, the number drops to 12.
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Yes. What motor? 401, 425 single 4, 425 dual four? Coupe, 4 door sedan, 4 door hardtop, convertible?
Matt
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If you are looking for any used panels, try Ken Reeves at Wheatbelt Auto in Carrier, OK, 580-855-2449. He has a few nice Midwest sedanettes of various years, and may even have some 4 door sheetmetal and panels that will work for your sedanette.
Cool car, and good luck!
Matt
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Buick Bonery, if you read the rest of Mitch's comment, he said 'If he is still with us he may have a lead. Good Luck, Mitch'. I know sometimes our comments don't help, but Mitch suggested here that, well, Ken might have a lead on your parts.
Take it easy, he was trying to help.
Merry Christmas!
Matt
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Cool car. Sad it sat for so long.
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Ryan, I think that is the coolest thing I have heard in the last 20 years. How unreal was it talking to a guy that was on the sales floor at the same time your car was? History like that is priceless! Did you tell Brian (Centurion) about that conversation?
You seem to really appreciate the car for what it is and it's history, so those of us that are not players for it on this site will sure pass on the word and do what we can to help find an equally good new owner.
Enjoy!
Matt
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And thank god for people who through the years continued to love that 'old car' stored in those garages and barns.
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I have seen that car for sale for a while. Man, it is sad that it is your old car. Tough to see something so cool in such sad shape. Looks like he did the trade, then drove it into the yard, and that's it.
I also remember you had a 64 Wildcat convertible, too, and a complete set of NOS outside moldings. Do you still have the moldings? If so, I am in need of them in a bad way.
Matt
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4F150180 would be LeSabre (4) 1959 (F) 1 (Flint) 50180 (body production number). So, if it is a 59 LeSabre motor, that would make it a 364.
Hope that helps!
Matt
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OK, needle in a haystack time, all for a 64 Wildcat coupe. I am looking for 6 NOS fender ventiports, a right fender NOS lower side molding (ribbed, diecast, behind the wheel), a NOS left quarter front lower side molding (ribbed, diecast, in front of the wheel opening).
Other than these pieces, the entire outside trim on my triple black 2x4 4-speed coupe is NOS, so I need them BAD.
Also, if you have any other NOS side trim, especially the lower ribbed diecast stuff, I will buy it too. I have another 4-speed I am collecting parts for, and I will take what I can get.
If anyone can help out, please let me know!
Thank you,
Matt
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Yum, my favorite smell!
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Sweet, Ted, so damn sweet! Since you broke the poor thing so many times when you first got it, I'll go ahead and take that one off your hands. Cool? Was this a console/bucket seat car, or a bench? I can't remember. Either way, it is flipping cool!
They made Wildcats in 3-speeds? Who in their right mind would want a 3-on-the-tree Wildcat Custom coupe anyway???
Matt
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Other than the 2x4s, what makes that car so cool is that it is so loaded. I know the exterior is crusty, but man it has such a nice and useable original interior, black and white two tone too.
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Adam, sent you a PM.
Matt
What car brought you home from the hospital when you were born?
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68 Thunderbird Landau coupe, yellow with a black vinyl top. Lots of road trips in that car until the 76 Mark IV was bought in '77.