Matt Harwood Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 (edited) SOLD! Beautiful and expensive restoration about seven years ago. Restored to original color combination of code D Astro Blue with a code 671 blue bucket seat interior, and it's just gorgeous. Very well done paint and bodywork, excellent gaps, only a few signs of use and age. Most of the chrome and stainless trim was restored, but some parts like the emblems on the grille and tail panel are original and a little faded. Very authentic right down to a quartet of T3 bulbs up front. Factory buckets, console, power windows, tach, speed minder. Interior is all new, everything works except the clock, console is in nice shape. Fresh white power convertible top with glass window and matching blue boot. Correctly detailed trunk with tan mat and correct cardboard bulkheads. Full-sized spare with original jack assembly. 401 cubic inch Nailhead V8 is rebuilt and beautifully detailed. Very correct with proper turquoise engine enamel, factory air cleaner, and correct fasteners used throughout. Starts and runs superbly with only a little grumpiness for the first few seconds. TH400 automatic shifts crisply, HUGE torque available at any speed but comfortable at highway speeds. Chassis is restored (we'll have it on the lift tomorrow or Tuesday) but shows some signs of having been driven a bit, so not a trailer queen. Recent 225/70/15 radials on Buick Road Wheels look fantastic. Includes steel fender skirts, shop and body manuals, and a very valuable salesman's information binder with color chips and upholstery samples. It easily cost twice the $37,900 asking price to restore this car to this level, never mind buying the car. This is a REALLY nice car. Thanks for looking! Edited July 30, 2018 by Matt Harwood SOLD (see edit history) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_S_in_Penna Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Nice looking blue interior, something I haven't seen! At first glance, I thought it was the usual black, but the dark blue really goes well with the blue paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Pretty car -- if it were mine, I'd swap those hot-rod exhaust tips for a set of classy chrome turn-downs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 Here are some undercarriage photos. Drove the car to lunch today, rides and handles like new. Tight, smooth, quiet, no squeaks or rattles. Very impressive car! And a video: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Phillips Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 The similarity between the very first photo at the top of your post (camera down low, and tilted at an angle) and the 1965 Buick full-page ads in Life and Look magazines in 1965 (I have some in my collection) is uncanny!!! Does anybody else remember those ads? Nice presentation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 Thanks, Pete. My photographer calls that the "glamour shot" and includes one in every photo set. He takes a variety of shots from various angles because not every car looks good from certain angles, but out of the bunch there's usually one obvious winner. It has kind of become our signature shot that makes our cars stand out on the various advertising sites. This is the origin of the shot, a photo I took almost accidentally when we first opened our original showroom, mostly because I noticed the cool reflection in the fresh white floor: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jframe Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Are those tires the American Classic whitewalls in a 225/75-15? I am wanting a similar whitewall on my 65 Riviera. I LOVE that Wildcat, BTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnO Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 You can request your own whitewall width and Diamondback tires will make it for you. On my Wildcat, I have 1 1/8 whitewalls. Also, the whitewalls are really white compared to more off the shelve tires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 SOLD! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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