Leif in Calif Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 This would be great to chase parts! (more pics in ad...it's confusing!) https://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/cto/d/half-moon-bay-1955-packard-caribean/7709342690.html BUICK is a le sabre based wagon Flxette with raised roof by Flxible, used as a rescue unit by a Spokane area Civil Defense unit.few miles on a rebuilt 401" V8 convert back to wagon seating, or to hearse or ambulance accessories. needs interior redone and transmission seal $14,000 email: 1f1ceb956f793ca7bb26629e1b31fce3@sale.craigslist.org 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Hmmmm -- I think a 2-inch chop would work wonders on this... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-mman Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 This is a 1960 Flxible (spelled correctly) Flxette combination car. Built by the Flxible company on the Le Sabre standard wheelbase chassis. It IS NOT a converted station wagon. Flxible started with a stripped chassis and built their own complete body from the firewall back. The seller talks about "reinstalling the wagon seats". This is no more possible than making your Cadillac Fleetwood 75 limousine back into a Sedan de Ville. The high headroom made working space possible in the rear area. Total production for 1960 Flexettes was 110 units in hearse, ambulance and combination car styles. Flxible also offered a long wheelbase professional car. Total production for these was 86. Imagine operating a manufacturing company where your total production didnt even top 200 units! 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classiclines Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Changed the "sales pitch" - but - same car... lol... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusty Trucker Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 For sale for three years? Is it price or lack of demand -- or both? Note to Lief: CL ad on this post is for the '55 Packard you also posted, not the Buick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-mman Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 1 hour ago, Crusty Trucker said: Note to Lief: CL ad on this post is for the '55 Packard you also posted, not the Buick Multiple vehicles in one listing. Flip through the pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC-car-guy Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 A flxette just sold in BaT recently. A 63 in better shape. I prefer the 60 though. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1963-flxible-coachworks-buick-electra-225-hearse/?fbclid=IwAR3OkqqrN9dLgnj5lBrWKXHGVwjgBM5PYQs4ObE2_wd4KJEDd4XzoDcy7JE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif in Calif Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 11 hours ago, NC-car-guy said: A flxette just sold in BaT recently. A 63 in better shape. I prefer the 60 though. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1963-flxible-coachworks-buick-electra-225-hearse/?fbclid=IwAR3OkqqrN9dLgnj5lBrWKXHGVwjgBM5PYQs4ObE2_wd4KJEDd4XzoDcy7JE That's interesting! '59-'60 was the height of post war flamboyance! I used to live in a little mountain town (population 1500) and the local mortician rented out the back of his space to a mechanic who really did chase parts in the hearse. Being a small town, the mortuary wasn't that busy so the mortician also worked in the meat department at Safeway. You can't make this stuff up! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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