anyway a car that is rarely seen anymore in decent complete shape -
That temperature guage on the steering column threw me a bit - i was thinking it might be a gm accessory but looking at the pictures morely closely it looks aftermarket
It very well could have a 455. These engines are getting very hard to find now and are worth a good buck on their own. I saw a magazine years ago where a guy was running 11's in one of those. He actually got about 2" of air under the left front tire when he launched. Quite a sleeper!
It very well could have a 455. These engines are getting very hard to find now and are worth a good buck on their own. I saw a magazine years ago where a guy was running 11's in one of those. He actually got about 2" of air under the left front tire when he launched. Quite a sleeper!
That was a GREAT article, I had it too. I think he called it "Das Boat" or something? I recall it had the front bumper welded together, you could see the stitch in the closeup picture. What a sleeper it was...
Now I have to see if I can find that story!
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Looks like a good buy at $3K, especially if it's as solid as it looks. Should clean up pretty nicely.
There is nothing you can get today that's like these big old land yachts. They just float over the bumps but are really something to experience on the highway when you put the pedal to the mat.
midnight auto the best name ever tore a similar car apart for the 455 installed it in my old 64 skylark rag car was great and fun have a 425 under the bench for my 69 buick skylark big block buicks getting ultra rare neat thread!
If you click on that link it will take you to all the pages from that story. I have read that story over and over, looked at those pictures over and over!!!
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Looks like a good buy at $3K, especially if it's as solid as it looks. Should clean up pretty nicely.
I agree.
As 427Carl would say "It will haul a lot of potatoes".
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Prince Edward Island
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
I remember back in 1979 when I was a wild 14-15 teen. They were getting rid of big V8 cars like this caused by the higher price of gas, oil embargo. I had older friends with fresh licence old enough to drive, we'd pitch in the cash and buy a land yacht for $50 ! For example we bought an early 70s Buick LeSabre 455 ... We'd go as fast as we could on country road with them, car would shake from loose worn out front suspension, lucky I'm still alive because beer was often part of the joy ride ! We'd take these cars on dirt roads as well, destroy them, for example, put a big rock on the gas pedal till it blew the engine ... We did a lot of bad things I could have went to jail for, bad boys we were !