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1962 Buick Lesabre!!! Wildcat 401 Nail Head!!! Survivor!!! Power Steering!!!! on 2040-cars

Year:1962 Mileage:120000
Location:

Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States

Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States

This is a beautiful example of a very well maintained survivor car.  The car has been garaged for almost its entire 51 years.  We found this car in the high deserts of Placitas, NM.  This car began its life as a special order for a police department in Arizona.  The police department ordered a Buick, a Chevy, and a Ford.  The purpose was to compare them, and decide which car to use for their fleet.  Thankfully, the Buick wasn't picked because of the gas mileage.  The police department auctioned the Buick off and a sweet lady bought it from them.  She had the car for 33 years, and took great care of it, but eventually she stopped driving it.  Her next door neighbor just received news that he had cancer.  His doctor wanted him to imagine his immune system cleansing away the cancer.  The doctor asked if he had anything that could use a good cleaning.  He remember this old Buick, that was parked under a tree at the time.  He went straight home, and bought the Buick for himself, and began cleaning.  He scrubbed and scrubbed, and imagined his immune system ridding the cancer from his body.  Eventually his cancer did go away, and we are blessed with a beautiful Buick LeSabre Survivor with an inspiring story.  

This classic has the original paint with plenty of fading and patina, but it looks great!  I tried to get all the dings in the photos.  The interior is all original with the exception of the cheesy tape player.  The dash was not altered at all for the stereo.  It would be easy to return to stock.  The dash pad has cracks, and there are a couple of cuts in the rear seat on the side.  It's not that noticeable, but I don't want you to have any surprises.  The glass is all good EXCEPT the 2 little front seat windows are chipped and cracked, but holding together and operating just fine (they still operate in and out, just cosmetic).  The 401 NailHead just had a fresh tune up with all new distributor, wires, plugs, air filter, belts, hoses.  There is a small oil leak that appears to be coming from the rear main seal.  This is a rope seal, so pretty easy to shove in there.  This bad boy runs and drives great!  You can definitely smoke the tires with this motor.  It came from the factory with 325HP/410ft/lb.  This is a very very comfortable ride.  You can easily cruise the town or just commute in this car.  It would make a fun road trip car.  A little paint and a rope seal, and this baby would be worth some big bucks.  I think it's perfect the way it is though.  

1962 Buick LeSabre
401 Nailhead (Wildcat 410) - (This was designated the Wildcat 410 because of the 410 ft.lb torque)
Excellent Tires and Original Wheels
Beautiful Original Interior (needs nothing to enjoy right now)
Heater Works Great.  Vents all work.
Speed Buzzer Works! (SOOOOOO COOL!!!  You set it on the speed you want it to buzz at, and it works!  I've got it on 100mph, and it works!  How cool is that?)
Fresh Tune Up (Smokes them tires!)
Laser Straight Body (Even the alignment is spot on!)
Easy Easy Driver!  Just put your arm around your woman and see what happens!



I can't stress enough how well this car runs!  This is a VERY LOW MILEAGE car for this age.  The heater works great!  The windows all roll up and down and out and in as designed.  The car is quiet at 70mph, and has lots of power left over.  Be careful in this car!  Very few vehicles will outrun you to about 50mph, then the newer sports cars get the weight and wind advantage.  I love spanking these kids in their rice burners with those gay wings.  Plus, I'm virtually guaranteed to get lucky with the wife when I fire up the old 6-2!  Try that in a Honda.  

This is a great family cruiser.  It's ready for your family to cruise in right now.  You don't need to do anything or buy anything to enjoy this car.  I drive it as often as possible. Our kids LOVE IT!  My daughter is not happy I'm selling it.  I love the waves, and the attention!  I love telling the story to young people that think it's cool.  It's just one of those rare, cool cars.  LOTS OF ATTENTION!!!  Everybody, I mean everybody wants to talk about this baby.  She just looks good.  She really does.  She loves to run too!  You won't be disappointed!

I'm listing this on that other popular and free listing.  I might end this auction early.  Truth is, I could drive down to the gas station and start filling it up, and have it sold by the time it was full.  I can't remember a time I wasn't asked if it was for sell.  I LOVE THIS CAR!  I WON'T GIVE IT AWAY!  If you have legit issues or questions, then just call me.  

I put all the pics it would allow, and I'm trying to get the video on it.  I can always email more pics or whatever.  I know y'all have lots of questions.  Happy Bidding!

Mark Johnson
505-259-1119

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Any time someone describes some portion of a car or a driving experience as being "nice," I want to either A) throttle them or B) run as fast and as far as I can from that vehicle. "Nice" is among the most insidious words in the English language - at best it's vague, and at worst, it conveys the exact opposite of its literal meaning. Yet it seems to be used with damnable frequency when it comes to verbally illustrating vehicles. "It looks really nice," or "These seats feel nice," or, heaven forefend, "It's got a nice ride," are all windy signifiers of absolutely nothing resembling a concrete opinion. "Nice" is the adjectival equivalent of meekly smiling and nodding your head.
Of course, I'm as guilty as the next person of having thrown English's least powerful descriptor around. There's even a chance that, rant aside, you'll catch me making nice in reviews to come. That's fine, but you should know that when you stumble upon such usage, past or future, that you've found a sentence in which I'm simply applying a bare minimum of effort to the task.