Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Junkyard Find: Donked-Out 1969 Buick LeSabre

One thing about the East Bay is that you see a lot of donks there. Last time I visited the area in which I had all my earliest formative automotive experiences, I spotted this '69 Buick sedan sporting 22″ wire wheels in a local yard.
This car has been picked over pretty well, but nobody seemed interested in a full set of 22s. Perhaps they were just too beat-up.
Some vestiges of this car's former luxurious glory were still visible. The vinyl-with-molded-in-stitching upholstery still had that Leather of the Future™ look, for example.
This "Sonomatic" AM radio probably cost the original purchaser the equivalent of 500 bucks in 2012 money. It was all worth it when this song came on.
The LeSabre's standard 350-cubic-inch Buick V8 made 230 horsepower and oil-tanker-grade torque.
By 1968, the freedom-crushing nanny-staters had finally mandated shoulder belts for automobile front seats in US-market vehicles. Buick softened the blow by adding this tasteful request above the steering column.
There's still a fair amount of useful stuff left on this car. Bumpers, taillights, instrument cluster, and so on. Let's hope some of these parts get rescued before The Crusher eats this car.

14 - 1969 Buick LeSabre Sedan Down On The Junkayrd - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 01 - 1969 Buick LeSabre Sedan Down On The Junkayrd - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 02 - 1969 Buick LeSabre Sedan Down On The Junkayrd - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 03 - 1969 Buick LeSabre Sedan Down On The Junkayrd - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 04 - 1969 Buick LeSabre Sedan Down On The Junkayrd - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 05 - 1969 Buick LeSabre Sedan Down On The Junkayrd - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 06 - 1969 Buick LeSabre Sedan Down On The Junkayrd - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 07 - 1969 Buick LeSabre Sedan Down On The Junkayrd - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 08 - 1969 Buick LeSabre Sedan Down On The Junkayrd - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 09 - 1969 Buick LeSabre Sedan Down On The Junkayrd - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 10 - 1969 Buick LeSabre Sedan Down On The Junkayrd - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 11 - 1969 Buick LeSabre Sedan Down On The Junkayrd - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 12 - 1969 Buick LeSabre Sedan Down On The Junkayrd - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 13 - 1969 Buick LeSabre Sedan Down On The Junkayrd - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin

from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com




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