Rare 1960 Buick LeSabre Convertible For Sale WATCH VIDEO!
Location
St. Louis, MO 63110
Features
Make: Buick
Model: LeSabre
Year: 1960
314-974-2778
This is a beautiful car, better than a daily driver or “20-footer.” It has always been well-cared-for and I have used it as a weekly and sometimes more frequent, nearly daily driver. It has always run reliably and even won some car show plaques, though it is not really a concourse level show car.
Link to Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M75SeBzo4V4
The car has never had a top to bottom restoration, but has had paint, mechanical and interior work when needed. There are pits in some of the chrome. There has been rust repair in the lower body panels and they used fiberglass which appears to be a quality job that has not reappeared.
The engine is tight and runs perfectly, as does the transmission.
The speedometer ran about 10-20 miles an hour too fast with the original tall bias-belted tires that were on it when I bought it. Then the speedometer sped up to 20-30 miles per hour higher, as a result of the radial 70 series tires I put on with the mag wheels. So the miles on the odometer are also too high at 103,000. I estimate the true mileage under 90,000. I still have the original tires, wheels and hubcaps.
The convertible top is in excellent condition and has a white vinyl boot that snaps over when the top is down.
The clock and the gas gauge have never worked for me. The power top worked well until this last summer when the electric switch failed. I detached the hydraulic piston rods from the top, and have been raising and lowering the top easily by hand. The heater fan does not work. The heater core has been rebuilt, the gas tank cleaned and sealed, the transmission rear seals have been replaced. The pilot shaft on the drive shaft and its U-joint have been replaced.
The turn indicator actuator wire/rod inside the steering column has failed and that has also turned the brake lights off, but they will work when the blinker rod is replaced, I am currently trying to repair this.
I’ve replaced steering and suspension control arms and ball joints, rebuilt and replaced the water pump this fall. The engine doesn't vibrate rattle grind or smoke. It feels like it has all the power it was meant to have, and the mufflers make it sound like a muscle car, though the 2 bbl carb is way better for gas mileage, which I estimate at around 12-16 MPG.
*White exterior, red and white vinyl interior, black cloth top.
*364 cu. in. (6 litre) Wildcat V-8 with 2 bbl Stromberg carburetor
*Overhead valve Wildcat (nailhead) engine, 10.25:1 compression, 250 HP
*Dyna-flow Twin Turbine super smooth transmission with Torque Tube driveshaft
*Front suspension: upper and lower A-arms, coil springs
*Rear suspension: live axle, coil springs
*Brakes: front/rear aluminum drums
*Power Steering option, Mirro-Magic Instrument Panel, ignition switch under gas pedal.
*Custom Dual exhaust with Flowmaster mufflers
*American Racing Torque Thrust II magnesium wheels with good BF Goodrich TA Radial 225x70 - R15 tires.
*Delta Wing styling, last of the Detroit tail fins, headlights styled from the B-52 bomber jet engines.
*13,588 convertibles produced (Flint, Mich.) They didn't make many and there are very few left.
This is the only 1960 Buick convertible we know of in the St. Louis area, and I'm told they are rare everywhere.
Link to Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M75SeBzo4V4
The car has never had a top to bottom restoration, but has had paint, mechanical and interior work when needed. There are pits in some of the chrome. There has been rust repair in the lower body panels and they used fiberglass which appears to be a quality job that has not reappeared.
The engine is tight and runs perfectly, as does the transmission.
The speedometer ran about 10-20 miles an hour too fast with the original tall bias-belted tires that were on it when I bought it. Then the speedometer sped up to 20-30 miles per hour higher, as a result of the radial 70 series tires I put on with the mag wheels. So the miles on the odometer are also too high at 103,000. I estimate the true mileage under 90,000. I still have the original tires, wheels and hubcaps.
The convertible top is in excellent condition and has a white vinyl boot that snaps over when the top is down.
The clock and the gas gauge have never worked for me. The power top worked well until this last summer when the electric switch failed. I detached the hydraulic piston rods from the top, and have been raising and lowering the top easily by hand. The heater fan does not work. The heater core has been rebuilt, the gas tank cleaned and sealed, the transmission rear seals have been replaced. The pilot shaft on the drive shaft and its U-joint have been replaced.
The turn indicator actuator wire/rod inside the steering column has failed and that has also turned the brake lights off, but they will work when the blinker rod is replaced, I am currently trying to repair this.
I’ve replaced steering and suspension control arms and ball joints, rebuilt and replaced the water pump this fall. The engine doesn't vibrate rattle grind or smoke. It feels like it has all the power it was meant to have, and the mufflers make it sound like a muscle car, though the 2 bbl carb is way better for gas mileage, which I estimate at around 12-16 MPG.
*White exterior, red and white vinyl interior, black cloth top.
*364 cu. in. (6 litre) Wildcat V-8 with 2 bbl Stromberg carburetor
*Overhead valve Wildcat (nailhead) engine, 10.25:1 compression, 250 HP
*Dyna-flow Twin Turbine super smooth transmission with Torque Tube driveshaft
*Front suspension: upper and lower A-arms, coil springs
*Rear suspension: live axle, coil springs
*Brakes: front/rear aluminum drums
*Power Steering option, Mirro-Magic Instrument Panel, ignition switch under gas pedal.
*Custom Dual exhaust with Flowmaster mufflers
*American Racing Torque Thrust II magnesium wheels with good BF Goodrich TA Radial 225x70 - R15 tires.
*Delta Wing styling, last of the Detroit tail fins, headlights styled from the B-52 bomber jet engines.
*13,588 convertibles produced (Flint, Mich.) They didn't make many and there are very few left.
This is the only 1960 Buick convertible we know of in the St. Louis area, and I'm told they are rare everywhere.