There’s 2,000 automobiles on the 2024 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Public sale and it’s doubtless most of them have a narrative. This 1960 Buick definitely could have had a storied previous that we don’t learn about, and this week it will probably add one other entry to its diary.
Nineteen sixty Buicks are reasonably well-liked within the passion, primarily collected by Buick of us and scorching rodders, if I’m appropriate. After all, many favor the same 1959 model with its taller fins and canted headlamps, however the ’60 appears extra good-looking up entrance and has some good contours coming from the headlights in the direction of the entrance door.
The LeSabre was the bottom-of-the-line mannequin beginning in 1959, changing the Particular and turning into Buick’s bread-and-butter collection. Customary energy was a 364cid “Nailhead” V8 with 10.25:1 compression, which put out 250 horsepower with a two-barrel carburetor. A no-cost possibility was a low-compression (9.0:1) model with 235 horsepower. Add a four-barrel to the usual engine and also you’d have 300 horses. All had been normal with a three-speed handbook, with Turbine Drive computerized a well-liked possibility.
The four-door hardtops had been maybe essentially the most distinctive, what with their flattop roofline with rear overhang, however the four-door sedan appeared to fulfill the wants of most People because it was the top-selling Buick for 1960 with 54,033 items constructed.
In keeping with the write-up on this automobile, it was initially bought new in Texas and spent most of its life in a city referred to as Hereford. The outline doesn’t say which model of the “Wildcat 364” it has, nevertheless it does say this Buick is supplied with Turbine Drive, energy steering and brakes, Sonomatic AM radio, rear-window defroster, and electrical clock — simply the fundamentals.
This prime specimen of a finned car from Flint managed to attain a prime bid of $14,300 (together with charges) on the 2024 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Public sale. Will there we a greater purchase to be discovered this week at Westworld?