FORGOTTEN Buick Wildcat! Will It RUN and ROADTRIP After 21 Years? 

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At this point your better off slapping a 350 Chevy in it. how many years has it been now those heads have been at the machine shop? Your not getting those heads back Kevin.

JunkyardDigs...where is the red Mopar!!!!

Buick challenge??

@@DylanMcCoolVideo yes!!!!!!

Four doors and bench seats are the way to go

my first car was a 1967 chevy impala 4 doors I sold it pretty much gave it away, that was a regret I will always have, I only sold it cause it was 4 doors I wanted a 2 door not ever again will I do that. 4 Doors are awesome as well period.

I don't get it either. Most of the full size cars with sedan rooflines look better proportioned in the 4 door variety. Ever notice how most of the people who hate on 4 doors are just about as big as the car? something I've observed over the years.

I don't get it either. I have a 4 door 1963 Impala and get just as many looks and thumbs up as a 2 door I love it and the bench seat are way better imo

@@thekingmtmt3873 I've got two 64 galaxies. A 2 door 500xl and a 4 door 500 and honestly the 4 door gets more thumbs up than the 2 door does an its nowhere near as nice of a car either.

I believe the '66 had a 425 for an engine. My '67 had the 430/4 bbl.

401 'Nailhead'

I think Kevin is coming around!! There is no sound like those secondary’s opening!!

I'm wearing my Mrhevyshevy Q jet equipped t shirt as I watch this video . Lol

Can't stand them

😂l😂​@@Tj1983coggin

He might be coming around, I think he mentioned not minding them in his latest episode with Angus

Dixie is a beautiful black lab!

My friend in high school had a 1970 Catalina it was his grandfather's car and his grandfather owned the Pontiac dealership in our town it was the same place my father bought his first brand new car at in 1973 anyway we use to cruise all over in the big old Catalina

Those aluminum drums cost $100 per drum in 1976.

I had a 69 with the 430 and that luxobarge FLEW

My first car and daily driver is a 1967 Electra 225.

That's a Vista Cruiser wagon.😊

It's gonna diminish mine, but I'm watching anyway

Totally agree. Anyone who says Rochesters are junk, does not know how to tune a carb.

Made some Chevy guys unhappy too.

@todddenio3200 that it did! Buick sure held it's own back in the day.

And I feel like I see more Buicks still around more than other classics

As a Mopar guy who has a fully done '68 GTX Hemi, I agree with your statement.

they actually made a 4 door in every year wildcat and the centurions as well. The only year they made a gs wildcat was in 65 though and it was only a 2 door with the gs package. Alot of the wildcats have different front end and is slightly longer than its lesabre counter part. that stopped in 69.

They offered the 4 door Wildcat because there were plenty of people who had families who still wanted a car with good performance and a sportier look while still providing more luxury than what a regular 4 door LeSabre gave.

I'd like to see it dropped into an old clapped out '70 'Lark. Perfect backroad cruiser with the boys.

It was offered in a pillared version in 1964-69, not in 1962-63 or in 1970, usually with the cheaper interior trim (unless you bought it in Canada in 1964-66). My main reason not to want a 4 door sedan for me is because I want one with the Custom interior trim. Nicer interiors, front and rear armrests on Custom 4 doors hardtops and Canadian pillared sedans. I hate the plain bench seats with no center armrests. In 1970, the LeSabre Customer 455 replaced the base Wildcat series, kept the same model numbers and same features as the base 1969 Wildcats, and for the first time, the LeSabre could be ordered with chrome plated rims in 1970. BTW, the rims on this 1969 Wildcat aren’t original and not correct for that car. They are from 1971 or later.

@@PhilRacicot So those wheel are 5X5 pattern instead of 5X4 3/4?

@@cheaptricked They are but there were many variations of the 5x5" bolt pattern chrome wheels. The style used in 1969 had a larger opening at the center for the cone-shaped caps that Buick used in 1966-70. The wheel design changed a few times. 1964, one year only and available on the Wildcat only. The webs were painted a light charcoal color, 1965, one year only model, available on the Riviera and on the Wildcat from now on, the painted part was now a bit darker and a register ring was added at the back of the wheel. 1966-67 wheels were like the 1965 wheels but with the 2 1/8" opening for the new center caps, in mid 1967, the center part of the wheel had to be modified to accommodate the optional 4 piston calipers and those wheels were painted black in the center instead of charcoal. The 1968-70 models used the 1967 disc brake wheels on all cars and they became offered on the LeSabre and Estate Wagons too. In 1971, the offset was changed and the hole for the center cap went back to 2" and center caps went back to the 1965 style but with new emblematic s. Chrome wheels were also offered on the Electra 225 starting in the early seventies (not in 1970, not sure about the first year). The register ring was also removed and because these cars no longer used 4 piston calipers, the black webs went back to a smoother shape similar to the early model (but the design, while similar was completely redone because of the new offset. Using the later wheels on a 1960s car make them reduce the car's track by 1" in addition to rire rubbing and possible interference with brake fins on some models. By the mid seventies, there were wheelcovers that copied the style of those wheels, you have to look carefully to tell the difference between them and the chrome wheels. Later in the seventies, a 15X7" version was offered and they remained offered on the RWD Electra and Estate Wagon up to 1987. The LeSabre, starting in 1977 would alternatively use the 5x5" wheels or the 5x4 3/4" wheels from the intermediates. If the car had a Pontiac 301, the wheels were the intermediate wheels. The Turbo V6 and Buick 350 equipped LeSabre had the larger wheels.

Just FYI, the 2-speed transmission in those cars was not a Powerglide - it was Buick's Super Turbine 300, a completely different design from the Powerglide. The coolest thing about it was its variable pitch stator torque converter, providing two different stall speeds.

That's what I'm saying!

It’s not the locks, it’s the latches themselves.

@@DylanMcCoolVideo Gas axe and a 4 dollar bolt latch from the hardware! LOL

Destroy door cards first next time? Remove card sill caps? Hurt me to see that door 😢