This 1962 Buick LeSabre two-door hardtop is an estate car that had been sitting in the barn above in Florida since 1979. That’s a long time to be hidden away and it has created some work for the next owner as always. It can be found listed here on eBay in Brandon, Florida and the seller has a $10,995 buy-it-now price listed or you can make an offer. Thanks to Larry D. for sending in this tip!
Ok, that’s more like it! What a gorgeous car, yowsa. This one doesn’t have too many doors, unless you’d prefer a car with no doors and I shouldn’t even have said that, that’ll be the next trend. Hmmm… a LeSabre with no doors, I wonder… Enough of that. I was hoping to see a forgotten jewel that just needed some polishing here but there is rust on this car. This is one beautiful design though, in my opinion, and this white over gold is perfect for a Florida car.
The second-generation Buick LeSabre was made for model years 1961 through 1964 and they were quite a change from the previous batwing design. This car looks great from almost any angle but the left quarter panel has some damage as seen here. The seller says that this LeSabre is all original and is wearing Riviera wire wheel covers but the original LeSabre covers come with the car.
The interior is beautiful but you can see some of the Florida moisture has made its way inside here, which is unfortunate but probably unavoidable after so many decades in storage. I’d want to see the underside for sure just to make sure the floors and frame are in good shape, although the seller does mention that the underside is solid. The back seat looks like new. This car is priced at double Hagerty’s #4 fair condition value of $5,500 and this LeSabre isn’t there yet since it’s not running. Their #3 good condition value is $9,300. Will the seller get anything close to their $10,995 asking price?
This is Buick’s 401 cubic-inch V8 which had between 280 and 325 horsepower depending on which version this is. It also has factory air-conditioning which, of course, isn’t currently operational nor is the engine. They mention that it could be kept stock or could be modified with an LS (of course) engine, airbags, etc. FOR THE LOVE OF... I hope the next owner keeps it stock, how about you? What’s it worth in its present condition after having been stored for over four decades?
Make it roadworthy again,detail in and out and just enjoy her.Keep it stock.
Ditto…the dry ice detailing videos are very interesting.
I like the Sharp TV box. Box looks sealed. Wonder if there is a new 25 year old TV in it. I had a TV just like that. Really liked it. Easier to understand versus this new fangled stuff. Fun fact. The Sharp factory on the East Coast was the last American made TV. Bet this beauty came from there.
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I still have the 1979 Sony KV1734R Color Television my parents bought new in 1979 and even the auto screen brightness “Lumisponder” still works. So let’s not start mocking people who collect TVs. :) LOL
@ Howebrad460
Back then, you could get 25, 35, 40 years out of a TV set. Now, you’re lucky if you can get 10.
Although, my first LED flat-screen I bought in 2007 is still going strong.
Its a 26″ Samsung and I paid $800 for it at Walmart. Just bought a new OLED 65″ LG at Walmart for $600.
If I had gone with Vizio or HiSense I could got a 75″ for $500.
There’s a new spin off for you Scotty, television finds!
Ha! I think you and Rigor Mortis are onto something.
I recently sold a really nice Convertible like this. Guess I priced my car WAY too low.
That’s not an estate car….!
Wow, brings back memories. I was 10 when my dad bought a 62 LeSabre that had a dealer-installed dual quad setup. Needless to say it honked pretty well. I remember my dad replacing cloth sections of the seats with the same exact naugahyde, built the pleats, everything. Looked like it came from the factory. He also installed matching seatbelts from Sears, front and back. Low option car, radio, pretty cool automatic transmission (Dynaflow) no AC, all wrapped in a pale robin’s egg blue color. He used to scare the crap out of my mom with it! Great times!
My mom had a ’62 LeSabre convertible in kind of a mint green. At the same time I had a ’62 Electra 225 convertible in baby blue ( or Robin’s egg blue). Hers was pretty basic and mine , of course was fully loaded. Great cars with the nail head 401.
Yea Angel, that 401 would have plenty of scat. Nice car when done, this one presents nicely in the pic. Bringer back stock. Those nail heads ran so good!
I like the color combo. Good luck and happy motoring.
Cheers
GPC
A kid I knew in high school had a black sedan like this. It was in beautiful shape when he first got it, but he beat the ever living out of it and I always thought it was a huge sin he didn’t appreciate it more.
Hmm $10,900 for a car with non running engine unknown whether trans works and rust and needing body work for a $5,500 retail value car? Need to reexamine their thinking process. Either that or get it running smooth first.
First car I ever owned. Came with a “hydromatic” transmission my dad called it. Low was a true super low and that 401 would just smoke the tires. Great fun for a 16 year old kid. Previous owner had done an Earl Scheib olive green paint job started peeling off after less than a year. Also, bought the car for $550. By the time summer here in the desert rolled around, it would overheat in five miles. Traded it in for a used 1968 GTO. Great memories
The seller has lowered their asking price to $9,250.
Did they get running yet? $9250.00 is a small step in the right direction, but need to make sure it runs first.
You can buy one all dolled up and running for that price! And less!
I paid $1500 for my PERFECTLY RUNNING leSabre five years ago without a windshield.
He’ll be lucky to get 3. They are not popular and NOBODY makes any repop parts. Therefore he MIGHT make 5 or 6 grand parting it out
please keep it stock. These have always had a unique look.