The new-for’59 Buick styling needs no introduction, especially the angled fins at the rear, which probably explains the lead picture offering this 1959 Buick Invicta Estate Wagon. With an available power rear window, Buick’s Estate Wagons brought luxury to suburbs everywhere. If anyone’s hunting around for a New Year’s resolution, I highly suggest resolving to fit the entire vehicle in the frame when taking car pictures, ideally taking a full set that way before continuing with close-ups. This may require taking a step backwards, so be careful not to fall over a cliff or back into a Rottweiler’s personal space. This Lockport, Illinois classic shows rust everywhere, and the seller touts the car’s “great patina” here on Facebook Marketplace, describing the rust as minor. You can take over this project for $12,150, reduced from $13,500.
General Motors pulled out all the stops with their 1959 lineup, fully embracing space-age fins. Cadillac went tall with what might be the era’s most outrageous fins. Pontiac and Oldsmobile evoked starships, concluding their fins with rocket ports. Buick charted its own course with these sweeping curved lines and angular brow. If you’re looking for over-the-top Interstate cruisers, you can’t lose with the ’59 GMs. This one shows mostly usable chrome. Missing pieces may be difficult to find, and you’ll weep at the Keebler Elves’s bill to fabricate trim from scratch. Thanks to reader Zappenduster for spotting this metal mammoth.
This interior may have housed a family of Capybaras, but only the front seat is missing, according to the seller. Check out details and Buick’s slick marketing in the collection of ’59 Buick brochures at lov2xlr8.
Buick’s Equipose Chassis used coil spring up front and air bladders at the rear. Though not mentioned specifically in the listing, the glass looks good or at least intact and not milky all around. Expansive glass and thin pillars may not pass today’s safety standards, but the panoramic view will delight your 2.5 kids on that trip to Mt. Rushmore.
Twin chrome air brakes at the back corners channel air across the tailgate glass. Without those foils, this low-pressure area attracts dust. Even today, High School students honor this aerodynamic sacrifice by affixing plywood wings to their cars in an effort to reduce top speed, fuel mileage, and their ability to look knowledgeable or cool. I’ve never seen a ’59 Buick Estate in person, and I’d welcome the chance. Would you restore this one or build it as a modernized custom?
Seller should should be paying someone to take this thing away. Interesting car, what’s left of it.
I thought the same thing.
Ashes to ashtrays, rust you must..
Would’ve been turning heads 20 years ago but the only thing holding the paint together now is the tin worms.
What a shame.
Got an Invicta thing a going, I see. Proof these people are nuts. Invicta
means “undefeated” and this was the most expensive Buicks at almost $4grand. A mere Chevy wagon was about half this cost, so Buick buyers weren’t cheapskates. I still say the site needs a “you’ve got to be kidding” category. It would, for me, be the most popular one. So when does reality hit the fan for these people? Do they actually think someone would go for this? FOR THAT? The mysteries of the internet, I suppose. Doesn’t hurt to try.
Ask and you shall receive. How about the first “you’ve got to be kidding” on his big guy as the first one of the year.
Sure wish we had the “edit” feature back….
$12,150??? I guess he knows what he has! Maybe it’s supposed to read $121.50.
FAR too high an asking price for what’s represented here. $8K would be more realistic. Where on earth do you locate a replacement front seat? I’d make a trip to AZ. to that huge scrap yard they have outside Pheonix–if anyone has another `59 to rob a bench from, it’s there. Like the `51 Buick dog dishes too; always loved those vs. other makes of the day. Better get this one up on a lift to inspect floors. A cold beer says the driver’s floor nearly makes this a Flintstone-mobile! GLWTA!
Agreed. “Hidden Valley Auto Parts” (formerly Hector’s Hidden Auto Valley) is the place to go at 53501 West Jersey Drive, Maricopa, AZ 85139, phone 602-252-2122.
With 10 acres of mangled classic-cars and parts, the Hoctor family has amassed one of Pinal County’s largest auto salvage yards. About 6.5 miles west of town off Highway 238.
My folks had a 59 Invicta wagon it was black was a beautiful car really had red and black interior and had one had one trick if you open the glove box and drop it down there was an arm in there and you pulled it down and there was a transistor radio in there Buick transistor radio it was cool. It was a nice car. Ran good Road good even though I was a kid I understood that.
That transistor radio was only an option, and precious few people ordered them. I certainly wouldn’t count on this car still having one, even if the original owner had it. Nowadays, the brackets for the radios are currently rarer to find than the radio itself.
I really only looked at this ad to see if the asking price was loony tunes, it did not disappoint.
Give it a parts car price and bid it adieu.
I got a good chuckle about your comment about the “plywood wings”. Some of them seem bigger than the car. My wife calls them handles. “Look at the handle on that car.”
Regarding the Buick, there should be an Impossible category for restorations. This one would win the prize.
Drag it back into the woods from where you got it from, it’s too far gone for that kind of money
Some folks have yet to get the message that the insane spike of old car values is over. Love old wagons but let’s be realistic. Given the value a restored or pristine original of this make and model could bring, this one would need to start at about 3k to get all your money out in the end.
How much of this survives the first cleansing dip
Compared to the Olds wagon elsewhere here today…..
Then again, some folks would prefer this one because it’s not a standard transmission
Is there ANYTHING this car doesn’t need?
Follow this thing down the road and it’s like following an angry Stewie Griffin.