I wish I could say that I have never seen snow, and that’s what the seller of this wagon says in their ad. This one has been stored during the winter and never driven on salty roads. This beautiful 1990 Buick Estate Wagon can be found posted here on craigslist in Litchfield, Ohio, and the seller is asking $10,500. Here is the original listing, and thanks to T.J. for the tip!
This is one beautiful wagon. I do see some exterior issues, like the woodgrain is flaking off around the rear wheel wells on both sides, and something is happening on or under the trim in front of the rear wheel above. I don’t know if that’s rust, as the seller says this car has never been driven in the snow. That may just be a shadow of the right rear tire, now that I see a close-up view of that area.
GM downsized the Estate Wagon along with most of their lineup for the 1977 model year, and they made this version until the 1990 model year. I believe this is Mist Blue Metallic, but it’s hard to tell from this 1990 Buick color brochure, with three similar blue colors. I tweaked the contrast on the right side of the color chart a bit, to get this image, showing the shaded area for Mist Blue Metallic. Pages 38 through 40 of this brochure show the 1990 Estate Wagon.
Beautiful “rich woven velour upholstery” waits for the next owner, and it all looks nice inside. The seller says this car has been owned by the last owner for 28 years, has always been garaged, and never driven in the winter, as mentioned. They do say that there is a new headliner. The back seat looks as nice as expected, and there is even a vinyl third row seat that disappears into the cargo floor.
The engine is a V8, and that’s all we know from the listing. The standard engine for the 1990 Buick Estate Wagon was a 307-cu.in. OHV V8 with 140 horsepower and 255 lb-ft of torque when new, according to page 44 of the brochure. Backed by an automatic sending power to the rear wheels, the seller doesn’t say how it runs, but I’d have to guess that things work as great as they look. Have any of you owned an Estate Wagon of this era?
Owned 4 between 77 and 90. Great cars, underpowered, but did the job. They kept going even when tired, as this one is, and weren’t noted for rust problems. However the accessories wore out quickly, and it has a weird brake booster system and climate control panel, both of which were trouble.
That has to be coming up on 200k miles as the driver’s seat is either worn or filthy.
Rear air suspension sagged, so likely not working, power antenna the same, front and rear bumper fillers need help and fix the wood grain .
As it sits $4-5K would be all the money.