Finally, after decades of calculations and countless theories offered by science and science fiction, this Buick establishes, without question, that time travel exists. No other rational explanation accounts for the condition of this 1967 Buick Special, described as original down to the tires mounted some 55 years ago. Covering a mere 12,750 miles since Lyndon Johnson was President, the Feeding Hills, Massachusetts sedan clearly benefited from indoor storage its entire life. Whiffs of smoke from the seller’s garage-sized space-folding time machine had apparently just evaporated before these oddly-composed pictures were snapped. Anyone wishing to own this brand new 1967 Buick can simply visit the listing here on Craigslist and pony up $17,900. Thanks to reader Dennis H. for spotting this remarkable ride.
Even 50+ years of occasional cleaning takes a toll on plastics and cloth upholstery, but no such wear sullies this cream puff. The all-blue Buick shows no signs of fiddling or touch-up. It merely looks like it was never driven. Being a 1967 model myself, I feel confident that nothing in my interior or exterior looks nearly this good.
Sadly, this time capsule should probably remain undriven. Never to be enjoyed as an automobile, it can be appreciated as an anomaly and a testament to its previous owner(s).
If any portion of the vehicle bears witness to the passage of time, it’s the engine compartment. A battery manufactured sometime this century either dispels the time-travel hypothesis, or stands as a clever substitute to throw the “men in black” off the scent. As one might expect, the Buick runs and drives “as new.” Why wouldn’t it?
To be fair, the seller only claims that 95% of the paint is original. Yowza. We’d love to hear the back-story of how a rather ordinary GM sedan comes to spend so much time off the road and emerges looking like this. Most experts would advise NOT driving on 55 year-old tires, but swapping them out for car show display only. Speaking of tires, push in a valve stem and at least some of the air that escapes could be from 1967. I bet it smells, well, like rubber, but with an extra hint of optimism lacking in today’s modern air. Would you dare to drive this sub-13,000 mile classic?
Duramax 6 speed manual swap and drive daily .. .
Must’ve kept it in the sock drawer .
Original tires? Bias ply tires back then hardly lasted that long. I am having a hard time swallowing that. Be careful grasshopper.
And if they indeed are the original tires I wouldn’t trust them any further than on and off a trailer.
Maybe . . .
They actually do last that long, just don’t drive on them. Pulled a 4 door 1969 Nova with 14k miles on it last year with the original tires still on it. We sold it through the probate court and the new owner still has the tires but not on the car anymore.
Normally, any tires that sit this long without use get flat spots. No flat-spots on these after 55 years?! Must’ve been put up on blocks off the floor. This beauty looks like the day it was brought home. And I couldn’t balk at the price! An affordable time capsule for sure!
Holly originality Bat Man!
When I saw the interior my jaw dropped! How new is that!? I mean, check out the original carpet, the seats, the dash, the pedals, the trunk, spare tire, and spare tire cap! I hate it, but I love it. No desire for the car, but strong desire for its originality.
I called. Seller has ALL documents. Has P/S but no P/B.
Every Saturday in summer you would see me driving this all over town. Old car for an old man. Just too steep $$ for me.
Beautiful car, especially in my favorite color! I would drive this as much as I could. I’m not keeping the mileage down for whoever gets it after I’m planted; that’s like saving your virgin girlfriend for the next guy. Every car deserves to be driven and enjoyed.
Enjoyed without the clear plastic seat covers.
In 1972 my 1965 Skylark didn’t look this good!
Very well written, Todd. Take heart, the stink of today’s lies will see the light of day, and return us to a time of decency and honesty.
This one takes me back to that wonderful time before the innernet[sic] ruined our world( btw, I realize the irony of bad mouthing the internet while using it), it was the winter of ’78, by cracky, sitting in a bar with a bunch of friends in Milwaukee, someone gets the half baked idea, “hey, this sucks, let’s go to Florida”,,,In our drunken stupor, we all agreed. Next day, we all quit our jobs, I had my MGB, and the other car was a Skylark just like this. Off we go. 6 of us, me and my friend in my MG, and 4 other guys in the Skylark. Straight through, no stopping. Things were okay until we just crossed the FL. line, I-10, oh, oh, bad noise coming from the right rear of the Buick,,,yep, it’s a wheel bearing going out. We went as far as we could, until the axle was almost falling out,,,what to do? We jacked up the car on the shoulder, the axle literally fell out, we threw it in my MG and off to the next town. Lakewood, I think, Sat. afternoon, we found an auto parts store, he had ONE bearing left, AND pressed it on for us. We went back to the highway, expecting the car to be gone, there it was, still on the shoulder like 2 hours later, the guys said not one cop bothered them. The rest of that trip was relatively hassle free, but just try that today. I have a picture of that scene somewhere.
Great and legit car. I was the last owner. Sold when I moved from NY to NC
Were the headlights replaced under your watch? Just wondering how such an original car could not still have the original T3 headlights.
This brings back all the feels for me. My dad had a 1966 Buick Special in the same color. Eventually traded it on a 1969 Buick LeSabre. I don’t have a lot of memories of the Special, but there is a picture we have of the family together and the Buick is in the picture, so I’ve carried that memory for a long time.
Wow!!! This is the nicest car I’ve seen in Barn Finds in a long while! This IS a barn find!!
I would daily this car for sure, (except on rainy days) just park it out away from everyone…
What the . . . ???
No air, no sale. Buick, Olds and Pontiac weren’t stingy on putting AC in their sedans in 1967. So this really should have had factory air. Same color as my mom’s 67 Special. Always liked the side trim and grille on the Special (same as the Gran Sport!). Probably a good price for what it is, but don’t drive too much and add to the low mileage on the odo. Save the tires for shows, add some meaty tires with Buick Rallye wheels and enjoy it!
It would depend a lot on WHERE you lived. This is a base model car on which PB were not ordered. A/C was probably no where on their minds. If it’s an original Northeast car, it’s easy to understand the lack of AC. If it was from the Pacific NW, it wouldn’t have had it either. In 1967 AC was not a universally ordered item unless you lived in hot and/or very humid areas. It was quite expensive as well. On a car like this which would’ve had a sticker of around $3000, the AC would’ve been a nearly $400 option–more than 10%.
It would be uncommon for a 1967 car to have AC.
True, it was not something you would see ordered very often back in the sixties. I own a Norcal ’65 Skylark Convertible that has factory air with PT. Ordered with PS, & PB as the only other options.
Every main car my family owned from 1967 onward had factory air. Our first was a Ford Galaxie sedan, which was traded on the aforementioned 1967 Buick Special with air. I don’t feel like we were well to do and the cars were purchased from dealers “up north” in the Washington DC area (Herby Ford and Temple Buick). My first air conditioned car was ANOTHER 1967 Buick sometime around 1979.
Only a all percentage of cars came with AC in 1967. AC cars from this period will bring a premium price when compared to their non AC counterparts, even more so on the muscle cars from this era.
I brought my 66 charger out of a 30 year slumber with over 30 year old RWOL Polyglass GT’s on it in 2015 and drove on them, albeit gingerly, and sparingly until summer of 2020 when I got BFG TA’s. The car spent most of those 30 years of storage up on the hoist, and the tires had less than 2000 miles total on them. They had no sidewall cracking at all. I also have an equally old set of 15″ eagle GT’s on chrome rim magnum 500’s on my 70 challenger convertible. Also stored indoors off the floor in remarkably good shape, very low miles. Wouldn’t drive either over 50 mph, but the point is, tires not exposed to the outdoors hold up remarkably well.
I too hung on to those 30 year old Polyglass GT’s, using one for the spare now.
Only thirty years old? That would be “modern” 1992 tires. Try some JC Penney tires from the late 70s I kept on my MG Midget project to roll it around the shop. Hard as a rock and sidewalls cracked like crazy. But, with tubes, they do the job as intended.
It would be gone to new owner if it was a two door
I have a 74 Cutlass Supreme coupe, 33,000 actual miles, unrusted, with original paint, vinyl top, and interior. Nice, but not nearly as pristine as this Buick! Regardless, I’m a firm believer in preserving nice original cars as much as possible, and it’s so much fun to drive them and relive the days when they ruled the roads. But though I’m confident in my own careful driving abilities, it’s the rest of the maniacs out there that scare the hell out of me, what with the people texting and chatting on cell phones while they’re driving, cutting people off when there’s a break in the traffic no thicker than a piece of paper – well, you get the idea. That’s what makes me less likely to drive a nice original car like my Olds as much as I’d like, let alone a pristine beauty like this Buick..
I have an 80 buick skylark with 25k unit, still on original tires. I so occasionally drive it, slowly. My 76 continental had the original Michelin tires on it. I put new tires on it so I can drive it highway speeds but kept the originals for posterity. I believe it is UV Ray’s and wide temperature swings that take their toll on rubber
I don’t know about you guys but, I gave my son-in-law my 99 F150 with new tires on it in back in 2012. He put 11k on those tires and when parked it the tires still had lots of tread on them. Last year he gave me the truck back. The tires looked pretty good, still had lots of tread. However, the rubber had gotten hard as a rock, it was like driving on metal wheels. Tap the brakes just a little bit too hard and it would sliiiiiide to a stop. There was very little sign of the rubber cracking or typical tire rot but they were definitely not safe to drive. I having a hard time understanding how 55 year old tires are still considered tires!
Tire manufacturers recommend replacing tires at 7 years old. Most reputable tire shops will refuse to mount any tire older than 10. There are no federal regulations about scrapping tires at a certain point, but there should be. 55-year-old tires should not be trusted to put into service. It makes me mad when some idiot takes a 15-year-old spare out from under a truck they are parting out and sell it on Facebook Marketplace as “new”. Dipsticks will get somebody killed.