Plus Sized: 1970 Buick Estate Wagon
This next classic wagon might remind you of Buick’s “sporty” SportWagon from the 1960s, but the Estate Wagon was a gigantic thing built on the full-sized LeSabre chassis. Power comes from a 455 cubic inch (7.5 liter) V8 engine that can barely push around the 5000 lb beast. Find this 1970 Buick Estate Wagon offered for $14,000 in Van Nuys, CA via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!
From the seller:
1970 buick estate wagon
condition: good
cylinders: 8 cylinders
drive: rwd
fuel: gas
odometer: 99000
paint color: custom
size: full-size
title status: clean
transmission: automatic
type: wagon
1970 Buick Estate Wagon, only 99,000 miles, family owned, totally rust free, always garaged, meticulously maintained, gorgeous Cornet Gold paint, fantastic Dark interior, excellent chrome and trim, powerful 455 cu in 370 HP V8, TH400 automatic, factory A/C, posi-traction rear axle, power steering, power brakes, tilt steering wheel, AM/FM radio, cruise control, rear defogger, rim-blow horn, remote mirror, right side mirror, power rear window, roof rack, wind deflector, rear facing third row seat, rear door opens tailgate or barn door style, Buick Road wheels, original California Blue plates, seats fold down flat from front bench seat back, white wall radial tires, runs and drives great, rare full size wagon ready to cruise! 14,000 obo. Have current reg tags through Oct 2022. Call for more details
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ooh yeah,that golden era of separate, non retracting manually adjustable lap and shoulder belts. why leave them dangling when the rest of the shots are focused on glamour and clean presentation?
Many of the dangler’s had little clip and hook setup in the headliner that would keep the pesky seatbelt out of your sight lines when not in use.
Back in high school I had a ’73 Nova with belts like that. I had a cop who pulled me over one time pulling into work because he didn’t think I had my seatbelt on and I pointed out lap belts to him. I was so lucky to not die in a crash driving around in that thing with just lap belts. I don’t think the shoulder belts were ever used. They were tucked up in the roof holder like they’d never been unfolded.
1970 was the peak year for GM power. This wagon might not be fast, but 510 ft/lbs of torque will hustle it down the road okay.