Blank Canvas:

[SBRMD]

1967 Special Deluxe 4 Dr V6:  18,700 Actual Miles!  Just hauled home from South Dakota.

[TrunkMonkey]

Go get 'em, Rembrandt!!!   

[gs spoken here]

Steve, was looking at that car, could not get the owner to get good pictures of the rear of the car. Looks like it has been down a lot of gravel roads for a true 18K car. What are you going to do with it?

[GS66]

Congrats on the new acquisition!

[GranSportSedan]

good find, looks very solid.

[elagache]

Dear Steve, Michael, Bill, Jim, Bob, and mid-60s Buick "artists," . . . .

1967 Special Deluxe 4 Dr V6:  18,700 Actual Miles!  Just hauled home from South Dakota.

Congratulations! 

. . . . Only 18,700 on that V-6 - so obviously you'll have to keep it . . .    . . . . Or perhaps - NOT! . . . .

Cheers, Edouard 

[SBRMD]

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Steve, was looking at that car, could not get the owner to get good pictures of the rear of the car. Looks like it has been down a lot of gravel roads for a true 18K car. What are you going to do with it?
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Thanks everybody!

The paint is a little chippy/dead/oxidized, but I wouldn't say gravel road syndrome at all.  The 18 k absolutely seems real, especially from the upholstery/dash/window fuzzies/arm rests/engine paint points of view.  V6 runs great, surprisingly smooth and strong.  Might become a good-looking museum piece, because I've always had a thought to put a late-model series II or III SC3800 V6 into a vintage Buick, and this seems the perfect recipient.  And the '67 Buick color palette is full of beautiful colors that all work with that neutral interior.  But in the short term.....rear window channel rust, touchup/paint corrective detailing, brake system, radiator.  Then maybe a Buick show or two as a super low mileage original.  Then......

[mdkd]

Steve

Congratulations!

Looks like another great catch for your Buick stable.

Looking forward to getting a first hand look when you decide to bring it out.

It looks like the great bearded one may have been along for the tow.

Milton

[gs spoken here]

Steve, glad it was better than the pictures, good to see it went to a good home. Is the steering wheel as good as it looked in the picture, not cracked?

[SBRMD]

Steve, glad it was better than the pictures, good to see it went to a good home. Is the steering wheel as good as it looked in the picture, not cracked?

There are some cracks but not bad.  It looks quite nice.

[SBRMD]

Steve

Congratulations!

Looks like another great catch for your Buick stable.

Looking forward to getting a first hand look when you decide to bring it out.

It looks like the great bearded one may have been along for the tow.

Milton

Thanks Milton! 

Good eye; indeed the Great Bearded One enabled the epic South Dakota rescue of this fine specimen!

Just took it out for the first real drive, about 20 miles.  I'm frankly shocked, first by how crisp/tightness it feels, but even more by how smooth and powerful the V6 is.  Expected it to be quite sluggish, but while no drag racer, it's quite acceptable.  I had always thought the Buick V6 in the pre-balance shaft Era (before about 1976?), the so-called "odd-fire", was rough.  This one certainly belies that.

[Brian]

It is a very simple swap to put a 300 V8 in that car.  Can do it in an afternoon it is so easy.  Even the exhaust bolts up.  All you have to have is new radiator hoses, 300 fan shroud, 300 engine mounts (the rubber mount on the engine), 300 flex plate (balanced differently), longer heater hoses, and a different throttle rod that hooks to the carb.  Everything else is the same.  The wiring harness will even work. 

[elagache]

Dear Steve, Brian, and mid-60s Buick caregivers,

Just took it out for the first real drive, about 20 miles. 

Thanks for the picture!  It is a neat scene lit by the street-lights.  The building in the background also looks like it could date from before the 1960s.

I'm frankly shocked, first by how crisp/tightness it feels, but even more by how smooth and powerful the V6 is.  Expected it to be quite sluggish, but while no drag racer, it's quite acceptable.  I had always thought the Buick V6 in the pre-balance shaft Era (before about 1976?), the so-called "odd-fire", was rough.  This one certainly belies that.

That's very interesting!  Thanks for the unexpected observation since indeed the consensus is very negative on the Buick V-6.  Since obviously the engine is in the car, you can continue to drive it and come to appreciate that engine some more before deciding what you will do with your "blank canvas."

Cheers, Edouard