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Title: Cross-reference help? Tailgate "BUICK" letter for 1965 A-bodies.
Post by: elagache on February 20, 2025, 06:41:53 PM

Dear mid-60s Buick experts who have cross-reference catalogs and aren't afraid to use them!

There is a seller on eBay with the "BUICK" tailgate lettering that is listed as fitting only on the 1964-65 Buick Sportwagon.  Here is the listing:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/235966515634 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/235966515634)

I double-checked my 1965 Buick body manual and while it is a bit ambiguous, it sure seems to me that the "BUICK" lettering is the same on the Deluxe Special and SportWagon models.

I have some comparison photos.  Here is Biquette's tailgate:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Biquette/Photos-of-Biquette/Biquette-photos-Autumn-Winter-2023-24/i-8shtBv7/0/NdF5MTZZ3rkXDrcFpWxND6zZ9WXrZLGR6M7wVjKBX/L/Biquette%20in%20front%20of%20OSH-L.jpg) (https://canebas.smugmug.com/Biquette/Photos-of-Biquette/Biquette-photos-Autumn-Winter-2023-24/i-8shtBv7/A)

Here is the tailgate of a SportWagon currently being advertised on "Bring a Trailer:"

(https://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/sportwagon.reartailgate.bumper.jpg)

Sure looks once more the same to me.

Can anyone with the appropriate documentation tell me if I could pick up this lettering as a spare?

Thanks in advance!   :hello2:

Edouard

Title: Re: Cross-reference help? Tailgate "BUICK" letter for 1965 A-bodies.
Post by: BuickGS65 on February 20, 2025, 07:01:05 PM

64-65 Wagon tailgate letters the same and the same as Special models (with the trunk lid "BUICK") EXCEPT the "I" is different - see attached photo.

Also please reference pages 91, 97 & 707 of the 830 pages here: https://65gs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1964-72-Buick-Master-Parts-Catalog.pdf


PS - I wonder if the clips are the same as the Corvair clips - I would need to research further - details here:

https://65gs.com/board/index.php/topic,2177.msg26282.html#msg26282

Title: Thank you Dan!! (Re: Tailgate "BUICK" letter for 1965 A-bodies.)
Post by: elagache on February 21, 2025, 04:29:36 PM

Thank you Dan for taking the time to research this question!!  :thumbsup:

Quote from: BuickGS65 on February 20, 2025, 07:01:05 PM

64-65 Wagon tailgate letters the same and the same as Special models (with the trunk lid "BUICK") EXCEPT the "I" is different - see attached photo.
. . . . .

Definitely good information!

(https://www.canebas.org/WeatherCat/Forum_support_documents/Custom_emoticons/wink_smile_triangle.gif)  . . . Of course you can see from this picture what are the essential distinguishing characteristics of a Deluxe Special wagon:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Biquette/Photos-of-Biquette/Biquette-photos-winter-and-spring-2025/i-FNfCW8v/0/KFr9gZJZrzfrGnbZ7X6zLfkS49KrdT49m9jKLXqCm/L/Biquette%27s%20tailgate-L.jpg) (https://canebas.smugmug.com/Biquette/Photos-of-Biquette/Biquette-photos-winter-and-spring-2025/i-FNfCW8v/A)

Don't all Deluxe Special wagons have a scuba diving flag as a hitch cover and a baguette in the cargo area? . . . . . . (https://www.canebas.org/WeatherCat/Forum_support_documents/Custom_emoticons/Laughing_LOL.gif)

Edouard  :laughing7: