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1966 Buick Super Wildcat Gran Sport 2x4bbl on 2040-cars

Year:1966 Mileage:24513 Color: Black /
 Black
Location:

Sacramento, California, United States

Sacramento, California, United States
Transmission:Automatic
Body Type:U/K
Vehicle Title:Clear
Engine:7.0L 425Cu. In. V8 GAS Naturally Aspirated
Fuel Type:GAS
Year: 1966
Number of Cylinders: 8
Make: Buick
Model: Wildcat
Trim: Gran Sport
Options: Leather Seats
Drive Type: U/K
Power Options: Air Conditioning, Cruise Control, Power Windows, Power Seats
Sub Model: super wildcat GS
Exterior Color: Black
Mileage: 24,513
Interior Color: Black
Condition: Used: A vehicle is considered used if it has been registered and issued a title. Used vehicles have had at least one previous owner. The condition of the exterior, interior and engine can vary depending on the vehicle's history. See the seller's listing for full details and description of any imperfections. ... 

I have recently acquired a rare real deal 1966 Buick  "super" wildcat GS with the original manifold with a dual carb 
Less than 200 ordered this way
But I assume if you have read this much you know what it is.

Runs very very strong, every light and switch works outside the ac and radio.

Recently drove it for three hours in traffic and purred the whole time .

Tagged until next year, true driver ready to drive anywhere


In 1966 a one-year-only Wildcat "Gran Sport Performance Group" package could be ordered by selecting the "A8/Y48" option. Two engine choices were available. The single carb 425 CID/340 hp V8 was included in the base package price but a 360 hp (268 kW) dual-carb set-up was also available at extra cost. Initially, this 20 hp (15 kW) upgrade remained a dealer installed carb/intake modification bolted to stock MT-coded engines but eventually these "Super Wildcats" could also be obtained direct from the factory with MZ-coded engines. Rounding out both the base and Super GS packages were dual exhaust, heavy-duty suspension, posi-traction and updated rear quarter-panel "GS" badging in the new, initials-only format employed on all post-1965 Gran Sports. A total of 1244 Wildcat GS's were built by Buick during the model year. Of those 242 were convertibles and the rest were hardtops. A mere 22 (consisting of an unknown mix of both body styles) earned Super Wildcat decals.

The Riviera GS was equipped with the three-speed Super Turbine 400 automatic transmission, Buick's name for the Turbo Hydra-Matic 400, which came with a variable pitch torque converter for quicker launches. Recalibrated to allow shifts at higher rpm and featuring a reinforced valve body, the GS transmission wore a BS code on its identification tag. The variable-pitch stator, known by the name Switch-Pitch, was used by Cadillac and Oldsmobile as well between 1965 and 1967, and developed a following in the drag racing community. The Super Turbine 400 used in the 1964-1966 cars will bolt up only to nailheads, which used their own pattern. Adapters are available to mate a nailhead to a transmission with a Chevrolet bolt pattern. The easy way to identify a Switch-Pitch unit is by the horseshoe-shaped indentation in the pan, which is where the filter picks up the fluid.

Jim Bell, president of Kenne Bell of Rancho Cucamonga, California, and an expert in high-performance Buick V-8s, is a big fan of the Switch-Pitch torque converter. "It gives you all the advantages of a high-stall torque converter with none of the disadvantages," he said.

Like the regular Turbo Hydra-Matic 400, the Super Turbine 400 has a reputation for being bulletproof. Car and Driver, in a road test, referred to the Super Turbine as "without question, the best automatic transmission in the world."

For 1966, all Rivieras had Buick's 12-inch Al-Fin aluminum drum brakes all around, with power assist standard. These were more resistant to fade than cars with iron drums, although Britain'sAutocar magazine was able to render the car brakeless after three panic stops. In 1967, Buick offered front discs with Bendix four-piston calipers as a $79 option. Just 6 percent of Riviera buyers chose the new brakes.


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