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Aaca Senior First 1960 Buick Lesabre Convertible - Finest Available on 2040-cars

US $59,500.00
Year:1960 Mileage:63000
Location:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

1960 BUICK LESABRE CONVERTIBLE

AACA NATIONAL FIRST SENIOR – FINEST AVAILABLE


This 1960 Buick LeSabre convertible has been the subject of a no-expense-spared restoration to show standards. It is currently offered for sale by a long-time AACA member and collector of 20 prize-winning vehicles. 


Originally a well-maintained South Carolina vehicle, this Buick was rust free allowing all original panels to be restored to as new condition. All die-cast was removed and re-plated by Librandi’s Plating of Middletown, Pennsylvania. Concours level paint in Titian Red metallic. Interior, trunk, top and rear window are all new and faithful to the original pattern, material and construction. All interior metal—horn escutcheon, window and door handles, arm rests and A pillar trim—was removed and re-plated as new. The interior also has an NOS Buick accessory tissue dispenser with original box. 

Highly detailed engine bay and the attention to restoration detail is evident throughout with correct decals and instruction tags placed as per original. The jack and related jack hardware, and even the hood springs, have been meticulously restored to their proper finishes.

National First Place and AACA Senior Award 2013 Hershey Fall Meet. This car must be seen to be appreciated!

BUICK FOR 1960

The 1960 Buick launched a new decade in design innovation as Americans sought to identify success and prosperity with bold automotive statements cast in brilliant colors and remarkable shapes. Perhaps the finest example came from General Motors’ linear styling efforts using innovative driver controls and time-tested V8 power. Introduced in 1959 together with Buick's “Jet-Age” look, 1960 marked the second year of the “Four Fin” Buick characterized by deeply sculpted sides and B-52 inspired “Twin Jet-Pod nacelle headlamps” neatly tucked under the forward fin eye-brows.

Totally new for 1960, however, was the innovative “Jet Command Instrument Panel.” This ingenious design so impressed Harley Earl that he craved exposing it to other designers. Earl simply gave the Buick stylists a day off while marching the other design chiefs through the Buick studio! The highly innovative concept included “Mirro-Magic” technology that projected instrument readings to the driver through an actual mirror. The unique panel also included a gun-sight shift indicator finished off with “barber pole” aircraft inspired heater controls.

Under the hood is a 364 “Wildcat 385” “Nail head V8,” among the maker’s most dependable mills delivering smooth effortless power through the dependable Turbine Drive (Dynaflow) transmission.

Buick’s 1960 model year set lasting innovative design trends and remains today a technical and aesthetic feast for the eyes and senses.

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