Update: Drain is not fixed. Fully charged battery, removed charger and let sit for 5 days. At the end using multi-meter voltage read 4.x volts – I assume it suggests the battery is toast? The battery charges OK and driving around keeps it charged. When I got the car, it fired up directly off the…

I started to go through the car to understand in finer detail how it is holding up. Interior In general the interior looks good. Dash seems largely original. It has been redone (See Other Research below). Dashboard – Overall looks pretty good. The dash pad was replaced according to previous info There is a strange…

Chassis VIN I started by decoding the chassis VIN by visiting this site: http://www.buickgod.com/article/3625.html My Chassis VIN: 494475h907554 49447 – Buick Riviera 2 dr. Hardtop Coupe 5 – 1965 h – Flint, MI 907554 – Production Number Then took a look at the body plate which is on the firewall driver side: https://rivowners.org/features/Ev_Stats/colortrim/options.html The body…

Bit of a false-start trying to get it here, but I ended up using my Hagerty classic insurance to arrange a flat-bed pickup since it was only 50 miles away.

Back in the late 90s I paid $900 for a 1969 Buick LeSabre. It was an awesome car – huge, seating for 6, power front-bench, A/C, power windows etc. It’s paint was shot, the drivers side window wouldn’t go up, I had to replace the front brakes and generally speaking it was in unknown condition.…