1983 Buick Electra has sat on a farm for years! Will it Run & Drive 30 miles Home?

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

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  • @kevindoxey
    @kevindoxey Год назад +14

    What a beautiful find! Those Buicks ride and drive like a dream!

  • @animestarlord9021
    @animestarlord9021 Год назад +7

    Those were good cars. Easy to work on and so quiet.

  • @caddieman4ever
    @caddieman4ever Год назад +5

    Thank you for saving the classic Buick. My parents had a 1982 Buick Electra Limited when I was a kid, brings back memories. Thanks for putting a smile on my face. 😊

  • @dzdhandzcan816
    @dzdhandzcan816 25 дней назад +2

    💎 I have a 1983 Buick Electra Park Avenue sedan in KCMO 816 has 98,000 original miles has 4.1 liter 252 cubic inch V6. light blue paint with Navy blue full top & velour pillow seats VERY CLEAN 99% rust free!!!! She needs some TLC 💎

    • @kylescarfarm
      @kylescarfarm  25 дней назад +1

      Sounds like it's a beautiful car!

    • @dzdhandzcan816
      @dzdhandzcan816 24 дня назад +1

      @@kylescarfarm yes very beautiful just needs some minor work: new top, bumper fillers, paint, carburetor rebuilt, AC repaired, I’m very picky I like my vehicles PERFECT to the average person or eye 👁 they say man this thing is beautiful it doesn’t need paint or a top well to me it does 🤣🤷🏾‍♂️ those minor flaws BOTHER ME... I just replaced my EL LIGHT on the dashboard bezel that reads PARK AVENUE glows in the dark at night $15 part & 2 hours of my time easy fix

  • @TVHouseHistorian
    @TVHouseHistorian Год назад +2

    Absolutely beautiful find. I love this vintage of Park Avenue.

  • @curtmac2005
    @curtmac2005 Год назад +2

    Omg the seats in those cars are amazing! My granny had an 83 Park Avenue that looked identical to this one. I loved to ride in the back seat of that car when I was little.

  • @joekaplowitz2719
    @joekaplowitz2719 Год назад +8

    My good neighbor drove one exactly like this for a while. Rode like a cloud or like driving your easy chair down the road.

  • @The_R-n-I_Guy
    @The_R-n-I_Guy Год назад +6

    I miss my Electra. Awesome car

  • @tommytrain9061
    @tommytrain9061 Год назад +5

    This is a dream car of mine, but so hard to find one I can afford or that's even able to be road worthy again.

  • @sweets6865
    @sweets6865 Год назад +4

    Beautiful car cleaned up really nice.

  • @mikeengland8539
    @mikeengland8539 Год назад +8

    Nice cruiser. Nice find, Kyle.

  • @tyronebateslibra9435
    @tyronebateslibra9435 Год назад +3

    It's so peaceful when there isn't alot of car's on the road.

  • @1AZJC
    @1AZJC Год назад +2

    What an awesome find!
    I just came across your channel Kyle.
    Love seeing all these old cars.
    Keep up the great work!!!

  • @craigvosatka236
    @craigvosatka236 Год назад +2

    Beautiful car!!

  • @ebahraimabdulrahman4475
    @ebahraimabdulrahman4475 Год назад +1

    Very quite car and smooth riding

  • @chev500l8
    @chev500l8 Год назад +5

    That’s a rarity to find a 231-v6 in that big a car, might of had 115 h.p. when new, looks solid and rust free that’s what counts.

    • @rjl9707
      @rjl9707 Год назад +1

      But plenty of low-end torque to get that Buick running

    • @bobbyheffley4955
      @bobbyheffley4955 9 месяцев назад

      Buyers were more likely to choose a 252 V6 or 307 V8.

  • @jamesferguson6831
    @jamesferguson6831 Год назад +3

    I had this same year and color car it was a great car so comfortable to drive I sold it back in 1996 😊

  • @ebahraimabdulrahman4475
    @ebahraimabdulrahman4475 Год назад +2

    What a nice car ever

  • @ramoncarter6585
    @ramoncarter6585 Год назад +3

    My great aunt had 1984 brown on brown loved that car everybody did too she got so many compliments I called it the Traditional car because it was like a family house where everyone grew up in but it was a vehicle people drove and rode in just something about that car. To this day still miss that car she owned nothing but Buicks that was my favorite one.

  • @garyruark9506
    @garyruark9506 Год назад +12

    It's a Buick V6. I think they used 4.1 liter not the 3.8. It's an Electra not a Park Avenue. The 307 V8 may have been an option. It was standard in Park Avenue. The 4.1 liter was not a great engine. It blew head gaskets and was no more fuel efficent than 307. A nice find though!

    • @kylescarfarm
      @kylescarfarm  Год назад +2

      It's an Electra Limited, a Park Avenue was just a high trim level of the Electra during the 80s. The Park Avenue didn't become it's own model until 1991. Has a Buick V6. It actually has more power than I thought it would. I've never heard of these having headgasket issues but other issues yes were common such as failing oil pumps.

    • @jimv3806
      @jimv3806 Год назад

      You're right , the 4.1 was a notorious head gasket blower, and never ran as well in general as the 3.8, as I recall.

    • @cellpat2686
      @cellpat2686 Год назад +2

      My late brother had a silver Park Avenue 2 door. It came with the 307 and that car moved quickly. He loved it.

    • @AlexanderWaylon
      @AlexanderWaylon Год назад +1

      The 4.1 is sought after for heads for built Turbo 3.8s. I have an 83 Limited two door similar situation one owner deceased but mine has V8 and couple other options this one didn’t get.

    • @derrickjackson6737
      @derrickjackson6737 Год назад +1

      4.1 V6 252 Buick 4 barrel carburetor

  • @RFToob
    @RFToob Год назад +8

    Nice work, my grandfather owned one. Older Buicks have great engine designs and very dependable. And I can’t help but notice what a beautiful and pastoral farm. Where is this filmed?

  • @allenleavell2847
    @allenleavell2847 Год назад +3

    This is seriously the first time I've ever seen one of these cars with a V6...and I've seen a ton of these cars in my lifetime

    • @rjl9707
      @rjl9707 Год назад

      307 seems the default engine...

  • @jedk9523
    @jedk9523 Год назад +1

    i had one of these in highschool, it had the good ole 5.7 oldsmobile diesel.

  • @davidlilly2383
    @davidlilly2383 Год назад +1

    Good luck and find.

  • @RetroTechChris
    @RetroTechChris Год назад +1

    To think this beautiful car was about the same price as the Cadillac Cimmaron! Such a great car. We had a 1983 Olds Ninety-Eight growing up.

  • @rolandcarrion8718
    @rolandcarrion8718 10 месяцев назад +1

    I use to have a 1982 Electra best car i ever owned.

  • @bryang9290
    @bryang9290 Год назад +1

    I owned almost all th big 80s cars, Fleetwood, Lincoln, Caprice, Oldsmobile88 and that Buic in that color. Mine had brown "leather' or whatever it was seats and It is the car I remember most. It was more comfortable than the Cadillac. It was the king couch car of all the couch cars i owned.

  • @cesarruiz2024
    @cesarruiz2024 Год назад +1

    Beautiful car

  • @michaellovely6601
    @michaellovely6601 Год назад +1

    From what I can tell the only thing you need to do in terms of exterior cosmetics is turn the Buick stand-up hood ornament to where the shields are in the correct order of ascension and in regards to the interior all that's needed to be done is fix the sagging headliner. Otherwise this Buick is fabulous!

  • @heyrod59
    @heyrod59 Год назад +2

    Something sitting around this long you need to drop/flush the fuel tank and change the fuel filters. And an oil change is also in order as the oil in the engine has absorbed moisture from sitting without being run.

    • @kylescarfarm
      @kylescarfarm  Год назад +1

      If the fuel was bad I would but I drove the car over 200 miles using the fuel that was in the tank because it was still good, fortunately it was not ethanol fuel. Turns out the car had only sat about 5 years but they originally told me 15. I changed the oil the day I bought the car but didn't video that.

    • @Cherokeelion
      @Cherokeelion Год назад

      I bought a 79 Electra for $600 bucks in 1995 and it was the best 600 I think Ive ever spent. I miss that car, big ol V8 lazy boy cruisin serenely and quietly down the road.

  • @stevevlossak2443
    @stevevlossak2443 Год назад +1

    Sweet car I want it to go with my 90 caddy brougham n 90 olds custom cruiser

  • @SimeonToko
    @SimeonToko Год назад +1

    The amount of headline sag is in direct relationship to how well a GM drives. More sag, better it runs.

  • @stevevlossak2443
    @stevevlossak2443 Год назад +2

    Rare to see these with the v6 most had 307

  • @michaelcoffey7362
    @michaelcoffey7362 Год назад +3

    Nice 😀

  • @chriss9936
    @chriss9936 Год назад +2

    what is your plans for this car?

  • @michelsaarloos4392
    @michelsaarloos4392 Год назад +1

    A real car. Save her

  • @Damone7653
    @Damone7653 Год назад +1

    A little grease on the speedometer cable will eliminate that shaking needle.

    • @kylescarfarm
      @kylescarfarm  Год назад

      Lubing the cables is a good idea but I think this one is going to need the actual speedometer oiled. Did this to my G-pa's 77 C10 20 years ago & it's still working like new!

  • @moosehand8721
    @moosehand8721 9 месяцев назад +1

    It should be super low miles. Parked 37 years ago and its an 83...seen like 3 maybe 4 years of light driving then sat around all those years.

    • @kylescarfarm
      @kylescarfarm  8 месяцев назад +1

      Had only been parked maybe 7 -8 years. The family told me 15 initially but I found evidence it had been driven later than that.

  • @dleblanc3592
    @dleblanc3592 Год назад +1

    As long as you store it in the garage properly it’ll fire up after 100 years. Also, if the mice don’t you up all the wires, it’ll fire up.

  • @matrltgt
    @matrltgt Год назад +2

    You taking it to the buick car meets??

  • @mwkjeldsen
    @mwkjeldsen Год назад +3

    Fedt at se der er så meget dansk i byen. Var lige inde og kigge lidt nærmere på byen på Google Maps, og kunne se hvor mange flag, danske efternavne og kultur der dyrkes i byen. Man får helt lyst til at komme forbi!

    • @kylescarfarm
      @kylescarfarm  Год назад +2

      Lots of Danish people in this area! My Great Grandfather was a Danish immigrant who settled in Elk Horn

    • @mwkjeldsen
      @mwkjeldsen Год назад +2

      @@kylescarfarm Some of my ancesters emmigrated too. Don't know if they settled in Elk Horn though.

  • @michealmccune7809
    @michealmccune7809 Год назад +2

    Nice car love these to bad it’s a crappy V6 I’d stick a Chevy or olds V8 350 in it and call it good much more reliable

    • @michealmccune7809
      @michealmccune7809 Год назад +1

      Or find a Buick motor to put In it

    • @willthetrill4849
      @willthetrill4849 Год назад

      I was thinking the same thing. I’d have fun revving the shit out of that snail of a V6 until it blows before pulling it

  • @bobbyheffley4955
    @bobbyheffley4955 9 месяцев назад

    Does this have a Turbo-Hydramatic 200C or 200-4R?

  • @michaelchan8915
    @michaelchan8915 Год назад +1

    A nice barn find. I am perplexed at a couple of things though. Why a top end division of GM (short of Cadillac of course) would have its top end full sized sedan powered by a V6? I thought both the Oldsmobile and Buick full sized sedans of this era were powered by the Oldsmobile 307 V8 ( or optional junk 5.7L Oldsmobile diesel). Lastly, I noticed this engine has a belt driven vacuum pump adjacent to the air injection pump. I thought only diesel engines used vacuum pumps.

    • @kylescarfarm
      @kylescarfarm  Год назад

      When I first saw this car I was surprised to see a V6 too! Automakers did a lot of weird things in the early 80s because fuel prices were high. I own a 5.7 Oldsmobile Diesel too and by 1983 they weren't so bad because most of the issues had been resolved. The 307 was definitely still the best choice.

    • @michaelchan8915
      @michaelchan8915 Год назад +1

      @@kylescarfarm it's sad that GM had to go the route of downsizing their entire lineup of full sized sedans the way they did, with the release of the C-bodies in 1985 (Ninety-eight, Park Avenue, Sedan De Ville) and then the H-bodies (Delta 88, Le Sabre, Bonneville) in 1986 and then the Toronado, Riviera and Eldorado as well in the year. Those really were the staple of premium luxury sedans that just couldn't be matched by the Japanese or Europeans. If they didn't have the HT4100 and disastrous V8-6-4 engine powering the Cadillacs of that era, that division would have been highly successful. The best engines in my opinion, were the 305, 307 and 350 Chevy. Those were the engines that should have been powering the previously mentioned lineup to make an almost perfect car. Oh, and I am a die hard blue oval guy too, but I'm also a die hard V8 rear wheel drive kind of guy as well.

    • @johndanderson5268
      @johndanderson5268 Год назад +1

      I bought an 81 Sedan DeVille with a V6. Horribly underpowered for that big a boat. However, in 81 the choices for the full sized Cadillacs were V6, Diesel, or the 8-6-4. I thought the V6 was the safest choice. Oops.

    • @milfordcivic6755
      @milfordcivic6755 Год назад

      CAFE fuel standards. The big 3 had zero money in the 1980's and the only way they could meet mileage standards is to make small cars or put small engines in big cars. We all see how well that plan panned out for all 3. Now all they make are gas guzzling behemoths.

    • @bobbyheffley4955
      @bobbyheffley4955 9 месяцев назад

      ​@johndanderson5268 you would have been better off getting a Lincoln with a 302 V8

  • @cellpat2686
    @cellpat2686 Год назад +1

    Amazing how that big paperweight was propelled by a tiny V6. Some back then where truly desperate for gas economy. Today we pay 4 or 5 times more for gas.

    • @kylescarfarm
      @kylescarfarm  Год назад +1

      The window sticker stated average price of $1.65 Gallon, I suppose that was expensive at the time.

    • @cellpat2686
      @cellpat2686 Год назад +1

      @@kylescarfarm absolutely. Go back to 1980 and it was like .98 or 1.05. I remember that, I was already around back then.

  • @bradrichards6107
    @bradrichards6107 8 месяцев назад +1

    That’s a nice Buick, Kyle. Do you still have it?

    • @kylescarfarm
      @kylescarfarm  8 месяцев назад

      Sold to a Friend

    • @MichaelLovely-mr6oh
      @MichaelLovely-mr6oh 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@kylescarfarmOh darn! Well I hope your friend takes great care of this Buick. All that it needed in terms of exterior cosmetic changes was to turn the Buick standup hood ornament to where the shields were ascending in the correct order. With regards to interior updates all that needed to be done was fix that sagging headliner.

  • @soilee7
    @soilee7 Год назад +1

    ليش كثير من عوائل امريكا تخزن السيارات لمدة طويلة بدون استخدام ؟!

    • @kylescarfarm
      @kylescarfarm  Год назад

      Sometimes elderly people just park their cars in hopes they can one day drive them again

  • @stevenallen6245
    @stevenallen6245 Год назад +1

    Small engine in a big car😳😳??

  • @johnmaki3046
    @johnmaki3046 Год назад +2

    I am NOT a G.M. fan! However, the pre-1990 Buicks WERE GREAT RIDES!

  • @kingnillvwell381
    @kingnillvwell381 Год назад +1

    That’s i catch, is the Engine V8 or less - it seem less than 5.0/ olds 307 , but this is not for sure .

    • @kylescarfarm
      @kylescarfarm  Год назад +1

      Buick 4.1L V6

    • @kingnillvwell381
      @kingnillvwell381 Год назад +1

      @@kylescarfarm Sorry i didn’t realize it in 4:36 was mentioned, wonderful , in that condition you made the right choice , it looks that she is low miles two , I hope it ll stay as original , good luck.
      The 5.7 is the best , if not bigger.

    • @joemaloney1019
      @joemaloney1019 Год назад +1

      The battery on the 307 is on the driver side. Also the fan shroud is not so deep.

    • @kingnillvwell381
      @kingnillvwell381 Год назад

      @@joemaloney1019 Oldsmobile 98 that i’m familiar with is on the passenger side , though this engine can’t deal with Buick wight , unless it’s over 200hp , as 4.3 chevy vortex, i would recommend , if the engine in pad shape, if not the v8 , rocket 5.7.

    • @Ram14250
      @Ram14250 Год назад +1

      @@joemaloney1019 307's/ all Oldsmobile engines had the oil fill right in the middle front. The alternator placement also confused me as it's a Buick 3.8/4.1 location. At first I thought it was a 307 Olds engine too until no oil fill cap.

  • @gilmilan7190
    @gilmilan7190 Год назад

    Out of mere curiosity, how much you got it for?

    • @kylescarfarm
      @kylescarfarm  Год назад +1

      Scrap price. Fortunately I found it before it went to the junkyard.

    • @gilmilan7190
      @gilmilan7190 Год назад +1

      @@kylescarfarm awesome

  • @michealmccune7809
    @michealmccune7809 Год назад +1

    Or put a Buick 350 motor in it why GM put there V6 engines In the bigger down sized GM B bodies I’ll never understand way to under powered

    • @jimv3806
      @jimv3806 Год назад

      It was all about the EPA & CAFE numbers. You're right though, they were way underpowered.

    • @tonyhall7320
      @tonyhall7320 Год назад

      Buick 350 sucks better off with a olds 350

    • @rjl9707
      @rjl9707 Год назад

      @@tonyhall7320 Buick 350 has more torque than Olds rocket 350; I have had both.

  • @willthetrill4849
    @willthetrill4849 Год назад

    Rip that smog pump out since it robs power. I’ve never seen a V6 with a 4 barrel before. This car would be perfect to do a 350 V8 swap and make it a sleeper. For fun, rev the shit out of that 4.1 V6 until it blows up before pulling it

    • @Rod01-s2k
      @Rod01-s2k Год назад +1

      It’s a beautiful car that is not meant to be a raced. And destroying a perfectly running engine just for the sake of replacing is totally foolish. If the engine dies on its own without the abuse, then I could see swapping it out for an Olds 307, Buick 350, or Olds 403.

  • @northerntraveller3815
    @northerntraveller3815 11 месяцев назад

    Nice car, too bad it has such a crappy motor in it...

    • @kylescarfarm
      @kylescarfarm  11 месяцев назад

      Thanks, it is nice. Well the engine has lasted 40 years so far 🤷‍♂️

  • @milfordcivic6755
    @milfordcivic6755 Год назад +1

    Too bad it has that lousy gutless 4.1 V-6

  • @stevejohnson1397
    @stevejohnson1397 Год назад

    As a former mechanic you need to take that thing to the nearest Boneyard and crush it the Buick V6 and a late '80s was a piece of s***

  • @Mark-eu4ds
    @Mark-eu4ds Год назад +3

    Transmission is either going to be a THM 200 or a THM 350