'69 BUICK WILDCAT CONVERTIBLE WITH 430 V8 START UP

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  • Опубліковано 10 гру 2024

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  • @hawkeyetec
    @hawkeyetec 3 роки тому +1

    Family ordered a 69 wildcat. It had a factory 455. Epa or the like said 1970 emissions met. Etc. It had a egr . they has it untill the early 80s.
    Lots of great memories...

  • @CK90
    @CK90 6 років тому +13

    When cars had style and you could differentiate between the models and manufacturers.

  • @lonokolotowicz5597
    @lonokolotowicz5597 3 роки тому

    We had the wildcat with the 455 4V coffee brown Black interior, no air Made 360 hp at 4600m rpm,500 ft torque MONSTER for the time. beautiful piece of craftsmanship.

  • @scootertrasher1369
    @scootertrasher1369 5 років тому +3

    Electra 225 was the top of the line of Buicks.

  • @seedplanter7173
    @seedplanter7173 5 років тому

    I have a 70 4 door...My dad gave me his Buick ,the family cruiser used solely for long distance family outings only. It was 1977 forgot the modle but true land boat..Soon after in my possession i launched a deer 200 feet. And gave it to my nephew for high school mechanics class. Ended up fixed and back on the road.

  • @shanke300
    @shanke300 5 років тому +5

    American designed cars are the best till 80s.

  • @REGULATORS_408
    @REGULATORS_408 3 роки тому

    Good video love how you show the buicks alot of love

  • @keithbaker3405
    @keithbaker3405 5 років тому +1

    Back in the mid 70's when I was an apprentice mechanic my mate bought the Wildcat GT Coupe..he had it a while then bought a Mercury Cougar convertible...not bad for a mid 20's London kid huh.

  • @KINDIRBUDS
    @KINDIRBUDS 6 років тому +1

    360hp Was under rated! I put 1 of these in a 81 2 door Impala what fun!

  • @chrisbuck1695
    @chrisbuck1695 5 років тому +2

    I've had two Buick convertibles in my time and I'm jonesing for another!

  • @marycoates4671
    @marycoates4671 6 років тому +1

    The car my family had and grew up with! Loved it!

  • @mikebtrfld1705
    @mikebtrfld1705 5 років тому

    In 1969 my buddy's dad worked for Gene Hagen Buick in Walnut Creek, California. We were teenagers cruising in all the new Buicks.

  • @davidc3857
    @davidc3857 5 років тому +1

    Very nice, definitely a quality automobile. I'd love to cruise around town in that beast...

  • @stephensmart7388
    @stephensmart7388 6 років тому +2

    Beautiful Buick

  • @senorkaboom
    @senorkaboom 5 років тому +1

    We had Chevrolet and Pontiac, nearly bought an Olds, never looked at Buick, but I did drive a few. Definitely a nice G M line, at the time the car here was built. Nowadays, they’re just another Chevrobuillac on the road.

  • @lopez6617
    @lopez6617 2 роки тому

    If I remember correctly they used two of these engines to jump start the Lockhead SR-71 Blackbird.

  • @notsure3106
    @notsure3106 7 років тому +2

    Good information from a car enthusiast who sounds a little like Steve Buscemi.

  • @johnmallette3073
    @johnmallette3073 3 роки тому

    My Uncle owned a Red and white Buick Wildcat Convertible.

  • @hamerplayer1229
    @hamerplayer1229 5 років тому

    Beautiful car. Great color combo

  • @Magnetron33
    @Magnetron33 5 років тому

    Love it! Chief Designer Harley Earle drove a 38 Buick Yjob

  • @forsalecarvideos6147
    @forsalecarvideos6147 8 років тому

    This is an awesome GM powerplant. The same one that is in my '68 Electra 225 2-Door Hardtop.

  • @guglielmo64
    @guglielmo64 8 років тому +1

    Great one Retro!

  • @leenhoevenberg9001
    @leenhoevenberg9001 8 років тому +1

    A have a buick 15 years is Great car a love buick

  • @gybx4094
    @gybx4094 7 років тому +1

    My 69 Olds 98 convertible had a 455.
    Could smoke the tires on a 4,300 pound car. Power.

  • @Kktimetoday1
    @Kktimetoday1 4 роки тому

    my brother had one like that. Same color and interior.

  • @ericaddison1356
    @ericaddison1356 8 років тому +1

    very nice car

  • @stephenarzoomanian8074
    @stephenarzoomanian8074 5 років тому +3

    430 67 to 69, the 455 came out in 1970

  • @KWADONE
    @KWADONE 4 роки тому

    I don’t see the round light in the quarter panel, I ha e one, 1968 Buick wildcat convertible...

  • @davidsoltai8905
    @davidsoltai8905 5 років тому +6

    Style Not Gangster

  • @markrussell5200
    @markrussell5200 5 років тому

    Thats when they made cars very nice.

  • @ElectraGSX
    @ElectraGSX 7 років тому +4

    430's actual HP was closer to 420 according to dyno tests from Scotty Guadagno. The 430's quadrajet primaries were leaned so if you had the "highway gear"
    2.56 you could have about 21 mpg. These were the most advanced engines coming out of Detroit at that time.

    • @nickking1510
      @nickking1510 5 років тому +1

      Michael A. Joseph, II did the same mod to my qjet on my 1974 455 Electra 225 2 door hard top and recurved and replaced springs in my hei distributor .advanced timing installed 180 f thermostat went from 12 mpg to 22 highway and I had 2.56 gears . I used to do the same thing to my dads Buick’s and olds he be mad because you would spin the wheels wit the slightest touch of the gas pedal . I worked at a gm car dealership from 1967 to 1975 from age 13 to 21 learned a lot had new car in high school , took shop manuals home to study became a qjet wizard love those carbs have one on my modified supercharged 1976 L82 vette

  • @samspace81
    @samspace81 8 років тому +1

    my kind of car

  • @LouisSantos-vu4kr
    @LouisSantos-vu4kr 5 років тому

    My dad had a 66 wildcat 4 door sport sedan,when I was 15 yrs old,when he was in the shower,I would take his keys and drive it around the block,before he finished his shower.

  • @reconmarine1015
    @reconmarine1015 5 років тому

    Awesome

  • @troygreen9321
    @troygreen9321 5 років тому +1

    What a wonderful car, I didn't know this car continues into 69

  • @KK_on_KK
    @KK_on_KK 3 роки тому

    Electra wasn't entry level, that was Buick's top of the line.

  • @timpriddy349
    @timpriddy349 5 років тому +1

    IF.........america still did this for design we would buy.......but, PC just will not allow it

  • @craigjorgensen4637
    @craigjorgensen4637 5 років тому +1

    No air conditioning? Why?

    • @nickking1510
      @nickking1510 5 років тому +2

      We were much tougher then

    • @craigjorgensen4637
      @craigjorgensen4637 5 років тому

      That could be! Still on that class of car it really should have A/C. If it were a Buick Special convertable it wouldn’t
      matter much.

    • @craigjorgensen4637
      @craigjorgensen4637 5 років тому

      spam lite Put your top and windows down when it’s 95 degrees and see how you like it! You would beg for air conditioning in
      Your blistering black car! You would have been one too cheap to spring for a/c!

    • @truckerkevthepaidtourist
      @truckerkevthepaidtourist 4 роки тому

      the wildcat kind of became closer to a Biscayne unfortunately big on horsepower lower on luxuries.
      by this time if you wanted AC you got either a LeSabre or a Electra.
      just like with the Biscayne you got yourself either an Impala or a Caprice for the most part.

  • @joggerman1234
    @joggerman1234 2 роки тому

    Just bought one to restore.. does anyone know where the choke is on this car? Lol

  • @patnarciso35
    @patnarciso35 5 років тому

    I believe it was the Oldsmobile that the Chinese were buying

  • @gregorylee6255
    @gregorylee6255 3 роки тому

    455 came out in 1970 not 69

  • @ThePaconmartinez
    @ThePaconmartinez 5 років тому

    talk about ''ALL original''---did this featured car come from the factory with L-O-N-G chrome tailpipes under the rear bumper ?? We have a low mileage 2-door 1967 Buick Electra 225 with that 430 CID V-8, 360 hp
    bitching, maun !! and AND = G60 x 15's front and L60 x 15''s rear + original hub caps WE GET 25 MPG on the FWY

  • @chunkiermango7982
    @chunkiermango7982 4 роки тому

    12mpg

  • @williamblakeley3744
    @williamblakeley3744 5 років тому

    That's a Beautiful Buick ..225 was Too line thoigh

  • @joseofno
    @joseofno 7 років тому

    they were said to have gotten 21mpg

    • @nickking1510
      @nickking1510 5 років тому

      Jose Saldana I had 74 park ave 2 door hardtop 455 only got 13 mpg but I reworked distributor and Qjet and got around 21 highway and increased power loved the car .

    • @nickking1510
      @nickking1510 5 років тому

      Jose Saldana all the car manufacturers detuned there cars starting in 1971 buy 1974 they were getting poor power and gas mileage the compression dropped also ,I found you could super tune them back to 1970 specs except compression and make power come back as well timing ,distributor rework ,carb rework and rejet , lower temp of t stat from 195 f to 180 f this kept spark knock at bay

  • @wildcat67-b7n
    @wildcat67-b7n 8 років тому +3

    I've got a 69 Electra 225

    • @retroolschool
      @retroolschool  8 років тому

      Nice.

    • @wildcat67-b7n
      @wildcat67-b7n 8 років тому

      Yeah, it's a brownish-Maroon color with an all black interior, the only problem is that the AC doesn't work well, because I can't use R12 in it anymore, which is bad for me, because I live in the states where it gets pretty hot and the black leather doesn't help much.

  • @billferguson9734
    @billferguson9734 5 років тому +1

    67 68 69

  • @claystriping1878
    @claystriping1878 6 років тому

    You didn't have a good life if you left a POS car behind. REBUILD!!

  • @gladimmeandnotyou
    @gladimmeandnotyou 4 місяці тому

    Eh?