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[Brian]

Muhahahah! Got my new car. Well.. My third one in three months. I think this will be the one that I keep and build. It's a project car, but a daily driver as well. It's in great shape, it's 23 years old. It's a pig. It has an Olds 307 V8. It's... HUGE.

Meet my new 1989 Buick Electra Estate Wagon.



More pics to follow, it's dark now. Just drove it 500km home. I'm in love. It's like riding on a cloud. All the electronics work, it's got minor cosmetic defects but mechanically all there... Going to take apart the carb this week and give it a thorough cleaning though, running rich, will see what I can nail it down to.

[+CrossCheck]

it kinda looks like this

[Raa]

Goodness me, it looks like a tank!

Does it drive allright?

[Nothing Here]

Muhahahah! Got my new car. Well.. My third one in three months. I think this will be the one that I keep and build. It's a project car, but a daily driver as well. It's in great shape, it's 23 years old. It's a pig. It has an Olds 307 V8. It's... HUGE.

Meet my new 1989 Buick Electra Estate Wagon.



More pics to follow, it's dark now. Just drove it 500km home. I'm in love. It's like riding on a cloud. All the electronics work, it's got minor cosmetic defects but mechanically all there... Going to take apart the carb this week and give it a thorough cleaning though, running rich, will see what I can nail it down to.

I love it. Brings back memories. Wished they still made station wagons. I miss them.

[+Biotoxic_hazard_835]

Wow, for a 23 year old car it looks really great. Hope you have lots of fun putting it all in shape. I recently bought a 1990 Volvo 740 GLE and I'm in the process of restoring all the interiors and taking care of a few electrical problems it has but it runs really good and since it's a 4 cylinder it economic enough. It is in very good physical shape all over and just needs a good shine. Think I'll post a few pics when you post yours.

[Brian]

Goodness me, it looks like a tank!

Does it drive allright?

Like a dream. It's no sports car, but it's like riding your couch.

I love it. Brings back memories. Wished they still made station wagons. I miss them.

I LOVE station wagons. Europe and Australia and the rest of the world still have em, why can't we?

Wow, for a 23 year old car it looks really great. Hope you have lots of fun putting it all in shape. I recently bought a 1990 Volvo 740 GLE and I'm in the process of restoring all the interiors and taking care of a few electrical problems it has but it runs really good and since it's a 4 cylinder it economic enough. It is in very good physical shape all over and just needs a good shine. Think I'll post a few pics when you post yours.

Yes! She's pretty good. I LOVE Volvo wagons. I want a 240 when I'm done with this project. Mine too, needs a paint buff on some spots, a good wash and in the future a vinyl refresh for the wood vinyl. Right now there's one bubble that got poked, and a tiny little fray elsewhere on the vinyl.

[moloko]

Whats the gas milage on these. Yeah I remember people having these. smooth when on the road.

[Brian]

Whats the gas milage on these. Yeah I remember people having these. smooth when on the road.

Not entirely sure yet. Going to have to calculate it by hand. The gas gauge SEEMS a little wonky, although for this last part of the trip it was doing fine. Will need to do some further testing.

[Ice_Blue]

Reminds me of my Ford LTD.

Driving that was like floating down the highway...

[+zhiVago]

Like a dream. It's no sports car, but it's like riding your couch.

Congrats, man! You can stiffen the suspension a bit, depending on your budget, to add some character to it!

Wished they still made station wagons. I miss them.

Unless you and I understand the term differently, there are still plenty of station wagons to choose from )

[Nothing Here]

Congrats, man! You can stiffen the suspension a bit, depending on your budget, to add some character to it!



Unless you and I understand the term differently, there are still plenty of station wagons to choose from )

What you see in that picture is a station wagon. They do not make anything like that in the US anymore.

[+sc302]

They still do make station wagons, they are just sit a little higher and are now called SUV's. But don't tell the SUV owners, they will get bent out of shape.

drop this closer to the ground and add some wood trim

[+zhiVago]

They still do make station wagons, they are just sit a little higher and are now called SUV's. But don't tell the SUV owners, they will get bent out of shape.

I agree, plus there are minivans nowadays out there too. However, I actually had in mind models like MB E-Class Wagon, Audi A6 Avant/Allroad, Volvo XC70, etc.

[+sc302]

well there is also the subaru outback "the sport utility wagon"

[z0phi3l]

Ford stopped making it, but the Taurus Wagon was one of the last "true" station wagons sold here