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Buick LeSabre 1961 - badge on front wing
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Buick LeSabre 1961. For 1961 the 6.0-litre V8 continued, in standard 250 bhp form or the optional four-barrel 300 bhp unit.
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Buick LeSabre 1961, with 5,900cc Wildcat V8 engine
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Buick LeSabre 1961. All GM B-body cars were re-skinned in 1961 to get away from the 'fins and chrome' cars of the 1950s. Chief stylist at GM was now Bill Mitchell . Underneath the B-body cars were very much as before, and the Buicks retained their 123-inch wheelbase over the 119-inch of Chevrolet.
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Buick LeSabre 1961. Venti ports continued on the 1961 cars, with lower-priced cars getting 3 whilst bigger Buicks got 4.
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Buick LeSabre 1961 - rear wheel
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Buick LeSabre 1959 4-door hardtop. All new for 1959, well based on the 1975 concept 'XP-75'. LeSabre was the entry level Buick replacing the Special. LeSabre was marketed as 'the thriftiest Buick'. A 364cu inch V8 powered the LeSabre. The body was shared with other full-size GM cars, and even the top Cadillacs, Buick Electra, Oldsmobile 98 and Cadillac used a stretched version of this body.
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Chevrolet Impala 1963 Sport Coupe. The wheelbase remained unchanged from the 1959 B-body Impala until the 1965 re-body, and overall length was 210 inches.
Image created by Simon GP Geoghegan (email: web@simoncars.co.uk)