Here at BangShift, we always get a kick out of what people do to their cars to make them stand out from the pack. You know we love crazy engine swaps and sleeper builds, making ordinary cars into Trars, making full sized land yachts into desert prerunners, etc. But sometimes, you’ll find yourself asking what type of drugs someone was on while building a particular vehicular concoction. My friends, this is one of those times. I present to you one very strange 1976 Buick LeSabre sedan for sale near St. Louis on Craigslist. Let’s get weird!
First, for reference, here’s what a 1976 Buick LeSabre should look like:
The 1976 LeSabre was one of the last true American land barges sold by GM before they downsized the big B-Body cars. You could still get one of these beasts with 455 power if you checked off the right boxes. I find these cars more clean and handsome looking as time goes on.
And then, there’s this. Take a long, hard look, and try not to vomit out of your eye sockets.
If Ronald McDonald quit his day job and moonlighted as a pimp, this would be his chariot. It now sports a visor that is probably off a junked 1980’s Silverado, front flares possibly made of garden trim and body filler, rear skirts that look more carnival ride than car friendly, and some sweet “spinner” hub caps plucked from a parts store dumpster circa 2003. And then there’s the front…
The automotive artist that created this unfortunate vehicle decided that the clean, subtle factory nose needed to replaced with this luxurious snout. And your guess is as good as mine on what’s up with that lower scoop thing. You can also see that some makeshift running boards have been created that go down the side of the vehicle. How thoughtful!
On the tail end of this monstrosity you have a pair of tail fins, some tail lights from an unidentifiable source, a pair of whip antennas, and the requisite continental kit. The factory installed trunk lid lights that adorned mid-70’s full sized Buicks are still somewhat present in the trunk lid.
The insides of this road tumor are covered in the finest Parisian Brothel Red hides the textile mills could churn out back in the 1970’s. If there’s a saving grace, its that the interior looks to be largely unmodified. It’s not in the best shape, but it’s a place to sit. At least when you are in here, you are safe from the ocular ravages of looking at the exterior!
Under the hood lies a “350 engine”. Judging from the lack of slanted distributor front and center, this one appears to be a Chevy 350. I spy an unknown aluminum intake and some El Cheapo flea market chrome valve covers. Because “hot rod”.
The price of admission for this thing is just $4500. Not bad, right?
Wait… $4500? Yup. That’s not a typo. That’s four thousand, five hundred United States Dollars.
The seller does mention “possible trades”, so maybe you can scrounge together a couple flaming bags of poop or something similar and offer them up. Insane price aside, it might be a nice ride to bring to your local Cars & Coffee or cruise night event to scare people, or to an event like the Concours d’ Lemons to impress the judges. Or, dress up like that pimp version of Ronald McDonald I mentioned earlier and roll deep with Grimace and the Hamburgular.
Would you drive this thing, or would you rather see it getting pancaked in a car crusher? Let us know below!
The original ad can be found HERE.
extended front and rear,running boards,sunvisor,contnental kit,teeth,spinner hubcaps,dual antennas,fender skirts,350 engine,automatic,ac car,runs/drives good,clean Missouri title,asking $4500/possible trades
The winner of North Korea’s “Auto Wama”…? 🙂
Homer Simpson car?
I guess if you HAVE to do that, it should be done to a worthless car…..
excuse me while I sell a BBBUUUUIIICCCKKK!!!
Ah, I feel better now.
Meth is a powerful drug.
I’m always amazed at the time, effort and money that can be thrown away by the lack of any sort of artistic or mechanical ability. Maybe we should start some sort of gearhead funded charity to get these poor suffering vehicles to the crusher and end their pain.
I have to wonder if the mods were done in the ’70s, and if so, how they managed to avoid the fake external flex-pipe headers.
But the idea of going to the Concors D’Lemons with this thing with a crew dressed as pimp versions of the McDonalds ad characters would be hilarious – if only the price had one less zero on it. Got to have something like Fly Guy’s goldfish-bowl platform shoes…
Gawd, what great bet bait! Richard Rawlings and Dennis Collins arm wrestling. Loser has to drive this coast to coast ..