62 Buick Wagon For The Old Custom Collection

[Tom Geiger]

Folks who know me are aware that I have strong feelings for ancient old custom built models. I’ve saved quite a few, as I feel they are the folk art of our youth.

I’ve had this old Buick wagon forever. It was built by some kid using the kit’s custom parts. It was never painted. Our young builder used his imagination and ingenuity to create the yarn interior. That was the factor that made it unique to me!

Here she is finished! This poor Buick has been hanging out undone for a long time. I had painted it the lighter blue and did the chrome in Testors silver paint as that was what would have been used back in the day.

It was sitting because I lost the rear bumper. Nothing is lost forever in the model room. I opened an old box and there it was! I knew what it was immediately. So I pulled out the Buick!

I was fooling around one day and masked off the roof. I shot the darker blue left over from my Blue Beetle project. It looked good so I did the sides as well.

One set of headlights were missing so I used the custom headrests from the Fireball 500 kit. All my old customs get ancient Autoworld license plates. The glue on my old sheet has long ago dried up so I glue them on with white glue.

The tires and wheels were on the car when I got it.

I have a number of these wagons and I don’t think I ever saw one with the kit’s stock tail lights. These were missing so I substituted in period ones from my parts stash.

And here’s that one off custom interior. Quite spiffy and I’m sure the young builder was quite proud of it!

So our 60 year old custom rides again. It is now sitting proudly amongst its peers in my Old Custom Collection showcase!

Edited January 16, 2021 by Tom Geiger

[gseeds]

Very cool!! I really like the idea of saving old builds , especially 60’s custom, a little piece of our model car history, nice save !!!

[Spottedlaurel]

That's excellent Tom, and what an interior! Quite inventive and strangely effective.

The nose treatment reminds me of the 'bathtub' Ford Taunus, which I imagine you're familiar with from your time in Germany.

[PappyD340]

Very nice Tom!

[Ramfins59]

Very cool Tom.

[cobraman]

Looks great, i like it !

[espo]

This was really well done and the interior is creative also. I remember building one of these many years ago and I liked the trailer and the engine parts that were included in the kit also. 

[ewetwo]

Very cool Tom.

 

[slusher]

Nice Buick. As much as you enjoy collecting them , I enjoy seeing them...

[ChrisR]

Cool!!!!

[Erik Smith]

Those seats look very comfy.

[Tom Geiger]

Thank you everyone! I realize the old relics aren’t everyone’s cup-o-tea!  In years past as I pulled them from junk boxes at shows, dealers would nearly apologize, “that one’s too far gone to restore to stock!”. 

Since people enjoyed this post, here’s a bonus!  Another one I own..

I’ve also had this one a long while.. I believe it came from eBay pretty much as you see it.

Every one of these Buick wagons I find are either missing tail lights or used the custom pieces!  I don’t think I’ve ever even seen a stock pair!

Here is the stock built up I also have.. unpainted body, but check out that interior!

[Danno]

Nice stuff!  I mean, after all, wouldn't you really rather have a Buick?

 

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[doorsovdoon]

That looks great, the interior is a trip! I love it!