Will It Run?? - 1968 Buick Lesabre CONVERTIBLE Sitting for 30+ YEARS In A Garage! (OG Survivor Car)

[@wesleydolen9180]

Engines that have been sitting for years could really benefit from priming with gasoline mixed for a two-stroke engine. The oil in the mix helps lube those dry cylinders. I like the fact your saving the old gals that most people wouldn't bother with. Keep up the rescues!

[@dave5833]

The old Buick is in Fantastic shape for a Convertible.

[@bluerazor7049]

Yeah, bummer that the trash pandas ravaged the roof but of well. Still, she can be a great cruiser with some metalwork, interior work and a new top fabric.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Yep one of the best originals ive seen

[@robrobster9148]

The engine looks original to the car to me, is it? LeSabre came with a 350ci in 1968

[@markaumann21]

We had a 1968 Lesabre this same color. It is called Antique Gold but ours was a four door. The round missing insignia is actually a side marker light for the right rear. One of the two Buick emblems you have goes on the front between the two grill sections. The other goes on the trunk lid below the key hole. The third one is an extra. I have a complete original 1968 Buick sales book that contains a lot of info if you have questions about this car.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks for the info!

[@mikebrallier5091]

Do you still have the elcamino

[@IowaClassicCars]

@@mikebrallier5091 no its gone

[@ronbunker5778]

It's amazing how nice that Buick is...usually convertibles have a ton of rust in the floors, really a great find!

[@raymondcollyear4773]

I'm waiting for the Pontiac, I love that body style. Keep the videos coming

[@michelsaarloos4392]

2 beauties. Always a reason to save them

[@asteverino8569]

Lovely 😀 This Buick is worth it. At least to me. A "rustic" fun, convertible. Good job and look forward to the future La Sabre.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks! 👍

[@melmcclure3710]

I love that you never give up if there’s a chance in hell it will run you just keep going. That old girl would be a beautiful cruiser if it were restored. Have a great week Ryan.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks Mel you too

[@jg24diecast41]

Another awesome find for you! Really looking forward to the Pontiac. Looks like the paint will really com around to go along with the beautiful interior!

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks!

[@papagiorgio85]

Love to see you bring these cars back to life. Thanks for sharing,👍

[@IowaClassicCars]

Glad you like them!

[@buckeyejim2989]

Check the manifold vacuum before pulling carb. It could be hiding a valve train issue. 🤔 Thanks for sharing Ryan.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Good idea didnt even think of that

[@Anders.W.]

There is hope and it`s alive . Great news .

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks man!

[@sidneyconyers6687]

Love hearing the motor running.

[@petecunnien5368]

Another beauty Ryan!!

[@IowaClassicCars]

thanks Pete

[@haroldwerley3620]

I'm a NW Iowa Buick guy. Great to see you tackle a Buick and bring it back to life.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks for watching!

[@royhaught9516]

That's a great find. A solid car in the Iowa rust belt, the interior is in awesome shape, also the corn is looking good, almost as good as here in Dubuque County... hah!

[@رررا-ز3ل]

We Wanna see more of this car

[@stevelangston2359]

Always excellent my friend. Love what you do!!

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks for the visit!

[@donaldhalls2189]

Looks like it's been a buy, can't expect it to be perfect, but it's close, with new leads and plugs, maybe points and cap, they do crack a bit or carbon track's can short-circuit, but want take much, all the best to you and your loved ones

[@IowaClassicCars]

yea its pretty close to as nice as they come!

[@joeboxer3365]

The Lesabre is a pretty good patina car with a decent interior, and it turns over, on top of it all and interior looking good😃

[@IowaClassicCars]

absolutely!

[@jackgalbraith5652]

Another great video Ryan! I can almost smell the exhaust! Can’t wait to see your next one! 👍

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks Jack!

[@NM-eb5ej]

That might be a KEEPER!

[@mikecarignan7002]

I had a 73 Apollo same engine 16 mpg but it ran 5 yrs for work car in tx heat

[@stanleymartin1613]

Cool stuff 😎 ✌️. Neat to see the old ones running around again 😀. Awesome job

[@delgray8523]

Good vid, Ryan. Not many of those Buick verts still around 🤩

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks man!

[@terrencegiordan2775]

Cool car it should run great with a carburetor rebuild and tune up.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Im hoping so!

[@haydave420]

I know I said this before, but I just love your channel.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks Dave!

[@ronlynch7744]

Cool one Ryan. 😎👍😎

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks Ron!

[@3713msg]

These engines had an external oil pump. It was driven by the distributor in the usual way, however it was located outside of the oil pan, mounted in front. A breeze to change....

[@IowaClassicCars]

Very cool!

[@danswartwood4580]

Thank you Ryan

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks for watching

[@ratt727]

She’s a runner! Good to hear her run

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks man, more to come next week

[@neilschipper3741]

Good job on the Buick so far. As a Iowa boy you should know Hogs don't sweat the Waller in mud

[@IowaClassicCars]

Haha yes you are correct

[@srv442]

What a great car Ryan, something about the styling of the 68 - also that Buick horn pad you found inside looks a lot like the one I remember from a 1985 Buick Skyhawk that we had in the family years ago

[@IowaClassicCars]

thanks for watching!

[@edwinbonnelljr1587]

Great job nice looking car after you do a little bit of work to it be very nice guy have a great day

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks Edwin

[@timothyballinger6280]

I'd like to buy them both so they stay here in America! If your not charging Mortske prices?

[@IowaClassicCars]

8k and 9k, for the 60 and the 68. Mortske asks retail prices, as do i. We all have to make a living

[@keithharden7844]

Mortske doesn’t charge to much. Pretty fair from what I’ve seen

[@timothyballinger6280]

@@IowaClassicCars 😳 way, way, way more that I thought would be to much! Dude I know you got to make a living but wow! I live in southern Ohio and them prices are turn key ready. I really was just wanting to resale to keep the here. Thanks anyway and thanks for replying. I do enjoy you videos. It's good entertainment after working all day👍

[@IowaClassicCars]

What do you think they should be priced at? They are both incredibly clean examples. Youll have more than 8k in metal work in either of them if you found worse examples, and one being a 60 pontiac with the iconic 59/60 gm roofline, 2 dr hardtop is just an added bonus. The convertible...i mean come on, super hard to find & it runs! Prices are all based on supply and demand and i found several examples of both cars in not as good of shape sell for similar prices. I am as fair as i can be. I follow the market and the market dictates the prices. But no problem, thanks for watching and glad you enjoy the videos

[@jerrybrooks870]

@@IowaClassicCars , I think your prices are very fair considering how good of condition they are in. Unfortunately, they're out of my budget.

[@bartsarton2212]

When you checked the tranny fluid, was it warmed up, running, and in Park? Most cars of that vintage need it done that way.

[@IowaClassicCars]

yes it was

[@joeboxer3365]

the spit and bucking sounds like you might have a fuel or carb rebuild needed or sometimes chokes don't open right cold, but your other tweaks were good ideas,and maybe clearing the gas tank to prevent more carb issues

[@IowaClassicCars]

a carb rebuild is in order!

[@davidbush5323]

Such potential back in the day that car was a show car that was envied by many

[@IowaClassicCars]

Yes it was for sure

[@AndrewHCann]

Excellent video Ryan :) also fuel pump maybe replace also fuel filter change to all rest doing right too on fixing up !

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks for the tip!

[@willdavies6085]

Again, cool old car and vid Ryan..

[@IowaClassicCars]

thanks Will

[@OdySlim]

I believe the carb was changed from a 4 barrel to a 2 barrel back in the 1974 fuel crisis. Just my thought. Remember that one?. The timing is right. Thanks for the video. Regards from Ody Slim

[@IowaClassicCars]

thats a good thought, it makes sense

[@dennisbrown2571]

That makes alot of sense. My buick lasabre had the 4 barrel carb. Gas hog.

[@dombutler7685]

Thanks Ryan, it's almost ready for a road trip, well as long as there's no hills!! Nice cat, you should make cat videos, then your name could be Iowa cat channel!

[@IowaClassicCars]

Haha, thanks for watching

[@Thefuturelooksbright13]

That’s funny and an old car of all the things that might not work the annoying door buzzer still works

[@IowaClassicCars]

lol yeah it is

[@dalestewart5670]

Good deal got her running.enjoyed watching, would make someone a driver or restore, myself I would pretty her up with a set of magnum wheels put on a new top and cruise.thanks for video.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it

[@moremortskerepair4354]

And today, we're going fly fishing!!!!

[@IowaClassicCars]

hahaha you like the hat, dont lie!

[@MortskeRepair]

@@IowaClassicCars It's a real gem!

[@kevinherdman9636]

its not a carb problem. check compression. you can hear dead cyls by the way it cranks over on the starter.

[@IowaClassicCars]

I think it was timing. I had adjusted the dist. And that cleaned it up a lot

[@kevinherdman9636]

@@IowaClassicCars check your cylinder compressions .burnt valves maybe

[@nicksnarski5973]

I agree.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Ill check that out also

[@jerrybrooks870]

@@IowaClassicCars , possibly bad lifters. Also, your transmission leak may be one or more of the seals. They tend to go bad from sitting.

[@dennisbrown2571]

I bought a used 69 Lasabre 4 barrel v8. Great car, but inhaled gas at an alarming rate even at 1978 prices. Had it a year.

[@IowaClassicCars]

i can believe it lol this 2bbl sucked down the gas

[@johnwhelan723]

Buicks had some nicely appointed clusters

[@IowaClassicCars]

Yes they really did

[@denislandry7577]

Well it runs and move attaboy !

[@cjdesign5700]

Nice Buick Rag top Ryan...Convertible rule (mine at least) top down? all windows down.

[@IowaClassicCars]

They look cool with the qtr windows up! Lol

[@cjdesign5700]

@@IowaClassicCars Yes...if you're 75 years old. 😎

[@IowaClassicCars]

@@cjdesign5700 haha

[@gazza6348]

G'day mate awesome 👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks Gazza!

[@finfan83]

Ryan convincing cars to run is one of the reasons why KZbin was created.

[@IowaClassicCars]

thanks man

[@joeharkins7476]

Great survivor

[@IowaClassicCars]

thanks man

[@larryshumakerhihvv5294]

I love the convertible does a horn work

[@IowaClassicCars]

Yes

[@tomwinkle1597]

Fuel filter is stopped up. I would do plugs and wires before I worried about carb.

[@IowaClassicCars]

I will check that out also, it all needs a good tune up for sure

[@glenkerns9564]

It really needs a set of the chrome Buick rally wheels.

[@IowaClassicCars]

oh yes

[@twelbo6047]

Back when a Buick was still a Buick. Not a sad imported CUV econobox with a Buick badge slapped on the grill. Hope you find the right person to give it a complete restoration.

[@IowaClassicCars]

so true!

[@robertvance1873]

You should buy Up several cans of Berrymans B12 CHEMTOOL and have it on hand for carbs like this and dump some down the throat and Rev the hell out of it. Other than that Good Job Ryan

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks Robert

[@robertvance1873]

@@IowaClassicCars your welcome proud of you the channel is doing great

[@CAROLDDISCOVER-2025]

Well for next weekend or when you get your tires be sure to get a pipe whistle Navy style All aboard he's going aboard and lanyard sails again! Now this is a very neat car! But that's what we call them in the day. Assuming you're going to sell the car down the line that's a great color combination! Older guys tend to like those colors. That seems like younger guys are into them too the off colors something other than red blue black or white. The interior fantastic color you don't want dark colors to burn the skin and white just shows too much dirt or dust. You're extra horn item is probably from a Buick from about 1975 give or take 2 years. Of course googling Buick interiors ought to bring that up. And the first thing I thought of is I I grew up around this cars and maybe it's just a fluke but they were all four barrels. Who cared about gas prices back when this car was new until shortly later with the Arabs cutting off our oil in which we finally get semi-independent from an hour dependent back on them. Forgive me for the sidebar. It was a common mistake to put the two barrel on. As my dad told me if you want to get better gas mileage and you can't keep your foot out of it just disconnect the back to barrels and that was easy enough to do in the carburetors we were using. Maybe there's a casting number but the first place I would look for a two barrel intake to see how it matches that horn covered you showed us from a newer model Buick. Love your video and what you doing for this car but the other one behind it is growing on me. Now I'm going to go back and finish watching this episode.

[@IowaClassicCars]

i got new tires for it too already ! :D

[@josejimenez-yc6ou]

Dam sounds good

[@IowaClassicCars]

Yeah she isnt too bad

[@kc0lif]

i like that lesabre.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Me too!

[@bozodog428]

She's a big girl!

[@IowaClassicCars]

Very! Lol

[@daviddamico4288]

Try some carb clean that might work

[@IowaClassicCars]

Ive never had luck with that stuff. A proper rebuild is in order

[@daviddamico4288]

@@IowaClassicCars I know that just thought it would help to get it running brake clean works good too

[@tjakr3869]

Tire guy. Too bad Mortske isn’t closer, heard he loves it when people stop by to use his tire machine.

[@makinapersempre]

horn & lights

[@johnwhelan723]

Works 60% of the time all the time

[@IowaClassicCars]

Haha yup

[@hdvette64]

Nice

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks

[@jamesandrew5205]

The irony of driving a Lesabre and having a cat show up.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Hes such a nice cat too

[@racecar2933]

You shouldn't really go on if the engine is locked up or not by turning the fan. Most of the time, the belt would just slide around the crank pulley or the fan pulley. I'll bring you some oil that I use to break an engine loose Saturday.

[@IowaClassicCars]

I emailed ya this morning btw

[@robertobuenrostro2781]

Comment 👨🏻‍🔧

[@IowaClassicCars]

👌👌

[@stevekitowski686]

Sellnit to me

[@IowaClassicCars]

Its for sale, 9k