Sold Howdy, Cowboys! *New Pictures, see Page 8!*

[Lukas]

I´m off to check a car that I might be tempted to buy.

 

Yes, so close before christmas, when nobody wants to buy a car because nobody has time for anything else than working and christmas-shopping. 

 

I will not reveal what car it might be before I have not looked at it. BUT...

 

Here you have a few hints:

 

• Its NOT japanese!     
• Its NOT an old Pajero!     
• Its a saloon. Quite a big one too. 
• It was never oficially sold in the UK, but in Austria. (So no Volvo S80 Mk II  )
• Its cheap, unloved and very obscure. 
• The Topic Title may be the biggest hint of them all.  

 

Be patient, I will be back at the afternoon with pictures. And the information if I bought it or not. 

 

Lukas

[chaseracer]

"Howdy cowboys"...?

 

Have you been to that club again, Lukas?

 

[Lukas]

   

[Cavcraft]

Holden Holdy Holdless?

[the judge]

Caddy sts

[D Spares & Tyres]

It's a big ugly late eighties or early nineties yank

 

One of those ones that looks like they tried to copy a Volvo while pissed

[NorfolkNWeigh]

I know the 300C and Voyagers were made in Austria, I wonder if the Concorde/300M/LHS were either made there or at least sold in the Austrian market. Apart from their wrongwheeldriveness I think they're some of the less offensive late 90's Yanks..

[Lukas]

Uhh, I might have been to generous with my hints.

[doobietoo]

hope its a 300c, The Chrysler autoshite take over is coming on apace...

[John F]

Indian motorbike?

[Lukas]

Of course I´ve bought it... 

 

 

 

It´s a Buick Park Avenue 3.8 V6. Of course FWD, of course ugly and of course cheap. 

 

But it´s a wonderful place to sit in, very relaxing to drive and it´s so unusual. I love it already. Collection next week. 

[Asimo]

Perfect. Merry Christmas.

[Junkman]

I bought a '93 in '96. Same colour combo.

Their waftbargetasticness is legendary. But you must fit whitewalls for ultimate cowboy cheesiness.

[Bren]

My god. That is pig ugly. Like a fight at a gypsy wedding.

 

In fact it's so ugly It looks like it was made in China. It looks longer than the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier.

 

And a 3.8 V6 to drag it along. Lukas, your local glaciers will accelerate quicker than this.

 

Whitewalls are out of fashion - personally I think it needs chandeliers fitting to the front wings - then you will be like the duke in Escape from New York.

[John F]

Wow. It's like the product of gang-rape involving an Allegro VDP, a Jag XJ40 and an Opel Manta B.

 

Top purchase, Hut ab!

[Lukas]

I'm glad you all like it as much as I do.

[Junkman]

Front bumper GR37 4 woollarding (hint, hint).

[cros]

Look at the arse on that.

[danthecapriman]

That is fucking fantastic! I totally approve of purchases like this.

 

It's not ugly at all. All the other hideous modern euro blob cars in your car park pic are though. Top bombing, as they say on here!

And, more pics please.

[Lukas]

More pics when I collect it, hopefully next week. 

 

On the first picture, you can see a very beautiful car in the background, looking a bit jealous. 

 

The seller is driving yank-cars since the 1970s, he shows me his collection of old Buicks and Oldsmobiles when I visit him to get my new cruiser. 

 

He said, the crank-case-sensor is a problem on these, otherwise they are very reliable. He was on holiday in Ireland this summer, 6000km without any fault. 

I hope he will be right and it serves me well. 

 

Mechanicly it´s sound, but the body is not in such a good condition. Rusty door bottoms, rust on the sills, rust all around the rear window, a lot of cratches and 

lacquer-peel. >That´s the reason why it was very cheap. 

 

I´m looking forward how this is going. My first US-car. I´m very curious. And I hope Junkman will let me know a bit of his knowledge. 

[They_all_do_that_sir]

It's like a Chinese X300 jag....

[xtriple]

Lovely car, ugly? Yes, but in a beautiful way/ 

[D Spares & Tyres]

I quite like that, much better than I expected ☺

[chaseracer]

That is utterly repellent!

 

Verdict: APPROVED.

[Skizzer]

Oh yes, very well done indeed.

 

I drove from Sleepy Hollow (yes, really) New York down to Chesapeake Bay in a rented one of these somewhere in the mid 2000s.  It was grade A shite even then - in a good way, obviously.

 

Looking forward to interior pictures showing great expanses of burgundy vinyl, button velour and plastic wood.

[Lukas]

No velour, sadly. Creme-beige leather (that feels like vinyl) everywhere. Oh, and plastic wood of course. 

[garethj]

That looks fabulous, excellent choice!  I'm a sucker for the late '90s Chrysler Concorde, I really like the styling of American cars of that era.

[PiperCub]

Beautifully ugly - Autoshite approved!!!

[eddyramrod]

Totally approved!  I had a RWD 3.8 Buick some years ago, not long after having a FWD 2001 Park Avenue as a Florida rental.  I would have another tonight (either layout), and I'd be quite happy for it to be the one you've shown us. 

[Vin]

Jesus Christ, that looks awful. Well done Sir.