Buick Estate Wagon Classic Cars for Sale

The Buick Estate Wagon was a station wagon class vehicle manufactured by Buick, a division of General Motors. The term "estate" was used by Buick to signify their station wagon vehicles. As with other station wagon class vehicles, The Buick Estate Wagon was essentially based on an existing sedan car with the roof extended backwards to provide more internal space. Such vehicles were popular as family cars.

The History

The first Buick Estate was offered up in 1940 on the Buick Super Model body. It had a wooden body. In the years to follow it would be manufactured on different vehicles, such as the B-Body Special series in 1941 and 42, and eventually settle on the C-body, a larger vehicle that would carry the estate body for six years between 1946 and 1953. In the 70s The Buick Estate would be re-introduced as a separate series, now based on the B-body LeSabre and Wildcat models, initially as a basic package, but later being re branded as a luxury estate wagon. The Buick Estate Wagon would soon feature a "clamshell" design tailgate. Over time the Buick Estate Wagon would make more incremental improvements to the design, efficiency, and general performance of the vehicle. The final iteration of the Buick Estate Wagon under the "Roadmaster" name ended its run in 1996 after a five year run.

The Many Models of the Buick Estate Wagon

Throughout the twenty year history of the Buick Estate Wagon proper, there were many models and variants. The earliest models in the 1970s were based on the B-body form with 124 inch wheelbase, though they would spend most of their run in the 70s on the GM C-body 127 inch wheelbase, sporting a basic level of body and interior specifications. Later in that decade the Estate Wagon would be re–introduced as a luxury station wagon. Throughout most of the 70s the Buick Estate Wagon would share many components with the Electra 225, and the LeSabre, though which components and in what combination would vary throughout the period.

From 1977 the Buick Estate Wagon was reduced to a B-body once more. A new model was offered in the form of the Estate Wagon Limited, which came with a number of extras that were offered as part of the standard package, as well as certain visual differences to distinguish the Limited model from the others in the range. The 80s saw an overhaul to the body of the Estate Wagon, making it more aerodynamic. For a time prior to the final run, the Estate Wagon was sold in two models under the LeSabre and Electra brand, though for the final year those names were dropped, and it was sold once more under the "Estate Wagon" name.