Arrived: Estate Wagon

In exactly one month from the west coast (L.A.) to Europe (Rotterdam-The Netherlands) last monday "The Behemoth" arrived; a '72 Buick Estate Wagon 3 seats with a 455 4bbl engine. The model I was looking for quite some years and finally found through the v8buick board; my wishes were:
-Buick!!!
-pwr clamshell tailgate
-modelyears 71-76 (prefer 71-73)
-woody
-roofrack
-3 seats
-color beige or green-gold
-tan interior

First checked whether all "added" items (heads, crank, lots of NOS stuff) were there (I had some luck with a busy day at customs )



Checking fluid levels before taking off:




And off we go....




to the garage to add / alter some things (f.e. sealed beams are not allowed over here as is the hitch)
Next wednesday the Wagon has its (dutch equivalent of the) DMV inspection to get a license... keep your fingers crossed

 

Glad to hear the wagon arrived OK. Add some interior photos and let us know about all the options!

 

Happy Wagoon Day Rob !!!
....now let me get this straight....your NOT allowed to have seal beam headlights????...why??
...and NO trailer hitch??....

...otherwise ...she sure looks purdy!!....you must be a happy camper:icon_drive:

 

All the paper work came along with the Wagon....options:





The Wagon sits in a garage right now waiting for some new head lights and a few other things before it goes to the inspection. After that I post some interior photos

 

Cheers!!
Sealed beams are not allowed here due to the fact the ray of light is horizontal and here it has to be more in a "V"shape

 

Wow! What a list of options! Congrats on the find. If I had been searching a bit sooner, it would have ended up staying in Los Angeles! Looking forward to those interior shots.

 

On the outside you won't see the difference; left is the high sealed beam (look closely and you'll notice the horizontal stripes; right is the new one(V shaped)

 

There was (is?) another beauty for sale on eBay (a 73) but that was in FL

Will post some interior shots later

 

I actually know the difference between American DOT style headlights, and European E-Code style headlights. My family has converted all our cars to E-Codes because they are so much better than DOT's.

On the back of the E-code, you can see a removable piece. That's because when the bulb burns out, you only have to replace the filiment, and not the entire lens, as you would on a DOT light. Also the way that E-Code lights focus their illumination to where it is needed, is superior than DOT lights which waste most of their illumination.

 

@ wagonmaster: it is flatter, but hardly noticable

@ warwgn3 : you're absolutely right with your explanation. Still there is a weak point using the E: they won't last for 30+ years; the bulb itself has an average of 4-5 years (personal experience) and the inside of the lens will fade, because moisture can enter the lamp.
Another con of the E's is that the light monitors on the fenders will not work anymore

 

ahh so its just a matter of changing to halogen...i see..
the lense is a slight bit different too...cool
...why wont your fender lights work still.?..

 

My brother wants to know what brand of E-Code lamps those are. Marschall, Cibie, Bosch? Also, is that a connection for city lights on the back of the lamp there, in the picture? Wish we had them in ours. Then we could wire our parking light circuit to them, and have front turn signals that go BRIGHT-off-BRIGHT-off instead of bright-dim-bright-dim, AND have parking lights that actually WORK.