Nice car. Very middle-ish on the option list which was typical for the time. Has A/C, AM/FM radio, tilt wheel, rear defogger, clock, remote driver's mirror. But no power windows, seats, or locks, no cruise control, no passenger side mirror.
Could have been my grandfather's car, it's just down the road from where he used to live. The Olds engine isn't doing it any favors though...
The 77-79 Buick B-bodies seemed to have no rules on what engine they received, the last car my Mother bought (used) was a 2-Door 77 Lesabre with a Pontiac 350 powering it. The 350 could be from any division it seems, but I don't know if you could get a Chevy 350 in them, I have seen Buick, Olds (like this one) and Pontiac 5.7 V8's in these models. Confusing. Not a bad price for a solid if uninteresting car.
Here is some info out of the '77 and '78 Buick brochures regarding LeSabres. The engine in your car depended partly on where you lived (California, at high altitude, or anywhere else). 1977: 1978: Because of the Chevy-engines-in-Oldsmobiles fiasco of 1977, GM starting including this disclaimer page in their 1978 brochures:
No mention of Diesels. Weren’t they available in these large GM passenger cars in those years!? I know my neighbors had a’78 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight with a Diesel
Diesels were available in Oldsmobiles in the late '70s. I think it wasn't until the early '80s that they became available in the other GM cars. Here's the equivalent "Engines Used" page out of the '78 Olds brochure. Note the diesel in the second column.
Here's a page out of the 1980 Buick Full Line Prestige brochure. This is the first year a diesel was available in a Buick. It was the same for Pontiac. Here's a page out of the '80 Pontiac brochure. The diesel is the last engine listed, and it was available only in the Bonneville. It was also the same for Chevrolet. Here's a page out of the '80 Caprice/Impala brochure. Diesel shown at far right in the "Engines" section. It was available on only in station wagons.
