She’s a beauty! My buddy’s mother had a brand new 1985 Park Avenue and I remember riding around in that back in elementary school. It was such a comfortable car.
Wow. That's really nice. I remember these as a kid when they were brand new....and my father grumbling about GM downsizing their full size cars except for the Caprice. My dad was always a proud Buick man, so buying a Chevy was a step back in his mind.
I must confess that I have always had a borderline obsession with the front drive GM C/H bodies.......this is where GM REALLY got their crap together & produced, at least in the case of the Buicks, the most trouble-free American car ever!!!!! Fun fact: Although the PA & T-type had the 3.8 as standard, 1985 was the only year to offer a carbureted base 3.0-liter V6 engine & an optional 4.3-liter V6 diesel engine. 1985 was also the only year for that style rear-view mirror.
2:00 Close but not quite. That was the turbocharging logo. It has nothing to do with whether or not the block is a Grand National block. But I can understand how that would confuse people.
A 1985 Buick Park Avenue with red interior has a chime? I thought that any 1985 Buick Park Avenues that had red interior had the scary buzzer in place of the chime. Could you kindly replace the chime in this Buick Park Avenue with a scary buzzer from a 1977-82 Buick LeSabre?
Those plates were used from 1976 to 1978, then Michigan switched to white and black for 1979 to '83, and the "Great Lake State" slogan reappeared. Then came the white and blue plates beginning in 1984, with the slogan shortened to "Great Lakes."
You need to keep that top clean and treated so it stays in that condition. I remember the hood and how it opens. Pretty much all the Buicks from around that time had those style hoods. That 6 on the engine was associated with the turbo charged Regal that came out before the Grand National. Those 6s were in several locations on the car. The first 3.8s idled like shit.
She’s a beauty! My buddy’s mother had a brand new 1985 Park Avenue and I remember riding around in that back in elementary school. It was such a comfortable car.
Wow. That's really nice. I remember these as a kid when they were brand new....and my father grumbling about GM downsizing their full size cars except for the Caprice. My dad was always a proud Buick man, so buying a Chevy was a step back in his mind.
I must confess that I have always had a borderline obsession with the front drive GM C/H bodies.......this is where GM REALLY got their crap together & produced, at least in the case of the Buicks, the most trouble-free American car ever!!!!! Fun fact: Although the PA & T-type had the 3.8 as standard, 1985 was the only year to offer a carbureted base 3.0-liter V6 engine & an optional 4.3-liter V6 diesel engine. 1985 was also the only year for that style rear-view mirror.
What a beautiful car my grandma had an 86 and lasted meany years
BEAUTY!!!!!❤
Sheesh!! Beautiful gem of a car. And well cared for. Ur one lucky guy. Good Luck with it.
Beautiful car. Had one myself for years. Bulletproof
Similar hood mechanism for example in Saab 900 and BMW 5 series, very good
Really nice Buick. That rough idle was normal for the 3.8 thru ‘87 until the 3800 came out in 1988 with the balance shaft.
Nice
Nice 🥰
Beautiful and pretty car the Buick Park Avenue 85. Great, solid and comfortable car
2:00 Close but not quite. That was the turbocharging logo. It has nothing to do with whether or not the block is a Grand National block. But I can understand how that would confuse people.
Great American car
I would have to buy this if I had a space in my garage - this looks like the kinda car that Bill Pahl would show on his channel, “Curious Cars”.
Very Nice.
A 1985 Buick Park Avenue with red interior has a chime? I thought that any 1985 Buick Park Avenues that had red interior had the scary buzzer in place of the chime. Could you kindly replace the chime in this Buick Park Avenue with a scary buzzer from a 1977-82 Buick LeSabre?
I remember those plates
Those plates were used from 1976 to 1978, then Michigan switched to white and black for 1979 to '83, and the "Great Lake State" slogan reappeared. Then came the white and blue plates beginning in 1984, with the slogan shortened to "Great Lakes."
You need to keep that top clean and treated so it stays in that condition. I remember the hood and how it opens. Pretty much all the Buicks from around that time had those style hoods. That 6 on the engine was associated with the turbo charged Regal that came out before the Grand National. Those 6s were in several locations on the car. The first 3.8s idled like shit.
Is the Buick for sale and if so how much
Is it for sale?
Hated cleaning those wire wheels, brake dust city
$5000 tops. It’s just a Buick not an S class Benz of that era.