Nice straight car but think their wrong on transmission being a 3 spd Hydro matic Both Buick Skylark & F85's came with Power Glide's to my knowledge?? Will be interesting to see what it goes for "no reserve" Canuk Buck limit's buying vehicles in USA + Taxes both sides of border!!!

The 1st generation F85s were a rarity in Canada. I  remember only seeing one as a little kid in the 1960s, it was a '62 and it was rusted to the point of scrappage by 1970.

A friend (Warren) has a '62 F85 Cutlass that was sold new in Kitchener to the wife of the head of the Seagram's distillery (would that make her a Bronfman or a Seagram?). It would have come at a premium as it was before the Auto Pact & would have had duty slapped on. The car had a Slim-Jim automatic. Warren ditched the Slim Jim & swapped in a Warner 5-speed manual. He also swapped in 4-wheel disk brakes but left the aluminum 215 V8. He also had a custom chambered exhaust system built. I've driven it from Windsor to Toronto. It had a very healthy crackle in the exhaust. Formerly medium blue metallic with a white 2-tone from the factory, it is currently grey.

(10 year old pics. Don't the tail lights look like they're from a '58 Pontiac?)

I also remember back in 1977 a local guy in Ancaster who imported nice cars from the U.S., imported a '62 Olds F85 Cutlass that was absolutely gorgeous and in amazing original shape. Original paint & interior, medium red metallic with a white roof & red buckets, plus factory tint. It wasn't turbo'd but it was a high compression 4-barrel.

dualquadpete wrote:

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Nice straight car but think their wrong on transmission being a 3 spd Hydro matic Both Buick Skylark & F85's came with Power Glide's to my knowledge?? Will be interesting to see what it goes for "no reserve" Canuk Buck limit's buying vehicles in USA + Taxes both sides of border!!!

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 I have virtually no knowledge of these cars, but the shifter shows P-N-D-S-L-R... wouldn't that indicate a 3-speed?