Buick Wildcat First Generation
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Model years |
1963 to 1964 |
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Body style |
2-door hardtop |
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Layout |
FR layout |
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Engine |
401 cu in (6.6 L) Nailhead V8 |
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Transmission |
Dynaflow automatic |
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Wheelbase |
123 in (3,124 mm) |
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Length |
215.7 in (5,479 mm |
The Buick Wildcat first Generation from 1963 to 1964.The Buick Wildcat was a car which was manufactured from the fall of 1962 to the end of 1970 by Buick as the successor to the Invicta .
History
In its first year, the Wildcat was just a subset of the Invicta, which was equipped as a two-door hardtop coupe with the high-performance version of the V8 engine with 6571 cc and 325 hp (239 kW) performance Price New: $ 3,524.. This engine was 445 ft. Lbs due to its torque. known as "Wildcat 445".
Compared to the normal Invicta, the Wildcat also had individual seats, a center console with tachometer and automatic selector lever (TurbineDrive automatic), special decorative stripes on the sides of the vehicle, a vinyl roof and its own emblem: The stylized head of a wildcat at the two C-pillars. The Wildcat had the three vents on the front fenders like the Invicta and the LeSabre, a design only for the 1963 model year.
From 1963, the Wildcat was a separate series while the Invicta was discontinued. The cars no longer had the previous year's three vents, but instead had chrome trim on the front fenders just behind the wheel wells. When the Wildcat became its own series, a four-door hardtop sedan, a two-door convertible and a five-door station wagon were added. On request, there were also in the four- and five-door single seats and center console. The 1963 model had a large aluminum trim panel on the side of the body that seemed to compete directly with the Oldsmobile Starfire, another full-size "sporty" model by GM.
The usual horizontal VentiPorts found on previous Buicks were replaced by vertically positioned chrome hash-marks on the lower front quarter panel right behind the front wheel housings on 1964 Wildcats. The Wildcat adds a convertible and four-door hardtop sedan to the initial two-door hardtop coupe debuted in 1962 after becoming its own full series in 1963. A bench seat was standard in the four-door variant, but the bucket seat and console interior found in the coupe and convertible were optional. A pillared four-door sedan joined the line in 1964, with two levels of customization - standard and custom - and a mid-line deluxe subseries added for 1965 only.Through 1966, the 325 horsepower (242 kW) 401 cubic-inch Wildcat V8 remained the standard powerplant. A bigger, 425 cubic-inch Wildcat V8 was also available from 1964 to 1966, delivering either 340 horsepower (254 kW) with a factory four-barrel carburetor or 360 horsepower (268 kW) with two four-barrel carburetors ("dual quads"). Finned cast aluminium valve covers with the Buick emblem embossed on the top were also included in this variant. Beginning in 1964, all Wildcats came standard with a three-speed manual transmission with column shift, with the four-speed manual (1963-1965 only) or three-speed automatic Super Turbine 400 transmissions as options.
PERFORMANCE: 6.6 L
FUEL CONSUMPTION: 14.1 m/imp gal, 11.8 mNS gal, 20 1 x 100 km
MAX SPEED: 121.1 mph, 195
max speed in 1st gear: 77.0 mph, 124 km/h
acceleration: standing 1/4 mile 17.1 sec, (0 — 80 km/h) 6.9 sec
speed in direct drive at 1000 rpm: 26.5 mph, 42.6 km/h.
Engine names referred to engine torque output rather than displacement. The "Wildcat 445" was a 401 CID V8 that produced a peak torque rating of 445 lb⋅ft (603 N⋅m), while the "Wildcat 465" was a 425 CID V8 that produced 465 lb⋅ft (630 N⋅m) of torque. The "dual quad" version of the Wildcat 465 was dubbed "Super Wildcat".In 1964, a four-door sedan with B-pillars was introduced; the station wagon disappeared again after a year and there were two equipment lines: Standard and Custom . Only in the model year 1965 came as a medium equipment of the deluxe .The 6.6 l V8 remained until 1966 as standard equipment.
From 1964 to 1966, there were on request also the larger engine with 6965 cc, either with 340 hp (250 kW) when using the standard quadruple carburetor or with 360 hp (265 kW) with the use of two quad carburetors. Also from 1964 there was a standard three-speed automatic steering wheel selector lever, which buyers had the choice between a manual four-speed gearbox (only 1963-1965) or just that three-speed automatic Super Turbine 400 had. Interestingly, the engines were not named after the displacement (in cu.in.), but after the torque (in ft.lbs.). The Wildcat 445 was a 401 cu.in engine. (6.6 l), which has a torque of 445 ft.lbs. spawned while the Wildcat 465425 cu.in. (7.0 l) engine capacity and a torque of 465 ft.lbs. The version of the 465 with two quad carburetors was called Super Wildcat
