1985 Buick LeSabre Limited Collector's Edition from North America - Comments

The only thing I have had to replace is the radiator at 88,000 miles.

I replaced the belts and hoses as well.

Oh, and light bulbs!

I can't praise this "Pimp Mobile" enough. I am amazed how well everything is holding up. The paint has some small worn spots on the trunk and hood, but with regular wax she shines right up. All the chrome and trim pieces are still intact. The interior barely has any wear to it at all. There is only a 1" rip in the headliner above the passenger seat. I installed a Pioneer P7300 in-dash DVD system with a P8000 head unit and two amplifiers (A 300W 4-channel and a 760W 2-channel) It's like being in a mobile lounge with those overstuffed seats! She also has an Excalibur alarm. No more fumbling for door keys! I just got a Flow Master exhaust put on! Wow, what a rumble!

A 10/10 in performance? Is this a joke?

That one's gonna last you another 10 years at least. I've owned 2 '85 Delta 88's and several 80's Caprices (they're all the same car, only difference is cosmetic), and these things are built like friggen tanks. Never maintained em. Thrashed on em. Couldnt kill em. Sold one to my friend and its still on the road with someting like 300k, 350k miles, original motor.

Notice that almost every 85 Lesabre reviewed on this site seems to be a "collectors edition"?

Was every Lesabre built this year called that?

My grandfather has one of these that he bought new... nice car. He traded it in in 92 for a Mercury though. His was a collector's edition as were all 85 LeSabres. It was the last year of the big rear wheel drive cars. In 86 they became downsized and front wheel drive.

It's like the Trans Am Limited Edition - limited to as many as they could sell.

Actually the RWD models were built until July 1985 I believe. Then the rest were FWD and were 1985's as well not 1986 quite yet. I have an '85 RWD and met a guy who had the '85 FWD model. Same color paint and red pin striping. I guess the tooling was already there from the Delta 88'?

You are correct and not all '85's are Collectors Editions.

I have a 1985 Buick Le-sabre Collectors Edition. It is an awesome car and has not given us one bit of trouble since we have had it. It has been repainted and the roof repaired a number of years ago. Mechanically we had never had a problem. It now needs to be completely taken to the metal and restored. Unfortunately, someone stole the Collector's Edition emblem. I am going to try to get a new one. Several people have asked if I am going to sell the car. As a matter of fact, I saw a Buick Le-sabre in the Auto Trader with very low mileage i.e. 6000 miles or km not sure, looked totally awesome, valued at $45k.

19 FEB 2005 22:46 To answer your question, no not all '85 Le Sabres were Collectors editions. The Collectors edition was supposed to be the last Rear wheel drive made by Buick. They continued with the Big Estate Wagon until 1990 (Carberated 307 till the bitter end) and brought back the Roadmaster in 1991, so it was really a lot of hype for nothing.

I just my second 1985 Buick Lesabre. My first was a collectors edition 1985. The only reason I decided to let it go was because of all the rust that was on it. But these cars are really a dream boat. We call it a land yacht cause its so big. Can you believe someone I know said that my buick was a death trap. I was like I don't think so buddy.Thanks

Michelle New Hampshire.

I have a 1985 buick collector lesab I need the side lights on the soft top by the windo anyone no where to get them...ben at fureal1@yahoo.com.

Not all 85 LeSabre's were Limited editions, and the one's that have the badges aren't all truly a limited edition. Buick slapped limited edition badges on a lot of them. It's only a true limited edition if it has the full leather plush interior with woodgrain and digital readout, including push button digital A/C. They all look good, but there's not a 4dr around that can hold a candle to my 2dr "coupe". The doors on the 2dr's must weigh over a hundered pounds a piece and they are like 4ft long!!!

Two doors are probably more desirable than four doors if only by virtue of lower production numbers, but otherwise they are still a LeSabre, even with leather and digital climate control, neither of which was all that rare even back in 1985.

Personally I never cared for the two door models after they were down-sized at the end of 1976. The four doors seem much more proportionate.

Yeah, I've still got my LeSabre with well over 300,000 miles on the original 307, never been rebuilt. You can check it out on youtube; just type in J45007 in the youtube search bar. Send me a message in youtube and let me know you saw this message. Thanks, -BOGAR!