“I had a 65 Olds 425 Rocket V8, 370hp Delta 88. It was powerful and got surprisingly good gas mileage.”
Had a similar experience with a 65 Buick Electra 225, also had a 425 nailhead. Had cruise control built into the speedometer, setup was similar to an alarm clock. Lived in Midland, Tx at the time and as with your Olds it would loaf along at 80mph for hours on end when driving to El Paso, Dallas, etc. quite the road hog, had dual exhaust with glass packs, sounded great. Good memories for sure.
When I floored it, you could hear the air being sucked into that 425. A beautiful sound, I mean really great sound.
I once had a girl friend whose Daddy owned one of those Electras. This would have been 1969. She was only 5 feet tall and really looked small driving that huge Buick.
Grandpa had a Buick Electra 225 that I learned to drive in.
When he drove it he was always speeding. The buzzer would go off when he got over the preset limit but he couldn’t hear it since he was hard of hearing. Those were the days.
Ahhh.... the ‘65’s. Great cars.
My Dad had the 65 Buick Wildcat. 4 door. I can’t recall if he had the 425 cubic inch V8 or “only” the 401.
I do remember all 7 of us (plus luggage) making road trips. 75-80 mph was an easy pace. All day long.
Buick Electra’s were great cars.