1970 Buick Electra 225 (a "deuce and a quarter").
I was the only white guy living on "South-side" Richmond, VA who owned one at the time. Got the thumbs up from "the Brothers" in their "pro-Keds" and the "Pike dwellers" upa nd down the strip ("Petersburg Pike, aka US Rt 1, that is).
Mine was identical to this you tube video except that it had the black vinyl interior.
1970 Buick Electra
Bought it in Greenville, SC for $1025 in January, 1977 with 68,400 miles on it. Died in my driveway in Stamford, CT in 1990 with 205,000 on it. By that time the valve seats were gone and it was drinking 3 quarts of 20/50 every 200 miles!
It was a sweet ride for sure!
FReegards!
Some college friends from FL had one very similar to that, a 4 dr hardtop Electra. We drove it on the beach at Daytona during Spring Break. Some jerk in a Jeep intentionally stopped in front of us crossing the dune line and we buried it up to the fender skirts in loose sand trying to get it out. Had to be towed out. Great, fun car, though. Massive, tons of room, 8 college kids in it was not a problem.
First time, long time.
Mine was a ‘68 Buick Electra 225 Limited, coupe (2dr hardtop). 430 w/ 4bbl. Power everything (including trunk). Inherited it for $1 from my father. He stepped up to the ‘73 deuce-and-a-quarter, 455! I had mine airborne once. I would attach a picture but I don’t know how.
