I here y'all like Buick

[washernoob]

I was driving down the street here in town, and saw what I thought was a beautiful black Lincoln Continental (from the rear)

I quickly pulled a U turn into the access road, and lawdy look what I stumbled into! I have never seen one of these!

Aside from the Rims, this is a gorgeous Buick Electra. What year is this?

 

[washernoob]

The rear. Very continental esque. The vertical lights remind me of the 60s era continental.

GORGEOUS car. I do want!

 

[wayupnorth]

I know it is a early to mid 60's model. Not sure of the exact year. The number of portholes in the older Buick's front fenders designate a six or eight cyl. engine. They are bringing them back on the newer models now.

 

[swestoyz]

Brandon -

That would be a 1964 Buick Electra 225. TOL Buick of its day.

They truly are gorgeous cars - with equally beautiful interiors. The dash is modeled after the 1963 Rivera dash; the only year that style of dash was used in the full sized line.

More than likely it has a 425 CI "Nail-Head" engine, with a Carter AFB carburetor, however it also may have the Rochester 4GC. I believe the dual quad set-up was left for the Rivera.

Ben

 

[58limited]

You couldn't get a six cylinder in a Buick for many years and the port holes came to signal the BOL or TOLline car for a certain series: Three was BOL and four was TOL. BOL was not really bottom of the line, I just used that terminology, for explanation purposes. Buick usually had two series, small series = Special and Century, large series = Super and Roadmaster, and in 1958 included the Limited. Special had three and Century had four for the small series; Super had three and Roadmaster had four for the big series. The series names changed in 1959: the Special became the LeSabre; Century became Invicta; and Super and Roadmaster became Electra and Electra 225.

 

Without digging out my car books or doing a web search, the car in the picture looks like a '63 or '64 model.

 

[washernoob]

Found the ad for the car. Its a 1964 with a 445 wildcat motor.

Looks like its been dubbed out a bit. I don't know if the interior is original or not. The trunk has been modified. Ugh. I would throw all that garbage away.

http://modules05.dealercarsearch.com/usercontrols/largephotos.aspx?id=1741934

http://modules05.dealercarsearch.com/usercontrols/largephotos.aspx?id=1741934

 

[112561]

Interior is new, but with correct sewn pattern and buttons. I would truly prefer the original vehicle, instead of even a mild custom. I think the car would have had all vinyl, or cloth and vinyl, and that one would have been all blue inside originally. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe leather was available in two door models, but even as luxurious as they still are, leather was rare in the Electra 225 model.

 

[statenislandgwm]

It's a beautiful car...

but has anyone else noticed it doesn't seem to have ac?

 

[swestoyz]

Brandon - I agree. Put the car back to factory original.

HOWEVER, the one upgrade I do praise is it appears the car has received an upgraded brake booster and master cylinder (67-69 style), potentially indicating that it has a disc brake upgrade. I'd leave that in place

Not totally odd to see it without A/C, even if it was originally from Omaha. Most potential Buick owners of the time were still watching the bottom line when ordering a new car - even a TOL luxo 225 - where your Lincoln and Cadillac owners were usually a bit more frivolous with their cash.

The '445' number on the air cleaner is signifying the torque output of the 425 cubic inch V8. Buick did this for a number of years on the Nailhead engines, up until about 1967 when they went to the more modern style 340/400/430 V8's. Even more crazy - in 1970 there was a placard on a few models of the LeSabre that advertised the model of the Turbo-Hydromatic transmission - the 400! My grandfather ordered a brand new LeSabre in 1970 with a 350 CI V8, and the Turbo-Hydromatic 400 transmission.

Ben[this post was last edited: 6/6/2012-15:05]

 

[westingman123]

It's the same age as I am! My Mom bought a '64 Tempest, we had that car forever. I loved the "wing" windows, you didn't NEED air conditioning with those. There were also vents under the dash which, when opened, blew up around you. Cruisin' down the highway was always cool enough, just watch out for flying stuff!

That's a beautiful machine. I agree, though, the crap in the truck gotta go!

 

[abcomatic]

1964 Buick

Wow, Love those '64 Buicks! I remember in the 60's that if you looked at the bottom or top of the tail light lense, there would be a number like 64 or 63 etc.,
thatwasthe year of the car. Most cars then only used that style for 1 year and were not interechangable. There was also a body style in '63 and 64 called a 6 window hardtop or sedan. There would be a triangular window between the back door and the roof. That body style cost a bit more. Gary

 

[whirlaway]

A?C

If its the one in the pic,it does have A/C,but it would not be unusual for northern cars not to have been ordered without it.

 

[washernoob]

The one in the last picture posted is a 2 door convertible model. The one in my link is a 4 door hardtop without A/C.

 

[norgeway]

425....

The 425 was optional, most had the 401 cubic inch engine.Which was called the 445 Wildcat, for 445 foot pounds of torque.

 

[wayupnorth]

Tail lights

I remember that the older vehicles had the year on each and just by looking close at the bottom, you knew exactly.

 

[pulltostart]

According to "Seventy Years of Buick" by George H. Dammann, this car (Electra 225 4-window Hardtop, Model 4839) cost $4,194 and weighed 4, 229 pounds.  The Electra 225 6-window Hardtop, Model 4829, cost $4261 and weighed 4,238 pounds.  All Electras were on a 126-inch wheelbase and were powered by a 401-cubic-inch engine with 325 horsepower, and 445 pounds of torque.

 

A very sweet ride!

 

Lawrence

 

[thor]

"225"

As I understand, 225 was the lenght of the car, in inches. Can anyone confirm if this is right?
Emilio

 

[passatdoc]

I learned to drive in a 225: it was the car used by my behind-the-wheel driver training program. Once you learned to handle a 225, smaller cars were like child's play.

Was the 401 cu in/ 325 HP engine also used in the Buick Sportwagon? The specs sound very similar to my mom's former 1968 Buick Sportwagon 400.

 

[wayupnorth]

Buick

If I had a huge V8 in this baby Buick it would really fly. But the 3100 V6 has plenty of power. Mine was called an Estate Wagon, not that anyone on an estate would have one.