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1973 Buick Electra 225
1969 Buick Electra 225

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MushyHeirloom
02/04/09

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Y'know, aside from the dents and missing trim on the rear quarters, this sonofabitch is solid. Great find!
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Six Flags Over Tomsk
02/04/09

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My grandma had an Olds 98 coupe of about this same vintage, and I think the same color combo. I think I'm in lust.
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Boosted Lego Wagon
02/04/09

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Goddam. Looks like Daredevil's been practicing his parallel parking with the windows up again.
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Novaload
02/04/09

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Our family briefly had one around this year, only 4 doors, butterscotch with black vinyl. Awesome boat.
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Stranger than most
02/04/09

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I had '73 Estate Wagon even bigger then this beast and it complete with the "Cow catcher" bumper that added another foot the over all length. Had a couple late 60's and early 70's Caddys for parts cars other then engine and rad the rest of the running gear was the same. Put a set snow tires on it and there was not snow deep to slow it down even in northern Maine where is living at the time. Leaking rad, worn out pump (250k miles on the original) add one can of rad stop leak, fill with water, load car to max hauling capacity with last load while moving. {wait for it} At 44 miles of 45 mile trip the temp lights come on and beast starts knocking, crank up the heat to max put the foot the floor... {can you say Boom!!! sure I knew could}
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Novaload
02/04/09

@Stranger then most: Thanks for the memories--I'd blocked out driving along on a hot day, windows open, heat blasting. Also the West VA radiator, as we called it, popping the hood but not undoing the latch, so the air could circulate better...
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Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
02/04/09

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Ah, the good old days when buying a Buick didn't mean you were waiting to die. It meant you intended to run anything smaller than an aircraft carrier off the road.
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mobilene
02/04/09

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Murilee, ever thought about starting a side venture for Alameda old-car tourism?
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thunder; now eta-powered
02/04/09

@mobilene: I suggested that a while back. Never did get a response from Mur; somebody's playin' hard to get.
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Elhigh
02/04/09

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Drag two of these monsters to the Crusher and steel scrap prices in my area take a 10% dip.
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Jo Schmo
02/04/09

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I bet I could fit a dozen average-sized female bodies in that trunk comfortably
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monsterajr
02/04/09

@Jo Schmo *Now Bacon-Enhanced: comfortable is a relative term. Are they still breathin'?
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Jo Schmo
02/04/09

@monsterajr: Breathing? Who said anything about that?
@russell_s: A dozen cheerleaders you say? That just might be the ticket, yeah...
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Graverobber
02/04/09

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Oh man. I've seen a lot of these kind of cars in my neighborhood over the years: the little old lady car that she bought new, and still cruises around in despite cataract-induced myopia causing lane position judgement impairment and the inevitable war wounds along the car's flanks. This is why I try not to park on the street.
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brandegee
02/04/09

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The Metro in the background should slide easily into the backseat. But this isn't really a metro's type of car is it?
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Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
02/04/09

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Okay, I'm always in favor of mint green luxomonsters, +1000 Slantsick Bonus Points for the green vinyl roof, and that tail isn't bad at all.. but with a few notable exceptions (Riviera boattail, up-to-'73 Firebird) GM styling took a major dump after 1970.
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danio3834
02/04/09

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Judging from the action marks down the side, this thing has seen battle with more than a few angry Prius drivers.
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chollo9
02/04/09

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Deuce and a quarter, yeah!
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HurtsSoGood
02/04/09

@chollo9: IIRC, that was the biggest, heaviest, gas-guzzlingest monster Detroit ever offered to the public. Nothing else, not even Hummer, has ever come close.
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Stoatmaster
02/04/09

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Looks honest, in a sleazy, beat-up kind of a way.

Is it Mickey Rourke?
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Stoatmaster
02/04/09

@Stoatmaster: Can I retract that, and say Ernest Borgnine?
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LTDScott
02/04/09

@Stoatmaster: I was about to say, if it was Mickey Rourke it'd have a new front end and a malaise size front bumper.
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