1975 Buick Electra

1975 Buick Electra 225 Limited 225 2 Door Hardtop Buick Electras, up until 1977, were always among the largest cars in GM's fleet.  Not many cars put their size in their name, but the 225 did.  The 4 door version of the 1975 Buick Electra was the longest 4 door hardtop EVER built by General Motors.  1975 was also the year of a redesign for the fourth generation Electra with fixed rear windows in coupes, a new eggcrate grille, and square headlights becoming standard along with power windows and power seats.  Horsepower, however, continued to get choked as regulations required restrictive single exhaust into a catalytic converter and along with other changes, resulted in 205 horses coming out of a 455ci engine.  For consignment, a 1975 Buick Electra 225 Limited 2 door hardtop with an astounding 17,676 miles showing but cannot be verified as the title reads exempt.  If you're already in the Buick Club of America, this is going to get your attention.  If you're not in the club, here's an outstanding reason to join.  This is one for the ages and deserves to be seen and appreciated as a shining example of a time gone by, and for some of us, vivid memories of American land yachts cruising our roads as daily drivers is still ingrained in our once young minds.  Exterior Let's start with the elegant face which like everything else on this car is exaggerated in size.  The grille frame is an extended chrome piece that covers the painted nose piece and in Rolls Royce style, wears a Flying Goddess ornament.  The eggcrate grille spans the width of the car flowing under the dual headlights and above the massive chrome bumper.  In profile, this Silver Mist painted giant gives off Cadillac vibes with a long hood, a large Landau vinyl top that sweeps back to meet the lengthy decklid.  Faux fender vents, mere vestiges of the infamous portholes of the 50's, adorn this and every Buick from the era, in line with trim piece that runs the full distance of the car.  Fender skirts streamline the rear section of the car and have polished gravel guards leading to edge trim, seemingly a continuation of the polished rocker panel.  There's enormous real estate beyond the rear axle with an overhang of more than three feet, capped by rising sides of the chrome bumper that surround the rear fascia like NFL goal posts and house the reverse lights.  The egg crate design makes a return on the long horizontal tail lights and its presence is extraordinary.  It's beautifully preserved and we could not find any glaring exterior flaws.   Interior Buick designers burned the midnight oil to try and figure out how to get every popular and luxurious material on the inside beginning on the door panel which has button backed burgundy velour inserts over a scroll carved faux wood inlay, over a padded vinyl armrest, over a carpeted lower panel with lights and chrome and polished trim.  Diamond tufted red velour seats are constructed of a ribbed material Buick called Geneva cloth, and a large armrest sits between the split bench seat, big enough for both occupants and maybe even a Saint Bernard.  But fear not, doggie, there's tons of space in the back which is limo-like and covered in the same materials and it's all in incredible condition.  Faux wood inlay classes up the steering wheel for the times, but alas, it's still red plastic and vinyl when all is said and done.  The simple dashboard houses a horizontal speedometer and a panel of idiot lights along with knobs and controls on the faux woodgrain mid-panel of the dashboard which spans the entire dash, interrupted only by the AM/FM radio in the center.  The plush red carpet is very nice with just a few blemishes by the gas pedal.  Up above, a large, (naturally), sunroof is surrounded by a clean headliner and the entire interior is essentially showroom fresh.  The vast trunk is spotless too, covered in a trunk liner and housing a spare that is butterfly bolted in.  Drivetrain Tim