1974 Electra Black coupe NY.

I had this exact car with a Brocade interior. Total flashback!


https://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/cto/d/new-york-city-buick-electra-1974/6819689396.html

 

Hubba HUBBA that is almost sinnnnnnnnnnister!

"I AM YOUR FATHER" lol

 

Here's a pic of my old 74. It's 1977, I'm 20 and about 30 pounds lighter

 

my family had the 74 limited in brown with pin cushion leather interior. car was an awesome boat.

 

looks like someone blacked out the grill. $6500 not a bad price though.

 

I'm liking this! And it's reasonably priced too!

 

A Snowbird's interstate cruiser. Probably equipped with an onboard compass that automatically points "S" at the first kiss of a snowflake on it's sleek ebony flanks.

 

sleek ebony flanks indeed. well worded my brother

 

Very basic Electra, no power seat even. For a 100k plus car with sone needs, it’s overpriced. Not sure why but the 74’s are softer in the market than the years around it.

 

I'm somewhat prejudiced as I had one, although mine wasn't a Limited, it did have 60/40 pwr seats,cornering lamps,cruise,A/c, and tilt etc. I guess people find the big front bumper off putting compared with the sleeker looking '71's to'73's and it's the last year for the 71-74 cockpit style dash ( which I always liked better than the next gen dash) If you look closely at mine, you can see I was going thru a "wide whitewall" stage in my life. Didn't last. Couldn't afford new tires, so I painted the wide whitewalls on. Looked great for 2 weeks before it started peeling.

 

Oh yeah, that Archie, he's a genuine wordsmith!

 

I think the header panel/headlight treatment is kinda odd that year. Of the big bumper cars it’s the least appealing to me. But it’s still a hardtop coupe, not an opera window post coupe.
Patrick

 

Back in the mid to late 1970's, 1 1/2"- 2" white walls were pretty common on luxury cars. That was the only way for me back then. If a car I bought didn't have them already, they would get a set of wide whites almost immediately. I once bought a '75 Limited coupe that my wife didn't like until I put the wider white walls on it. That said, now I prefer the skinnier ww's on these cars. The car for sale is screaming to have a set installed on it IMHO.

 

I used to be fussy and only appreciated the 71 and 72... Then I embraced the 73. and now I like the 74, and especially the 75. I have come to really like the opera window like in the above photo. With the road wheels it looks awesome. I love them all now. of course 5 miles to gallon is kinda a drag but anyway you dont have to drive it, you can park it out in back and have a party .... hows that go? aw shucks I cant make it rhyme with Buick Electra..

 

ABSOLUTELY. Very attractive coupe you had.

 

Thank you Keith! That was the second of the four I've owned. I still love those cars for their style, comfort and ride.

 

My buddy loved my 74 and everybody called it “The Shark”. He had to outdo me and bought a 1974 landau limited.
It had the pillow seats like a Caddy ,full full load and an excessivly padded half roof. Silver with a red totally pimped interior. I have never seen another one like that since.

 

I still love the 72 Electra's as the perfect iteration of that body, but I would take a 75/76 Park Ave in a second or a Limited Coupe in white with the red interior. Always thought they should have kept the 73 front end on the 74 with the better tailend which would have made for a nice looking car. Not sure which I would choose between a 73 or 74.

 

If anyone is interested .. I could possibly check it out depending on where in NYC it is located

 

I think I drove by this car a week ago. Black Electra 225. I didn’t have enough time to check it out.
Was behind a fence. Near BQE if I remember right. Was a couple cars I think and this was closest and behind a fence if I remember correctly. Thought it looked really cool.