1972 Buick Electra 225 Custom Limited 4dr Hardtop | For Sale $16,900
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My father had this car in metallic green. Like driving around in your living room.
Same with my grandpa, same color, but a '73. He had no fear driving hammer down through the narrow roads where he lived. I should have been scared to death when I rode with him, but I had a ball!
My dad had the light blue one. I used to jump around the back seat.
Facts my dad had one as well
My grandpa had this car in the same color. ❤ RIP
I had that metallic green one. I loved the embroidery.
The Duece and a Quarter, the Bonneville, the Ninety-Eight. These were the prestige cars of my childhood. Two living room sofas on wheels.
Hi . I didn't know that you also had that living room experience in a car before I wrote my comment.
OMG, now that’s what I call a car, that’s what you saw in the showroom when you went to your Buick dealer, not today you walk in and it’s SUVS, this is what needs to be built, a 6 passenger car with ride, room, power, and most of all, STYLE!!!!
You hit the nail right on the head my friend. I mourn the passing of these luxury cruisers. I don’t get this SUV/crossover craze at all!
The style of these old cars is probably a direct result of the fact that the materials used were at the time undervalued. Today, I think we are hopefully starting to understand that all the crud that went into these beasts doesn't fall from the skies. I appreciate that the relics are being loved and cared for, but the idea that we should strive for a return to that kind of styling is not realistic.
@@edprall5648 it's not much bigger than the crew cab pick-ups that many now use as a family "car", and probably smaller and lighter than today's Suburban.
A modern V8 engine and 6 speed transmission under this body would probably get you at least 25 mpg.
@@rockerdriver It all started with evil Reagan. He allowed these vehicles -4 wheel drives, the truck passenger vehicles to bypass the pollution controls that cars had, so this reduced costs to the manufacturers and so it all took off. Seeing how foreign makers want to sell in your country, they too started to make them. Hence we have the situation today. More resources used on the planet.
You have to tax them higher to weed them out.
@@edprall5648 Yes and no. Many modern vehicles use a lot of materials you deem previously undervalued. Just look at those bloated, ridiculous trucks/SUVs such as the Escalade or the Tundra. The only reason they exist in such form is because, as "trucks", they are exempt from CAFE. The style of the old cars reflects the style of the times more than anything else. Beauty and elegance, along with a smooth, quiet ride, was something nearly everyone appreciated and looked for in an automobile. The whole world knew and envied "The American car". Today, it's all about being aggressive, and the most popular car in America (and the world) is the stupid Corolla.
I sold these cars when they were brand new. Boy does that bring back memories. I was only 22 then. Those were the days when dealerships gave you a brand new one to drive for 7,000 miles then sell as a demo. I had a Centurion coupe 455 in Bamboo cream. Those were the days when Buicks and Caddies looked like they should look.
How right you are! If I had the money, THIS car would be in my driveway right now! But it's nice to dream...
Great Aunt and Uncle had a Black one.. Loved that car whenever we stayed over as kids and got to ride in it!!
I had a 75 two door. Sweet ride. Everyone called it the Grey Ghost.
I had a Deuce & a quarter.
It was Jet black and was like a black beautiful stallion. Incredible speed, smooth acceleration.
My baby.
The back seat was so spacious.
It was like sitting in a living room.
My sister had a midnight blue Electra, and I believe it was a 225.
I think hers was a ‘73.
455 4 BBL
gorgeous. really like the brocade upholstery in this era more than the velour pillows that followed. '71-'72 is peak style years for GM, especially the full size cars...really all the big 3 were exceptional for these years before the big bumpers came in.
My friend's Mom had a '72 Coupe de Ville with dark blue metallic & brocade into. Stayed in garage and rarely driven after '77 when she got a tan Datsun 510 wagon Damian took to college. Damian wanted something stylish & ditched it for a Dodge/Mitsubishi eclipse type thing. Mrs. Nieman got $800 or so on the CdV trading it in on a c1988 Cutlass sedan from Standard Motors.
Had a brown one I bought in the early 80s from my roommate for $500. Almost perfect condition should have held onto it.
top of the line Buick in 72. Fully loaded pimp mobile. love it!
Grandpa had a doodoo brown one. Use to hit gas have me stuck to the seat.
👍I love this beautiful classic, and it's very nicely loaded including the full bottom chrome trim!... 🙂
Buick road wheels were some of the sexiest around
It doesnt have 22 inch stoopid wheels on it......nice
Parents had one when I was a 12 years old it was gold. Back than the car was only a couple yrs old.
Great color. Love the wheels and Buick port holes on the hood.
USMC I have a 1966 225 vehicles are so amazing it was my Dads car he passed it to me love it
That's great! Hold on to your dad's car as long as you can. What a memory!!
Jayne was riding in a 1966 225 back June 29 1967, it was her last ride alive!
In the neighborhood I grew up in ,if someone said they had a deuce and a quarter you that was shorthand for a Buick Electra 225.
Absolutely gorgeous and I am a Cadillac fan. So that's saying something.
I am afficianado of these. Dad had a 71 very similar. Finest cars ever. This guy is smooth and a pro. Wish i had the dough.
The model was just an Electra Limited, not a custom Limited. Had a new one in 1972. The digital clock was a later model year addition. A very well optioned car for sure. MSRP would have been over $7000.
Take a look at the vin. The second digit "V" tells you it's an Electra 225 Custom. If it was "U" it would just be an Electra 225. The Electra 225 Custom Limited would have been the flagship Electra in 72
Base 225 Custom was $5300 with no options. A Corvette was similar.
What a beauty. I've never seen one in that blue before. My aunt had one in the gold/beige combo, and it looked (and rode) so good!
Pretty car, love the color.❤
I bought a 1967 Buick Electra 225 (named for wife of a GM Division Chief and 225" or 18' 9" long -- Deuce and a Quarter) for $75.00, in the mid 1970s.
She was a magnificent car, though a beater with some body damage from fender benders. I did my own tune ups, brake jobs, shocks. I could get 19.5 mpg at a steady 70 mph. There was a 430 cid big block with a 750 cfm Rochester 4 bbl carburetor. This is one of the best cars ever made. A '73 Buick 225 would easily cruise all day long at 115 mph.
Compare these and other Big Three luxury cars with same year European luxury cars -- no contest -- Made In USA wins.
Torque 302
THEIS CAR WAS NOT NAMED AFTER THE GM CHIEFS WIFE- Stop spreading erroneous info- if you don’t know the facts please be. Quiet - it’s named after the SISTER IN LAW OF GM CHIEF- her Name was Electra Waggoner Biggs- she was a Sculptor and RICH SOCIALITE
I LOVE that shade of beautiful blue....so rare......i always seen cars like this in green, cream color or...black perhaps...I love this blue......awesome
When they made real cars
I love my 2004 park avenue. Nothing like an old style buick with a soft ride and pillow like seats. Just like grannies living room... LOVE IT
The Buick Electra was a nice car. Powerful and luxurious. My Dad sold Real Estate out of one back in the 1970's.
My buddy's dad had one of these back in the early '80s and we used the cruise it into New York City I grew up in New Jersey right across the bridge What a nice car
We had a beige 74’ coupe. Huge! My uncle had a stripped maroon ‘73. Much faster then the ‘74.
That was my cruiser back in the 80s. Had the 2 door. Now that was a great car back then. This 4 door is beautiful
My Dad was driving an Imperial when this was out but we had a Park Avenue on 82, loved those big boats.
Neil Sedaka !!!! 😧
Come on man it's 1972' how about Yes/ Jethro Tull/ Deep Purple etc !! Lol 😉 👍
Same as a Caddy. I graduated from HS in 72
Awesome to be original. It takes a lot of care to keep one this nice for 50 years. I had it's sister, a 72 Olds 98. Literally a couch on wheels. That under hood light is detachable and has enough wire to reach to the back of the car. There were no phones with a flashlight at the time so it was a very handy accessory. I had one in a Pontiac but it was mounted in the trunk.
This really would have been a premium family car. Rarity to have passenger side mirror in this era. Love the fender lamp monitors and cornering lamps.
The right mirror was not rare, they were standard issue on the big cars.
@@paulparoma That was a mistake or somebody stole it off.
@@gearshifterg9756 How do you know? Did you ever see my car?
@@paulparoma I was working at an Oldsmobile dealership in those years. I've seen it happen.
@@gearshifterg9756 Then you don't remember very well how the 98 was equipped for '77.
One of the best 70s vehicle produced , and imma just say , for this car to be so big and heavy, once you open it up and allow that 4 barrel to fully open up , this car gone need good brakes cause it goes ,and don't put it on the highway and punch it , because you gone past everything on the highway it's gone just keep getting up to speeds , so don't pay attention to that speed gage cause it's going beyond that , better have a full tank , cause this tank is coming through...
Sweet Duce like the corner light's👍💯
Thank you for Sharing! Dont know why the thumbs downs???? Nice Classic American Car
The thumbs down people are the ignoramuses who think Buicks are old people’s cars. All I can say is “That’s a Buick?!”😉
I had one of those baby's. Only mine was a 73. A lot of highway miles and a lot of hours sleeping in that huge back seat. More comfortable than a Holiday Inn. LOL! A really great American automobile.
When i was a kid, a friend's family had the 2 door coupe version of the 225 in all white. It was a stunner.
Do you have to be Carnival Cruiseship Certified to drive this Boat??
💘love it
Beautiful car one of my friends head cars like that back in the day just a beautiful automobile
The name 225 referred to 225" in length or almost 19'.wouldn't fit my garage!
Back when it was all about style… love it!
My uncle bought a new Buick (always electra 225) every 2yrs, they were always beautiful and what a ride, he always said when they build a better it'll be a Buick
A “little bit of a rumble”….My uncle had a 225 and it was super quiet. Loved that car.
We had one in nutmeg brown. Car was a beast
You need to get AC fixed
I collect antique cars. Never bought one YET where the air conditioning worked. And every person who sold me the car said "its just ...." Well, it it WAS that simple, they would have fixed it. I guarantee you that AC system needs a LOT more than just a blower motor. I usually end up dumping between $1,500 to $2K minimum on the AC systems in cars I buy. My 1984 Cadillac basically needed the entire AC system replaced from the compressor all the way back to the unit inside the car. And it only had 24K original miles on it!
A/C is petty things... its the beautiful car that counts.
Agreed. First the A/C goes, then the headliner blows out. If this was just the blower motor he would have fixed it.
Fix it all and convert it to R134 with a black painted electric fan. This car deserves that.
After a couple of winters they were rusty hunks of junk !
That is beautiful!
Sensational combination of style and colour.
Nice car, always liked the C-body Buick's and Oldsmobile's more than the Cadillac's, of the 1971-76 C-body cars GM built I consider 1972 to be the best year for them.
Flawless! IMMACULATE IMMACULATE! Super clean! Amazing original condition!
WOW! I would love to take a cross country trip with 3 good friends in this car. I would have to get the AC fixed first though.
That’s a beauty.
Perfect for the Woodward dream cruise here in Detroit Michigan coming up in August.
beautiful!
I called mine the rolling bedroom(back seat), had a green 72 limited in the late 70's. Bought it in upstate Maine and got my one and only speeding ticket with it in N.C. in 77 doing 62 in a 55 zone. Trooper was coming at me. Drove it to my next assignment to Hill AFB in Utah. What a land yacht but drove like a dream.
Buicks version of a Cadi.
Takes me back to our '72 Centurion. Great cars!
My father owned a 1972 Buick Centurion 4 door hard top. White exterior with a black vinyl top and interior. I LOVED that car.
how many miles?
Dad had one of these in 72 or 73 new.... white with green interior... nicest care he ever had... nicer than a continental or 98 .. I cleaned and polished it so he would let me drive it occasionally. A boat by today’s standards... you could have a party in the trunk.
# DEUCE AND A QUARTER
BUICKS were always solid,reliable,great looking cars. I had a 64 WILDCAT with 401 NAILHEAD.GREAT CAR. 68 WILDCAT with 430. GREAT CAR. 70 WILDCAT with 455. My best WILDCAT. 70 RIViERA GS 455,D.E AWESOME ENGINE. 73 RIVIERA GS 455 BOAT TAIL.GREAT CAR. Ultra smooth riding. 72 ELECTRA 225 LIMITED 455 GREAT CAR. 73 ELECTRA 225 LIMITED. 455 with MAXX TRAXX. GREAT CAR. I had too much to drink once and burned the tire completely off the rim LOL. 75 ELECTRA 225 CUSTOM Had alot of options for just a CUSTOM.A GREAT CAR but didn't have the
My Dad had a 72 2 door 225, nice car but he had traded a 70 Wildcat for it 😢😢😢 Found out later the from the dealer it was the last (or one of the last) made, and the last one sold at that dealership in Denver, CO. That may have been all BS but it made a good story.
Heavy duty
WOW, NOW THAT'S A BUICK.
Last of these 1972 BUICKS seen up to 1988 a GOOD 16 YEAR RUN back when cars made the 16 year run then you realize as someone mentions HEY you don,t see those early mid 70s cars much as they are THINNING OUT!!! In 1970 I remember a few 1954 tru 1959 BUICKS/PONTIACS/OLDSMOBILES and the other makes and the late 50s with thier long forgotten tail fins!!! Most cars in SEPTEMBER of 1970 were from 1954 tru 1970 a good 16 year run!!! And before 1967/68 with plenty of STAINLESS STEEL GRILLES/WINDSHIELD TRIM/DOOR HANDLES/HEADLAMP and TAILLAMP TRIM****then by 1967 here comes the IT LOOKS LIKE CHROME TRIM on every part!!!!
That speed warning buzzer was very useful back in the days of the 55mph speed limit. My cousin had a Buick Electra and the buzzer was on all the time!
The 72 Buick Electra limited sedan no doubt they were great cars, but the 1976 limited Park Ave sedan was even more comfortable interior.
Though still having the luxury .These 70,s models looked bloated compared to the 64,65,66and 67 Electra 225,s .
My '77 LeSabre Limited had an 8 track. Otherwise it was a beaten $200 car, though complete. I traded for $100 and an 8'6" Rob Burns gun.
This car was named after socialite and sculptor
Electra
Waggoner
Biggs - the SISTER IN LAW of then gym chief -
MY FATHER HAD A TAN-BODY WHITE VINYL TOP 1972 BUICK ELECTRA225 IN 1976 & TRADED IT IN FOR A 1973 BUICK ELECTRA SAME COLOR ALSO SEDAN IN 1977
I had 78” deuce quarter floated when drove absolutely 💯 loved it classic never go out style 😼
Looks like what I saw on Casino. Also Goodfellas, Donnie Brosco, The Irishman. Cars were used by members of La COSA Nostra.
When American cars didn’t want to look like European cars , we had our own style of what luxury was , I wish America would go back to basics and stop trying to be knock offs of every one else , just produce what we produce
It woulda came. Sad !
In 1987 I had a 71 with a bad water pump Over heated everywhere I went
Used to carry milk jugs of water around in it to drive it
drove it a few weeks then parked it
Got like 4 miles/gallon I swear
It never had more than a 1/4 of a tank of fuel in it
Had no money or the brains to fix it
So the junkyard came to pick it up
Now I’m just a little smarter and
Not broke🙂
My Grandmother gave me her 72 coupe 225, I had to take her shopping in that car..... sweet ride....
I had a 1973 Electra limited park Ave, blue/blue, pillowed valor, the best ride and comfort I'd ever driven.
You guys ever come across a 1964 Grand Prix or a 1972 Olds Toranado or 1962 Buickl Sklark
Beautiful car but for $17K the A/C should be blowing ice cold. I think many of these beautiful monsters did their final in demolition derbies and this one looks like it was loved for a very long time.
She's so pretty. I love the old GMs. They were the longest and heaviest cars GM ever made. 455 4 barrel, and being a 72, is this before they neutered them with emissions control. ? .
Not that I was was a fan but this model was Ronald Reagan’s last personal driver’s car. After leaving the WH Nancy had a Cadillac
I need one of those navigation devices for my 1969 electra 225 Custom hardtop..
What a beautiful car...Such a shame Buick chose to put that goofy looking high beam sensor out on the hood like that, usually they were found inside on the dash....
Point A to Point B-Mobile of the highest order. Drive it 500 miles and feel better than when you left town.
I was nervous on seeing tape strung out of the back of that 8 track...70s PTSD I suppose.
My Grandmother had a 1972 225 limited 2-door black with peanut butter colored leather that car could fly
Just bought one as a project. Wish I could show pictures but I'm restoring it and going to freak out the 455
Back when GM cared about what it produced. The interior faux wood was a bit tacky but certainly makes a statement.
Beautiful! Cars today will have to stop and pretend they are at a railroad crossing when they see that rolling down the road! Lol that’s a freight train compared to cars today!!
So at around $17K, this would be a STEAL of a car in today's market.
It has auto headlight dimmer, something that those stupid new cars with LED headlights need they're blinding at night.
Can you imagine this car with a blue vinyl top. Would increase the beauty tremendously
I have a 72 lesable, if anyone has a front bumper or a passenger side fender, please reach out to me, same style as this beautiful ride in the video.
I had the 72 two-door coupe same color it was the first car to have the air conditioning circulating the car