1960 Buick Electra

225 Sedan

401 Cu In / Wildcat 445

Automatic

8G2007244

Clear

Gasoline

NOTE: you will need to HAUL this car away. I could not get it to start and two of the four wheels hold air, a third will hold air for a couple of minutes and leaks around the rim and the fourth the valve stem was right up against flat tire- I think that you could get all four tires to hold air well enough to get it onto a rollback or trailer- the two tires went flat last year and I did not have time to try to work on them until a couple months ago and my jack was too small to safely jack up the car. Here for your bidding pleasure is a 99% complete (only missing parts are the chrome trim to the hood- easy to find/replicate) 1960 model year BUICK ELECTRA 225. This is a Model 4829. I have owned this car since 1995 with intentions of restoring it. I lost indoor storage a couple years ago in 2010, and the car has been outside with a cover on it since then. IMPORTANT NOTE: everything that you see that is not on the car with the exception of the hood chrome trim is bagged and tagged inside the car. The car is ONLY MISSING THE HOOD CHROME TRIM. The engine had trouble with the gas pedal actuated solenoid when we went to pull it out of the garage and we rigged a lightswitch to jump it and the car ran on a remote tank and drove to where you see it now 2 years ago. My buddy that did that light switch jump was not around when I was up there testing to see which tires held air and I could not figure out how to replicate what he did and therefore could not get the car started to show a video of it running. The GEN light on the dashboard did come on when I hooked the battery up. I could not get any of the electric windows to work when the battery was hooked up in Sept 2012 but previously they all worked, some slower than others, including the electric vent windows. So, it is what it is, I'm sure sitting outside brought some corrosion into the equation even though the car was covered with a good breathing cover up until last month. In the past I have driven the car about a total of 100 miles over the years and noted the following: 1) the turbine transmission skips when warm but you can overcome that by moving to the "L" gear position from a dead stop. The car does NOT skip when in forward motion. 2) Reverse skips all the time but can be used as long as you're not backing up a steep hill. (Needs a transmission adjustment or rebuild). The engine appears to be newer than the car but is a 401 Nailhead all the same- probably from a Riviera Gran Sport a few years newer. The car is an original CALIFORNIA car as noted by the Southern California AAA sticker on the rear bumper and the LA Hospital sticker on the mirror. When I first looked at this car in 1991, the ENTIRE maintenance history was with it in a 3 ring binder and the car had been in California through 1975 and then was only used in New Hampshire 3 years before the son of the original owner let the car sit over an unpaid muffler system job in 1978. That's a total of FOUR YEARS in the northeast- frame is ROCK SOLID and panels are also solid- what's wrong with the car is surface rust from sitting in the sun too long after the exhaust system job went unpaid. The car needs everything cosmetically as far as restoration goes but is NEARLY COMPLETE- the only missing trim is the straight pieces of chrome on the hood. ALL PARTS THAT YOU SEE REMOVED- front bumper, headlight bezels, were removed by me and are tagged and bagged inside the trunk. There is a pinhole in the trunk floor and one under the back bench seat, the back bench seat probably attributable to mouse urine- that's what i smelled when I lifted up the back seat. I have also removed the horrible original carpet and tarpaper that was under it. There is not floor pan rot- some light surface rust. The front seat is loose- I unbolted it. Other than that, I did nothing else to the car. The odometer reads in the 70,xxx's and I do not know if it flipped over or not. You are looking at a car that was seriously used for only 18 years (at the most!) of its life. When I looked at the car in 1991, the odometer read 65,xxx so the owner prior to me only put 5,000 miles on the car. The seat covers are shot but all of the electrical stuff workED before the car was pulled outside- I suspect corrosion somewhere under the hood to be the trouble- seat and windows- the windows work slowly and some are slightly out of alignment. I can see bubbles in some of the (flat glass) side windows- might be some tint self destructing in there- some new glass is likely in order here, definitely the front windshield that has cracks but was used multiple years on many GM cars. The headliner is trash. The wonderbar radio never worked but is all there. I do remember checking the transmisison and seeing that it was very over-filled years ago- not sure if that contributes to the skipping or not. NO RESERVE!!! PAPERWORK: This car has NO title and New Hampshire will NEVER issue a title for it. I have my (only) previous registration- a 20 day temp registration and will provide a notarized bill of sale from New Hampshire which combined will be legal tender to acquire a registration and title in your state. The VIN is on the reg and matches the car, as it will match the bill of sale. If you want to pictured CHASSIS SERVICE MANUAL plus two BLANK GM keys from the period then those will be 30 USD extra. I have TWO keys to this car that fit ignition, doors, and trunk that are included in the sale. This car needs to be paid for and removed from where it sits within 10 days. Payment method to be cashier's check. If you have any questions, my phone number is TWO SEVEN ZERO-293-SEVEN EIGHT ONE ZERO. Please do not call me to get me to end the auction early. Please also do not bid unless you are equipped to COME HAUL THE CAR AWAY on a capable trailer. The car is located in central western New Hampshire in zip 03257 and must be picked up within 10 days of auction end. Once the snow flies, this car gets blocked in. Last year the first significant snow WAS late October, so I don't want the car lingering around past 10 days.