Saturday, November 2, 2024

1970 Buick Electra 225


We've already peeped a 1970 Buick Electra Deuce and a Quarter, but it was a Burnished Saddle Iridescent ragtop, while this Sherwood Green Metallic example is a hardtop coupe.

As noted, 1970 marked the final year for the third generation of the Electra and the first year for the 455 cubic inch version of Buick's V-8.


That big motor would move the car with relative alacrity. Motor Trend tested a '72 Electra coupe, whose 455 made only 315 gross horsepower (250 net) due to having the compression ratio reduced to 8.5:1 so as to run on regular gas, and it still managed a 9.5 second zero-to-sixty and a 16.6 quarter at 86 mph. This 1970 would have had  370 hp motor with a 10.0:1 squeeze demanding premium unleaded and been correspondingly a few ticks quicker.

This one was photographed with a Nikon D800 and 24-120mm f/4 VR zoom lens in November of 2021. 

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1970 Buick Electra 225

We've already peeped a 1970 Buick Electra Deuce and a Quarter, but it was a Burnished Saddle Iridescent ragtop , while this Sherwood Gre...