60buick225conv

Hi Greg, mine's the later style..the seats are solid red.....Actually, I saw this car for sale on ebay seven years ago, and had to have it....I love many of the Buicks, and especially convertibles, but, this one has incredible style and WOW factor, that some just don't have. I will check out your web site, too! Thanks for the heads up on that! Mike

Hi John, thanks for the invite! I'd love to make the show, and drive to Worcester, too. She's a great driver, but, I'm always scared to death over the prospect of driving around Manhattan, even at night. I'm not wealthy enough to own a trailer, so at this point, I'd say unlikely, but, one never knows what may strike my fancy! Mike

Thanks for the compliments, guys. I'm flattered! My 1960 buick Electra 225 Convertible is white, with a white top, and original red leather interior. Bucket seats, center console, electric everything, wonderbar radio(currently out being restored). She runs extremely well. Powerful and smooth. She has around 73,000 miles on her.(I need a new odometer gear if anyone knows where to get one!) She loves to ride the highway along the beaches here in Maryland and Delaware, espcially in the spring and fall. She is all factory, very clean and straight. She has lots of NOS parts. There's not a better Saturday or Sunday, when the temp is 80's and she has been freshly washed and polished. I slide behind the wheel in a cool Hawaiian Shirt, a panama hat, and take her for that seaside cruise up the highway, and back just as the sun sets on the bay. Frank Sinatra on the radio....people point and wave, God I love this car so much! I hope JFK wins the election..........

It's 6:30pm, June 27, 1962. My Seventh Birthday! I am sitting on our backyard picnic table, gazing over the fence to my neighbors yard. Mr. Ray Perks was standing chatting with several guys, surrounded by big shiney Buicks. Late 50's models as I recall, loaded with chrome, two tones, white walls, fancy hubcaps. The hood was up on a 58 Century 4 door. They were laughing and smoking cigarettes. Ray Perks was the chief mechanic at Kelly Buick in Worcester, Ma, on Shrewsbury Street. I used to love to watch all the great stylish cars roll in and out of his yard. My Grandfather told me he specialized in transmissions. Looked to me that he could do anything. To the guys in his yard, he seemed like a GOD, from the way the laughed and patted him on the back. Grandpa said he was one of the best. Every Sunday my Grandparents, Dad and siblings and me piled into Grandpa's new Buick for the ride to church and back. 62 Skylark, 65 Skylark, 67 Sport Wagon. My Dad's 53 Special wasn't good enough for church! The 49 Riviera out back belonged to my Uncle Walter. We'd meet Uncle Bob in the church lot with his 59 Invicta 2 door hardtop. Over the years, the ride didn't change, just the cars. 65 Wildcat, 67 LeSabre, 69 Electra. The 73 Electra was a real pretty green with Vinyl top and brocade interior. MY Mom's Dad used to drive from Florida to visit us. He was a Buick man too...Wildcats, LeSabres, Regals, Riviera's, some great color combinations too. My first-was a used 72 Centurion my uncle got for me at Kelly Buick. It was a sweet car, and my initiation into the "buick mystique". The list goes on, through the 80's and 90's, the last one being a 2003 Century that Grandpa leased on his 91st birthday. He's gone now, with Mr. Perks, and the uncles and Dad, too. So's the car. But, every time I fire up my 1960 Electra 225 Convertible, put down the top, and roll out into the sunshine, I look up and see all those faces, all that chrome, the trips to Kelly Buick every other September to look at the new models. I see their smiles and faces reflecting in the chrome, and know this is gonna be another great day for a ride in my Buick. I'm glad it's a big car, cause theres always a lot of passengers in there with me!

Hey Buick fans! I goofed! I recently purchased a set of NOS Buick Hood Letters on Ebay, thinking they were the same as my 60. Obviously, they are not. So, if anyone is looking for a set, please e mail me. I will be happy to sell them for what I paid for them on Ebay, plus the shipping....I paid $94.00.....you can e mail me at NBVA1@aol.com. First come first serve! They are in the original packing and look to be perfect, although, I did not examine every one, since the "B" was obviously the wrong letter size and style for my 1960. Thanks! MIKE