69DUCEBOY

Thanks agian for your ? I would like to see my Electra as a street sleeper.. the body would be stock..(would like to get cornering lights) and the paint would be the stock color along with a semi stock interior ( would like to do some sude inserts in the seats and a sude headliner)..would like to do air bags and some tourqe thrust 2 in 18's or 19's Then the fun I would like to build the stock 430 heads to stage 1 specs put a nice cam ditch the stock fan and put an electric one in (to free up some ponys and keep me cool while out crusing)intake, carb, 2" exhaust may be some headers along with 4w disk (is that it?? ) ya that should do the dream would be a supercharger or twinturbo.. that would be fun.. What do think a 430 that has been worked over a little put out... dose any one know how or were to find out a vin decode on these car's so I can find out when were and with what options the car was sold new... thanks

THANKS Smartin That looks great I see the look you were going for great job BqUICK ..

Hey thanks for the ? It was spring of 98 and I was unemployed and had no car and walking my oldest (approx 5 months old at the time). We would walk by this nice buick every walk. I told my mom about this cool buick electra 225..She said " a duce and a quarter no way what year" .I laughed duce thats funny .. The car was on two flats with weeds all around. Found out that I knew the owner from high school days. talked to him the car was not for sale So I spent all my money on a P.O.S. ford mavrick well a month or so goes by and I drive by the duce and it's for sale. No way now I'm mad I've spent all my money on that mav.. So I stop over to see Ryan (we share the same name) and he needs a motor for his work truck and wants $1500.00 for the duce it runs fine but needs a water pump the front seat bottom is torn needs a new top viynl top and a windsheild.. But agian no money so I go home.. Well luck was on my side after all about two weeks go by and a late 70's thunderbird takes a left in front of me we hit almost head on and total's out the mav (at the time the buick is still for sale) so another week goes by and we get a check from the ins for $750.00 (not bad I piad $200.00 for it) The next morning I wake get a ride to work.. My mom calls and says "that 69 electra is in the paper today you dad seen the ad and wants to go look at it for him" after explaning to my dad he could not buy that car I wanted it..so he tell's me he wont even go look at it .. I get off work later that night have I freind pick me up to take me home . I get home and my mom meets at the front door (I forgot to mention in the erlier phone call with my mom she told me that she would loan me the extra $ I needed to get the duce.) she tells me "Ryan has sold the duce and hes washing it up right now".. my heart sank I thought that car was mine I was truly bumbed out..then she continues "If you take him the balance of $500.00 it's yours" YES I got the car my mom went over erlier and beat poor Ryan down on the car for the roof windsheild and seat bottom she beat him up so bad he took the $750.00 I had from the ins check from the mav went to get and drove her home... I put the water pump in the next day and started diving the wheels off.. The car handles like a dream it just floats have to watch out on the freeway beforeyou know it you could be doing over 100 and think your only crusing at 70 One day I was comming back from a day trip with my step boy and asked him how fast have you been in a car he tell's me 85 or so as he leans over to look how fast we are going "110" he yells "wow thats fast " he said. I can remeber a time out cruising and their was a T/A next to me I did a power brake burn out that smoked up the intersection.. and gave him a run for his money,, he beat me.. fun stuff this car is my baby ill never sell it if any one can help me I tried to post some pics last night but there to big how dose one shrink it down so they will load... p/s BqUICK that duce is bad I love it keep up the good work

Hi guy's JDsandyo is my nemesis I collect John Deere/chad little stuff. there is a certain trading card that has a shaving of a raced used lugnut there are 100 with the drivers pic and 100 with a car pic i got a driver one two years ago at that time i got out bid by JD 2 times... then started looking for a car one this guy has beat me a number of times (like no joke 10 times) no matter if i snipe or overbid he still wins he must be close to getting them all.. i finally won one last month... he is on ebay right now buying a chad little lugnut card Deere ...thats funny.....and thats my story

ANY PICS WITH THE PAINTED WHEELS ON????? WOULD LIKE TO SEE

HEY FELLOW BUICK LOVERS MY NAME IS RYAN AND I OWN A 69 ELECTRA 225 2D HT WITH A 430-4 I LIKE THE LATE 60'S BIG BUICKS BqUICK'S DUCE IS BAD A@* AND I HOPE TO HAVE THE SAME STYLE DRIVE TRAIN ... DOSE ANY ONE KNOW ABOUT AN AIRBAG SET UP FOR FULL SIZE BUICKS I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT ALSO ...THANKS FOR ANY HELP

WOW I'M NEW TO THE FORUM BUT THERE IS SOME NEAT STUFF GOING ON HERE. BQUICK YOUR 69 IS BAD IM 29 AND BOUGHT MY DUCE 7 YEARS AGO AND HAVE WANTED TO MAKE IS A BAD SLEPPER FOR THE STREET AND STRIP. RIGHT IT IS RESTING WATING FOR SOME MONEY... READING ABOUT YOUR RIDE JUST MAKES ME DREAM OF THE DAY ....THAT ALL RUN 11..12'S