96roadmaster Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 You may remember about a year ago some Cubans converted a 59 Buick to a boat and sailed to Florida. The coastguard intercepted them, sent the Cubans back to Cuba and sank the Buick in the Atlantic. I was just looking around at pictures of 59's online and came across this.The rear quarter looks as long as a 225, but my eyes may be deceiving me. It's a flat top too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centurion Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 Roupin, I've never seen this particular shot of that '59 Buick -- but my first response when I looked at it was that it must be a 225 because of the long rear quarters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 IT was disturbing when they sank the 51 Chevy truck. It was downright uncalled for when they sunk that 59 Buick. John d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idle Swede Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 A very cleverly made picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96roadmaster Posted September 3, 2005 Author Share Posted September 3, 2005 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">A very cleverly made picture. </div></div>The picture was real. I saw it on the news back then but never bothered to find it online. I just happened to stumble across the picture and posted it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave@Moon Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">A very cleverly made picture. </div></div>There was a post about 2 months ago on the AACA forum that showed several examples of these car-based makeshift boats that have been coming out of Cuba of late. In addition to this example there was one made from a 1946 Mercury airport limo that looked just as good as this car.All of the photos were documented authentic. It's a sad situation on many levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Silver Arrow Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 From the news reports that I have in my files on this car, it was a LeSabre 4439, and was painted lime green, although this particular photo does not reflect that color too well. I have some other shots of it that do show it to be a putrid green, but not much detail. There is an effort underway among the cuban community in Miami to raise funds to locate and raise the car for a Cuban-Refugee Museum, as well as the other vehicle-boats that have been sunk. I think it would look good in my garage (or pool, if I had one)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idle Swede Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 That's what I thought as well.Can you post a picture of that green car & does it show the roof rack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idle Swede Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 Found it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltawingpilot Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 After owning 2 "Electra 225"'s in the past,and a parts car of the same, I think that it might be one also because the front door window frames look long enough to be an "Electra" oe "Electra 225". Check out the attachment pic and see if anyone agree's? Hans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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