NEW PROJECT! 1960 Buick Electra 225 Riviera Sedan
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- Sometimes a car just calls your name. This was one of those moments. Ever since selling my old 60 Electra225 convertible, I thought this would fit the bill. Decent little project that I plan on taking you along with me...hope you enjoy!
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Glad you got one for you! Great looking car, and you’re right about wheels and tires. Can’t wait to see what’s next!!
Hi Adam, my name is Gilbert. I have the same 60 Buick Electra, except mine is the base model. I've had it for 40 years now. Good luck with your 60 Buick, nice to see you have the same car as me, 60 was the first year of the tri shield emblem in front, mine is sable black original gloss black lacquer paint. I rebuilt the engine when I was 17 years old and still runs like a champ, I got the interior done, headliner, seats, dash, rug, it's a very nice daily driver. This one is my baby of my classic car collection. I also have a 65 Buick Riviera, Sea Foam green. Love your videos on repairing classics, thank you.
Thanks for watching!
1960 electra is heaven on earth
That's a really special car! Love the color combo of blue inside and gold on the outside. You know nobody else has one like that!
The previous owner really set you up for this car and beyond here.
Fwiw, it really doesn't need much at all to be the best cruiser pretty quick!
I ended up restoring the original seats with the correct material from SMS. The car turned out great!
Much respect for you, and what you do. I grew up working in my father's body shop from the time I was old enough to push a broom. God bless you for the smile you still have on your face!
The 59 and 60 Buick were never my favorite body design. But that is a clean one.
Buick Bob
Good information on the wheel bolts. I’ll have to check to see if my 61 has the same configuration.
Can’t wait to see the next episode with your sweet 60 Electra 225 My fave Electra 225 is 1964
Can’t wait to see more!
wish I still had some of my fathers' old Buicks. '58 Buick Roadmaster, '63 Wildcat convertible, '69 Rivera, & '77 Limited Electra,, After that things started running south. Thank you for what you do preserve a piece of history.
You're a good man, Adam
I own one of these '6 window sedans'...mine is midnight blue and has air conditioning.."Betsy" has 59 thousand miles on her and I have had her for 22 years...they only made 8,029 of these! Lovely car!They drive wonderfully and are a pleasure..
Very nice electra . I have a 67 electra and riviera I love buicks I also have a 65 Riv
When I was 21 in 1967 I had a 1960 LA Sabra four door flat roof my car I wish I still had thanks for sharing
Nice 60 buick i have a 60 lesabre 2 door ht maroon and white its on you tube as 60 buick start up im so glad to see sombody put normal ww tires on instead of rubber band tires and big hoops
VERY NICE !
Use SOS or Brillo pad to clean blue from white walls or clean dirty ones
I just bought the same exact car and waiting for delivery to start tinkering
Fabulous possibilities with this one. Love the fact that the 6 window roof is shared with Cadillac. Oldsmobile had to wait until 1961 to get their turn which was a major upgrade in my opinion.
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Adam: the brown seats are toast. almost impossible to replace just components on something so old. The blue on the whitewalls? Pumice stone. You DA man!!!!
I was successful on my 58 swapping the fabric inserts....hopefully it can be done on this one. If not, then we will have to make new ones.
@@antiqueautomotiveservice When I had my car lot the upholstery guys always refused to insert old material due to some kinda fading and the stitching being fatigued from age. In this case the material needed isn't that expensive as y'all won't need that much. BTW, what does Simon have to say about all of this?
@@lrlforfun He is less than enthused.
Hi Adam Wayne from Victoria Australia just watched your new video on the 60 225 six window I have a 63 225 six window that was sold new with right hand drive conversion by gmh . I always look forward to your next instalment as you are very informative and a natural presenter also covering a lot of buicks doesn't hurt again thank you for the content regards wayne
I’ve had a few GMs that had duct tape “bodywork” too 😂
Cool car!
I want that green Roadmaster in the background
I think the car you're talking about is a Limited...it's back home in Chicago now.
I attempted to support you with merchandise.
It needs a frame off restoration. I had a 60 Le Sabre 2 door bubble top. If this was a 2 door hardtop. I would not mind taking on this project. But being 4door Electra, I would pass on this one.
It's a GM, so it will need some work on rusty spots but it's so sweet...
unlike Ford's that never rust?
In my youth I had a pristine black Buick1960 Electra 225 jewel. Except mine was the 4-window version (the "space car look") rather than the more conventional 6-window version seen in this video. And mine had factory air, to top it off. Sadly, the engine eventually needed a valve job and in those days, restoration was not commony done on older Amercian cars. My next car (in the fuel conscious 1970s) was a Volvo. Shame on me!
Hi ! What was the tire and tire size used please??
Coker Classic bias ply 8.00x 15 with 2 1/2" white wall
@@antiqueautomotiveservice You are the BEST!
Most of the tire shops are won;t mount tires unless you buy through them.
I had never had an issue up to this point. Looks like I have a new tire shop now, though. It still baffles me that a big name shop couldn't figure out how to set the beads on these, when the mom and pop shop had the right stuff to do it in 10 minutes....for all 4 tires LOL
I had one. You will never sell this car. An awesome experience.
It will take a day to sort through everything . It would be nice to put it back to original . To bad it wasn't a flat top !
It took quite a while to sort through it for sure. I was able to get it back on the road and happy again, though. The 225 Riviera hardtop was the top of the line, more expensive than the flat top. So if you bought this new, you were doing well.
I could probably find you some more old, worn out Buicks to work on....
Nice project, what can you expect to pay for one in today's market? In like condition .. I like your content thanks.
I think it all depends on what the buyer is willing to pay. This was advertised for 6500 and I inquired. Seller was very forthcoming about issues and we agreed on a price that was fair.
"an old car full of parts". What keeps you motivated and going, my friend?
Passion!
In my opinion one should go with NOS materials for the interior. More than anything, the interior gives a car its vintage vibe. Seeing modern materials in the interior greatly detracts from a car.
I ended up with correct pattern fabric from SMS in Oregon. I replaced all of the fabric on the seats and installed new carpet, new headliner. Turned out beautiful. EXPENSIVE but well worth it.
enough said.
Any chance you could recommend the oils to use like tranny, engine etc ? I’m not sure what current liquids to use please!
Engine oil is a weird thing...you'll have 50 opinions about it. I try to stick to something in the 10w40 range, but make sure it has high zinc content for flat tappet cams.
Transmission fluid...dextron or equivalent.
So...was the duct tape maybe used to hold a tarp on?
The previous owner let me know that he used it to cover exposed metal spots since he had to store it outside.
any chance of getting more hoodies in stock?
I'll have to look. I'm at the mercy of the merchant who provides the service, and I don't get notifications things are out of stock. I'll take a look tomorrow.
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"wouldn't you really rather have a Buick"
Quieres venderme ése auto?
The car is not ready for sale. Maybe one more month.
this had to be above the four door sedan and the flat top. I look forward to your progress
Yes, it was the top of the heap in the Buick lineup.