A classic #deuceandaquarter as it was meant to be - long, low, and wide. Bold, befinned, and brand new, the #Electra replaced the Roadmaster in 1959 and at first there were two versions - the 220” Electra and the bigger, plusher, 225” long Electra 225. In the days of “bigger is better,” what better way to say “best” than actually putting the length of the car in the name? The actual length changed to 219 inches in 1961 and the size would vary, but the #Electra225 label stuck until 1980; sometimes supplemented by “Limited,” a 1930s label. - The original ’59 was a radical break from the past, clean sides, trapezoidal canted fins, and new names - but over time, the Electra 225 would become a conservative mainstay of American luxury sedans. A Cadillac in Tri-shield garb, it rode the same C-body platform as the DeVille and the related, but typically even more conservative Oldsmobile 98. The first four seasons of Electras were a mixture of styles as fins gave way to space-age modern, but in 1963 the car settled into a slab-sided, understated Lincoln-influenced look. - 1964 was an evolution from 1963, but there were some key differences under the hood - primarily the replacement of Buick’s ancient Dynaflow with the Super Turbine 400 transmission - better known as the Turbo Hydramatic THM400. The Dynaflow, the first torque converter automatic, was designed to minimize driver involvement and the very obvious shifts of the early Hydra-Matic, which would have been amplified in the torque-tubes of 1940s #Buicks. - In practice, Dynaflows were almost like CVTs (indeed, Buick experimented with a friction-drive proto-CVT in the 1930s). Unless you were in “low,” the transmission was effectively always in high gear - which made it very smooth but equally inefficient. The Super Turbine wasn’t unique to Buick but it made the cars better performers and, although MPG was never the Electra’s forte, mileage also greatly improved. - Power came to the Super Turbine via the 401 (325hp) or optional 425 cid (340 hp) Buick V8s, pulling five hefty bodies (~4,200 lbs.) - a sleek coupe and convertible and a trio of 4-doors which shared Cadillac’s basic rooflines with slight modifications. https://www.instagram.com/oldmotors/p/BwHxrXlFxwg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1gs8q3w3erdhy