Howdy,

This is my first Buick. As you can see it is a 1970 Electra drop-top. It is currently in driver quality condition. To the best of my knowledge I am the third owner of this car and it was first owned by a couple in Rochester, New York. The story is that it was bought for the lady of the house and she drove it very little for years. Then in the eighties it was retired to a large garage or barn in rural Rochester.Having lived there for 8 years I can say that this is very likely as Rochester is very rural outside of town and houses with large garages and barns are very common. The last registartion and inspection was in 1984.

The second owner who's name was Steve was a very young gent who worked near me. He knew of the car in the neighbors "barn" and was able to acquire it. Steve did a drivers restore. He added the Ralley Wheels, had some minor body work done and repainted the car Red. It was originally Bamboo Cream (yellow). Steve and his friends did a decent job bringing this Buick back to life and Steve drove this as his daily driver for three years in all seasons of Rochester weather. Needless to say this was not very kind to the old giant. The salt used in Rochester started the cancer again we all know and hate. I first sighted the car outside of Steve's place of business. I told him if he ever was going to sell it to let me know.

One winter I drove by Steve's and noticed it was parked in the lot and for sale. I was very sad as I did not have the resources for such a purpose at the time. I drove by it day after day wishing and dreaming. Then it vanished from the lot in the fall. I was very upset all Fall and Winter. In the spring I stopped in to see Steve and he told me he still had the car and he had just moved in into storage. I fired right in about a price. We negotiated, I went to the bank, and owned my first Buick! Now I just had to explain to my loving wife Sarah about my new purchase! Man she was not very happy with me. I told her I would bring the car over to her grad school to show her. I had the top up when I pulled in. She told me I bought one ugly car and she was not happy about it. Then I pulled the levers and started the top down...she smiled and said she liked it. <sigh>! The big old Buick had found a new home.

For several years I learned about the bigfella the hard way. By driving it and fixing the things that would break! A good example...Sarah and I drove it to the BCA Nationals in Buffalo New York. On the way home it broke down in rural upstate New York! The distributor had sheared off the rivets and the internals were all spinning with the shaft...not good but it was only 15 dollars for a new distributor at the local parts store.

Some day I may try to restore it but I love just driving it and showing my Buick to everyone.

I love driving my Buick. I love working on my Buick. I love my Buick.