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RARE AWARD WINNING BUICKS
1960 BUICK ELECTRA 225
FOUR DOOR HARDTOP
With only 32,637 reportedly actual
miles and being in 100% original
condition, this Electra 225 4-Door
Hardtop is truly an exceptional
luxury car. It is very highly optioned
including the Wildcat V8 engine,
power windows, power seats,
autronic-eye headlight dimmer,
full tinted glass, power steering,
power brakes, rare chrome factory
fender skirts and much more. These
beauties are seldom seen especially
in this super original condition with
extraordinarily low mileage.
1940 BUICK WOODY ESTATE WAGON COACHWORK BY BIEHL
The 1940 Buick Estate Wagon found its origin in
Hollywood. In 1939 movie director Norman McLeod
and his wife Evelyn “Bunny” threw a party at their
Beverly Hills home as part of a sales meeting for
Buick. Among those attending were Harlow Curtis,
President of Buick and Harley Earl who was the
styling director for Buick. Harley heard Bunny say
she and Mr. McLeod did not have a Buick in their
garage because Buick did not offer a station wagon.
That was all Harley needed and began to make
sketches for a Buick Station Wagon prototype within
a few days. The Biehl Body Company of Reading,
Pennsylvania was brought on board to build
the design and it was so well liked that 500 were
commissioned to be built. Car # 1 was presented to
Bunny McLeod who used it for a number of years at
her ranch and in Beverly Hills as well. The engine is
an eight cylinder 248 CI-107 HP and has a column
mounted three speed manual transmission. This is
one of the nicest, if not the nicest, 1940 Buick Estate
Wagon still in existence.