1959 Buick Electra “USU 475” (2)

Front quarter onside view of a 1959 Buick Electra 4-door, 6-passenger sedan, [4719]; one of 12,357 examples produced, painted in “Silver Birch Iridescent”. Fitted W/ a 6.5-litre, 325-HP, 401-CID “Wildcat Nailhead” OHV V8 (although the DVLA lists the engine as a smaller CC displacement unit) and automatic transmission (not sure if this is a 2-or-3-speed auto). Age-related six-character registration “USU 475”, first imported to the U.K. in 1990. Owned by the current owners since 2011.

 

This Buick is one of many exhibits on display at The Scarborough Fair heritage museum, at Gristhorpe, near Filey, North Yorkshire, U.K. The premises has so many interesting historic vehicles, and many antique artefacts on display, I could’ve uploaded several pictures here to Flickr, but I really came here specifically for this beautiful Buick!

 

This is the second ’59 Buick 4-door sedan I have photographed in North Yorkshire, the other one being a Kustom Le Sabre previously on sale by The Mathewsons at Thornton-Le-Dale; www.flickr.com/photos/170082019@N03/52773270360/

 

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