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jaym8377 ◊ 2008-02-15 03:53	I love this car. It's a shame they use it as a junker in this film. It really is a beautiful car! Needs more pics up.
Buc84 ◊ 2008-02-16 04:04	Pretty nice "Junker" if you ask me??
jaym8377 ◊ 2008-03-05 19:48	It was sold to her as a lemon. Mr. Wormwood sells faulty cars. In this case, it looks nice, but the transmission keeps making the car stall, which is why Trunchbull is shown pushing the car in the first picture.
Ddey65 ◊ 2008-03-08 20:43	She must be tough if she can push around a '70 Buick Electra. I'd like to see her do the same with a '75 or '76 Electra.
jaym8377 ◊ 2008-03-17 17:19	LOL. She doesn't just push it. She lifts the car by the back end (see the pics I uploaded below), hauls it around 180°, and then pushes it home. Heh, yeah, that'd be a sight. -- Last edit: 2011-06-01 02:37:28 (G-MANN)
jaym8377 ◊ 2008-05-03 03:04	I rented the movie from Netflix and took some much higher quality screenshots. -- Last edit: 2008-05-03 03:06:02
CougarTim ◊ 2008-05-03 06:25	Was the two-tone paint job a factory option in 1970, or is this a custom paint scheme? Either way, I like it.
jaym8377 ◊ 2008-05-05 16:17	I've looked up pics of other cars like this and haven't found one with the two-tone paint job yet, but I agree. I like it a lot, too. -- Last edit: 2011-06-01 02:38:05 (G-MANN)
XFJaguar ◊ 2009-01-29 15:22	i havent seen a 70 electra (or electra 225) with this paint job either, but i like it alot, especially with the blackwalled tires with the white lettering on them.
Skid ◊ 2009-01-29 15:41	Two-tone paint was optional on several Buick models during this time period. I've even seen a couple of late '60s Skylarks with two tone paintjobs.
kurkosdr ◊ 2009-04-03 16:43	1) How can the transmission cause a car to stall? I mean, it can cause a stall when accelerating from standstill if the clutch is worn out (and again, it's only on steep uphills) but not when cruising. And the gears can't wear out so much to cause this. It was the all of the car's mechanics that were toast, and that's why DeVito makes the "sawdust repair job" to the engine. What really kept me wondering throughout this film was: "Is this special effects, or the really managed to find such a worn out car?" They must have tried... hard 2) How sawdust can make a car's engine run smoothly? Seriously! I was watching all the other "repair methods" and when reached to this, I just said "wtf?!". Is it something the writer just pulled out of his head, or it actually happens in several "local" dealerships? -- Last edit: 2009-04-03 16:47:20
atom ◊ 2009-04-03 17:03	I've heard stories about people who have sold junkers and have put sawdust or clothrags in the rear transmission so the buyer wouldn't here the terrible sound it made...
Skid ◊ 2009-04-03 17:28	Packing sawdust in automatic transmissions to temporarily conceal noise is an old, unscrupulous salesman's trick. But sawdust in the engine? I can't imagine that working too well...
kurkosdr ◊ 2009-04-08 10:56	When I first saw the movie, I thought it had a manual transmission, as Agatha moves a stick in order to drive the car. But on a second thought, she may was just dumping it to D. And [offtopic] is it true that automatic trannies start to wear off after 60K miles, while manuals last forever, with possibly only an ocassional clutch rebuild? -- Last edit: 2009-04-08 10:57:02
jaym8377 ◊ 2009-07-27 21:25	kurkosdr wrote What really kept me wondering throughout this film was: "Is this special effects, or the really managed to find such a worn out car?" They must have tried... hard I'm sure it's a well-running car with added sound effects to make it sound like a junker. It would be more time and trouble for them to get a car that stalls on queue.
philr ◊ 2010-04-17 23:03	kurkosdr wrote When I first saw the movie, I thought it had a manual transmission, as Agatha moves a stick in order to drive the car. But on a second thought, she may was just dumping it to D. And [offtopic] is it true that automatic trannies start to wear off after 60K miles, while manuals last forever, with possibly only an ocassional clutch rebuild? The GM ST-400/THM-400 automatic trannies (like the one in this Electra 225) are probably more durable than most manual transmissions, and they are less expensive to rebuild too!
buickgnx88 ◊ 2010-11-12 03:39	When she pushes the car back to the house, you can see a red trail leading up the gravel. Red fluid is transmission fluid, which means that there were bad seals and the fluid was leaking, which causes the transmission to not shift (since auto transmissions use fluid to shift gears). This is why when it stalls out, she is frantically trying to get the transmission to engage. The sawdust trick has been covered, though even though he says engine, he's most likely filling the transmission, since the funnel is at the back of the engine compartment which is where the trans dipstick usually is.
kudos ◊ 2012-06-09 22:53
tibi ◊ 2012-06-09 22:59	I agree with kudos.
maxman ◊ 2012-10-18 05:49	kurkosdr wrote When I first saw the movie, I thought it had a manual transmission, as Agatha moves a stick in order to drive the car. But on a second thought, she may was just dumping it to D. Based on interior pictures, it had a column shifter.
police car fan ◊ 2014-02-13 15:17	-- Last edit: 2014-02-13 18:13:49 (walter)
SeberHusky ◊ 2016-07-18 10:25	It's an auto. Manual cars never have the shifter on the wheel, always on the floor because the linkage is connected into the gearbox obviously. In the scene where she pushes it back to her house, you can see red "blood" trail leaking out, indicating the transmission was ruined among other things, -- Last edit: 2016-07-18 10:26:12
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2016-07-18 15:37	SeberHusky wrote It's an auto. Manual cars never have the shifter on the wheel, always on the floor because the linkage is connected into the gearbox obviously. If you are referring to cars in general, and not the Buick Electra in particular, this statement is not correct. I have owned four cars with manual transmissions and a gear lever on the steering column, a 1955 Austin A50, a 1957 Vauxhall Victor, and two Lancia Fulvias, 1965 and 1967. You are using an American flag as your national identifier, from where do you think comes the American expression "three on the tree"? Link to "classiccarsmark.com" Count the pedals, look at the gear lever. Link to "bringatrailer.com" This one has four speeds. And this. http://www.classicandsportscar.ltd.uk/Austin-A50-Cambridge/classic-cars-sold/18501 -- Last edit: 2016-07-18 16:08:34
Stevil101 ◊ 2024-07-20 07:20	I wonder if this car is still around today.
Baube ◊ 2024-07-20 10:57	Trunchbull probably kicked/tossed it over the fence like she did with the cat.. -- Last edit: 2024-07-20 10:57:17
Terra ◊ 2024-07-20 11:37

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