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1968 Buick Electra 225 Four-Door Hardtop [48239]

1968 Buick Electra 225 [48239] in Życie na gorąco (Hot Life), TV Series, 1978 Ep. 1

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1968 Buick Electra 225 Four-Door Hardtop [48239]

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Weasel1984 ◊ 2007-08-21 22:10	The car, identified as the same model (and perhaps it is the same car), was also used in the ep. 8 : And related to it comments: Weasel1984 wrote Reminds me a lot the already listed Buick, but look at the front wing. philr wrote It's a 1968 Buick Electra 225 -- Last edit: 2012-03-20 13:39:31
Big Dave ◊ 2007-08-21 22:17	I'll say it is a 1967 Buick Electra 225. Comments??
philr ◊ 2007-09-06 04:34	big dave wrote I'll say it is a 1967 Buick Electra 225. Comments?? It's a 1968 Electra 225 4 door hardtop This one is a 1967: /vehicle_124619-Buick-Electra-225-1967.html -- Last edit: 2007-09-06 04:37:24
rjluna2 ◊ 2008-09-26 02:03	philr wrote It's a 1968 Electra 225 4 door hardtop No side marker?
Ingo ◊ 2008-09-26 22:41	No, because it's filmed in Europe. It's f...ing ugly work to get rid of these sidemarkers, if you want to "europize" an US-import. Often it's not possible, only if you change the whole fender. US-sidemarkers and US-bumpers are a reason, why usually (re-imported) US-versions of classic cars are cheaper over here than the Europe-orign models.
DynaMike ◊ 2008-09-26 23:08	But I don't think anybody would have made such an effort back in (or before) 1978...
Ingo ◊ 2008-09-26 23:17	No, surely not. So without the sidemarkers it's a European version. I've just answered to rjluna2 - who is always very irritated or upset, when he sees European versions of US-cars in European movies.
rjluna2 ◊ 2008-09-27 02:46	Ingo wrote No, surely not. So without the sidemarkers it's a European version. I've just answered to rjluna2 - who is always very irritated or upset, when he sees European versions of US-cars in European movies. I have always try to find something out of ordinary with US made cars outside USA that I don't usually find in USA...
rjluna2 ◊ 2008-09-27 20:41	I say it is 1967 version as described at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_Electra_225#1965.E2.80.941970 .
Yvon52 ◊ 2008-10-07 14:28	Ingo wrote No, surely not. So without the sidemarkers it's a European version. I've just answered to rjluna2 - who is always very irritated or upset, when he sees European versions of US-cars in European movies. My parents bought just the same car in 1967 in Belgium. Buick Electra and Oldsmobile 98 were not rare cars here. Our car didn't have side-markers.
philr ◊ 2008-10-17 06:23	The car is still listed as a '67, it's a 1968! Compare with this 1967: http://www.buicks.net/show_and_shine/McDonall/ -- Last edit: 2008-10-17 06:26:02
philr ◊ 2008-10-18 07:18	Yvon52 wrote My parents bought just the same car in 1967 in Belgium. Buick Electra and Oldsmobile 98 were not rare cars here. Our car didn't have side-markers. Side markers were introduced in 1968 on american cars. Some were rather small and hard to see as the first ones had clear lenses and no amber reflectors (which became mandatory on the 1970 models) Before 1968, some cars had cornering lights which were available as an option. The '67 Electra in the link I posted above has them and so does my '67 Riviera. The cornering lights are just white lights that are turned on by the flasher switch if the parking lights or headlights are turned on. On some 1968-69 models, the cornering lights were combined with the front side marker lights. On Electras like this one. The cornering light design didn't change in 1967-68 but the 1968 had a small amber light added in it. At night, the cornering light would serve as a side marker until the flasher switch turned on the stronger white light bulb. Here's a set of '68 Buick cornering lights that I removed from my former '68 Wildcat. They are the same as those used on the '68 Electra. The bezel and the lens are exactly the same as those used on the '67 models. Even the lenses has "67" markings on them as they didn't change at all in 1968. The small vinyl light connector for the side marker is the only addition to the 1968 model. 1968 was also the first year for front parking lights that would stay on when the headlights were turned on. -- Last edit: 2008-10-18 07:19:26
electra225 ◊ 2009-11-17 00:02	I agree totally with Philr : the front end is a '68 but whatever happened after so many years to the side markers could have a lot of answers.
Commander 57 ◊ 2009-11-17 15:55	The side markers were on the bumper extentions.
zorglub ◊ 2016-01-03 16:00	'68, no doubt at all. Philr gave a perfect historical explanation. Now, I try to make it short to explain Europe and side markers lamps at this period. Depending of the rules and regulations of the european countries, they were allowed or not. Remember that in the good old time, each country had its specific regulations for the vehicles homologation. So depending of the final market, the dealers just removed the bulbs and left them unused, sometimes they modified the function from lamp to turn signal. It was simply a matter of rewiring but sometimes with weird results like side stop lamps on the back of some early 70's Mopars that I saw! Last but not least, some countries didn't wanted them at all even as a "dead" lamp so the dealers painted the lenses in the body colour. This is probably why you can't see the side markers on this '68 Electra 225.

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