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For years Buick had used its Super and Roadmaster lines to represent the very finest cars the company had to offer.

That all changed for the 1959 model year, with the Super becoming the Electra and the top-of-the-line Roadmaster becoming the Electra 225. The 225 designation represented the car’s overall length of more than 225 inches.

Built on General Motors’ C-body, the Electra 225 was offered in sedan, sedan Riviera, and convertible body styles. As with Cadillac, the 1959 Buick models displayed the height of GM’s prominent tail-fin design and were called “the Year’s Most Changed Car.”

1959 Electra 225 convertible is powered by an overhead-valve, 401 cu. in. V-8 engine producing 325 hp, which is paired to a Twin-Turbine Dynaflow automatic transmission. This Electra 225 convertible is one of 5,493 produced for 1959, representing less than 2 percent of total Buick production that model year.

Betty Benee in her new 1959 Buick Invicta Convertible in Times Square New York City

Betty Benee in her new 1959 Buick Invicta Convertible in Times Square New York City

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