[{"id": 1819095, "authorName": "allpurpose", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/allpurpose/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I think \"Grace, Pace, Space\" applies quite nicely in this context.", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1509047410, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819096, "authorName": "tjsbeer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tjsbeer/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Soooo minty! Dean does it again!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1509047441, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819113, "authorName": "IrishSprings", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/irishsprings/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "sigh.. beautiful.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509047642, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819105, "authorName": "Frank_Garcia", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/frank_garcia/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I am shocked that one of these survived.\nLet's just say that I'm...Electra-fied.\nSorry\nGLWTA", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1509047646, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819129, "authorName": "David_P", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/david_p/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Mirrormatic! That's a new one to me.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509047905, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819153, "authorName": "bodayguy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bodayguy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What can brown do for you!", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1509048420, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819168, "authorName": "Bogeyman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bogeyman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful car - '61 was one of GMs best years. However, I don't know how you can call yourself a \"collector\" if you buy in '16 and sell in '17? Flipper?", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1509048743, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819176, "authorName": "msmiranda", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/msmiranda/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Good looking example. Detroit sure abandoned the giant tail fins quickly in the early 60s as this car shows.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509048905, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819181, "authorName": "L.T._Smash", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/l.t._smash/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "If purchased in 2016, there's a minimum 10 month ownership here. For a car that was repainted by the previous owner and has a reportedly unrestored interior, I am not sure what would prompt a flipper to hold it so long.\n\nI think you can call yourself a collector if you have (special) cars which aren't your DD, have little practical value, and eat your disposable income... Regardless how long you own any one of them.\n\nBecause I don't have room for >3 vehicles I tend to cycle through them, survival of the sweetest.", "likes": 9, "timestamp": 1509049213, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819192, "authorName": "L.T._Smash", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/l.t._smash/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful car.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1509049243, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819218, "authorName": "hawk", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hawk/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Whoa, a genuine deuce & a quarter!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1509049746, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819228, "authorName": "c0v3rr1d3", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/c0v3rr1d3/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Great looking Electra. Prepare yourself for a ton of Air Conditioning questions!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509049865, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819235, "authorName": "Dean_Laumbach (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dean_laumbach/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Bogeyman I don't know the exact definition of a \"flipper\", but I would guess there would involve a profit motive? I can assure you that the owner of this vehicle is not driven by profiting off his hobby. I will admit to you that in the 25 years that I have been restoring, reconditioning, and collecting cars that I have been guilty as charged with flipping a car or two. LOL \n\nNot the case here. I can assure you that the reserve on this car is considerably less than what he has into it.", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1509049988, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819241, "authorName": "ant", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ant/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "two in a row?! you're killing me BAT seriously. seriously.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509050066, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819257, "authorName": "tbonemn12", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tbonemn12/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Tail lights are certainly unique looking", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509050279, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819277, "authorName": "sfohare", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sfohare/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "THE best year of the Electra IMO. \n\nThe dynaflow in these is an interesting trans. Technically a 2 speed but does not shift by itself. You drop it into low only when you want extra acceleration and then manually move it back into high. So effectively it's a single speed trans most of the time.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1509050418, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819314, "authorName": "WAGONBOYTD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wagonboytd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Dean\nOdd question do the American Cars face 1 way and foreign cars face the other way when you list? I know its dumb or just a random pattern?", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1509050873, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819338, "authorName": "Dean_Laumbach (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dean_laumbach/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@WAGONBOYTD So funny !!! The area where I usually shoot vehicles has recently become congested as construction is being done on a large building in my facility. I no longer have access to my favorite \"spot\" and I have to shoot in other areas around the facility.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509051135, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819341, "authorName": "porkpiehat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/porkpiehat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful. Tasteful colors and timeless lines. Now off to the Copa for that Four Seasons floor show (through the kitchen, of course).", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1509051177, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819424, "authorName": "danman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/danman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I always thought Cordovan was a dark maroon color and not in anyway \"related\" to brown. This looks like a muted root beer or chocolate brown in the pictures.\n\nThese weren't hugely popular, among the 3 Electra body styles the 2 door coupe sold in numbers about 1/2 of either of the other 2 body styles. And the 61 has about the lowest number produced of the 60s Electra 2 doors...Invictas and LeSabre were much more popular.\n\nYet, for a 61 GM product it's quite classy.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509052302, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819433, "authorName": "Carguy48", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carguy48/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Got to be one of the best ones left. If you're an early-'60's GM fan, gotta love this one.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509052345, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819451, "authorName": "danman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/danman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "According to Google, cordovan is a maroon color, with a hint of rose. If the \"correct\" color is Cordovan, this car (at least in the pictures here) is not Cordovan....or my phone somehow has mixed up brown and maroon.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509052636, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819659, "authorName": "a410traveler", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/a410traveler/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Absolutely beautiful the '61 & '62 are real favorites of mine.\n\nHope this one finds a really good home.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509055466, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819663, "authorName": "Dean_Laumbach (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dean_laumbach/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@danman I am not sure about the accuracy of this link, but here it is:\n\nhttps://www.teambuick.com/reference/years/61/61paint.php", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509055552, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819667, "authorName": "dicker911", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dicker911/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What they call it does not matter, what it looks like does.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1509055747, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819668, "authorName": "boxdin", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/boxdin/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Buicks bubbletop for 1961. All gm 61 bubbles look good to me and this one is no exception.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509055785, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819693, "authorName": "Darren_2.0", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/darren_2.0/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Absolutely love this car - the styling is peak GM, comparable to any Italian design house, the colour combo is spot on, and the dash clock looks like the alarm clock you would have had in 1961 at NASA. Magical!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1509056587, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819748, "authorName": "zbenzr", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/zbenzr/", "bidAmount": 1000, "content": "$1,000 bid placed by zbenzr", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1509058184, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1819750, "authorName": "Crazyas00", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/crazyas00/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Really nice Buick! The styling was just calming down from the 59's. I think these are much more refined, and classy. Nice color combo. The best part is the Nailhead V-8! You have to love the clock! What a time it was. There can't be too many around this nice. An Electra for the collector, or the driver.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509058236, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819759, "authorName": "dap", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dap/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Quite a rare example, in both body style and color. The General was at the top of his design game during this period. To me, the 61's were a transitional year between the outrageous tail fins and the more restrained models that were to follow. This \"Arrow\" theme only lasted one year. GLWS!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509058613, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819793, "authorName": "rubenkincaid", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rubenkincaid/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Bluto Blutarsky drove (or stole) a '61 convertible at the end of Animal House. Nice Buick. GLWTS.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1509059645, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819811, "authorName": "Schwinn", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/schwinn/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "\"Buicks bubbletop\"\n\nThis may not be. I believe that the \"bubbletop\" is accepted as the roofline on the smaller body of the full sized GMs of the era: Bel Air; Catalina; 88; LeSabre/Invicta. The top of the line 98 and Electra two door hardtops had a longer roof and a much more angular \"C\" pillar. The rear side window on the smaller body bubbletop has a pretty curve; the same window on the big cars has two distinct planes and an angle at the top/rear.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1509060478, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819824, "authorName": "johnnytightlips", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/johnnytightlips/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Super cool. Yeah gotta love the clock. I bet it smells cool in there.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509061027, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819828, "authorName": "2ManyCars", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/2manycars/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I was going to jump on the \u201cflipper\u201d bandwagon, but @L.T.Smash brought me up short. Yes, if I had the wherewithal and space and time, I\u2019d acquire as my tastes saw fit, enjoy every car for as long as I wanted, and move on to something else when it felt right. The seller seems to be one who takes good care of all pieces of his collection regardless of how long they maintain that status, and I tip my hat to him or her. \n\nMe, I tend to hang on to the 2 or 3 pieces of my collection for many years because of my lack of said resources. But a Buick Electra is on my bucket list and if it can\u2019t be a \u201859, then I\u2019d take the next gen like this one. The cordavan color is mind blowing.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1509061276, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819847, "authorName": "PeteSkimmel", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/peteskimmel/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A sweet hardtop with cute adolescent-size dagmars. What's not to like?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509062090, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819853, "authorName": "horselesscarriage", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/horselesscarriage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "...had a corgi big size with US Army markings...", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509062194, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819861, "authorName": "DSsuper", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dssuper/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "If you're ever with some younger car enthusiasts who want to know what 'Jet Age' styling was you'd just have to show them detailed pictures of this car. Fantastic.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1509062589, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819873, "authorName": "January", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/january/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A beauty. Someone loved this car to keep it in, or bring it to, this condition.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509063252, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1819979, "authorName": "WAGONBOYTD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wagonboytd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "You and @DENWERKS having been bringing some goods, It's east coast v west coast, both well represented. :)", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1509067927, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1820004, "authorName": "bugnbox", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bugnbox/", "bidAmount": 1961, "content": "$1,961 bid placed by bugnbox", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1509069575, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1820008, "authorName": "bugnbox", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bugnbox/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Did I win?\n\nVery curious to see where this one ends up. I came across a gorgeous 62 Wildcat locally that is quite similar. Just got lost in the design of all of it just like with this car. It was a whole different world in America in this era!\n\nGood luck with the auction...she\u2019s a beaut!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509069781, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1820020, "authorName": "Scott_S", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/scott_s/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My dad had a 61 Electra (4 door). He was NOT a car guy (owned a Pinto he bought new in Florida with NO AC). He had an alcoholic brother that borrowed the beloved Electra (my dad was married, had a kid (me) and somehow got talked into letting his younger brother borrow the car). So picture the \"Back to the Future\" scene where Biff returns the wrecked car and says \"McFly I can't believe your car made me spill my beer due to blind spot\"...... So my parents bought a house on a hill, 90 degree bend at the end of the block (3/4 of a mile away) and a small retaining wall then water (salt water). Uncle borrows the car, upon return he missed the house and put the car in the water at the bottom of the hill. My dad is dead 28 years now but the alcoholic Uncle is still here but his current \"wet brain\" condition has washed any memories of the incident from his recollection!\r\n\r\nIf my dad was alive today (and actually had email) I would link this car and ask if he wanted another 61 Electra......but the cooler coupe version this time!", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1509070327, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1820054, "authorName": "Chrispc", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chrispc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Another beautiful Electra with amazing upholstery. I like the color too.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509072163, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1820073, "authorName": "nvermet", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nvermet/", "bidAmount": 3000, "content": "$3,000 bid placed by nvermet", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1509073236, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1820083, "authorName": "David_C.", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/david_c.-user/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Stunning. I really find this era of car to be one of the good values left in the vintage car world that hasn't been overblown by speculators. Hope we can keep that our little secret!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1509073602, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1820131, "authorName": "68mini", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/68mini/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Looking at it with the eyes of a younger generation I just can't believe the side view - such a long long car with such a relatively small passenger compartment. What did they do with all that trunk? Carry passengers who wouldn't fit inside? please, this is not a knock. It's an utterly fascinating car which I would love to drive. It is just a very alien shape to these eyes.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1509076379, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1820172, "authorName": "Greenmachines1", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/greenmachines1/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This is more like it.\n\nThis body design is by far waay more elegant than the '64 recently auctioned. \n\nGreat example of how design can change from one end of the scale to the other in a few short years. Sometimes for better and sometimes for what were they thinking ?!\n\nThis would be a hard one to let go from the collection.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1509078811, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1820248, "authorName": "Chebby", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chebby/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Cordovan. Bet the guy who bought it new had a pair of shoes to match. \n\nThis car has me missing my '62 Impala. GM truly was Standard of the World back then.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1509086343, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1820261, "authorName": "William_Henshaw", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/william_henshaw/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "It's really a sweet looking old Buick. As stated more than once by my fellow commenters, the stylists at GM in the '60s were way ahead of the game, so many beautiful cars covering about ten years and five divisions. This Buick has just about everything going for it, a great two tone exterior, a beautiful and very stylish interior and an engine that is practically legendary. !961 was such a great year at GM, I wish it had never ended. Best of luck with the sale.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1509090588, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1820273, "authorName": "msmiranda", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/msmiranda/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "\"Wouldn't you really rather have a Buick?\"", "likes": 11, "timestamp": 1509095704, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1820337, "authorName": "IBLBCfan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/iblbcfan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@68mini.......the interiors of most big name pieces of American iron in the \"age of aquarious\" could hold a bunch of teenagers, and the trunk could get a few more into the drive-in movie!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1509105759, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1820391, "authorName": "Po911356i", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/po911356i/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Hubcaps have to go! Otherwise, a slickcar!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509108007, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1820581, "authorName": "68mini", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/68mini/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@1BLBfan :That I understand! When I was a teen in Toronto the local drive in had a carload night - you paid by the car not the people. We used to get 6 in my Dad's Beetle- 2 in front, 3 in back, and one poor devil sitting on a pillow over the hand brake, Weren't supposed to bring in food, either. That's what the cubby hole behind the back seat was for", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509114600, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1820621, "authorName": "legalgus", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/legalgus/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Nice. Still a great looking car. Good presentation.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509115929, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1820634, "authorName": "RipM", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ripm/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "the forgotten bubbletop.......wow this is really nice, pretty sure i built an AMT model of this car. I prefer the over the top '59 but this is classy and cool !!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509116237, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1820826, "authorName": "RobC", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/robc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@68mini - As far as the trunk - you have to remember that in 1961 only a very small part of the population had flown in an airplane and air travel was very expensive. The big trunk was so that the family could load enough luggage for the week long trip to grandma's house. Even then if you were a small child you might have a cosmetic case in the floor (and if you were lucky you could rest your feet on it!) - and don't forget that the trunk also carried a full size spare.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509121511, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1820829, "authorName": "SSSPERF", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sssperf/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "WOW! This could very well be the one I owned back in 1970 while living in South Jersey. Everything is exactly the same. To this day, one of the best vehicles owned.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509121607, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1820904, "authorName": "Paul_Dietzel", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/paul_dietzel/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The thing I always liked about '61 Buicks was how, even though very different in overall appearance, that the full-size and the Specials shared that almost mirror-image front fender profile.\nAnd, msmiranda, you're right on that \"Detroit sure abandoned the giant tail fins quickly in the early 60s.\" \nI've always imagined that as fins just proliferated and grew and grew through the 50's and Harley Earl and crew saw their \"invention\" being usurped by everyone and anyone that when they came up with the '59 Caddy they were kind of saying \"FINS?, I'll show you fins.\" And after that, they all thought \"Y'know, this IS kind of silly\" and came to their senses.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1509124314, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1820963, "authorName": "Utesman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/utesman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The finest example of a '61 Electra coupe, w/its model-specific roofline, that I've ever seen! Kudos for all the phenomenally-high quality pics!", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1509126071, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1821028, "authorName": "Intheshop", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/intheshop/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This design is captivating. Specifically, the A pillar swoop toward the rear as it meets the base of the windshield which is also curved and swooping toward the rear. That A pillar reminds me of late-1950s Jaguar Mark II C pillar, just in reverse. It sure is fun to look at.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509127692, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1821175, "authorName": "Matthewjemal", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/matthewjemal/", "bidAmount": 16000, "content": "$16,000 bid placed by Matthewjemal", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1509131918, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1821487, "authorName": "shark", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/shark/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "wow .. the only thing that could improve the looks on this gorgeous example is a Grace Kelly look-a-like behind the wheel ! \"Excuse me miss .. may I light that Pall Mall for you before you drive off?\"", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1509136144, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1821852, "authorName": "austin_alfa", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/austin_alfa/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The chrome, stainless and heck everything here is stunning. I can see why John belushi -aka the senator Blutarsky stole one in Animal House.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1509140599, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1822179, "authorName": "H_Schwartz", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/h_schwartz/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A car with a name that was way ahead of its time.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509145743, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1822871, "authorName": "sdemetri", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sdemetri/", "bidAmount": 16500, "content": "$16,500 bid placed by sdemetri", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1509204525, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 1823139, "authorName": "Rascal0729", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rascal0729/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "No A/C. Was it cooler back in 1961?", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1509218599, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1823210, "authorName": "mcj4250", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mcj4250/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I can still remember the feel of that cloth, the rebound of the cushion, from when I was a kid small enough to stand behind the front seat. I was just tall enough to see out the windshield. I gnawed a small hole in the vinyl on the upper back of the seat.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1509224143, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1823999, "authorName": "Crazyas00", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/crazyas00/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I forgot to mention, Calendar nomination!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509322245, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1824258, "authorName": "Mjollnir", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mjollnir/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "back when a cupholder in the car was the pretty lady sitting next to you.", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1509368454, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1824429, "authorName": "John_M", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/john_m/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Hard to believe that a full size Buick was still running a 2 speed automatic. Those should have been banished to econo Chevy's and nothing more.\nGorgeous car in a great color.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1509376715, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1824564, "authorName": "Clutch", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/clutch/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Love the B pillar-less design. So nice.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1509381868, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1824698, "authorName": "hill", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hill/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Rascal: \"Was it cooler back in 1961?\"\n\nYeah, most everything was cooler in 1961 than now.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1509386572, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1825888, "authorName": "JimBilly", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jimbilly/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Was it ever smoked in?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1509408681, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1826017, "authorName": "elo1725", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/elo1725/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "just curious, the material covering the top of the dash looks like something out of a new car. is it original or period correct?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1509416129, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1826193, "authorName": "msmiranda", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/msmiranda/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "No unsightly tangle-prone seat belts to mar the appearance of the upholstery.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509434504, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1826782, "authorName": "notagain", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/notagain/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "\"Was it ever smoked in?\"\n\nHa! It was smoked in while it was still on the assembly line!", "likes": 11, "timestamp": 1509471040, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1828386, "authorName": "Bigpig455", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bigpig455/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "John M - two speed is a gross oversimplification of this transmission. It is not a Powerglide, or an ST-300, it's the Twin Turbine, an upgraded Dynaflow, basically. They have their pros and cons, but offer excellent torque multiplication and were good enough to hold the D/SA record in '61 (Reynolds Buick sponsored 61 Invicta)", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1509529003, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1828504, "authorName": "jmglyder", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jmglyder/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wow, gorgeous car and a great example of 61' GM styling. You have to love the bubble top roof line and the stance of this car. Brings back a lot of wonderful memories of all the beautiful cars GM designed and built back in the 60s.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1509540840, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1828677, "authorName": "Greg_mazur", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/greg_mazur/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "1961 found me sitting beside my uncle is his electra. Coming back from a long drive I noticed \na large stone lying right in the middle of the road . The size of a volley ball at least. My uncle\ntired from driving apparently did not see it and as a youngster not my place to say anything.\nWe bore down on it , right dead center , it went under at 60 mph . Not really a big noise , actually my uncle did not even acknowldege the impact. I quickly looked out the back window and seen pieces of that boulder flying in all directions. No red lights went on, like \nnothing happened. Right then and there I said to myself when I grow up I am going to\nown a buick! Never did own a buick but years later at a \ncar show looked under one and discovered\nthe GM X FRAME with a massive engine cross member.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509547823, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1829459, "authorName": "SoulMan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/soulman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "That IS a beauty!!!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1509567357, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1830864, "authorName": "RAMJ", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ramj/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful coachwork, just beautiful.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509625434, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1830931, "authorName": "wood2green", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wood2green/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Rascal...Yeah, it was cooler. It was the Kennedy Era!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1509627678, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1831198, "authorName": "dnkjones", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dnkjones/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This is a super period piece and a great example of GM design under Bill Mitchell. They were on top of the world, and this car shows it. But note how expectations have changed in the 50 odd years since this top of the line Buick was built. Crank windows, manual seat with fixed backrest, no center armrests, fixed position steering wheel, no A/C, infotainment consisting of an AM radio only. And NO cup holders! Just style and size, baby, and in 1961 that\u2019s all you needed! Hope it finds an appreciative home.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1509635941, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1831258, "authorName": "njlou", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/njlou/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I had a 1961 Invicta. I think it was the prettiest style car! Mine was a 4door pillarless, the bubble window coup was actually the best looking!\n\nBTW in the day it was very fast. If you put it in \"L\" it took off like a rocket. The Electra was a larger model, same style/same engine.\nI had it for many years", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1509637608, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1831445, "authorName": "B7A6250C", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/b7a6250c/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My Dad had a \u201861 Electra 225 Riviera 4-door pillarless hardtop (whew - long model name) in the exact same color with a Fawn whipcord interior that was drop dead gorgeous. Both njlou and Bigpig455 are right - that 401 nailhead would haul for something that big. I ran around 15 flat at 89 in the 1/4, break torquing in low and then shifting to Drive at 75-80. Great memories!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1509642993, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1832083, "authorName": "Anonymous", "authorUrl": "", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Reserve not met on 11/2/17 at $16,500", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1509655200, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 1832246, "authorName": "DeanoDD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/deanodd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "If this would have been a '61 Impala bubble in similar condition this auction would have blown up.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1509656992, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 1832259, "authorName": "Utesman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/utesman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "You guys out there, who've got the big bucks, missed out on one sweet, iconic ride.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1509657135, "type": "comment"}]