The election’s over – let’s go for a ride
I bought my first Deuce and a Quarter in 1990 from Gail Lewis who was the clean-up man at the LP mill in Trout Creek. “Deuce and a Quarter” was the nickname for the Buick Electra 225, as in two twenty-five – the deuce and a quarter.
It was 225 inches long and this 1970 four-door hardtop had the biggest stock engine made up to that time, a massive 455 cubic-inch eight-cylinder. It was fast, but thirsty.
“It’ll pass anything but a gas station” was the word. The 25-gallon fuel tank was barely adequate for a trip to town.
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