Deuce and a Quarter
The appeal of this 1970 Buick Electra is pretty obvious just from looking at the photos, but owner Alf Murphy can’t absolutely say for sure what first got him into American cars. “I’ve always liked them since I was a little kid and especially loved the Buicks,” says Alf. “As far as I can work out the interest came from my dad who used to run a taxi company in the post-war years. Many of his passengers were Americans from the nearby RAF Burtonwood airbase who he would drop off and collect at the various local pubs and clubs, so dad became good friends with several of them.
One in particular was an American pilot called Sammy who owned a 1951 Buick Super that he used to drive round in to visit us.” Yet Alf admits he doesn’t
