1974 Buick Electra 225 Custom

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    It would take some getting used to, but the car is nice, and I do like the four-door hardtops.

    Is that upholstery factory? It seems unusual that Grandma would have ordered something like that. On the other hand, Grandma wasn't Grandma 45 years ago.
     
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    45 years ago, grandma was catering to then grandma, to get a favorable stance for a larger piece of the inheritance pie
     
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    Factory upholstery.

    Called Garland cloth and Madrid vinyl. (Who came up with such names?)

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    Judy Garland's grandma probably chose the pattern
     
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    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    It's similar to what I had in my '70 Delta 88. But it didn't have such contrast in the colors, just the pattern.
     
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    Were younger hitchhikers ashamed to enter your car, as soon as they saw the pattern? Oh well. Grandmas sometimes need a ride and have thumbs
     
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