Some old-line Buick fans must have been upset when the marketing folks from Flint decided to axe the venerated “Roadmaster” moniker and replace it with “Electra” in 1959. Electra? Agamemnon’s daughter? Orestes’ sister? Regardless of its attachment to Greek tragedy, Buick liked the name well enough to use it on their top-of-the-line (Riviera excepted) model for decades. In 1972, when this Electra 225 Custom was built, a staggering 104,754 examples of this model were built in the four-door hardtop bodystyle alone! While Oldsmobile owned the ’70s, nobody could say that Buick was crying in their beer, either. This example, brought to us by Barn Finds reader Barney, is claimed to be a 63,000-mile original with a lot of recent maintenance. It’s posted on craigslist in Commerce City, Colorado, with an asking price of $12,500.

There are a few issues which don’t show up in some of the pictures, and they appear to be mostly confined to the left quarter panel. This may be recent damage, but the seller says upfront that the car could use “some PDR (paintless dent removal) and touch ups.”

That’s too bad, but there’s a lot of good news, too. The list of recent maintenance is too enormous to list here, but it includes almost everything you’d expect from a car that’s been rehabilitated for the road: almost nothing in the fuel system, braking system, suspension, and cooling system has gone untouched. The engine and transmission have been degreased due to “years of leaks,” and many of the seals and gaskets have been replaced. In essence, much of what you’d do to an old car when you bought it has been done already.

The drivetrain is a Buick lover’s favorite, the big-block 455 with a Quadrajet. While horsepower numbers were artificially lower due to the new net power ratings instituted for 1972, the 455 still produced 250 horsepower. Routed through a Turbo 400 and a 2.73:1 gear out back, the Electra was built to eat up the miles in virtual silence. The only thing that doesn’t work is, as usual, the air conditioning system.

The seller mentions that the car is a Limited, which includes special upholstery that seems to match contemporary literature (it’s even the same color as the example in the brochure.

Riding on a new set of tires and needing only some cosmetic love (a shame, really…it’s such a nice car), this big Buick needs someone to come along and take off that bug deflector on its nose. Oh, and fix the dents. These are popular cars among the Buick crowd, so while it may not sell at its asking price, I’d be surprised if it doesn’t find a buyer soon at a price that both parties can be happy with.