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Last completed movie pages 1989 Buick Park Avenue
Ep. 3.02Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: 
Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
Comments about this vehicle| Author | Message |
|---|---|
2006-04-27 00:26
| This car belongs to Soprano Family Capo Ray Curto (George Loros) and appears (interior shots only) in one scene in episode 3.2 "Proshai, Livushka". |
2006-04-27 00:28
| It's a Buick, I'm guessing a Park Avenue ('86-'91, I think). |
2006-04-27 00:45
| Apparentely the Park Avenue didn't exist until 1991. |
2006-04-27 00:56
| Link to "www.tocmp.com" Park Avenue was a trim line on the Electra for years before it became its own model (although it appears that it'd basically gained independance by the time the first FWD Park Avenue came out - I got the year range wrong though, it's '85-'90, if this is a Park Avenue, it may also be a LeSabre of similar vintage). |
2006-04-27 05:59
| The steering wheel indicates it's a Electra/Park Avenue. LeSabres had a more angular steering wheel I believe. LeSabre: http://i11.ebayimg.com/04/i/06/e2/7d/5e_1.JPG Park Avenue: http://i12.ebayimg.com/04/i/06/ce/34/99_1.JPG -- Last edit: 2006-04-27 06:00:07 |
2006-04-27 14:58
| This car isn't a 1985 Park Avenue, these seats were used only in the 1989-90 models. The 1985-86 steering was also different from this one. The Park Avenue began as an option package on the 1975 Electra Limited 4 dr hardtop. The car still had "Limited" badging outside with Park Avenue written in the opera windows, on the center console and on the dashboard. Stating in 1978, the Park Avenue became it's own model rather than a trim option (like the Limited model has been since 1974) and the Park Avenue didn't have "Electra" or "Limited" badges anywhere on it. It was still part of the Electra series but in the eighties, the base Electra model (the one with Electra badges on it) didn't sell well compared to the Park Avenue so it was dropped when the more rounded model arrived in 1991. Hecubus, I own a 1991 Park Avenue and even my GM dealer's parts listings show (incorrectly!) it's an Electra... The fact that the LeSabre still used the old body in 1991 added to the confusion about the Park Avenue. Here are pics of my 1991: http://www.cardomain.com/id/PhilR |
2006-04-27 16:03
| I once owned a 1990 Park Avenue and it had exactly these seats, including the colour, this steering-wheel, this dashboard, this gear shift lever, these door-mounted controls and this sagging head-liner. To say the overall build quality was atrocious would be adulating. My example caught fire and burnt down in my driveway after being parked there for several hours. |
2006-04-28 22:03
| So should this be called a Buick Electra Park Avenue? |
2006-04-29 06:35
| As far as I know, they were called Electras on paper. Base Electras had the Electra badge while the top-of-the-line models had Park Avenue badges and sport models had the T-Type badge. I'd say it's safe to call it just a Buick Park Avenue since that's what it says on the car and that's what most people remember it as. |
2006-04-30 01:21
| It's a 1989-90 Park Avenue. |
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