1973-73 century luxus

Discussion in 'Cars wanted' started by kurt emken, Jun 18, 2022.

  1. kurt emken

    kurt emken Member

    Looking for a 1973 Buick Century luxus. Would consider a 74 or 75. Rust free, driver quality paint and interior. Will travel for the right car
     
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  2. sean Buick 76

    sean Buick 76 Buick Nut

    Good luck in your search, the 73-77 cars are way better road cars vs the 68-72
     
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  3. kurt emken

    kurt emken Member

    73 was my first car. My parents bought it slightly used in 1974. I got my License in 1982 and drove the wheels off that old Buick. When I went college my brother drove it next. Any car hay can survive 2 teenage boys is a good one!
     
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  4. Atbb

    Atbb Well-Known Member

  5. Nailhead in a 1967

    Nailhead in a 1967 Kell-Mnown Wember

    That's a Swiss built car, the speedometer is in KPH, it goes up to 200:

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    This is a Swiss Body Number Plate.
    The Swiss (and Belgian) built cars had the H for Flint, MI in the VIN, this was done for tax reasons.
    The original North American Body Number Plate was also mounted on the firewall.

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  6. Atbb

    Atbb Well-Known Member

    Yep, quite some decent cars around here. Re-shipping to the states can be done, seen it with a '71 442 and a Challenger.
    Good luck, Kurt, shoot me a pm if you'd need help.
    Jens
     
  7. Nailhead in a 1967

    Nailhead in a 1967 Kell-Mnown Wember

    I'm subscribed to this Swiss website where people are selling their cars.
    The Century is also listed there.

    At this moment 47 Buicks are listed on CARFORYOU.CH

    Click screenshot to visit the website
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    Today 1000 Swiss Francs = US$ 1019.25
     
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  8. 72STAGE1

    72STAGE1 STAGE 1 & 2

    Yea that 67 Riveria is nice has 90,000 miles but it’s $88,531 US dollars!
     
  9. Nailhead in a 1967

    Nailhead in a 1967 Kell-Mnown Wember

    It will never sell for that asking price, that's way too high.
    By the way, that's also a Swiss built car, the drum speedometer goes up to 230 KPH:

    Click photo to view the advertisement

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  10. Nailhead in a 1967

    Nailhead in a 1967 Kell-Mnown Wember

    The odometer says 82726, but those are kilometres.
    82,726 km = 51,403 miles.

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    But.... it says 133,200 km in the advertisement, that's 82,766 miles.
    Looks like the seller thinks that the numbers (82726) on the odometer are miles.

     
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  11. Buickcub

    Buickcub Well-Known Member

  12. Nailhead in a 1967

    Nailhead in a 1967 Kell-Mnown Wember

    So those cars came with a speedometer with a shift indicator and also P-N-D-L2-L1 on the floor shifter?
    I also noticed this on the Swiss car.
    If I remember well, this wasn't the case in the earlier A-bodies.

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  13. 72STAGE1

    72STAGE1 STAGE 1 & 2

    Even the US made had the shift indicator
    in The speedometer with the floor shifter.
     
  14. Nailhead in a 1967

    Nailhead in a 1967 Kell-Mnown Wember

    The first two photos are from the blue car. Didn't you click the link that "Buickclub" posted?
     
  15. turbotimmer

    turbotimmer Well-Known Member

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