[AT] Test, now antique shows

[charlie hill]

Yep I think you are right.  It replaced the Wildcat which was also a hybrid 
of sorts.
What I mean by that is that things like the steering box, the size of the 
brakes, etc.
were different than the other cars that were on the same chassis.

Mine didn't seem to suffer much from the emissions equipment and it would 
run like a
scalded dog.  It wouldn't leave much rubber in the road but from about 30 on 
it would
pull strong until it ran out of cam and valve springs.   Had a 2.73 rear 
gear and it would
actually get better gas mileage at 70 than at 55.   It was built to cruise 
the highway and
it was good at it.  The only thing I hated was the buzzer on the 
speedometer.  You could only
adjust that buzzer needle up to about 85.  Beyond that you had to listen to 
it.  I never did
bother to disconnect it.

I bought it new and when it had about 150,000 miles on it and didn't owe me 
much the
bypass hose on the thermostat housing blew one day.   I HAD to be somewhere 
on time
and couldn't stop to fix it so I drove it  about 10 miles at highway speed 
with little or no water in it.
When I got out of it and walked across a parking lot about 100 yards and 
into a building it was
still dieseling when I entered the building.  I just knew I had cooked it. 
I came out about 2 hours later.
It had cooled down.  I cranked it up and drove it another 2 or 3 miles to a 
mechanics shop and
had the hose replaced.   If it hurt it  I never knew it.  Ran just as good 
as ever.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Steve W.
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 5:49 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Test, now antique shows

charlie hill wrote:
> Steve I used to own a 1973 Buick Centurion.  Yes a Centurion, not a 
> Century.
> It was basically a LeSabre except it wasn't quite a LeSabre.   I don't 
> know
> how
> many of those things were made but I sure should have kept it.  It was an
> odd ball
> for sure and a heck of a car.  4 dr hard top with a 455.

That was the new "sports version" for Buick. Replaced the Buick Wild Cat
I think.

73 was the start of the big safety push with the new impact bumpers and
emissions crap. Ruined the look of a lot of nice cars.

I made a good chunk off them though. The front and rear bumpers on some
of them between 73 and 79 were high quality aluminum alloy even on the
ones with rubber covers. Those scrapped out real nice.


-- 
Steve W.
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