

A splayed out V shaped dash in brown vinyl surrounding wood appliqué accenting, lays out all the features right in front of the driver in a panoramic view. The drivers' chart has power adjustments. These buckets in front and back bench are nicely preserved and appear nearly as new. Slipping inside we can snuggle up to the brown “Elkgrain” vinyl which is a very close match for actual leather. This panel shows some wear on the vinyl and plastic molded lower. 15-inch Buick rally style wheels are on all 4 corners and are wrapped in good rubber.Ī swing of the massive door and we are greeted with miles of darker saddle brown vinyl covering which mates up with some chrome trimmings, window toggles, side view mirror joystick, and cranks and actuator. A wrap around the roll pan rear bumper houses the taillights and dual exhausts peek out from underneath this bumper. Overall, it is presenting as fair, and it sports a saddle colored vinyl top with some areas of peel off showing. This is particularly evident on the bottom end of the car just above the stainless-steel rocker covering. The large steel slab sided vehicle is bathed in white paint and shows some early signs of underlying rust bubbling and previous rust panel overspray. The last year for this model but I can say this is one cool piece of early 1970 Detroit iron. Here we have a large automobile that has undergone a recent, (less than 1K miles), engine rebuild, has R134 A/C, a Petronix ignition, and a tan classy vinyl top. The car's emblem was not the traditional Buick tri-shield, but a side profile of a centurion, a Roman soldier.įor consignment, a mere 3 year run for this classic Buick, which replaced the Wildcat. Replacing the Wildcat as the sporty iteration of Buick's three full-size car lines, it slotted between the LeSabre and Electra in the lineup. The Buick Centurion is a full-size car built from the 1971 through 1973 model years.
