Pete Phillips
11-15-2006, 11:10 PM
I'm pleased to see this new forum for Centurions. The number of categories for discussion may be a little excessive, but let's all try to use this.
I've owned two 1972 Centurion convertibles, and will be glad to help answer whatever questions that I can assist with. My first one was in 1983, when I bought a beautiful metallic brown one from another North Texas Chapter member. He said the original owner was H. Ross Perot's attorney in Dallas (I've forgotten the name, but heard it often when Perot was running for Pres.). Fellow I bought it from warned me that the only thing which moved faster than the speedometer was the gas gauge! A bit of an exaggeration, but yes, that 455 was VERY thirsty. I sold it to a fellow in Salem, Massachusetts a few years later. My second one was a disassembled, abandoned restoration project that was actually given to me by the owners, after I did an appraisal and professional evaluation of the work done by the restoration shop where they spent $28,000 and got nothing but a primered, disassembled, non-running collection of parts. They sued the restoration shop, and gave me the car partly as thanks for helping in the lawsuit, and partly to get rid of the leaky collection of parts sitting in their garage. I spent the better part of two years putting it all back together, got it running and driving, and unexpectedly sold it to a BCA member from Australia last year, when I wasn't really trying to sell it. So, having put one of these together from the chassis on up, I can probably help with restoration questions.
Thanks, Adam, for getting this started. Now, tell us about that nice looking copper colored formal coupe!
Pete Phillips, BCA #7338
Sherman, Texas
pphillips922@earthlink.net
I've owned two 1972 Centurion convertibles, and will be glad to help answer whatever questions that I can assist with. My first one was in 1983, when I bought a beautiful metallic brown one from another North Texas Chapter member. He said the original owner was H. Ross Perot's attorney in Dallas (I've forgotten the name, but heard it often when Perot was running for Pres.). Fellow I bought it from warned me that the only thing which moved faster than the speedometer was the gas gauge! A bit of an exaggeration, but yes, that 455 was VERY thirsty. I sold it to a fellow in Salem, Massachusetts a few years later. My second one was a disassembled, abandoned restoration project that was actually given to me by the owners, after I did an appraisal and professional evaluation of the work done by the restoration shop where they spent $28,000 and got nothing but a primered, disassembled, non-running collection of parts. They sued the restoration shop, and gave me the car partly as thanks for helping in the lawsuit, and partly to get rid of the leaky collection of parts sitting in their garage. I spent the better part of two years putting it all back together, got it running and driving, and unexpectedly sold it to a BCA member from Australia last year, when I wasn't really trying to sell it. So, having put one of these together from the chassis on up, I can probably help with restoration questions.
Thanks, Adam, for getting this started. Now, tell us about that nice looking copper colored formal coupe!
Pete Phillips, BCA #7338
Sherman, Texas
pphillips922@earthlink.net