72 Four Door with Radio Delete...on 23's

[Smartin]

Poor car...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Buick-centurion-72buick-centurion-donk-on-23S_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6144QQihZ017QQitemZ 270173556459QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

[Bob Alberini]

Your resident 72 4 door guy didn't know whether to cry or start throwing things! This looked like it had been a nicely maintained original car until this guy got his hands on it. For a Centurion, it is very basic -- no vinyl roof, no accessory group and the very rare radio delete. Of the 19,852 72 4 door hardtops built only 18 were radio delete. Like you said, Adam. poor car....

[Robroy]

I’m 100% with you guys, poor car :rooleyes2: :rooleyes2:

[dewbers]

Lot's of potential fellas, but not at that price!

[Boscoe]

Offer him $1500 and "let him keep" the 23's.

[dewbers]

Too funny..... there's another on eBay. 72 Ragtop.
Item number: 260166785702
24 hours left. $3,500

Decent car needing some TLC...

Just found another one...... a beauty!! Seller said it has every option, but it has a 350, so it doesn't have every option... Stunning car.
Item number: 270172225132
8 hours left. $12,500

[Boscoe]

I'm sure I had bicycles with shorter wheels. I should have saved the wire wheels and slicks off my Schwinn Stingrays. I'd be stylin'!

[Smartin]

Reserve not met....


at $510:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I put in a bid a couple days ago, just for hoots. But I wonder how hard it would be to remove all the LOUD lettering & numbers.:coffee: :rolleyes:

[Bob Alberini]

Even though they are my thing, 4 doors are not that marketable. He'd never get the price he wants but if all that lettering was removed and the road wheels were installed, I think he'd do better. The car really looked like it had been a pretty nice although lowly optioned car before the custom touches were added.

[Smartin]

Well, he ALMOST made it worth a damn. When he pulled off the decals on the passenger side, the paint came with it!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevrolet-Caprice-buick-caprice-impala-72-buick-centurion-donk_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6162QQihZ017QQitem Z270190462629QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

[cols73]

what do you think this car is worth? Would love to have this boat as a daily driver.

[gr_speedy]

Hi, i am kinda new....... why is the 350 less valuable? For a daily driver i would preffer more a 350 to the 455.

[centurion 455 ragtop]

Hi, i am kinda new....... why is the 350 less valuable? For a daily driver i would preffer more a 350 to the 455.

Welcome aboard!!:xyxthumbs:

Rarity. The 455 is more desirable as it was an engine option in the 1973 Centurion. Or the same reason why a 440 or a Hemi is more desirable than a 318 or a slant 6. Or better yet the same reason why we all want cable internet hook up compared to dial up.

As for a daily driver? I would have to agree a 350 could be better or easier to find if you are looking for a "daily driver" plus you wouldn't mind beating on the engine a bit as it is more common. As for gas mileage I would bet they both get you the same mpg. My 73 Centurion with a 455 gives me 17 mpg on the highway with the ac going. A 350 with less hp would have to work a bit harder than a 455 pushing around 2 tons of Buick steel. But as which is more common I would say the 350 powered Centurion, which was ONLY available in the 1973 model as the standard engine. And Buick made about a billion of them in 73. Unfortunately most are long gone made into Hondas and Toyotas.

As for finding a 350 in the 71 & 72 models, won't happen. They only came with the 455.