1957 BUICK CENTURY 4DR HT - $20,500 (GRANDVILLE)

[deac]

This is the third '57 Buick Century we've owned. We've enjoyed it for 34 years. It loves the open road. Drives and rides very well. DynaFlow Automatic (no-shift). Dual exhaust provides nice rumble. Great for spring and fall tours. Heater works great.
Paint and exterior:
Close inspection will show some paint issues but the body has no rust points. I believe it may have been repainted before we bought it but I'm not positive of that. Very solid body. Always garaged. The trim and wheels should be red to be correct but I never got around to that. It came with the fender skirts. We usually drive it one year with them on and the next with them off. Makes the car look very different.
Upholstery and interior:
Re-upholstered maybe three years before we bought it. Not period correct but nicely done.
Mileage:
Had 43,000 miles on it when we bought it. Discovered it had a sheared pin in a larger pin in the rear end. Made a horrible noise on occasion. Swapped it out with another '57 rear-end. We speculate the rear-end issue might have been why it hadn't been driven so much. We have driven it on many Buick Club tours and shows.
Wheels and tires:
Tires are old but appear good.
Brakes:
Front brake shoes have been replaced. Rear shoes are in a box in trunk. Never got around to installing them. Stops okay but it's a lot of car to bring to a stop. Plan ahead if possible.
Transmission:
Unique DynaFlow Transmission. Variable-pitch, no shift points. Torque converter. Two turbines. Variable pitch stator and fixed vane stator. Holds 22 pints of transmission oil. Starts to leak out onto floor if not driven regularly. Need to check with engine running and keep full plus some. Tech tips say full-line on dipstick is two low.

 

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I do not own the vehicle nor do I have any stake in the sale of this vehicle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[EmTee]

PLEASE I beg you --- LOSE those skirts!  🤮

[DavidinCA]

It might be the single worst choice of car to put fender skirts on, but then again, I’ve never tried them on a Corvette.  I’m just not sure that $20k with a nice, but wrong interior is realistic.  

[EmTee]

21 minutes ago, DavidinCA said:

...I’ve never tried them on a Corvette.

I think there's a good reason for that... 

 

[rocketraider]

IDK, they work on 120/140/150 Jaguars... but those are a lot swoopier than a Vette or a 57 Buick, and the Jaguar skirts were designed into the car.

[Dave Wells]

Sometimes fender skirts work well with the design of the car.

 

 

[Marty Roth]

10 minutes ago, Dave Wells said:

Sometimes fender skirts work well with the design of the car.

 

 

 

[EmTee]

I agree 100% with skirts for '65 - '66 Pontiacs as pictured above.  We had a '66 Catalina coupe when I was a kid and it had those skirts on it.  I remember not liking them at the time, but today I think they perfectly integrate that lower body line.

 

Edited September 24 by EmTee (see edit history)

[kingrudy]

IMO skirts work well on cars of the 40s and some cars that were tastefully integrated. That said, the only thing that could make it look worse is a continental kit. Very nice-looking car without the skirts.