Centurion 464 Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 Adam, I noted on another site that you list a '73 Riviera GS along with your '71 Centurion convertible. Please tell us about your recent acquisition. Any photos? Link to post Share on other sites
Smartin 1,795 Posted November 8, 2003 Share Posted November 8, 2003 Good eye Brian!Yes, I have in my hands a ROUGH 73 Riv GS Stage1. I bought it as a donor for my posi rear end. This past Sunday, I swapped the rears and now it's back up for sale locally. There are some big problems with the car that I'm not willing to tackle myself, so that's why I'm letting it go. Pictures....let's see....Pics can be seen here:http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29264&highlight=hey+smartinIt looks 1000% better in the pictures than in real life. You should see the roof up close....yikes! Link to post Share on other sites
Smartin 1,795 Posted November 8, 2003 Share Posted November 8, 2003 The swap in action::::http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29692&highlight=hey+smartin Link to post Share on other sites
Centurion 464 Posted November 8, 2003 Author Share Posted November 8, 2003 Adam, thanks for the update. Glad you located the posi for your Centurion. I like the installation photos. The Centurion is looking great. What's the story with the road wheels on the back? (Just figured it out; these came from the Riviera.) Will be interested to hear about any performance improvement you're able to document.The boattail Rivieras look great in black. Looks like someone was trying for a Grand National paint scheme with the blacked out grille and headlamp bezels. Link to post Share on other sites
Centurion 464 Posted November 8, 2003 Author Share Posted November 8, 2003 Adam, I see that someone has encouraged you to change over to a manual transmission. I'm sure you are aware that a three-speed manual was standard equipment on the Centurions at the beginning of the '71 model year. (Manual trans cars were built only at the Wilmington plant.) I have heard of a loaded black '71 Centurion convertible -- Wilmington-built -- that was ordered (and delivered) with the manual transmission rather than the THM-400. This car also had the Modified High Performance 455 option. Would be interesting to know whatever happened to that car. Link to post Share on other sites
Smartin 1,795 Posted November 8, 2003 Share Posted November 8, 2003 Bummer that Sloan doesn't have invoices for the 71's. We might have been able to find that black 71 Yeah, the previous owner of the Riv was going for the "stealth" look as he was painting all the trim black....including the stainless pieces around the windows. On a lighter note, it has a stock rebuilt 455 in it....pretty lame though. Needs lots of work.I would kill to see a picture of a 3spd setup in the Centurion. How weird would that look? Link to post Share on other sites
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