This 1975 Buick Century Custom Colonnade Coupe Was The End of Musclecars and Start of Luxury Malaise

00:00 Start 00:04 Night Drive 00:13 Headlight and Startup 00:45 Taillights and Startup 01:07 Intro - weather, bees 02:28 Start of car review 07:40 Exterior 10:56 Trunk 13:12 Hood raise fail 13:30 Underhood and mechanicals 18:48 Aside - annoying time of year 19:55 Friend's horrible baby 21:15 Interior 27:38 Books and papers 30:25 Startup and test drive 35:34 Highway drive As luck would have it, I recently ended up with this 1975 Buick Century Custom Coupe, a direct competitor to the 1975 Cordoba we did a few days ago. With both being clean and low mileage examples, it presented an interesting opportunity to compare the two, much as a buyer would have 46 years ago. This is not the first Colonnade car reviewed on this channel, but it is the first colonnade Buick, and in a lovely color to boot. Underneath are links to relevant videos: 1975 Chrysler Cordoba:    • Finally Delivering  - This 1975 Cordoba Wa...   1977 Pontiac Grand Prix    • This 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix SJ was One of...   1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass    • This 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Broug...   1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo    • This 1977 Monte Carlo Landau was Rolling S...  

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