Low Buck Body Mods for a 1973 Buick Century – MuscleCar S5, E10

1. LOVE the bumper mods

2. It's my old ride!!!! after my "Kojak" series shooting in 1974 , I drove around the Manhattan tippelzone prostitutes in my Buick Century. My lollipop never goes limp.👴

3. can u imagine how much one of the custom shops wude charge for the same thing?

4. What about the '61 Impala project "Lead Sled"?

5. Kojak's car?

6. I will like to come back to see the project 1973 Buick Century all finished.

7. The milky floor inexplicably carve because tune orally yawn concerning a wandering zoo. outgoing, superficial volcano

8. Rick Bacon talking about the bumpers not being cool. Clearly a guy who has that facial hair and wears the type of sunglasses like himself, doesn't know what's cool or not.

9. What ever happened to this car

10. Liked the original door handles a hell of a lot more than a swap that makes it look like a damn Kia.

11. A 350 trans behind a 455? Not the best idea.

12. Not going to lie, the door handles were a terrible mod, BUT, i would love to give my 82 El Camino a similiar bumper treatment, tuck them closer to the body so they don't stick out so much.

13. My very fist car was a 73 century 4 door. She would move!

14. Door handles look like 00-05 buick lesabre.

15. I loved this show but after realizing a few years later, that $10,000 project had Nearly $10,000 in Labor alone. It's one of the reason Velocity / Motor Trend went away from this type of show. Now the shows are more down to earth and show 2-3 repairs on a car. I love Tommy Boswell and hope he catches another show!

16. My first car. I loved the tail lights. She road like a dream. Great car.

17. Tip for plug welding holes. Clamp a small piece of 1/4 brass behind the hole, then fill. The weld will not adhere to the brass and the molten steel will not flow out of the hole. EazyPezyTrapezy.

18. this car didnt need any of this shit dropping on it.custom=stilton

19. I love the big steel bumpers.

20. how to mess up a good old car

21. Wow those handles are 100% worse than stock

22. GET REAL BUDDY those big real metal chromed bumper are loved more than hated, I had a Honda Civic rear end me in my 84 Buick Regal….Buick had no damage and the civic bumper, grill hood and one fender were crumpled, all because of those bumpers

23. Enjoy your show. How large is your shop? Do "Other Shows" also use it? Thanks.

24. I guess anyone with a grinder can be a welder. 😅

25. another way to slim down the bumper horizontally, is to cut not the end cap, but to slice instead thru the bumper jack hole. No reason to trust old bolts to hold the car up when changing a flat–esp. after you just cut up the bumper mounts. Better to cruise the junkyard looking for truck jacks that will work.

26. Those are Acura integra door handles for sure

27. Replacing those door handles was dumb. That cheap plastic will break in about 5 years . If you really wanted different door handles, you'd have done better with AMC handles; at least, that would have better fit the 70's aesthetic of the car.

    And the bumper mods; removing the airshock ability of the mounts defeats half the purpose of the bumper, and doesn't really improve the appearance. Then, removing the vertical push bars… really?? Part of the attraction of older cars, is the ability to use your coupe or sedan to push stuff, like other cars, if needed. And, you're not even going to rechrome the bumper?

    Two crappy mods that would be more trouble than it's worth to undo.

    Gee, I can't wait to see what other classic styling that you'll destroy, in your efforts to utilize the most worthless parts of modern car design.

28. WTF? Are those the door handles from an 90s Ford Taurus? Bwhahahahahahahahahahahahahah! That poor Buick! R.I.P.

29. why not use bumper off 72 century ?

30. S

31. Love what you do, guys, but removing the bumperettes is a little too much for me. It's like turning a buff guy with a strong jaw into a soyboy with a weak chin. I would've just turned that Buick into a souped-up cop car

32. Why swap out solid original handels with ugly cheap plastic 90s ones😝

33. What was the final result with the 73 Buick budget car

34. All that work its no longer a "budget Buick". LOL

35. That earring in your left ear wasn't cool in the 90's and isn't now. It'll never make a comeback

36. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVU_U6y-SZM

37. I love this project. My first car was a 1973 Buick Century Luxus in 1983. The bumper tuck and rear bumper modification is great. It is what the car really needed.

38. those plastic door handles will fail you, they came off a car that had lighter doors. there not meant for a door that weighs around 150lbs, the ironic thing is the dime a dozen handles you threw away will end up out living the plastic ones you grafted in. should have used metal handles from something else instead.

39. Helpful piece of info # 5829….. People with hi-def TVs and computer screens should take heed when watching welding. The guy doing the welding wears a mask not just to protect his face and eyes from slag but also so he doesn't lose his night vision from eye arcs. Well…guess what? With today's hi-def screens…you run the same risk to your vision as the welder does. So dim that screen a bit or do something to lessen the impact of the flash on your eyeballs or you may find some night that you can't see crap while driving and that can be scary.

40. Of course they fucked up the bumpers. The bumpers look fine.
    You guys spent an entire episode chopping up a beautiful car, instead of actually doing any actual low buck performance mods.
    How are ya'll employed?

41. Some flush mount 88-98 Chevy truck handles would have looked better plus they're metal .

42. it's like theyre trying to make a weird lookin ford duster?

43. I want to see that impala in the background!!!!!!!

44. That poor ol' buick having to wear those god awful door handles

45. I like the old bumpers…

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