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1975 Century and Skyhawk spotted on Craigslist

Rich — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:39:22 +0000

I found two ‘75 Buicks that may be of interest to some. 1975 Buick Century Link: http://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/cto/1344088626.html This guy wants a whopping $8,000 for this car. Is it worth it? Well, I’ll put it to you this way. He’s selling one with 58,000 original miles on the clock, but it’s not a Free Spirit car. I know [...]

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1975 Buick Century makes small appearance on Jalopnik

Rich — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:00:11 +0000

In a post titled Ten Things Your Kids Will Never Experience In A New Car, part 5 of the gallery is called “Vinyl Seats”. And, wouldn’t you know it, the seats shown are from the 1975 Buick catalog. The wagon, in particular. I wonder where they got that image from (here’s a big hint from my [...]

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how much is a ‘75 free spirit century worth?

Rich — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:21:10 +0000

You have no idea how many times I get asked this. I am not the Grand Poobah concerning the value of a 1975 Buick Free Spirit Century, nor have I ever been. Still I do get asked, routinely, by both buyers and sellers how much one of these cars is worth. The last time I even uttered [...]

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buick century shade makes for a happy cat

Rich — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:31:59 +0000

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Free Spirit Skyhawk info

Rich — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:09:08 +0000

First I’m going to say I’ve been really bad about updating my Buick site as of late, because I’ve received some really good info (and photos) but haven’t gotten around to posting it just yet, particularly with the Skyhawk car. First, the total number of Free Spirit Skyhawks made was 918. Very low production number for [...]

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1975-ish Buick decorative rear plate

Rich — Sat, 16 May 2009 20:08:27 +0000

It’s been a real long time since I made any Buick blog posts, so here’s one. :-) I forgot that Robert Schiely sent me a photo of the decorative plate that goes on the back of the ‘75 Free Spirit car, and looks like this: It is a plain white plate, by the way. The photo [...]

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pace cars, festival cars, trucks.. and station wagons?

Rich — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:00:00 +0000

The photo above reveals all details about the cars and trucks used at the 1975 Indianapolis 500 race. Fellow pace car owner Scott sent this my way. All cars you see are Buicks, all trucks GMC. But there’s a few details here in this photo not seen in others. First, this is the only photo I’ve ever [...]

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Linda Vaughn and the “Hurstettes”, 1975

Rich — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:19:49 +0000

Linda Vaughn (who surprisingly does not have a Wikipedia entry) was known as “The First Lady of Drag Racing” but her most famous title was “Miss Hurst Golden Shifter”. Wherever there was a race, be it NASCAR, Formula One and of course the Indianapolis 500, she was there as the trophy queen. The photo seen here [...]

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Buick Challenge: Find a “Free Spirit” Skyhawk

Rich — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:55:10 +0000

Guess what? I got an email from Brian Jackson and he sent me some very cool images of the graphics kit for the “Free Spirit” Buick Skyhawk. This is the first update I’ve been able to make about that car since launching BuickFreeSpirit.com. I’m hoping Brian reads this because when I tried replying to his email [...]

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i’m on car lust!

Rich — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:42:40 +0000

Car Lust is a blog I’ve been reading for a while now. A few weeks ago I wrote them and asked if they could run an article on pace car replicas of the 70s. They basically wrote back and said, “How about you write it?” Sure, why not. So I did. And now it’s there, check it out [...]

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