i love old car commercials and I found this one in the depths of the youtube cellar... it's a weird one.

Boy they weren't too selective about what they applied the ol' SS emblem to back in the day, eh? A Celebrity SS???

Posted by DelbertGrady Boy they weren't too selective about what they applied the ol' SS emblem to back in the day, eh? A Celebrity SS???

it was a Buick Century shell, Pontiac 6000 gage cluster, Celebrity Eurosport seats and Pontiac wheels!

They even made a Century T-type too didnt they?

Posted by Joecat They even made a Century T-type too didnt they?

Definitely a LeSabre t-type, not sure about the Century.

A girl I worked with had a LeSabre T-type. The electronics had minds of their own... random windows going up and down, doors locked on their own... lol.

Posted by DelbertGrady Definitely a LeSabre t-type, not sure about the Century. A girl I worked with had a LeSabre T-type. The electronics had minds of their own... random windows going up and down, doors locked on their own... lol.

the Century was available as a T-type.

LMAO @ the cars you guys are describing. Its like giving a grandma a shot of methamphetamine.

Posted by big dave LMAO @ the cars you guys are describing. Its like giving a grandma a shot of methamphetamine.

I disagree. That would imply some level of performance.

Posted by big dave LMAO @ the cars you guys are describing. Its like giving a grandma a shot of methamphetamine.

i suppose that you have to put those cars in the context of the period. At the time, nothing was truly fast or stellar. The Eurosport, 6000 STE, Century T-type and Ciera International Series was an attempt to inject some fun into what was otherwise a ho-hum lineup of sincerely boring people movers. The engineering behind the A-body was rugged and reliable, but not much fun. Add aluminum wheels, bucket seats, some gages and your bread-n-butter V6 with some snapper gearing and now it's an 'enthusiasts car'.

Buick even offered a T-type version of it's luxed-out Electra!

I like to think of them as an attempt to lure people away from the K-Car...

My friend had a Riviera T-Type.... had a green/black CRT screen in the dash for a radio/climate control. Don't think it actually worked!