Tråd: Junkyard Finde: 1984 Buick Century Olympic Edition

Ja, GM var en hovedsponsor af amerikanske olympiske atleter ved OL 1984, (som blev boykottet af de fleste af Warszawapagten som tilbagebetalingstid for Jimmy Carter og venner boykotter OL i 80 over del XXIV i krigen i Afghanistan), hvilket betød at man kunne købe en Olympic Edition Buick Century, år. Jeg flyttede til det sydlige Californien, mens 84 OL var i gang, men alt hvad jeg husker om dem var min ven, der gjorde de nationale nyheder ved beruset-kørsel over titusinder af orange kegler sat op til hændelsen cykel-landevejsløb i Orange County (at forsinke starten af arrangementet og tjene fem års weekend orange-vest-motorvejen-oprydning pligt)... og synet af alle disse olympiske århundreder bliver drevet rundt som low-level arbejdstagere spil. Heres en, der formåede at bo på gaden i næsten 30 år, før vask i en Oakland selvbetjening værftet.
En slags ligegyldig medlem af ligegyldig Kendte/6000/Ciera familie, men den AMERIKANSKE Olympiske Hold badging, der gør det et sjældne at finde.
Im sikker på dette olympiske hood ornament er værd mindst flere dollars i dag.
Tjek disse Olympicized nakkestøtterne!
Hvis en Buick køber var for billigt at foråret for kassettebåndoptager (som denne biler køber var), leveret GM en radio med kassetteholderen erstattet af en plastik blok-off plade. Ill satse alle kassettebåndoptager mekanisme er på plads bag denne plade, også.
Guld nålestriber.

Selv det første år efter afslutningen af Utilpashed Æra var stadig temmelig Utilpashed-y.

Yes, GM was a major sponsor of US Olympic athletes at the 1984 Summer Olympics (which were boycotted by most of the Warsaw Pact as payback for Jimmy Carter and friends boycotting the 80 Olympics over Part XXIV in the War In Afghanistan), which meant that you could buy an Olympic Edition Buick Century that year. I moved to Southern California while the 84 Olympics were going on, but all I remember about them was my friend who made the national news by drunk-driving over tens of thousands of orange cones set up for the bicycle-road-race event in Orange County (delaying the start of the event and earning five years of weekend orange-vest-freeway-cleanup duty)… and the sight of all these Olympic Centuries being driven around by low-level employees of the Games. Heres one that managed to stay on the street for nearly 30 years, before washing up in an Oakland self-service yard.
Sort of a forgettable member of the forgettable Celebrity/6000/Ciera family, but the US Olympic Team badging makes it a rare find.
Im sure this Olympic hood ornament is worth at least several dollars today.
Check out these Olympicized headrests!
If a Buick buyer was too cheap to spring for the cassette deck (as this cars buyer was), GM supplied a radio with the cassette door replaced by a plastic block-off plate. Ill bet all the cassette-deck mechanism is in place behind this plate, too.
Gold pinstripes.

Even the first year after the end of the Malaise Era was still fairly Malaise-y.