1974 Buick Century 455

1974 Buick Century in Kojak, TV Series, 1973-1978 Ep. 1.04+

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time

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philr ◊ 2007-02-25 00:23	The new main picture that shows a brown car with full wheelcovers shows a 1973 Century. The brown car with small wheelcovers isn't the same, it is a 1974 Century 455 (shown in most episodes) and the blue car is a 1974 Century too. Later in the series, the brown Century was replaced by a 1975 (copper color).
philr ◊ 2007-02-25 02:23	Since they are 3 different cars and two of them are from 1974, shouldn't they be listed separately? And the brown 1973 Century doesn't have the 455 badges, it's the brown 1974 that does. -- Last edit: 2007-02-25 02:25:36
Raul1983 ◊ 2007-02-25 12:02	"I'm on my way, central 10-4" -- Last edit: 2007-04-15 15:45:35
datsunZ ◊ 2007-02-26 22:13	I own a 1/55 Corgi Junior model of Kojak's Buick!
Hiergehts ◊ 2007-03-22 03:22	1974 Century : Link to "memimage.cardomain.net" -- Last edit: 2007-03-22 03:22:53
Raul1983 ◊ 2007-04-08 19:02	So is this a 73' or 74' ?
philr ◊ 2007-04-15 02:35	Raul1983 wrote "I'm on my way, central 10-4" This one isn't the same. It's 1973 Century, the one currently in the main picture is a 1974 Century 455 (same car as I posted before).
philr ◊ 2007-04-15 07:31	From the rear, the 1973 and 1974 models are very easy to differenciate. The 1973 Century has it's licence plate in the bumper while the 1974 has it between the taillights. The taillights, trunk door and bumper design also differs. At the front, the differences are more subtle. The optional bumper guards were relocated (but these cars don't have them) and the 1973 grille (section above the bumper)has 3 horizontal bars while the 1974 has 5 horizontal bars and more visible vertical dividers. The "BUICK" letters above the grille are closer to each other on the 1973 and they are more widely spaced on the 1974 (B U I C K). The 1975 Century has taillights that are similar to those of the 1974, the main diffeence is in the front (taller grille with BUICK lettering in it rather than above it and rectangular parking lights instead of round ones). In 1976-77, the coupe model was redesigned but the sedan and wagon continued on the 1973-75 body with a slightly different grille and quad rectangular headlights.
Raul1983 ◊ 2007-04-15 15:45
Raul1983 ◊ 2007-04-30 22:41	ep 1.10
njot33 ◊ 2008-06-15 08:35	What's cool on these is that the turn signals have the Buick shield engraved into the lenses.
Raul1983 ◊ 2009-09-26 21:11	ep 2.01 & 2.02
sixcyl ◊ 2009-11-04 19:29	Ep.1.04 "Knockover" the pictures in these thumbnails are re-used in another episode
sixcyl ◊ 2009-11-09 18:44	Ep.1.02 "Web of Death" 3 -- Last edit: 2009-11-09 19:00:27
sixcyl ◊ 2009-11-09 18:47	Ep.1.05 "Girl In The River" 3 -- Last edit: 2009-11-09 19:00:56
sixcyl ◊ 2009-11-09 18:51	Ep.1.06 "Requiem For A Cop" 3 -- Last edit: 2009-11-09 19:01:21
sixcyl ◊ 2009-11-09 18:54	Ep.1.07 "The Corrupter" 4 -- Last edit: 2009-11-09 19:01:45
sixcyl ◊ 2009-11-09 19:28	Ep.1.08 "Dark Sunday" 4
sixcyl ◊ 2009-11-10 20:52	Ep.1.09 "Conspiracy Of Fear" 3
sixcyl ◊ 2009-11-11 11:39	Ep.1.10 "Cop In A Cage" 4 (will need some repartions for the next episode )
sixcyl ◊ 2009-11-19 00:09	Ep.1.11 "Marker To A Dead Brokie" 3
sixcyl ◊ 2009-11-22 23:01	Ep.1.12 "Last Rites For A Dead Priest" 3 -- Last edit: 2009-11-22 23:02:06
sixcyl ◊ 2009-11-26 12:54	Ep.1.13 "Death Is Not A Passing Grade" 3
sixcyl ◊ 2009-11-26 21:55	Ep.1.14 "Die Before They Wake" 2
sixcyl ◊ 2009-12-03 19:52	Ep.1.15 "Deliver Us Some Evil" 3
sixcyl ◊ 2009-12-04 22:10	Ep.1.16 " Eighteen Hours Of Fears" 3 -- Last edit: 2009-12-04 23:12:37
sixcyl ◊ 2009-12-05 09:43	Ep.1.17 "Before The Devil Knows" 2
sixcyl ◊ 2009-12-14 19:40	Ep.1.18 "Dead On His Feet" 3
sixcyl ◊ 2009-12-15 12:32	Ep.1.19 "Down A Long And Lonely River" 2
sixcyl ◊ 2009-12-30 10:46	Ep.1.20 "Mojo" 3
sixcyl ◊ 2010-01-03 19:02	Ep.1.21 "Therapy In Dynamite" 2
sixcyl ◊ 2010-01-13 19:25	Ep.1.22 "The only way out" 4
Raul1983 ◊ 2010-03-15 21:15	Snowing in NY ep 2.25
philr ◊ 2011-03-16 04:48	Raul1983 wrote [/url] This blue 1974 Century police car was shown in many episodes, did someone else get a nicer pictures of it?
blue_thunder ◊ 2012-10-23 15:13	PhilR wrote This blue 1974 Century police car was shown in many episodes, did someone else get a nicer pictures of it? /vehicle_483244-Buick-Century-1974.html
blue_thunder ◊ 2012-10-31 10:13	Ep 4.03
blue_thunder ◊ 2012-11-05 13:13	Ep 4.05 Ep 4.07 Something is different, the chrome stripe on the side and the air intake next to the license plate... -- Last edit: 2012-11-05 20:57:39
blue_thunder ◊ 2012-11-09 09:20	Ep 4.08
blue_thunder ◊ 2012-11-12 09:57	Ep 4.10 again with the chrome stripes like in 4.05 and 4.07 -- Last edit: 2012-11-12 09:57:19
blue_thunder ◊ 2012-12-11 09:06	Ep 4.19 "No-Wheels-Edition"
blue_thunder ◊ 2012-12-14 10:16	Ep 4.24 It seems they made some changes on the car for Ep 4.03+, note the additional chrome stripes and the different trunklid compared to post 4.03 Episodes. -- Last edit: 2012-12-14 10:20:19
blue_thunder ◊ 2012-12-17 10:02	Ep 5.01
blue_thunder ◊ 2013-01-11 10:38	Ep 5.08 Ouch! Oil pan sends her love...
SixtiesSwing ◊ 2023-09-25 07:33	blue_thunder wrote Ep 4.19 "No-Wheels-Edition" Hah, this reminds me of one of Benny Hill's Kojak bits (he had three, one of which was "O'Jack", an Irish detective...). But in the straight spoof of Kojak, and Benny (as Kojak) asks a cop in the precinct, "Clancy, did you check my tires?", to which the response is, "Yeah, you still have four." New York was that bad, sadly, during the 1970s especially, but thank goodness it improved significantly! After a while, the mugging jokes got irritating in film and TV.

1974 Buick Century 455

1974 Buick Century in Kojak, TV Series, 1973-1978 Ep. 1.04+

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