I bought this car for $400 in February 2007, at a tow yard in Stockton, CA. It was a mess but ran real good. It had a cracked tail light with red tape all over it, in desperate need of a paint job, an ugly luggage rack on the trunk, sun-faded interior, no radio and a little bit of rust. Pretty much a bucket. It looked alot like this one, red tape and all: ~Buick Century~ But I saw clean Scraper potential in it. I liked the fact that it was a 2 door, because the 4 doors are hard to make look cool. But I have seen a few clean ones here on cardomain. I don't see hardly any 2 doors around, but see the 4 door centurys everyday. I figure it must be a well made car to see so many of them on the road 20 years later.
I messed up and didn't take any before pics of it. Right now it is at the hydraulic shop getting raised up so my 20 inch wheels will fit on it. It was a faded burgundy color with water spots when I got it. Some body work and paint job later it is now a maroon/purple. I have put a little bit of beat in it- not too much yet. Just enough to sound good to me and a few cars close to me.
Money I've put into it so far:
$400---CAR--------------------------------(ACTION TOWING)
$150---SMOG AND CATALIC CONVERTER
$150---BACK REGISTRATION------------------(DMV)
$400---SLIGHT BODY WORK AND PAINT --------(EARL SCHEIB)
$600---SOUND SYSTEM ----------------------(DOWNTOWN L.A.)
$1400--20 INCH WHEELS---------------------(WATERMAN SWAP MEET)
$80----REPLACEMENT TAIL LIGHT-------------(PICK-A-PART)
$530---RAISED UP FOR WHEELS TO FIT--------(A-1 HYDRAULICS)
$400---TUNE UP AND SOME SLIGHT MECHANICAL PROBLEMS
$1200--INTERIOR
$80----NEW IGNITION

Damn, I put more into this car than I thought. It sure does love me though. I saved her from the junk yard and dusted her off. I love scrapers.

All I need to do to it now is get the upholstry done and I got the hook up for that. Gonna be $1200- matching purple and white guts. I will soon have an AFTER pic once I get it out of the shop. It should be all the way finished in a couple of weeks.