You know, it’s amazing what comes across the Barn Finds tip line. Take this ’79 Century for example, submitted by “disgruntled member”. At first, I assumed, OK, a slant-back Buick Century. Well, no slant back and no Century. It does reek of 1979, however, with its vintage “Espresso Brown” finish. Well, an assignment is an assignment, and those with an immediate need can find this throne located in Breckinridge, Colorado. It’s available here on Facebook Marketplace, marked down from $200 to free!
Now, this is a used appertenance that likely toiled away for some time, but it still shines nicely; I imagine that it has spent a lot of time indoors – you know, proper storage and all that sort of thing. I’m not sure what the production statistics on this piece are, but I imagine this is one of many, but almost impossible to find these days in such a telling and appropriate shade. The seller does state that it comes with documented markings.
The seller tells us, “Worked when pulled in May,” so I guess it’s gonna be a c$%p shoot as to whether it’s still up to its as-designed performance standard. I don’t think this is a turbo-flush-equipped model, and it probably gets poor water consumption, likely 3.75 gallons per pull. Nope, not for everyday usage; just on special occasions.
I detect a cushioned seat in a matching hue – it could be particularly beneficial while one is sitting and pondering “What’s next?” Further observational analysis tells me this model is most commodious. Also noted is the commonly encountered right-hand-positioned cut lever – doubtful that it’s convertible into a left-handed model. And with that, there you have it – perhaps a matching sink and bathtub can be sourced, and hey, maybe a refrigerator and stove to boot. With all of that, one will be able to relive the seventies with a full house, right?
Jim…. After a rather long day I needed a good laugh. Thank you. A very typical late 70’s Century in brown in good used condition doesn’t just come up on the market very often. After sitting so long it may need a “valve” job. Glad you covered it!!! Thanks
That is what I call a bucket seat. A true convertible, but you need to raise the top in case of rain.
No doubt that this is the “crappiest” review that I have ever seen on this site.😆😂😆
Real nice shape for a 79′ J.O. The rare padded seat option is icing on the cake here 👍
I agree. The original owner could have gone with cloth or padded vinyl.
You guys are a sick bunch of perverts. Guess that’s why I love ya’ll so much!
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I take full responsibility for this, dear, :D
Hey! Are you ok? I did not see any comments from you on the black Eldorado convert.
OH boy, is my face red,,,Jim, I’ll get you for this. One guess who submitted this, and originally, I was upset about the $75K Mustang, ( and a host of other non BF related problems) and thought, since I feel the hobby going down the crapper, why not? I even composed a little musical number,,,me, me, me,,
What happened to the hobby, you flushed it down the potty, and ’round and ’round it goes,,,then the IH tip was printed, which reduced my frustration considerable, and now this.
In a somewhat revised attitude, I want to sincerely thank Jim, and the staff, we are in a really tumultuous time right now, and if there ever was an oasis for all that, it’s at this site. None other like it, and believe me, in my frustration, I’ve looked. BFs is like a repair bill, you never know what you’re going to get. A little humor goes a long ways, and words I live by, my mentor, George Carlin said:
The world is a giant freak show, and comedians have a front row seat taking notes”, RIP George,now,,back to our regularly scheduled program( remember that?)
AH, the Hippy Dippy Weatherman ! Thanks Howard for reminding us of the guy we really did give a crap about.
It’s gonna be dark tonight.
Whatever BECAME of Al Sleet, ANYway?
Smooth move Howard.
A truck driver, “Dream Seat”.
Drop an LS in it
Or drop a deuce in it.
HA HA!
Deuce coupe 💩 😲
I’m 100% certain that there will be NO rust issues in this “body”, LOL!! :-)
It might have rust issues. I get rust stains from.iron.in the water when my filter system needs attention.
Not ONLY rust stains might be hidden! Looking at this free toilet optimistically, it had a much bigger tank than what is available today. Are the new ones 1.75 gallons? This one would be at least twice that capacity for a king size flush. This would be for only the single man, however.
They had better choices of color for these & appliances back in the day than they do for “cars” today. & many seats in the latter are about as comfortable as a toliet seat.
I am so thankful there are no underneath shots of this one!
On the other hand, some sellers need to take a cue. Pull your ride outside and clean it before taking pictures.
I came for the comments and they didn’t disappoint.
I’d be all over it if it were pumpkin orange with the super rare shag carpeted lid (1 of 7 made) that was used in episode 63 of That 70’s Show.
Yet, there will be the so called experts here that any claim as to it’s historical usage has to be in question due to visible wear to the seat…….
For use on special occasions, extra water…like after the big Thanksgiving dinner or New Year’s after uncle Ralph had too much to drink.
Laugh all you want, but there are people looking for these. Mid century stuff is hot. Now the color isn’t the most exciting, but it should hide, ahem, marks.
In orange or pink it would be gone. And you only need one flush with this, 3.75 gallons get the job done, its the quadrajet of toilets.
I would kill to have a bathroom suite of this color to backdate my home to the original mod style.
Get an appliance set in the same shade for your kitchen! They had them!
What a great way to open the BF day Jim, Ran when parked on! Could be used to tune U up!
Yes, levity is what we need! eBay, had available , underpants that were yellow in front, and brown in back.
Two-tone drawers!
It’s gonna be dark tonight.
I always wanted a toilet that I would never need to flush, think about it!
I don’t understand why this is even on here? Just like a pinball machine on BAT???? Why.
Why not? Everyone seemed to get a kick out of it!
I guess it would require less cleaning as the color hides the markings.
“Free” is always a good deal, no matter the unit. Now if only I could get the smell out of the interior…
Yes… my house is a 1970 and the bathroom still has the fixtures.. sink, tub, toilet in American Standard Bayberry green with harmonizing green (lighter then avocado) ceramic tile. I recently rebuilt the toilet flush mechanism and replaced the valves on the sink. Matching toilet seats are still avail.
Any warranty ?
After I had already deleted todays BF email I had to come back and click on this one just for the comments! Best listing in a while! Made my Saturday morning!
Well it is the perfect color, it hits the brown note! :)
We’re in a 1950s house and there is a Montgomery Ward branded terlet in the 2nd bathroom. Not sure how old it is but probably no newer than the one featured here. (Unfortunately it’s a boring standard white color.)
I was in a crappy mood until I saw this brownstone and would be flushed with pride to own this!
Beautiful lines, and it looks like someone gave it a deep cleaning before taking photos. I have a 1960’s, green swirl colored one from a house remodel that I refuse to part with. Not dark green, not olive colored, but a combination of the 2 colors, in a swirl design. Now, if you really want to talk commodes, I was working an antique auction and we had a jade toilet, pedestal sink, and bath tub in a sale. Sold for 5k. Made you feel like royalty just sitting on the toilet.
I am a big fan of toilets. When i was very young, we had the outdoor kind, so this would have been an improvement. Several years ago the wife insisted we remodel two of our bathrooms (though seemed fine to me). Came time t go to the local dump, the big brains there wanted 20 bucks (each!) to dispose of them. (can you imagine?) I refused and when they came back in the truck you should have seen my wifes face. I told her they would become planters. She looked at me disapprovingly. Somehow she didn’t feel her flower bed or the back patio would accomidate them. No taste, some people. I ended up putting the pair in our woods and planted hostas in them. Doing well every since. I go out all the time in the UTV to spend time with them so they dont get lonely.
Lol My Grandmother put one in her garden. The neighbors hated her… I put one on my property as a homage to her, with similar plastic flowers….
Perfect driver’s seat for a Ford Bronco.
Is this a low flush model in an rarely used upstairs bathroom ?
Doesn’t this mess with the if its brown flush it down motto?
Fyi:
Why did the toilet go to therapy?
It couldn’t handle the pressure.
The above observation comes from 1970s California conservationists thinking advertising stating “If its yellow, let it mellow, If its brown, flush it down! Encouraging folks to SAVE water, kind of like watering your lawn on specific days of the month.
Reminded me of a story I heard. This farmer boy wanted to bring his girlfriend home to meet his parents but they still had the outside outhouse. He was to ashamed for his girlfriend to see that. So he talked to his father about putting inside plumbing in and his father said no way ! So that night the boy went out to the barn and got the tractor out and pushed the outhouse over the hill. The next morning the father ask the boy why he would do such a thing in a gruff voice. The boy ask his father why are you getting so upset with me and giving me heck about it. He told his father when George Washington cut his father’s cherry tree down that his father did not give him a heck or a ruff time. The boys father came back at him, yeh but his father was not in the tree!!!
Rare and excellent condition. We need one comic relief per barn find report!
We have the right amount now — enough to keep us amused, but not so many as to become predictable and boring. I still remember that paper-thin car you had on here awhule back!
Don’t forget to check the antifreeze when you head south for the winter!!!
Runs on methane.
You’d never have to clean it again!!! SO convenient!
Giving the color, how do you know if it’s empty???
Thanks for featuring this Jim, but I’m holding out for a vintage lowboy.
No video of it running?! 😁
The only BF post that, if it ran, would be a bad thing!!!
Flushed when parked!
How about a test drive? Cold start video please
When your concern about miles per gallon give way to flushes per gallon, you know you’re old.
Wouldn’t that be,”gallons per flush”?
Given the vintage of this toilet–yes!
My childhood home was built in 79 and we had this toilet in yellow
What about the odo reading? Did it (toilet paper) roll over? I keep flushing it and the brown is still there! This reminds me of the time I —-, never mind! The other day one of you writers were talking about the car color names and who came up with them. Maybe that person could name toilet colors! This one could be Camode Road Brown! Or Relief brown leaf , or Brindle S##t Brown, Never Have To Clean Brown, Or the other day listing, — Trans Am Brown!
I will go away now. Sorry.
Just remember Wayne, life is like a roll of toilet paper, the closer to the end, the faster it goes,,, ;)
People who call “Espresso” “EXpresso” usually also call “Catalytic converters” “Cadillac converters” or maybe I just have “Oldtimers” disease?? hahaha
Good catch; I was preoccupied with replacing the Cadillac converter on my Alfa Romero. Fixed now.
JO
That would be Alpha Romero, right?
Jim, is that Alpha parked next to your “Camero”? just messin’ with ya!
Nope, I think it’s next to my Hun-die, but I’m not really sure as my Oldtimers has been kickin’ in lately (I think).
JO
My pet peeve is jewelry store owners who say “jew-ler-ee” in their radio ads instead of jewelry and professional realtors who call themselves a “real-a-tor.”
Maybe you could make the bowl into a little grill and the tank would be a nice ice chest
Can I get a mechanic to check it out?
Is a vintage Tidy Bowl man included?
And don’t forget to examine the birdcage.
An old school toilet that you don’t have to flush 10 times. 15 times. Of course, if you just burn your papers and documents, as opposed to trying to flush them, there shouldn’t be an issue.
Guess it’s better than the pink or green ones that seemed to have been available when the odd colors were popular
Does he have all the paper work.
Since I lived in Breckenridge back in ’72-’73 banging nails for the man and hanging out at the GoldPan, I had to observe that times have changed. It was more a mountain man town then even with the ski area and as a couple of young ‘uns livin the mountain man life (we thought) we had a two seater out in a shed that overlooked a canyon. Made of wood, I never took a friend but this drop in the bucket reminded me of my youthful adventures pulling splinters from my well…. you know…….
Since I lived in Breckenridge back in ’72-’73 banging nails for the man and hanging out at the GoldPan, I had to observe that times have changed. It was more a mountain man town then even with the ski area and as a couple of young ‘uns livin the mountain man life (we thought) , we had a two seater out in a shed that overlooked a canyon. Made of wood, I never took a friend but this drop in the bucket ..reminded me of my youthful adventures pulling splinters from my well…. you know…..
I didn’t have much to say about this listing when I first saw it ,in fact I was a bit on the negative side. Then I started reading your guys’responses. And then I started cracking up car guys do have a sense of humor. In fact a few of you might want to do comedy full time! Who knows one of you might be the next, Jay Leno, Tim Allen or Jerry Seinfeld! I am sure they were all car guys before they were funny. Think about it and all the cars you could have!
I’d want to take it out for a load test first
Hmm, hmm, hmm, well, let’s see how that “terlet”( Archie Bunker and my old man called it) post is doing,,,AYE CARUMBA,,,ES GRANDE!!! I actually posted this as a test, to see the limits of the site and tipline. Nowhere does it say Barn Finds has to be a vehicle, and I hope I put a smile on your faces, mission accomplished. I’ve long felt the hobby has gone down the crapper, but this shows the staff is really human, takes my shenanigans with good candor, and of course, the predictable peanut gallery response is priceless. I can honestly say, of all the “thrones” I’ve sat on, I’ve never encountered a brown one, I mean, maybe in a truck stop or similar institution, and thanks to all here.
Brings all new meaning to the phrase “toilet humor”!
Yep, I went straight to the comments on this one, everything that crossed my “filthy” mind has been addressed and then some!
Thank you Jim, BF and all the commentators. I still think we need to arrange a get together, you know, family reunion style, rent the pavilion down at the park like we did back in the good ole days!
Suddenly I don’t want any hot chocolate.
Brown with brown racing stripes!
YIKES!!!
We called them “skid marks”,, :)
The color doesn’t show the soil as much.
That thing got a HEMI?!
Naw… it’s a Century… that’s a Buick… probably a nailhead…
In the late 80’s I went out with a girl whose father had his “private” bathroom in the basement
All the fixtures were espresso brown with brown/white tile work
To say the least, it was difficult to use the bathroom
A bit creepy
Isn’t that a Poop deVille??
It’s amazing! More comments on a toilet than most cars!! I had one of these when I moved into my new house in Vermont 23 years ago. While it matches, in color, the substance that it disposes of…… I had that thing out of the house as soon as I got a new white unit! The other challenge was that it had a matching brown tub!! Luckily, I am a building remodeler and had a second bath. That too, was gone inside of a month!!!
If I am not mistaken this might get the most comments ever, I only kept reading hoping someone would chime in on how much it cost to ship a shtr. I tried calling Alliance and they hung up on me.
Absolutely beautiful! Stunning color, looks cozy and if it got a little “dirty” nobody would notice because of the camouflage effect. Cool!
How do you unsubscribe to this idiotic post. I made a crappy comment and now regret it. Old men like to talk about stuff like this I guess.
LOL, I had made a comment also but just un-subed from it. The amount of comments on this stupid thing coming into my inbox was ridiculous..
Gotta love those Colon-aids…
Glad there isn’t a back up camera.
Wow you Americans are very respectful, In the UK going back a bit we had toilets with faces of unpopular people in the bottom of the pan. No mention of any such thing your side. Anyway let’s all keep going, when I am on the pan that’s where I solve all my car problems.
This brown crapper got more comments than a rare classic car. A record!
My last house (circa 59) had two of these quiet flush models made by Case. A plumber owned the house and had it built before me. Lots of weird plumber type gadgets.
https://casetoiletseats.com/blogs/case-toilet-brand-history/the-history-legacy-of-case-toilets
The Cadillac of toilets. More like a Jag when it needed parts or repairs. We had two. One in baby blue and one in pale yellow.
My parents bought a house that was built in the early 70’s that had lowboy toilets. They always worked well and never needed to be replaced. The one thing I remember best about them was they had a Vent feature that you could enable by pulling the flush handle outward. Doing that would aerate the water (or something similar to that) that helped eliminate some, not all, of the obnoxious odors associated with number 2. I always thought that innovation should have stuck around.
I found one for sale on EBay and it is called a “Vent Away” toilet. It’s not cheap, and as an added bonus, it is the same chocolate brown color as the one featured in this thread. Ours were pastel colors.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/204410512205
This site sure has gone down the toilet!
Hilarious, I wasn’t going to post but it brought back a memory from the 70s. I had a coworker whose parents were caretakers of an older mansion in St. Charles, IL. The owners built a new one next door but didn’t want to destroy the old one. I was invited over once to move a heavy piece of furniture. I was amazed the house had somewhere between 8 To 12 bathrooms and each one had a different color toilet and sink, the black one was kind of creepy. The master bathroom was gold and the only one with a shower which was a room itself and bigger than my bedroom with 6 shower heads. I thought so this is how the wealthy live and how I never will .
I guess if you missed you really couldn’t tell….
My friend Al Bundy wants to know if they will take a Super Flush 1000 in trade.
Ah, the mighty Ferguson, LOL!
Finally–a reasonable price I can afford. But seriously, this would be a perfect installation in a VW Beetle for those long trips.
I heard it was once used by “Poop Deck Pappy” when he was in town to visit Popeye. Olive Oyl said he left it in a mess.
Ha! I always wondered if the “poop deck” really was what they said it was,,,
106 and counting…
That’s quite a list. It made me think of relatively recent memory. We own an old building in upstate NY that was in my wife’s family since the 1920’s but dates to possibly 1792. Most of it is rented but our small apartment has what was a two-piece toilet just like the one in The Godfather where Michael’s gun was taped to the back of the overhead tank with the pull chain. But the old pre-WWI toilet had a more modern tank added, dated 1937. That tank is even bigger than the one featured here. No problem as the village has no water meters. We only visit three times a year and get charged the same as a family with 10 kids! Is that socialism? Probably not.
Upstairs there was a more modern toilet from the 50’s in the rental unit. My wife’s aunt Nikki, who would be well over 110 if still alive, loved to find decarded furniture to strip and refinish. Maybe 50 years ago she stripped the white paint from that toilet seat, sanded and applied stain and spar varnish. Like everything, the seat was heavy duty with strong chrome plated hinges. One of our tenants, a lesbian, replaced it and threw it away in favor of a plastic seat. I was not happy, but her preference would not be relevant, as they say, in a court of law.
My grandmother always referred to flushing the toilet as “pull the chain”.
When I was a child, several of my relatives in their seventies to early 100s had toilets with tanks in the attic, and there was a handle on the end of a “chain” that led up though the ceiling which you pulled to flush the toilet. I used to love to play with those and wished that we had one.
Sprinkle some barn dust on the seat cover and get double!
I know very little about cars BUT love this site and all the comments. This is my expert field. I was a Master Plumber for fifty years. That happens to be a Kohler “Well worth” in Swiss Mocca ! Keep up the great work!
It was running when it was removed from service…
Nice BF for a BM. Finally a sh*tter on this site I can afford.
I think the sender of this post may have been sending you a subliminal message that barn finds has gone to the sh**thouse with all the modern shiny cars on barn finds that have never seen a barn, and has now just become a for sale site for used cars.
Bingo, Wayne, you nailed it, but after seeing what kind of response this generated, it went beyond that. It confirms how starved we are for simple things, and as sophisticated the world gets, it’s still fun to sit around and shoot the, um, breeze.
Note to the ladies: I sincerely apologize, and can assure you this will not be a “regular” thing. We’ll be back to Firebirds and Lambos in no time, but what this does signify to the staff and readers, how big BFs really is. With a name like “Fran”, I don’t think you are a kid, and I’m sure you’ve known all about mens shenanigans. In fact, I may have dropped a couple of notches from our women writers, but it was worth it. Thanks again to all, also, in case some women actually like my goofiness, I am single, you know, in the most beautiful place in the country,the Rocky Mountains, I’ve kind of taken for granted lately,,,, :),,,( static),,,nothing yet,,
Totally broke the review records! I lost count. Twice.
Yes, there were a lot of comments made, butt I was only trying to do my doody.
There’s an a$$ for every seat.
LOL. My second home in Charleston was built in 1930. I had to have the upstairs toilet re-seated when replacing the floor. It’s mustard yellow. The plumber told me that such colored toilets are in high demand, and to never toss it out. 🤣
Probably ran when parked.
He knowa what he’s got!
Like some cars. A toilet bowl with nice lid and a easy color to keep clean !
An early 1970’s Kohler product, when my Dad built our new house in 1973, Mom picked the bathroom finishes, and the choices were definitely 1970’s, that’s for sure. The “Master” bathroom, oops, excuse me, the primary bathroom had an identical toilet, with matching sink and bathtub in florescent “day-glo” green! The toilet in the primary bedroom bath was a lovely shade of sky blue, with a matching bathtub, but the sink was blood red, LOL! the laundry room had the most restrained color palette, with a matching toilet and sink in sand beige.
she’s a butte Clark LMAO AT all of the comments this was the humor of the day on barn finds .