Check this out. 26 miles on the clock https://list.powerautomedia.com/lt....XjHJnKd6579y0y.1OFv13ImmN~ykuYybHQWInac6576ya
A friend of mine, Chuck Lawrence, that p***ed a few years back had a couple with plastic still on the steering wheels. Wouldn’t be surprised if this was one of his.
That'll be pricey, I seen an updated video of a 9 mile car recently, there are a couple of them here in the Buffalo area.
They were something in their day. Today they are square boxes with middling HP. Just an investment piece. Not something I’d enjoy putting miles on.
They would put a smile on your face. I drove the one our dealership had in 87. I don’t remember them having Stuart Warner gauges though, but that was almost 40 years ago and I’ve slept since then. $150,000 is what we sold ours for in 87. Not an investment car in my eyes. Back then the most I heard of one selling for was a half a million on the east coast somewhere.
Kid I went to HS with had a Dad that p***ed and he got his Social Security…bought a new Fiero GT at 16 and when we graduated he traded that in in an new GNX at John Rogin Buick…was a fast car in its day for sure
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1987-buick-gnx-52/ the actual auction link I thought the point was to drive them?
I had a black 86 T-Type hardtop with several mods, it ran pretty good for a heavy car with a V-6 and got great gas mileage ! The car went 10's with factory long block, currently it's a full blown race car with a stage II that's been in the 9's. I belonged to WNY Turbo Buicks and we had both kinds of members, those that wanted 100% original and the lowest miles possible and the others like me that just wanted to go faster with whatever mods it took.
I wouldn't drive one with that low of miles, but i wouldn't buy anything i wouldn't drive. That being said, I am glad there are those that will. We need museum pieces in the world.
A buddy of mine had two GN’s back when they were fairly new and also ended up with a GNX as well. He actually drove his though and even brought them out to the street races sometimes. The wind up of that turbo was definitely different from all the muscle cars we had. Anyway, I can’t imagine owning something that just sat (well except the cars I have when they are broke).
There is a GN, may be an X, may not be, not too far from here that has been a driver since new. It looks awful, bent sheet metal , ragged upholstery, cracked gl***. really sad. I remember wanting a new one…
The GNX 300 HP wouldn't get an honorable mention today but back then, it was as much as the factories were making available. I am grateful they kept the flame lit.
I bought a new 1987 GN in November of 1986. Traded in my wife's 1984 Monte Carlo SS and cash. I bought it mainly as an investment. Had to buy her something else to drive. She wanted something with 4 doors to cart the kid around. Was a fast car for the time, way faster than the Monte. Had to realign all the body panels due to terrible fit. Had not the greatest paint. Typical quality control for the 1980s. But was still a nice car. Did not really get to enjoy the car as it got driven, roughly 1 tank of gas per year for 25 years. I sold it around 2012 and roughly doubled what the car cost including insurance, maintenance etc. When I sold it, it had 9,500 miles on it, and was an unmodified original with all original paperwork etc. Sold it to a Buick guy customer of mine and he still has it. It now has about 11,000 miles on it. That car has won best preservation award at the Buick nationals in Bowling Green 2 times. Probably a bad investment as investing goes, would have made more money investing the conventional way, but with my luck, I probably would have invested in something like Enron and lost my shirt. I was happy with the outcome. I tell about my GNX experiences in the next segment. So stay tuned to the same bat channel, same bat time for the next episode! Bill
For those that don't know, GNX was extremely rare, (547 produced). Chances are, if you saw a turbo regal in the 80's, it was not a GNX. I test drove a new turbo Regal T-Type in '87, the car was pretty basic, and stickered at $18k. I think the regular GN was a tick over 20k. A guy in town ordered a GNX and left the window sticker in it, I think it was $32k. The GNX's were investment cars from the start. The funny thing for me at that time was that I couldn't have afforded either if they were $1,800! That test drive was memorable though!
T-Types were lighter than GN's with the same drive train, so it was actually faster. Talking the intercooled 86-87 cars, which are the only ones worth owning in my opinion.
I just remember Chucks having those bolt on looking fender flares. Looked menacing. He had the money to buy them and sit on them. I remember the Buicks sitting in the back of one of the garages next to a pair of black 32 fords he and his wife drag raced at Woodburn.
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