Ugliest 70 Stage 1 ?

[Bob Lorenz Jr.]

Just got my info from Wayne Roberts on a car we have had for a long time. It is just a shell. It had a BB serial number and frame pads but no other clues. Turns out it is a 70 Stage 1. It was sold to a dealer in Monroe, LA. The owner apperently had very bad taste. The car is Aqua Mist upper and lower with a burnished saddle bucket seat interior (this combo is not in the recommended or acceptable list in the dealer albumn) :jd: Also, for a car that was purchased in the south, it is a none air car. :confused: It appears from the invoice that the car was pre-sold. Hope the dealer got a huge deposit! (like the full purchase price)

[Mr Big]

Congratulations Bob!
Hope you get her back on the road again soon...
:beer

[Chris Lott]

Bob, any chance you can post some pictures?:Brow: :TU:

[Marco]

Chris Lott said:Bob, any chance you can post some pictures?:Brow: :TU:

...and register it? :Brow:

Thanks!

[70sportwagon]

I am still waiting for my microfiche info on my 70 Convertible. I do know it is every bit as ugly as yours though,

Bamboo Cream, Sandalwood bench seat and Sandalwood top.


Ugh.


Aqua and brown is definately interesting!

[Bob Lorenz Jr.]

Chris,

You asked for it. Here are some pictures. It has been repainted at some point. I guess someone came to their senses and changed the color to gold and white. Still questioinable but not as bad. I figure that some time, some TLC, and a few thousand dollars, I can get it back up to being a really nice basket case.:grin: Looks like this one is going to just be another statistic.

[Bob Lorenz Jr.]

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[Bob Lorenz Jr.]

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[Bob Lorenz Jr.]

Marco,

I sent you an e-mail for the registry.

[Chris Lott]

So do you plan on a restoration? That is a really cool car, and I think the color combo could look very good. It is a similar situation to what they are doing nowadays where every color in the book you order comes with either a gray or tan interior. Cool car, thanks for posting the pictures!:beer

PS, put the car in your signature so everyone knows what you've got when they strike up discussion with you! :TU:

[Marco]

Bob Lorenz Jr. said:Marco,

I sent you an e-mail for the registry.

Thanks Bob!

[hemikillerstg1]

Bob Lorenz Jr. said:Chris,

You asked for it. Here are some pictures. It has been repainted at some point. I guess someone came to their senses and changed the color to gold and white. Still questioinable but not as bad. I figure that some time, some TLC, and a few thousand dollars, I can get it back up to being a really nice basket case.:grin: Looks like this one is going to just be another statistic.

Heck That looks better than what I started with. At least mine was blue with light tan top not a darker brown. I say Save it:TU:

[70sportwagon]

Sell it to me. I am starting a wayward home for Stage 1 Buicks. They have to be "out to pasture" though!

[Bob Lorenz Jr.]

Chris, if you are interested, I am open to selling it. I have no time to even think about starting it as a project. Would rather see it go to a good home than become a statistic. E-mail me if interested. rrrestoration@texramp.net

[Chris Lott]

Bob, while we are at it how about pictures of the 70 GS455 convert basket case and the 70 GS350 parts cars? :Brow: :Brow:

[Bob Lorenz Jr.]

Chris,

Here we go: 70 GS 350 HT Brown, white vinyl top, white bucket interior

[Bob Lorenz Jr.]

70 GS 350 HT brown, gold vinyl top, brown interior

[Bob Lorenz Jr.]

70 GS 455 conv, seamist green, white interior, black top, documented from Sloan, Freemont car

[dualqwad]

I'd like to see the 65 Wildcat convertible. :TU:

[Nicholas Sloop]

Bob Lorenz Jr. said:70 GS 350 HT brown, gold vinyl top, brown interior

Is that a really early car? I believe that the gold top was discontinued early in 70 and is quite rare.

[Bob Lorenz Jr.]

Nicholas,

I guess I should pay more attention to the cars I have. The 70 you asked about is not brown. I looked at the data tag to get the build date and realized the color code was 58 not 68. So, it is harvest gold with a gold vinyl top and saddle bench interior (179). It is an early car 09C. Kansas plant.

[Bob Lorenz Jr.]

Robert,

The wildcat is just a parts car that we saved from the crusher. Did not need it or any parts, but could not stand to see a Buick crushed.

[70sportwagon]

I sent you a PM and an email, Bob.

[dualqwad]

Bob Lorenz Jr. said:Did not need it or any parts, but could not stand to see a Buick crushed.

Bob,
You may not need any parts off of it but I can think of at least a few people here who could, including me. :Brow:
I'll be email-ing you soon.
Thanks for the picture and for saving that one from extinction.:TU:
I only wish that I had room like that to save all the wayward cars that I stumble across. :ball:

[Nicholas Sloop]

Bob Lorenz Jr. said:Nicholas,

I guess I should pay more attention to the cars I have. The 70 you asked about is not brown. I looked at the data tag to get the build date and realized the color code was 58 not 68. So, it is harvest gold with a gold vinyl top and saddle bench interior (179). It is an early car 09C. Kansas plant.

In my 20 yrs playing with GSs I've only come across two gold vinyl top cars. One was Harvest Gold and the other, I believe, Coronet.

[Paintworks]

Oh, what 30 + years can do to these cars!!!!

[riv1973]

hey bob.

i am sadded by all of the basket case GS cars that you have showed to us. can you let me know what is happening to them.

john

[Evans Ward]

Nicholas Sloop said:Is that a really early car? I believe that the gold top was discontinued early in 70 and is quite rare.

Nick,

My factory gold top 70 GS 455 was an early build car manufactured the 2nd week of December 1969. Not sure how much further into the production year they went with the gold top? Mine is also Hearvest Gold exterior (code 58).

[Nicholas Sloop]

Evans
I didn't realize that you had one! How long have you had it? One of the other two I was aware of was in GA too. Sold new in Athens in late 69. A friend of mine owned it and had it in storage on a lot in the country, from which it disappeared. He still has the title in the original owner's name.

[Evans Ward]

Nicholas Sloop said:Evans
I didn't realize that you had one! How long have you had it? One of the other two I was aware of was in GA too. Sold new in Athens in late 69. A friend of mine owned it and had it in storage on a lot in the country, from which it disappeared. He still has the title in the original owner's name.

Nick- this is my first GS and I've had it for over 5 years now. It was a Framingham, Mass built car and was sold new at Steffy Buick in Ephrata PA. A fellow off the BPC list said that this dealership is still right there with the owner's son having a few GS cars. I bought it from the 3rd owner who brought it down to SC from PA and knew the other owners. Didn't know or couldn't remember if you may have seen mine (if it was there?) the year you made it to the Reynolds GA meet. I have the build sheet and top code is H for gold. It was a well optioned car with it's list price over $5000 when sold new. I still need to get around to posting some pics and will do so one day. I'll dig around and see what I may have on CD of this car.

[Bob Lorenz Jr.]

riv1973 said:hey bob.

i am sadded by all of the basket case GS cars that you have showed to us. can you let me know what is happening to them.

john

John,

They are just sitting for now. I try to protect them from the elements the best I can. There is no way I could ever get to them all. It's a vicious cycle. You save as many strays as you can but then you are short on funds to fix any of them. I am planning to clean up this summer and will probably try to piece together as many projects as I can to find new homes. Then hopefully I will have enough funds to fix some of my projects that are closer to completion. That is if more strays don't show up and the cycle starts again.

[Marco]

I have a documented '70 Stage1 car built 02C with a 55-H cowl paint code (Coronet Gold w/ gold vinyl top).

In 1970, 6317 of 8732 GS455 hardtops (model 4637) were factory issued vinyl top cars. 378 of these cars were vinyl top sales code 7.

Does anyone know what vinyl top sales code 8 represents?
1 - white (1285 GS455)
2 - black (2414)
5 - dark brown (96)
7 - dark gold (378)
8 - ??? (1571)
9 - dark green (573)

[riv1973]

bob,

when you try to find homes for these strays please keep me in mind. i am planning to adopt a pathetic GS (350 or 455) car to restore in a year or year and a half from now. i am just looking for one with all of the sheet metal basically intact (especially quarters) and all of the basic pieces there (like a salvagable grill if not an intact one, GS hood...). i am in MA but a limited rust texas car sounds good to me.

thanks

john