Buick-less for 5 hours

[sharkmonkey]

Well I finally let my 85 Regal go. Me, my wife and 3 girls trailered it from Columbus OH to Clarion PA to meet a fairly new member on this board. He bought the car and sadly, I watched it roll away. :ball:

We stretched our legs by walking around Wal-Mart for a little while then hopped back in the truck to head home. It was a quiet ride for a little while. Good bye Regal...

[sharkmonkey]

But...
On the way home, my brother gives me a call. He asks if I'm back in OH yet and if I wanted to stop by his house. My wife agreed we could stop and stretch our legs again. I knew he had been working on fixing up a car and I wanted to see it (maybe even own it someday).

I had sold my Regal only 5 hours earlier but after a few minutes of discussion, I was about to own another one.

We worked out the details and he handed me the keys to put it on the trailer but... It didn't fit, too wide! I said "sorry, not tonight."

Then, my wife did the most amazing thing. She said "I'll drive and follow you home." I couldn't believe it!

So to shorten this up...here it is.

[sharkmonkey]

This is a 73 Regal with a factory 455/TH400 and dual exhaust. My brother swapped in a 72 455 with 68000 miles on it because the one in there was pretty tired.

I don't know, I just have something for the Regals. I've owned an 88 Limited, 94 Gran Sport, the 85 with a 455 transplant and now this 73.

[s.pliskin]

NICE BRO!!! :TU:

That later mod Regal looked good to!


CHEERS

[Greg Schmelzer]

That is absolutely great Mark!! :TU: All I ever get from my brother is purple nurples!!! :Brow: :laugh:

[Floydsbuick]

Wow! Nice car Shark :TU:

[sharkmonkey]

Thanks guys. We brought it home Saturday night pretty late. We spent the day out of town on Sunday and now I'm back to work Monday. I haven't even been able to "play" with it yet.

I do miss the G-body tho.

[RATROASTER]

This is a 73 Regal with a factory 455/TH400 and dual exhaust. My brother swapped in a 72 455 with 68000 miles on it because the one in there was pretty tired.


Factory BBB........that's a no-brainer! Sounds like a good investment. Good Luck!! :3gears:

[sharkmonkey]

Yeah, I thought so too.

[jadebird]

very nice car. Much more unique than the newer regal, in my opinion.
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[MR.BUICK]

Nice car. Sacrificed one and in return, got another. Love that color as well. :bglasses: :TU:

[GoldBoattail455]

Poor thing, 5 hours! :pp

Awesome Regal! :TU: Congrats! :beer Looking forward to see what your going to be doing to this. :TU: :grin: :3gears:

[sharkmonkey]

Yeah, I was out there last night putting a timing light to it and checking the vaccum hoses and stuff like that. My wife just rolled her eyes.

I can't figure out why this one "feels" so much faster. I've always loved this body style but I really know nothing about them. Google doesn't help much...

[v8regalowner]

nice car shark. dont worry some time when your up in cleveland ill let you drive my 84 limtied so you remember the g bodys. :TU:

[Joe Kelsch]

Sweet car Dude!! So you were in Clarion?? I wish I would've known I would have visited you. I own about 35 acres 5 miles north of town. Dave and me are related to about everyone up there. You could have come to see my Buick junkyard (although there are only 4 Buicks that don't run). Bummer...I missed the chance to meet the Shark!!!


BTW...who is the new owner?? Does he live in Clarion??

[sharkmonkey]

Ahhh, I wish I knew too. We were looking for something to do before we headed home. We ended up walking around Wal-Mart for about a half hour.

The new owner lives in Mass. His name is John (jlnel) on the board.

[stigity's GS]

You know bro I only made you the deal to keep the car close at heart. Someday I will be able to enjoy all my hard labors. My efforts to keep the family afloat by restoring these beauties and giving away will hopefully someday return so I can sip my lemonade and drive into the sunset.

[RATROASTER]

Dave and me are related to about everyone up there.



............So I'm told, that's why I'm out in Ohio so I'm not dating my cousins!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[RATROASTER]

You know bro I only made you the deal to keep the car close at heart. Someday I will be able to enjoy all my hard labors. My efforts to keep the family afloat by restoring these beauties and giving away will hopefully someday return so I can sip my lemonade and drive into the sunset.

I was thinking more like sipping lemonade while sitting in a beach chair at a cabana in Key West!! :beer

[sharkmonkey]

Yo Craig, I was wondering when you were going to chime in.

[jlnel]

HEY THATS MY CAR IN THE FIRST PIC!!!!!!! Well I bought it from Mark and hope it becomes a nice track car. I have had a few turbo buicks but wanted a big block, and keep the whole thing buick at the same time. Motor is strong, started to repave my driveway the first day back with it, gonna need new tires soon- damm torque...need to get the th400 rebuilt and pop that up there (350 in there now) and have driveshaft fitted, will ask about driveshafts on another post, but found a couple online guys the seem pretty good. Well im sure ill be askin a lot of questions, many stupid ones but just thought id say hi and thank Mark, great guy, and maybe see some of you at the track..later on..john.

[Joe Kelsch]

Ahhh, I wish I knew too. We were looking for something to do before we headed home. We ended up walking around Wal-Mart for about a half hour.

The new owner lives in Mass. His name is John (jlnel) on the board.

Wal-mart!!! You mean Wally World!! That's what the locals call it.

Yeah, you could have witnessed what happens to really rusty cars that sit in fields for 3+ years. They get rustier, and they become homes to things that you don't want to meet (big snakes and bees...that are mad!!) You could've looked at my 72 GS 350 and verified that it is a rusty pile of crap that isn't worth restoring. And that it should be squished and turned into 3 toyotas :laugh:

Clarion is a pretty nice area. Cooks Forest is just another 7 miles up the road from my place (and yes we're related to the guy named Cook). Home of the last stand of Virgin White Pine on the east coast. The trees are well over 200 ft tall. They aren't like the Redwoods and Sequoa's of CA, but neat in their own right. While in Cooks Forest you may get to see the Amish go swimming in the Clarion River. Quite entertaining to say the least. The boys are in shorts and the girls wear their dresses.

[Joe Kelsch]

............So I'm told, that's why I'm out in Ohio so I'm not dating my cousins!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Yeah...I wish Granny would quit trying to set me up with Amy Gilmore. We're like 5th cousins or something. Granny says that's far enough away that our kids won't be stupid or something worse.

[bignastyGS]

Mark,
Would you be interested in registering it in my 73-75 Century GS Registry???I know its not a Century,but it is a Big Block car and any help I can learn from it will be appreciated.
Pat

[sharkmonkey]

Sure Pat, where's the link?
I'd love to pick up more info on this as well.

[bignastyGS]

Mark,
pm me an adress and I'll send you some stuff that may be handy to you...
Pat

[73BuickGS455]

This is a 73 Regal with a factory 455/TH400 and dual exhaust. My brother swapped in a 72 455 with 68000 miles on it because the one in there was pretty tired.

I don't know, I just have something for the Regals. I've owned an 88 Limited, 94 Gran Sport, the 85 with a 455 transplant and now this 73.
Nice!!!! Keep it nice.