Few minor things @ 1st glance and no mention of numbers matching. Might not bring that kind of $, but beautiful car. Surprised they didn't post the Wayne Roberts - I'd like to see it. http://www.gatewayclassiccars.com/MWK/533/1970-Buick-GS
Who cares if it's rare? It's missing one gear (for me at least) Way to much money...but then again it's Gateway....could have been RK Motors as well... nice presentation of a cool car but everything is overpriced...they clearly target the "investment" guys...and rich people overseas (where I live)...
Wasn’t there a link to this same car posted on here a few weeks ago,when the owner was trying to sell it? I remember the badly matched paint.
Some of the pics you can hardly, if at all tell. There were a lot of factory front clip mismatches but that's a bit much. Possibly a case of painting the fenders lying horizontally?
Yep, probably looks just fine 95% of the time. You get the right angle, right light, and you can usually see a "mismatch" even though the color might be spot on. It usually comes from the touched up or removed panels being painted off the car at a different gun angle during refinishing. Where is reverse located in the shift pattern on one of these? My Mach 1 was a 3 speed manual from the factory, and reverse was where 1st normally should be. Took off backwards quite a few times before I swapped to an automatic.
I truly didn't know that until I just read your post and googled it....GASP!!!!! You are correct sir. I guess that explains the shift patterns being the same haha. I hated that thing, it made it 6 months in my car before I pulled it. If anyone has a 3 speed manual in their GS, I have a nice burlwood Shelby Cobra shift knob in my drawer for it....
Guys, they aren't Ford Toploader transmissions. Buick didn't use the "F" word! They were referred to as "Dearborn" transmissions. And Ford used a Quadrajet on the 429, so there!
I think by 70, they used the Muncie HD 3 speed. I think the last year of the Dearborn trans was 69. And even with the 3 speed, it should still have a 5335 handle
I've got HEI, a Saginaw GM ps pump, a GM 1 wire alternator, and BBC journal sized 6.800 rods in my 552" Ford, just so you guys know.....plus I've got the adapters to put one of the spare billet built 200-4Rs out of my little bro's GN in the Mach 1, and it has GM g-body front calipers for the rear disc brakes....Best parts is best parts, no matter the brand!
