I asked the question. Here is the response. "Hi I have paper work and pictures for the car from 1972. It was sold to the 2nd owner by her father he was the salesman. It has 96% of it,s original paint. The spoiler is factory installed.It is an SVO car.Hope this helps, Thank you " I wished he would have said the original bill of sale or original window sticker or something else.o No:
I believe its real I hwve know of that car for 25+ yrs.And my dad knew of that car before myself as I was to young to remember.But only docs can prove its real.
Being a small block guy that is like my holy grail. I think the wife would shoot me if I bought it. She thinks one Buick is enough. Anyone want mine so I can buy this one?:laugh:
Like buick tim said. We have seen this car sitting and rotting the last 15 years. I know the house and the original owner that it came from. Just not personaly.
I wonder if the frame is still in decent shape? The problem is it cost just as much to restore that as a GSX with a 455 and they are worth 50%.:spank: It is hard to spend $15k on a car that needs a $35K resto and will be worth $35 at best when you are done. I want one, but not bad enough the waste $15. I had one offered to me for $40 that was supposedly show quality. Just couldn't pull the trigger.ou: That looks like a steal compared to this one.
Are you guys saying there is such a thing as a 350 GSX? I have always been under the assumtion that all GSX's were 455. o No:
>>In 1971 and 1972 you could have ordered a Buick GSX with the 350 4bbl. In 1970 only the 455 was offered for the GSX.
Boy is that car a mess. Looks like it went thru every winter since 1972. I guess the tool box and spare tire wont stay in the trunk now will it.
Good car to save and take all the ID information off of it and reinstall on a donor 71 Skylark. I would assume you can that but just wondering would it still be consider number matching. I wonder how many GS had been save that way.
Geeeez, isn't that the truth! Disclosure and information are a very good thing. It is truly a shame that this car got to the point it is now. I have pulled a couple cars from junk yards (for parts) in better condition than this one. Not a project for the faint at heart. On the other hand, many of us may have seen several articles recently about the phenomenal total restoration of a very rare red '70 GTO Judge RAIV Convertible 4-speed (http://www.hemmings.com/mus/stories/2007/12/01/hmn_feature1.html) in which the original rare car was in very poor condition ("poor" is relative) and a donor parts car was located that was a "run of the mill" LeMans which was the exact same year/interior color/exterior color/interior trim (mostly) and was used to donate parts (wires and some metal, I think) to the GTO for the resto. I guess the line is whether or not the body shell and/or the frame is replaced versus exchanging other bolt-on parts like fenders, wires, seats, etc. I suspect this GSX will indeed be saved after some price adjustment ... and that will be a good thing, but with a car this far gone, I'm not sure some extreme degree of using a donor car is not warranted.
