Pats thread got me thinking, maybe we should see who has the worst GS out there???LOL This is my candidate, it came with my gs convertible. 72 GS 455, #'s matching solid gold hardtop but engine has spun bearing, parts missing, lots of rust. Really sad thing is the perfect buildsheet I found plus another one on top of the gas tank (I can see it through the trunk floor)......not sure what to do with it at this point. been debating parting it out, selling it, or perhaps doing a resto one day.... later Tim
Re: Re: I can top that No he wasn't killed but he was forced to live in ND You can see the vast wasteland and baren tundra that david inhabits. Rumor has it that there were trees at one time but were used up to burn the evidence of his accident:laugh:
Re: Re: I can top that Umm, I don't THINK so... The car has suffered thru the growing years of 2 teenage nephews(..like, beating on the old wreck), and been thru a couple grass fires gone wild. Chris, you are one funny guy! :laugh: :laugh: I hadn't seen the car for several years, out at the family farm that my brother now owns, and when I bought my 68 1.5 yrs ago, I had plans to salvage lots of good parts from the old car.... needless to say, I was very disappointed when I went for a look-see. I AM going to salvage some decent stuff off it, this summer I hope. It's hard to find time to go home and work on it though.
I think Davids is the winner too. Guess my GS wasn't as bad as I originally thought after all.That makes mine look like a showroom car. Pat
This isn't mine, but I know where it is, for sale, but the owner wouldn't state a price, he thinks it's worth a fortune, for just a Skylark...
OK Tim, you knew I'd get in on this, for those that don't know, I bought this and am going to restore it, it's a 1970 GS455, it is suppose to be Bamboo Cream with a brown Vinyl top and will be again
did the spare grille in the engine compartment come with the car?:Brow: so has the resto started yet? if so, any progress shots? we'd all love to see them.
Well, I'm sure that I could have kept the truck grille if I wanted too:grin: but I dumped all the non Buick parts out of it before we forklifted it onto my trailer. I really havn't done much to it except installed suspension and wheels so I could roll it around. It needs a rear clip, it's rusted out around the back glass so the trunk floor is shot as are the 1/4s, core support needs a heavy patch and the under hood wiring harness is cut, the good news is 1 fender is good and I might be able to use both doors and the floors in the passenger compartment are super solid, I'm hoping for a soild 1970 Skylark parts car to be donated to the cause since I'm working on a budget of $0 But it is mine, with a clean title and all!
Well, thats what I thought too, my girlfriend and the neighbors on the other hand....... This car actually got me sued by the neighborhood association, but I still have it, and it's still at my house!
I know, I got the same looks when the ragtop got dropped off at my garage.....:grin: Keep us posted. later Tim
Kurt, have any more recent picture of the car as a roller? I'd like to see a couple more shots of it, just curious. Always glad to see a GS being saved.
$150, I have the recipt that says "sold as scrap metal, not roadworthy" Oh, and the recipt has it listed as the ultra rare Olds GS455 LOL! The yard did not have a title but I had tracked down the last titled owner before purchasing it and he still had the title as well as a bunch of the cars paperwork and a 70 service manual, he signed the title to me and gave me all the paperwork he had. He was not the one that sent the car to the yard, he had sold it to a guy as a running, driving car, that guy was "going to restore it" what he did was part it out and send it to the yard, I'm willing to bet that some people on this list actually have parts of my car on thiers if they bought any 70 GS parts on Ebay a couple of years ago! Of course now it's up to me to bring this thing back to life someday....so if anyone has spare 70GS parts they are willing to donate to the cause.....
