Super Rare '67 GS400 Convertible Project on eBay

Power Steering, Power Seats, Factory AC, Power Front Disc Brakes, Reclining Passenger Seat, Tach on Console.
Dennis 310-253-9977

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-Buick...ct-1967-Buick-GS-400-Convertible/302608789727

 

Today I spoke to the seller who also posted the lead above. This car is a major project but is a about as loaded with options as they get, including a some rare items like disc brakes, head rests, and reclining passenger seat.

It was originally white with a black top and red bucket seat interior. It has these factory installed options: PS, disc brakes, A/C, P-windows, P-bucket seat, reclining passenger seat, head rests, console, tachometer, TH400, remote outside mirror, belt reveal moldings, clock, door edge guards, deluxe seat belts and maybe a few more. The seller states that it's been in California a very long time but it wasn't sold new in CA since it doesn't have A.I.R. (smog pump).

Hopefully someone will try to save this thing.

 

Gary i sent u an email.
Disregard it. I was half asleep and didnt realize that u had already seen it and responded.
I get over excited when 67 convertibles pop up lol

 

While it has a lot of options not normally seen, having recently worked on three 1967 GS 400's (two convertibles), and converted the 67 Sportwagon to a GS clone I would think anyone who buys this car will spend $25-30K to 'restore' it back to its running condition with everything working and having original appearance. I am not saying a '400' point restoration but a really nice 67 GS 400 convertible. Body work alone and then nice paint is $10-12,000 assuming you send it to a shop. If you have the space, equipment, and knowledge to do most of the work yourself then maybe it is a $10 -$12K project and a lot of time and labor. Engine rebuild alone done right is $5000-6000 and I had three estimates before I took on my latest 400 rebuild for the Sportwagon.

Anyway, would be great to see this car come back to life as a nice GS 400 convertible with I believe all the options you could get, assuming it has an AM/FM radio. If 20 years younger and unlimited resources I would be interested.

 

To bad pulled out of a swamp

 

Restoring this one properly would not be for the faint of heart...

 

10-12k for body and paint? You've got options most owners of cars requiring extensive work only dream about.

Hope it gets saved too but that is a car begging for time and money...

 

Take a look at the pictures of the dash. Notice anything missing? There doesn't even appear to be a hole for the convertible top switch and knob.

 

That is definitely odd.
Hard to tell but maybe it has a 66 dash pad also
Looks short but hard to tell from the pics

 

It could be a manual top, I had one on a 1969 Chevelle SS. It would seem weird though since the car has so many other options that it would be manual.

 

Its amazing what a coat of primer would do for the appearance !
I think it will do $5k to $6k . ??????
High option car like that should be saved .
I bought a 67 GS 4oo hdtp new, best 1/4 mile ran was 13.02 @ 103 (3.55 posi )
Bill

 

Unlike those low class Chevrolets , The Buick GS400 came standard with a power top. That's why it's so strange to me. In one of the photos that the seller sent to me I can see the power top motor laying loose in the trunk.

One option that the car doesn't have that is strange to me is tinted glass. According the trim tag this car received no tinted glass, not even a tinted windshield. According to the production figures 1,708 of the 2,140 cars got one of the tinted glass options, but since this car has nearly every other option, including A/C, it's strange that it did get the optional glass.

I don't think it will bring that much since it's such as big project but I sure hope someone tries to save it rather than part it out. White with red guts would be a good looing car.

Very cool that you bought a '67 GS400 new. Do you have any vintage photos of it that you would allow me to post on the little website I am trying to build? I would put the photos on this page https://1967gs.com/vintage-photos

The '67 GS400s can be surprisingly good runners in my opinion. I swapped the camshaft and installed 2.5" exhaust and my heavy '67 GS400 convertible and it surprised me by running 13.42 @ 101 on regular street tires with 3.55 gears. Everything else about the car was stock. I should have just left the car in that configuration.

 

Smells of factory show car, like John Chamberlains white interior, no tinted glass car.

 

I thought that too until I saw that it was built later in the year (5th week of March 1967). So by that point the shows for new '67s had all passed. So then I looked up the production numbers and there were 432 '67 GS400s built without tinted glass or tinted windshield so it wasn't as uncommon as I thought (20%).

 

The logical explanation, parts are from other cars and not original to this cars build...

 

The trim tag for a '67 built at Flint or Kansas City has letter codes stamped into the bottom two rows of the tag to denote options that were installed at the Fisher Body plant. This car came from Flint and the trim tag does confirm that it came equipped with a load of options (PW, P-bucket seat, ST400, Console, A/C, remote mirror, belt reveal molding, deluxe seat belts, door edge guards). The tach, headrests, and disc brakes could have conceivable been added but highly unlikely. If it were a car built at the Baltimore or Fremont assembly plants it would be much harder to verify that any of the options are original because they didn't put those accessory codes along the bottom except for a Fremont which did put a few like B80 & C08.

The condition of this car and the cost to restore it will make the pool of prospective buyers pretty small. I suspect that most potential buyers are probably looking to just part it out by selling the few useable parts.

 

It seems there have been several bits and pieces "picked" off of this car. I'm actually surprised it's still wearing all 4 w/o moldings and it's hood scoops. And the console with tach too. Those are usually the first things to disappear from these cars.

 

He said this car and a bunch of others were setting in a field but eventually had to be moved and sold off. Somewhere along the way someone did get the air cleaner but that's easy since it required no tools.

 

I sure hope someone will restore this car. Such a shame to see it get parted out. I wish I could take it on, but the timing is all wrong for me.

 

It has Buick Rally wheels - I thought disc brake cars required the corvette style steel wheels with the small hubcap?