Met someone who has one. Not sure whether to fix it up or sell it. I AM NOT INTERESTED IN BUYING IT. Trying to help him out. Sitting for 11 years. Got a repaint due to prev owner color preference from factory green to maaco copper. Am told no rust but was not there to crawl under car -- just took a few pics. Black interior. Auto w console. Wrong overflow? No A/C running & driving. ASSUMING IT IS A TRUE STAGE 1 AND NUMBERS MATCHING ( told owner where to check for RS stamp): what is it worth as is? What is it worth if he repaints it? (He can do it himself and does beatiful work.)
Not the wrong overflow as '69 didn't come with one, but the 70 type is correct per the service bulletins. What's worth, they only built 212 Hagerty says this: CURRENT & HISTORICAL VALUES View current vehicle values and see how they’ve changed over time in 3-year, 5-year and to-date intervals. Compare these values to other vehicles and benchmark financial indices. Current Values #1 Concourse $113,000 Condition #1 vehicles are the best in the world. The visual image is of the best vehicle, in the right colors, driving onto the lawn at the finest concourse. Perfectly clean, the vehicle has been groomed down to the tire treads. Painted and chromed surfaces are mirror-like. Dust and dirt are banned, and materials used are correct and superbly fitted. The one word description for #1 vehicles is "concourse." #2 Excellent$95,100 #3 Good$81,300 #4 Fair$57,500 But a friend of mine still has hers for sale that i probably between a #2 and #3.
Yeah, but is Hagerty right is the real question. I am familiar with those numbers, but is $60G for a fair condition vehicle really attainable?
If you're going to drop any type of large coin on an A-body convert, you best unscrew that bottom windshield stainless piece and see whats brewing under there.
I couldn't make out the color on the trim tag...... It almost looks like it's Q.... ? That would mean it's Fireglow......IF it is all there- numbers engine, trans, rear, crab, distributor... Maybe $30K?
He said it was originally green. Dunno. Didn't have my glasses to read the tag and my pic is blurry. What codes are green? Tried to see if the crab was numbers matching but it kept pinching me.
The only 69’s that have sold near 100K , had 100K + restorations ... and then you’re paying 10K in auction fees . Depending on docs , color & numbers . Your owner is prob close in the twenties .
See post 17 here -http://www.v8buick.com/index.php?threads/1972-gs-sun-coupe-rare.335948/#post-2851375 I think that's it.
I dont know were Hagerty gets $113K or for that matter any of there average prices there way over what any 69 has sold for.Highest sale I recall is a 4 speed stage car $80k or so.
Several years ago a red nonStage ‘69 vert brought 110k or so at an auction, but it was two rich guys in a pissing contest over a shiny but not accurately restored car that was presented as more special than it was. Patrick
https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1969-BUICK-GRAN-SPORT-GS-400-CONVERTIBLE-63840 $137,500 including commission. Same car in 2016, $68,200 https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1969-BUICK-GRAN-SPORT-GS-400-CONVERTIBLE-195630 My old Stage 1 brought $82,500 incl commission the second time it was auctioned. https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1969-BUICK-GRAN-SPORT-CONVERTIBLE-96457 $91k for this 4 speed non stage, after a Thorton resto: https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0113-143192/1969-buick-gran-sport-convertible/
The red car was a frame off, non numbers (maybe just the trans was non numbers) 69 4 speed. Chris' (from above) was a numbers silver frame off (correct Chris? My memory on that car is a little off)? The cameo cream 1969 STAGE 1 4 SPEED all numbers frame off only brought high 70's/ low 80's? 20's isn't so bad, maybe, just maybe, it could go into the 30's?
Cameo was $78k, I think that was the high for it at auction, it went through more than once I think. https://www.mecum.com/lots/SC0510-90278/1969-buick-gs-400-stage-1-convertible/ Silver car I owned I know it was apart from the firewall forward, but it was not a frame off IIRC, although I could be confusing it with others I have owned.
That’s the red car I remembered, thanks for finding that. I remember the description muddling up Flint, 3.64s, Ram Air, ‘special cam’, high volume fuel pump and other details that sorta made it sound like a Stage car. Patrick
I would like to know if its originally a Fireglow. I am like George it looks like it could be a Q paint code
