OK a friend of mine's dad has a 70 or 71 Buick GSX stage 1. It has a 455 under the hood this car is in PERFECT shape and has low miles. She said that the car is worth OVER 100,000 dollars. Is this true? Also she said something about the car does not have the same motor in it I guess that it blew. BUT it was replaced with the exact same one that came in it anyway is this car a mint or is she pulling my leg? Dan
First of all if it is a 70 then the chances of it being worth that amount are higher. 71's , while still desireable , just don't bring the same money. It's much harder to evidence a 71. Secondly either it does or doesn't have the same motor. To my knowledge no two blocks should have been stamped alike. Now what might be is that the heads weren't damaged beyond repair and were retained. Go to the GSX registry site and it will give you ample things to check for to see if it's a real 70 GSX. If it's a 71 it'll be time to start taking out the rear seat or looking on top of the gas tank for a build sheet. (Not the only two places to look but the common ones that came to mind.) Good luck and hopefully you've found a nice one.
The vehicles that command values in the 6 figure range are the ones that have all the original components they left the factory with, engines, transmissions, etc. Not to say the car in questions is not valuable (it is) but the real high dollar cars are numbers matching with a known life history. I'd say with a replacement engine and without seeing the car in person, the value would be much less than $100,000. A few years ago, Mark Reeves took a non-Stage non-numbers matching but fully restored GSX to Barrett-Jackson and received about $50,000 (including fees) for his efforts. I would also say that B-J is not the place to try to sell a high dollar Buick, as we have learned since then. edited to correct information provided.
