What new car owners said regarding the 1967 Buick GS 400

Discussion in 'The Bench' started by Chi-Town67, Mar 10, 2018.

  1. Chi-Town67

    Chi-Town67 Gold Level Contributor

  2. Grandpas67

    Grandpas67 Well-Known Member

    Shocking...one complaint was the clock not working. We got our Skylark from Grandpa in the early 80's and the clock didn't work then (never has since i've been around it). Don't know about our gs400, haven't hooked a battery up to it yet. I don't have high hopes it working either.
     
  3. NZ GS 400

    NZ GS 400 Gold Level Contributor

    Thanks Nick.
     
  4. Brian Albrecht

    Brian Albrecht Classic Reflections

    Great Post! Thank you

    Several things jumped out.

    Surprised me that 60.4% said the GS400 was not their only car. In my neighborhood back in the day, few houses had 2 cars.

    Nearly half the owners reported mechanical trouble after an average of a little over a month of ownership. Geez.

    Favorite line:

    "But overall, the average GS400 owner is a happy one."
     
  5. BUQUICK

    BUQUICK I'm your huckleberry.

    That is a great article with some neat info and pictures. I thought it was funny that they made issue about the pointed hood and front bumper. Also note the location and sloppy installation of the jacking instructions.

    Something I've often wondered about when I compare the various vintage articles for the '67 GS400s is that this car in the PM article has a New York plate with 6W-2348 and the red disc brake car tested by Hi-Performance Cars has a New York plate with 6W-2384. I wouldn't be surprised if they were wearing similar Michigan manufacturer's plates but the New York plates with similar numbers has always puzzled me. My wife says I study this stuff too closely.
    6W-2348 plate.JPG 6W-2384.JPG
     
  6. bill lagna

    bill lagna Well-Known Member

    Around December 1966 , I ordered a 67 GS 400 HDTP . GM built all "A" cars at their plant in Baltimore.
    Salesman called me after the order was processed and said because I ordered the 3.55 posi rear, the car would
    be built in FLINT ?????
    Car came in late Feburary and was delivered on Feb 22.
    IT was a fast car !!!! With the switchpitch convertor , this thing was a tire burner off the line.
    I ended up replacing the Goodyear wide ovals with Firestone wide ovals about 2 months later .
    The Firestones had about 1" wider tread for the same size tire. That helped.
    Being 25 years old , I loved drag racing . Took it the track and it ran 13.80 @ 102 .
    Would love to have it back !!!!
    Bill
     
  7. BUQUICK

    BUQUICK I'm your huckleberry.

    Very cool Bill. Would you happen to have any vintage photos of the car that you could share?
     
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  8. MYBUICKS

    MYBUICKS Well-Known Member

    I love the looks of a 67 GS 400. Such a quality car in its day. I bought a 66 GS in ‘69. Found a rolled over ‘67 and swapped the low mileage ‘67 drivetrain into the ‘66 while still in high school. Ran a best of 13.02 with cast iron intake and Q-jet. Very fast car in its day. Still have plenty of photos. Would still love to own a ‘67. Have plenty of 70-71 cars and parts but the ‘67 has to be the best looking GS made. I followed all the magazine tests in the day. Jim Bell’s wife had a ‘67 and was in the ‘73 KB catalog, which I still have. (My age may be showing here)
     
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  9. gsfred

    gsfred Founders Club Member

    Bought a 67 gs400 4 speed conv while in Army OCS. Graduated, and came home and picked it up. Garaged it while in Viet Nam. Loved the car, but 8 years later it was used up. Married, kids, high fuel costs. Sure wish I would have just parked it in the back yard. Found another which I have restored. Never had a real problem with it.
     
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  10. Brian Albrecht

    Brian Albrecht Classic Reflections

    Tease. POST EM UP! lol
     
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  11. MYBUICKS

    MYBUICKS Well-Known Member

    Going to post pictures of my ‘66 at the track in 1972! I have to dig them them out in a few days.
     
  12. BQUICK

    BQUICK Gold Level Contributor

    Hey Dennis, I bet Eddie St. Angelo had something to do with it running 13.02!
    He knew how to make em run.
    I wonder how many people back then slipped 430s in in place of the 400s.
    Nice sleeper...
     
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  13. mrolds69

    mrolds69 "The Cure"

    I read and have had that PM article for a long time. I think I posted pics here when we were talking about the stripes. I always like to really look those kinds of article pictures over closely just to see what I can see. These pics are typical, if you look close you will see there are no rad cross bars, no hood insulation strap, stuff like that. It always makes me wonder about the "test" cars!
     
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  14. MYBUICKS

    MYBUICKS Well-Known Member

    Yes, Without Eddie it would have never run 13.0's. Hey, I was only 17 back then! It was a stock '67 bottom end, only had a valve job but cam, headers, cast iron intake, Q-jet and 4.33's. Factory switch-pitch also. It was a complete '67 drivetrain. Pictures coming. I don't mean to hy-jack here but someone asked for photos. My original comments were for the '67 GS which I think is great looking.
     
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  15. bostongsx

    bostongsx Platinum Level Contributor

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  16. BQUICK

    BQUICK Gold Level Contributor

    Cool
    Do you have any pics of Eddie's cars?
    You probably ran at Connecticut as well, right.
     
  17. MYBUICKS

    MYBUICKS Well-Known Member

    No pics of Eddie’s but he has some. This car did not run at CT.
     
  18. buickfan

    buickfan Silver Level contributor

    Love the old time slips...kick butt
     
  19. Chi-Town67

    Chi-Town67 Gold Level Contributor

    Old time slips are cool but, how do they relate to the PM article??? This thread took a left turn from the original topic.
     

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