If the paint and stripes are factory leave it! Unless of course the build sheet is found. Numbers matching only makes it valuable to collectors. I don't see any GSX's NOM or not bringing exceptional money. Occasionally there is the one. Low body number 795 is a very good indicator. Correct big block stage or not is a plus. I say build it and enjoy!
Like yours, not much choice but to leave the stripes sans any docs & unless (or until according to someone seemingly in the know) the '71 microfiche surfaces. As I'd said in the now deleted thread, I'm old enough to remember when the '71-2 GSX's were almost shunned at the Nationals for not being "real" GSX's because they weren't the full '70 package but even now the rare time that a '71-2 BBB GSX comes up for sale they don't bring as much as the '70's. We've now seen two recent sales of high quality, albeit older resto'd NOM '70's go for $120k plus buyers premium. Idk how much more they'd have gone for if #'s matching?
Sure hope there's some docs then. Otherwise, someone bought them self a very high priced NOM SCO (for whatever reason) '71 GS (350) that needs a ton of work.
Why all the negative about it possibly being a 350 GSX car? I realize it has NOM and possibly no documentation and maybe not even a true GSX car,but it seems like whenever there is a 350 car,all it gets is hate..I had a 315 350 that beat the snot out of a few 455 cars and there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with a SBB GSX car.If this happens to be real,just how many of these were converted to a BB car anyways? 124 is a small number no matter what powerplant.
I think the tough pill to swallow with this car is being able to authenticate it. Regarding the negative being a 350 car, it's all about the value. The seller advertised it as a numbers match car even though it clearly wasn't. So in theory, if it was a numbers car with a Stage1 drivetrain, I could see it being worth $18k. Being a 350 car, the value is cut down considerably....not because I said so, but because that's what the market says.
No negativity at all meant from me exc. from a value aspect. I'd prefaced everything I said in the deleted thread with the fact that I'd love to have a '71-2 350 GSX.
Well the frame number looks like a 455 car. Hopeful the vin is correct on the frame. Like I said #795 is a good indicator of a possible "Real GSX"
I'd love to be wrong here although nothing wrong w/a 350 GSX (if it is) for the right price but one should know what they're buying too & the buyer admitted that he wished he'd known more.
Can someone please bring me up to speed on the GSX identification? It seems the 71 and 72 are less easy to confirm as real GSX?
The only documentation currently available for a '71 Buick is from Vintage Vehicle Services www.vintagevehicleservices.com if the car was shipped to Canada after leaving the factory.
That is correct, Currently the only ways to verify a 71 GSX are, 1. If the car still has original paint 2. If the car was shipped through Canada. Then they would have the microfilm for the car showing all the options. 3. If you find one of the build sheets and I decode it. The "Production Order Body Final" sheet would prove the car and often the "Body Shop Inspection" sheet will prove it. (My 71 car has the "BSI" sheet) The small, what I call the Fisher Body Cheat Sheet, that is usually under the front seats will often have some GSX codes on it, but it does not list the body or vin number so it will not prove it is for that particular car. Unless you have the front fenders off and then there are things you can check, Duane
As far as the 72 GSX's are concerned we know how every car was optioned. All that info is at the Sloan Museum. Duane
Dwayne, How did I know someone would ask. That is not something I will post on the open boards. If you have my number call me, or PM me with your number. Duane
