1 of 126? Not many pictures at Hemmings or the auctioneers site: https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/buick/gran-sport/2522775.html https://www.sullivanauctioneers.com/auction/car-auction-10-18-21/
Pictures are up https://sullivanauctioneers.proxibi...rmation/64358866&scrollLocationOnCatalog=2439 Bidding at $31k at the moment. VIN was posted as well: 4G67U2H173780 How is this for emblem placement?
The 455 emblem itself is wrong. Hard to tell from that angle but GS emblem looks crooked (may be an illusion) & 455 emblem seems like maybe it's too far forward? Looks maybe better in some of the other pics. Interesting that it doesn't have rear bumper cushions. There were a few cars that didn't come w/them orig. & IIRC some NOS bumpers that didn't have the holes. Looks nice - Of course the devil is in the details. I'd like it better w/PW N-25.
I would say the 455 emblem might be crooked and the GS straight? Hard to tell when I look at The Buick Performance Club page: http://www.buickperformanceclub.com/emblems.htm I'm missing something on the 455 emblems when comparing to this one sold by Redmanf1.
The correct 455 emblems don't have the area between the 4 & 5 filled in like the ones on the car or the one you pictured & there was an issue w/them breaking there. Those are the 73-4 emblems. Based on the pics of what I assume is an original 455 fender on George's site (correct style emblem), the location of 455 emblems are definitely off on this car. The angles are hard to tell.
Bidding at $67.5k right now. Higher than I was expecting. I was out at $40k and didn't expect to win. I was surprised there weren't more comments about it. Sold for $71k.
Wow. That's pushing, if not up into comparably equipped/condition (again, depending on the details), Stage 1 price territory. For $20k more I'd be buying Nelson's recently completed '72 Zone Car or the 1 of 15 '72 Stage 1 4-sp that a board member has (still?) for sale.
Yeah I was mildly interested in this one but, 71 is a LOT of money for a non-Stage. They did quite well.
If it got NOS fenders, you also have to cut them apart @ the bracket where the core support bolts up to fix the headlight bezel gap. Pass. side NOS fenders seem to be worse. Regardless, the welds that hold that bracket on need beefing up. Seen several "used NOS" fenders where those spotwelds have broken. Next car I'll do a complete write up on fixing NOS fenders and one on aligning front end sheetmetal. I've had to un-stitch hoods, lengthen the dogleg on fenders, move the bracket @ the bottom of the cowl where they bolt up, etc. & tbh I haven't even done that many cars.
