I remember that car from my street racing days in the mid 80s. It's was a regular on the cruise scene between RHS and Super shops on Summer Ave. in Memphis. I'll have to do some asking around. Might even be some pictures from it's heydays. The hood chain is a great throwback! We all had one!
The quarter panels usually look that good on most Stage 1's. It's the customer installed pure rubber undercoating via rear tire destruction that keeps the rust away 😎
PATRICK DeCambra I fought for 13 years to get The 71 Buick GS Stage one. People where more willing to let it rot. But now it is mine and it will start up for the first time in nearly 40 years this weekend.
Great find. If it was mine I would get it inside a garage out of the weather and when ready I would restore it. Brings back memories as back in the early 70's I had a 1970 Buick GSX stage 1 with Saturn yellow paint with blacked out hood with yellow hood scoops and tachometer on the hood facing the driver and a rear wing spoiler with a black stripe across it and going down both sides of the car to a point at the front fenders. Mine had the automatic tranny but with a B&M 2500 stall converter. Only 659 1970 Buick GSX stage one's were built. I have regretted all my life of ever getting selling it. Great car and it was very fast and I have raced a few Hemi engine cars back in the day with it and I won every race against them. They had a nick name of being Hemi killers back then. But it's rare to hear of that. I do miss that car a lot.
I bet you do. I miss it for you. How long did you have it? - A new friend of mine and I were talking about our old cars and I mentioned having a ‘66 skylark and that my granddad had bought a new Buick every other year his entire adult life with the last one being the bicentennial ‘76 Le Sabre, when he pulled out a picture on his ‘70 GSX stage 1 he drove in high school. Beat the heck out her and even cut a hole in the hood so the butterfly catcher could sit above the twin air intakes. “It looked cool.” He said. He sold it after high school for the song they were selling for back then. I couldn’t believe he did that to it and then photographed it. - Youth is wasted on the young.
Must be a Jenkins thing, I had a 1970 GD Stage1 455 convertible, never lost a race in it, raced plenty of Hemi’s beat them all. And everyone I beat said there is no way that is a stock Buick until I popped the good. And yes I regret selling it to this day. That was 45 years ago. Have a great day Mr. Jenkins.
I had a 1970 GS Stage 1 4 speed back in 1980. When the motor popped because I spun a bearing, I put a big block Chevy in it. I could kick myself in the ass now!
I love these just pulled a barn find for my channel. I’ve been after this car for 13 years. 71 gs455 stage one. It needs a lot of work but I am so excited. Cars like this need to be saved. If you get a second you should check out from when I pulled it out to the point I’m at now. hopefully this weekend it will be starting up the first time in 40 years
Nicely optioned Stage 1. Buckets, console, tach and gauges, tilt, and AC. In 72 the 5th digit of the VIN should be V to designate Stage 1. I have a Silver Mist 72 Stage 1 myself.
Djordje Colic yes you just about took the words out of our mouths, as why people don’t even try and protect these rare cars is beyond most of us car people, why do we continue here the same old story that they are going to restore it one day, just sell it to someone you definitely know is going to bring it back to it’s former glory for gods sakes.
A buddy had a plain 72 that was a cherry back in the late 80s. I commented above but someone put n-50s and air shocks in it. The ol 70s pro stock look love it or hate it.
This specifically being a T400 behind a Stage 1, it's an M41 T400, not an M40. Like the Olds W30, W33, & W34 Toronado/T425), as well as the T400 behind a Chevy L72; if automatics were specified, these engines required a beefier trans. w/a higher stall-speed convertor that was also capable of shifting @ higher RPM, while handling the massive torque loads associated w/their respective drive trains. My '70 Delta 88 455 Highway Patrol Apprehender had such an M41 behind its W33 390hp/455.
When I was in high school in the early/mid '70's there was the "Buick Brothers" as they were called. Three guys with GS's,one black,one red,and a white one. The white one had the 455 auto and the red and black had 350's with four speeds. Awesome cars if you like buicks! ( I'm MOPAR all the way!)
“Grandpa Buick”. Named after the typical buyers - not the dealership’s owner. Haha! That’s why I love the Stage I’s, GS, & GSX models - they were unexpected.
Id like to say merry xmas to you Patrick Glenn Nichols, i as in Lee, made in 1968, a really sound body but the motor is a bit smokey, as we all know xmas is a rare event. It only happens once a year. I am Lee wishing Patrick Glenn Nichols from Patrick Glenn Nichols barn finds a very rare merry xmas from me Lee. I was made by my mother who only went on to produce one other build which was in 72. So that being that I'd say my mother is quite a rare distributor. Unfortunately she doesnt wish to sell us as she is hoping to restore us.
With all the metal work that thing needs its borderline feasible to restore it. It would have to be a labor of love. Gotta love the “God is my copilot” license plate!
I'd look for a 1970 455 Buick engine for it or maybe even a 1967-69 400 or 430 engine. Starting in 71 the compression was lowered down into the 8's in all GM engines. The 71-72 455 Stage 1 didn't quite have the power that the 70 did but they were still a good performer. 1972 was the last year that the GM A-Bodies could really be called muscle cars before switching to the big heavy Colonnade body style and losing even more power in 1973. I had a 73 Pontiac LeMans with a 455/auto. Really nice driving car but not very fast
Cool car. I remember when I was in college in the early 70’s in W Ky some one on campus had one Identical and another person had a GSX. Even back then you rarely saw one....
HA! In '72 I was just turning 16 and bought a Ford Falcon Sprint with the 289 V-8 and thought I was so cool. This car would have embarrassed me as it went by and probably put me into therapy for a few years ;). I made up for it in later years with some excellent, low mileage, stock factory hot rods. I personally hate the term "Muscle Car". Wish I had that Sprint back. It surprised a lot of people when they saw my taillights and couldn't catch me until the next stop light....
The term 'Muscle Car" didnt exist back then...It started to gain popularity in the early 1990's to mid 1990's even then wasnt that popular,the 2000's it took off.. The term "Muscle Car" started by a magazine in the mid 1980's.Muscle Car Review ! Before that nobody called them Muscle Cars !! I dont like that term either,but now its here and thats what it is,sadly !! Its like the Diesel guys call their trucks Cummins or Duramax or Powerstroke lol another thing I find odd..Thats toays society ,odd !! I want to go back to 1979 so bad lol...Cheaper late 60's cars and easy women that you could pinch,slap their butt and they turned around and within 5 minutes you were in the back seat of your Buick GS or my case my 68 Charger RT then a high 11 second 1/4 mile 440 daily driver with 3.23 gears..I still have the car,the chick well I was with many and married a girl 12 years younger than me so I most likely could have banged her Mom back in the day lol !
Had a friend who pass away recently owned a 1972 Hurst Olds convertible, 455 and every thing else you could order. He wrecked it showing off one night. Traded the car after it was fixed. How rare was that car ? He claimed it was 1 of 50.
Cool Buick Patrick. Around the mid 80's a neighbor boy had a GS probably 70' or 71' not sure I just remember it being the same color inside and out as this GS. He was running the typical aluminum slot mags and air shocks . At the time I thought these were alright (not as cool as Chevelles) but nowadays I appreciate the rarity of these rides. Thanks for jogging my memory Patrick.
A buddy had a 72 skylark , not a gs or anything special but it was grandma fresh sitting on N-50s in the back with airshocks and keystone classics. Metallic pea green with an off white vinyl roof, nothing special under the hood as it had a 2 barrel Buick 350. Good times bombing around in the late 80s.
Buicks are great cars and too many people obsess over the lower compression engines after 1970. They still run great with the same tuning. My Buick buddy says there's a big problem with '72 Buick's though. They stopped putting a unique VIN number for the engine on the GS so this car could have started life as a GS 350. The fact that the air cleaner says "GS 455" instead of "Stage 1" leads me to believe that it's likely a GS 455 and not a Stage 1. The Stage 1 emblems will bolt in place of the 455 emblems on the fenders and it was a very popular to thing to change back in the day. That same buddy has a '72 GS originally a 350 but has had 455 emblems on it since about 1985. The stamped engine code on a Stage 1 is different than the standard 455 so that would tell what the engine in the car actually is. Since it's missing A/C components it might have been changed. Hard to tell on that old car but it still is worth restoring.
In the early '90's a friend of mine bought a '71 GS 455 Stage 1 car. I believe 800 or so were made, so I talked him into getting a presteige plate that read "1OF800".
I know a guy with a 71 GS455 Stage 1 convertible with a column shifted automatic. Only 81 of them were built that year and his is currently the only one in that particular color that's registered in the US. Only 7 Stage 1 convertibles were ever built in 1971 in the metallic green color that his car was painted in
My Dad had a '72 Skylark convertible with a 350 3 on the tree and no power steering, that had to be a rare one, too. It was totaled while parked by a hit-and-run by a cops son who was drunk as a skunk.
Now...I see why the trunk floor was so much more rusty than the rest...there is a main brake cylinder lying...and leaking....What a shame to leave this beauty out in the elements for this long....
Are you familiar with the Sun Coupe Buick produced in 72? A friend of mine had one in high school. I've never saw another one since. Just wondering how rare they are. Great video, BTW.
In the mid 70's a car yard had 1970 GS 455 Stg 1 convertible near me. Me and a pal went down there to ry and swing a deal, we were on $35 fortnight ,Apprentice wages and the car was $5300 . I kept driving my Ford Coupe..
Had to laugh at the "Grandpa Buick" comment around 3:38. It would have been nice if you had panned the camera down to the brake pedal after showing the odometer reading to see if it matched the mileage.
I always am bewildered by classic cars that have been set out to pasture fairly recently....its not like in 2001 this was just some worthless old clunker....it was a collector car by that time!
Really like your videos Patrick. All info, no music blasting in the background! A pleasure watching.
I remember that car from my street racing days in the mid 80s. It's was a regular on the cruise scene between RHS and Super shops on Summer Ave. in Memphis. I'll have to do some asking around. Might even be some pictures from it's heydays.
The hood chain is a great throwback! We all had one!
What's the deal with the hood chain ?
@@johnjoole2258 you chained the hood shut from the inside or people would steal block up parts right off your car.
The quarter panels usually look that good on most Stage 1's.
It's the customer installed pure rubber undercoating via rear tire destruction that keeps the rust away
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Lol
Man I hope someone restored her! I love these Buick GS.. Torque monsters
Yet another rare desirable car that’s been left outside to rot to the ground. What a shame
I'm sick of looking at all these great cars going to rot because the owners think they are worth more than they are
PATRICK DeCambra I fought for 13 years to get The 71 Buick GS Stage one. People where more willing to let it rot. But now it is mine and it will start up for the first time in nearly 40 years this weekend.
@@LunarOutlawsGarage Good for you to stay persistent and not giving up on buying your dream car!! Please post a video sometime
What a great find...its beyond me why somebody would leave this beauty out in the elements...As always a wonderful video !
Great find. If it was mine I would get it inside a garage out of the weather and when ready I would restore it. Brings back memories as back in the early 70's I had a 1970 Buick GSX stage 1 with Saturn yellow paint with blacked out hood with yellow hood scoops and tachometer on the hood facing the driver and a rear wing spoiler with a black stripe across it and going down both sides of the car to a point at the front fenders. Mine had the automatic tranny but with a B&M 2500 stall converter. Only 659 1970 Buick GSX stage one's were built. I have regretted all my life of ever getting selling it. Great car and it was very fast and I have raced a few Hemi engine cars back in the day with it and I won every race against them. They had a nick name of being Hemi killers back then. But it's rare to hear of that. I do miss that car a lot.
I had a 67 Buick GS after I blew up the motor I stoled my dad's 455 stage 1 out of his 70 GS LOL that car pulled Willy's stock
That's awesome! Buick GS and GSX models were very underated as a muscle car. They were a sleeper of the muscle car era.
I bet you do. I miss it for you. How long did you have it? - A new friend of mine and I were talking about our old cars and I mentioned having a ‘66 skylark and that my granddad had bought a new Buick every other year his entire adult life with the last one being the bicentennial ‘76 Le Sabre, when he pulled out a picture on his ‘70 GSX stage 1 he drove in high school. Beat the heck out her and even cut a hole in the hood so the butterfly catcher could sit above the twin air intakes. “It looked cool.” He said. He sold it after high school for the song they were selling for back then. I couldn’t believe he did that to it and then photographed it. - Youth is wasted on the young.
Must be a Jenkins thing, I had a 1970 GD Stage1 455 convertible, never lost a race in it, raced plenty of Hemi’s beat them all. And everyone I beat said there is no way that is a stock Buick until I popped the good. And yes I regret selling it to this day. That was 45 years ago. Have a great day Mr. Jenkins.
Please excuse my dry humor on the original dealer tag on the deck lid. It clearly isn’t Grandpa Chevrolet lol.
Now would be the time to restore . A few more yrs. in the elements will destroy that car .
Bud Lee Exactly, don’t let it sit outside one more day.
I concur, if people aren't going to restore or sell the car put it in out of the weather. 👍👍
A video of what hopefully will be.✌✌ th-cam.com/video/zawtaeojbRA/w-d-xo.html
I had GSX car #125 for 27 1/2 years, bought it in 1980, and sold it in April 2007 to help my dad pay for my mom's final months in a nursing home.
I had a 1970 GS Stage 1 4 speed back in 1980. When the motor popped because I spun a bearing, I put a big block Chevy in it. I could kick myself in the ass now!
Amazing find. Been doing this for 40 plus years and find so many the owners will not sell and just let sit and rot. Congrats on this!!!
I love these just pulled a barn find for my channel. I’ve been after this car for 13 years. 71 gs455 stage one. It needs a lot of work but I am so excited. Cars like this need to be saved. If you get a second you should check out from when I pulled it out to the point I’m at now. hopefully this weekend it will be starting up the first time in 40 years
The lines on the roof looks like it had a vinyl top. Thanks for sharing 🇺🇸😎
Someone needs to save it before it's too late
Thanks for the Buick episode!
Nicely optioned Stage 1. Buckets, console, tach and gauges, tilt, and AC. In 72 the 5th digit of the VIN should be V to designate Stage 1. I have a Silver Mist 72 Stage 1 myself.
My 72 GS 455 STAGE1 was a bench seat and column shift, Gold with a White hard top. Worked engine, headers and very fast.
Great find but if it doesn't get or inside or protected soon it won't be worth restoring what a shame
Im guessing, owner does not want to sell it because he will restore it one day ?
Djordje Colic yes you just about took the words out of our mouths, as why people don’t even try and protect these rare cars is beyond most of us car people, why do we continue here the same old story that they are going to restore it one day, just sell it to someone you definitely know is going to bring it back to it’s former glory for gods sakes.
@@davemoore2041 U are totally right dude, if he didnt want it to restore he couldve kept it in garage instead of rotting outisde.....
Never.
Naaaah Imma fixer up wunna these days.
With all that stump pulling torque these things were scary fast. Hope someone would be able to restore this fine old car.
I can never understand why people let cars like this wither away...
Chris Daniel
I know man , life just happens.
I see a lot of stuff sitting and rotting the more rural you go.
Lack of money and hope for the future
....it's simple. They just don't give a shit!
No kidding. A few concrete blocks and a good couple of tarps would at least help.
car had wasn't worth much when it was parked
Someone need to save this Buick GS . They are beautiful cars and worth the money. ✔
Nice skylark i got 2 68 Rivieras one is a rare GS option center console possy rear end i love my buicks.
"The trunk has some rust". No,it's half gone. Will need new floor pans and trunk. Rescue now, or it's a parts car.
WoW ! I love seeing them but its so sad to see him just sitting there waiting to rot.....thank you for video !
Beautiful,would love to have it and restore it,love that color on that car
"Gonna fix er up someday"
Yeah, and that day never comes.
@@Red-rl1xx I really like that car, so I hope someone gets it and restores it to new condition.
My mom had a 72 skylark when i was a kid, i always loved that shifter , hope somone saves this car, you never see these cars anymore.
Sorry to hear. Hope she is ok now. Merry xmas
Would've thought it had a white vinyl top at one time
A buddy had a plain 72 that was a cherry back in the late 80s. I commented above but someone put n-50s and air shocks in it. The ol 70s pro stock look love it or hate it.
As always another great find. Keep up the great work. Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge & time.
Always loved the Buicks. Weren't as sought after for many years
Those wheels are good with the car as a kid growing up I love the duel gate shifter
OUTSTANDING!!! Patrick
This specifically being a T400 behind a Stage 1, it's an M41 T400, not an M40. Like the Olds W30, W33, & W34 Toronado/T425), as well as the T400 behind a Chevy L72; if automatics were specified, these engines required a beefier trans. w/a higher stall-speed convertor that was also capable of shifting @ higher RPM, while handling the massive torque loads associated w/their respective drive trains. My '70 Delta 88 455 Highway Patrol Apprehender had such an M41 behind its W33 390hp/455.
Had a 70 GS myself , sold it way too cheap n 72 GS boattail , love em !!!
When I was in high school in the early/mid '70's there was the "Buick Brothers" as they were called. Three guys with GS's,one black,one red,and a white one. The white one had the 455 auto and the red and black had 350's with four speeds. Awesome cars if you like buicks! ( I'm MOPAR all the way!)
WOW NICE FIND...I HAVE AN APOLLO 74(350 TURBO)..LOVE BUICKS
I’d rather sit in class, watch your videos and learn something than actually sitting in class trying to learn something 🤙🏼✌🏼🙏🏼
I want that buick so bad that is my dream car it's a stage 1 with the 455 in it Damn that's really nice
“Grandpa Buick”. Named after the typical buyers - not the dealership’s owner. Haha! That’s why I love the Stage I’s, GS, & GSX models - they were unexpected.
Excellent find
Id like to say merry xmas to you Patrick Glenn Nichols, i as in Lee, made in 1968, a really sound body but the motor is a bit smokey, as we all know xmas is a rare event. It only happens once a year. I am Lee wishing Patrick Glenn Nichols from Patrick Glenn Nichols barn finds a very rare merry xmas from me Lee. I was made by my mother who only went on to produce one other build which was in 72. So that being that I'd say my mother is quite a rare distributor. Unfortunately she doesnt wish to sell us as she is hoping to restore us.
Merry Christmas to you too. Thanks for watching,
Nice car the Stage 1. Too bad sitting outside.. all that ground moisture comes up and rusts everything underneath
With all the metal work that thing needs its borderline feasible to restore it. It would have to be a labor of love. Gotta love the “God is my copilot” license plate!
I'd love to see that restored
My dream car is a GSX 1970 Stage 1...but i would take this also,it would be taken care of more than this thats for sure!!
I have the same dream car.
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I'd look for a 1970 455 Buick engine for it or maybe even a 1967-69 400 or 430 engine. Starting in 71 the compression was lowered down into the 8's in all GM engines. The 71-72 455 Stage 1 didn't quite have the power that the 70 did but they were still a good performer. 1972 was the last year that the GM A-Bodies could really be called muscle cars before switching to the big heavy Colonnade body style and losing even more power in 1973. I had a 73 Pontiac LeMans with a 455/auto. Really nice driving car but not very fast
"Grandpa Buick" Lol. Patrick, you gotta say alright, alright, alright at some point. ;)
Cool car. I remember when I was in college in the early 70’s in W Ky some one on campus had one Identical and another person had a GSX. Even back then you rarely saw one....
an under rated monster
Love the buick barn finds!!
Geeeeez l hope somebody rescues this car !!!!!!
It appears to be well past its "Best If Used By" date.
Absolutely is not but if it sits a couple more year's it will definitely be rotted
@@billybiker5712 That is a serious money suck of a project..
Man, I love your videos so much, if you uploaded 10 videos a day, I would watch all of them every single day!
That's awesome 👍🏼
Great car and good alternative to a Chevelle. Same reason to like a 400 Firebird
HA! In '72 I was just turning 16 and bought a Ford Falcon Sprint with the 289 V-8 and thought I was so cool. This car would have embarrassed me as it went by and probably put me into therapy for a few years ;). I made up for it in later years with some excellent, low mileage, stock factory hot rods. I personally hate the term "Muscle Car". Wish I had that Sprint back. It surprised a lot of people when they saw my taillights and couldn't catch me until the next stop light....
The term 'Muscle Car" didnt exist back then...It started to gain popularity in the early 1990's to mid 1990's even then wasnt that popular,the 2000's it took off..
The term "Muscle Car" started by a magazine in the mid 1980's.Muscle Car Review ! Before that nobody called them Muscle Cars !! I dont like that term either,but now its here and thats what it is,sadly !! Its like the Diesel guys call their trucks Cummins or Duramax or Powerstroke lol another thing I find odd..Thats toays society ,odd !! I want to go back to 1979 so bad lol...Cheaper late 60's cars and easy women that you could pinch,slap their butt and they turned around and within 5 minutes you were in the back seat of your Buick GS or my case my 68 Charger RT then a high 11 second 1/4 mile 440 daily driver with 3.23 gears..I still have the car,the chick well I was with many and married a girl 12 years younger than me so I most likely could have banged her Mom back in the day lol !
Very nice car, u don’t see that everyday or even every year! Merry Christmas everyone!
Come on Grand pappy it needs to live again!!
Had a friend who pass away recently owned a 1972 Hurst Olds convertible, 455 and every thing else you could order. He wrecked it showing off one night. Traded the car after it was fixed. How rare was that car ? He claimed it was 1 of 50.
So is he selling it or restoring it or letting it rot,because a car like this deserves to be restored
Cool find pat
Cool Buick Patrick. Around the mid 80's a neighbor boy had a GS probably 70' or 71' not sure I just remember it being the same color inside and out as this GS. He was running the typical aluminum slot mags and air shocks . At the time I thought these were alright (not as cool as Chevelles) but nowadays I appreciate the rarity of these rides. Thanks for jogging my memory Patrick.
Keep up the good finds.
72 rear bumpers also had rubber trim around the lights
Nice find Pat. Enjoyed the video!
Nice stage 1. You don’t see them often very fixable. Thanks for the video Merry Christmas 🎄🎁
Jeff thank you sir for watching. Merry Christmas.
Perfect year for a restomod in my opinion.
Those cars were FAST as F?ck with killer torque , unfortunately most kids don't understand torque but they were stupid fast.
Exactly
A buddy had a 72 skylark , not a gs or anything special but it was grandma fresh sitting on N-50s in the back with airshocks and keystone classics.
Metallic pea green with an off white vinyl roof, nothing special under the hood as it had a 2 barrel Buick 350.
Good times bombing around in the late 80s.
Wow what a cool find!
Start er up patrick. Nice find.
Thumbs Up and Happy Holidays to you.
Great Job...
They where very quick
Another great video!!
Sadly that GS455 only produced about 240 hp where the 1970 produced an advertised 360, when it was actually around 400.
Buicks are great cars and too many people obsess over the lower compression engines after 1970. They still run great with the same tuning. My Buick buddy says there's a big problem with '72 Buick's though. They stopped putting a unique VIN number for the engine on the GS so this car could have started life as a GS 350. The fact that the air cleaner says "GS 455" instead of "Stage 1" leads me to believe that it's likely a GS 455 and not a Stage 1. The Stage 1 emblems will bolt in place of the 455 emblems on the fenders and it was a very popular to thing to change back in the day.
That same buddy has a '72 GS originally a 350 but has had 455 emblems on it since about 1985. The stamped engine code on a Stage 1 is different than the standard 455 so that would tell what the engine in the car actually is. Since it's missing A/C components it might have been changed. Hard to tell on that old car but it still is worth restoring.
Did that 1972 Buick GS Stage 1 Come with the N25 Through Bumper exhaust Option? I could not see it in the Video.
Gandapa Buick not Grandpa Lol
It's actually Gandara Buick and the owner was a long time proprietor of the business. He died around 2008.
I’m a B-O-P A-Body Fan, so thanks for posting this!
She needs saving now
Love the videos. Keep up the good work
In the early '90's a friend of mine bought a '71 GS 455 Stage 1 car. I believe 800 or so were made, so I talked him into getting a presteige plate that read "1OF800".
I know a guy with a 71 GS455 Stage 1 convertible with a column shifted automatic. Only 81 of them were built that year and his is currently the only one in that particular color that's registered in the US. Only 7 Stage 1 convertibles were ever built in 1971 in the metallic green color that his car was painted in
The comfy hot rod, hemi killer!!!
Well, maybe not in 72 but still a real badass 'chine!!!
My Dad had a '72 Skylark convertible with a 350 3 on the tree and no power steering, that had to be a rare one, too. It was totaled while parked by a hit-and-run by a cops son who was drunk as a skunk.
Wow that is my unicorn..The car ive always wanted..
Nice
Now...I see why the trunk floor was so much more rusty than the rest...there is a main brake cylinder lying...and leaking....What a shame to leave this beauty out in the elements for this long....
I HAVE THIS CAR GRANDPA PASSED IT TO ME NOT TO BRAG.AND NO NOT FOR SALE.
VERY SENTIMENTAL. R.I.P GRANDPA.
This is heart breaking
Are you familiar with the Sun Coupe Buick produced in 72? A friend of mine had one in high school. I've never saw another one since. Just wondering how rare they are. Great video, BTW.
My dad has one, red ,white top,white interior.
People tell me that my 1969 Z28 is rare, but at 20,302 built I don't think of it as rare. Cars like that GS or 67 Z28s ... now those are rare.
Rare 72 only color. The rims look Chevy also the steering wheel looks like a Riviera wheel.
In the mid 70's a car yard had 1970 GS 455 Stg 1 convertible near me. Me and a pal went down there to ry and swing a deal, we were on $35 fortnight ,Apprentice wages and the car was $5300 . I kept driving my Ford Coupe..
My first car a 1972 Buick Regal
At 2:15, "fasten seatbelts" indicator on top of dash?
Is that a rare steering wheel?
Had to laugh at the "Grandpa Buick" comment around 3:38. It would have been nice if you had panned the camera down to the brake pedal after showing the odometer reading to see if it matched the mileage.
So what happens with this Buick now? I'd love to see it in someone's garage for rebuild like Danny Coker's Counts Custom.
I always am bewildered by classic cars that have been set out to pasture fairly recently....its not like in 2001 this was just some worthless old clunker....it was a collector car by that time!
What's the point.Will the car be restored???