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Old 10 November 2016, 02:07 PM   #1
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Buick Grand National

Does anyone here on the forum owned a buick grand National?
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Old 10 November 2016, 02:26 PM   #2
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Awesome car! I haven't owned one but my dad had one when I was younger, I loved that car.
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Old 11 November 2016, 12:49 AM   #3
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Old 11 November 2016, 01:06 AM   #4
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Old 11 November 2016, 01:09 AM   #5
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i have an 86 and an 87
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Old 11 November 2016, 01:14 AM   #6
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Now there's a car I haven't heard of for a while... a real sleeper.
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Old 11 November 2016, 01:35 AM   #7
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1987 GN we have owned for 23 years, about 56K original miles





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Old 11 November 2016, 08:28 AM   #8
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I had an '87 GN as my first actual car (I had several trucks prior). For it's day, it was a monster & a sleeper to anyone not following cars.

The real sleeper was the GNX; not too many of those around.
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Old 11 November 2016, 11:45 AM   #9
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Wow! never thought someone here on the forum would own a Grand national. I'm having a meet together with other Grand Ntional's and T-type's on the 4 of December if anyone is interested in joying us if own one, our come by and check them out at my shop.

For now I have one grand national and a Rare T-Type I'll post a picture of my T-type
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Old 11 November 2016, 11:52 AM   #10
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Old 11 November 2016, 11:57 AM   #11
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[ATTACH]IMG_0351.jpg[/ATTACH]We do one every year in June at Bates!
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Old 11 November 2016, 12:22 PM   #12
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[ATTACH]IMG_0160.jpg[/ATTACH]Red Rare T-Type
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Old 11 November 2016, 12:35 PM   #13
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There's at least one up for auction at Mecum next weekend in Anaheim. I'm betting you know the car.

https://www.mecum.com/lots/AN1116-27...rand-national/
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Old 11 November 2016, 02:19 PM   #14
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When I was young I sold Buicks, had kids my age lining up to buy GNs from me.

1 GNx as well ;)
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Old 12 November 2016, 03:19 AM   #15
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There are a lot of watch people who like cars. I am not surprised you found us! I have a whole stable full of interesting stuff.
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Old 12 November 2016, 05:23 AM   #16
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Had a black GN for a demo when I worked in auto business. Great car!
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Old 12 November 2016, 06:34 AM   #17
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I had a friend that had on in the late 1980's, what a great car. There was a period they could be picked up cheap, but that's over, they have become a very cool collectible car no-a-days
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Old 12 November 2016, 07:36 AM   #18
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What's the appeal of these cars? Did Jon Voight own them?
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Old 12 November 2016, 07:44 AM   #19
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They were THE FASTEST PRODUCTION CAR made up until 1987. The GN ran 4.9 0-60 times and the GNX ran 4.7. They were faster than Porsche, Lamborghini, Ferrari or Corvette.
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Old 12 November 2016, 07:47 AM   #20
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I had an '87 Grand National. It was a great car.
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Old 12 November 2016, 08:38 AM   #21
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They were THE FASTEST PRODUCTION CAR made up until 1987. The GN ran 4.9 0-60 times and the GNX ran 4.7. They were faster than Porsche, Lamborghini, Ferrari or Corvette.


At the time, these cars were untouchable, while all the big V8 muscle cars were rumbling with big horsepower, along came this V6 with a turbo that put a lot of cars to shame. That was the attraction of this car.


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Old 12 November 2016, 08:45 AM   #22
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They were beasts, and still are. There was nothing faster, special cars.
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Old 12 November 2016, 11:08 AM   #23
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I had a first year production 1984. This was a pre-intercooler car. It was nothing special as far as performance but a really good looking car. I had trouble with people trying to steal it so I sold it off before going to college.
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Old 12 November 2016, 03:03 PM   #24
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There are a lot of watch people who like cars. I am not surprised you found us! I have a whole stable full of interesting stuff.
Let's check them out, I would like to see some pictures if it's ok!.
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Old 13 November 2016, 12:32 AM   #25
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Corvette Z06 and Blue Viper (both sold)



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Old 13 November 2016, 01:48 PM   #26
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I got a GN. It's an '87 with only 42k miles. It's a rag tho. I found it in a shed. It runs great but needs some interior and body love. It's my new project. I'm a g-body nut! I'll post some pics tomorrow. Glad to see others into GN's!
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Old 14 November 2016, 11:59 AM   #27
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I got a GN. It's an '87 with only 42k miles. It's a rag tho. I found it in a shed. It runs great but needs some interior and body love. It's my new project. I'm a g-body nut! I'll post some pics tomorrow. Glad to see others into GN's!


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Old 14 November 2016, 12:29 PM   #28
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Nice project, Love your shop.
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Old 16 November 2016, 11:56 AM   #29
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I raced one down Archer ave back in the 80's, beat it driving my dads 69 Chevelle SS396. The speed limit was, and still is 35mph, ran it up to about 90mph before we had to brake.Young and dumb, but we had fun.
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Nice low mile ride, prices are sure heading up for 80's American muscle.
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