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Originally Posted by Gulliver
Lol, looks like we've both had our share of Buick muscle. Funny that we both had really similar cars, with only 81 built in '71. I got mine from the original owner, and kept up with it until about 5 years ago. It went to NC, and I lost track. I could buy a truckload of T/A's for what that car would cost today, given it sold for almost $60k back in '98.
My dad drag raced Buicks in the late 50's. He is a lifetime BCA member, and we always had a bunch of Buicks around when I was growing up. I started out in a '57 Century hardtop, but we had a zillion GS cars, a couple early Rivieras with 2x4's, all the way up through the T-type and turbo Regals. At some point I went through a bunch of Camaros but have stuck with mostly Trans Ams ever since. I think it was the '74 Super Duty I got, when I sold the car in the picture- that 455 SD car really did it for me.
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Yeah, I was a big Buick GS guy back then. My dad was always a Buick guy and I always had a taste for the unusual and liked being different. I was in the GSCA from 1984-92 and still have all of my GSX-tras (monthly publications). I still love these cars but enjoy the Pontiac crowd and the variety of really cool performance cars that Pontiac built through the years. However, those 2x4 Rivs are really cool too.
I was at least the 4th or 5th owner of mine. I paid $3,900 for it in 1984 as you see it, ahhh those were the days. It had 66k original miles and was pretty much original except for the wheels and a repaint. Sold it way too cheap in 1989. That owner still has it but it is in somewhat worse shape now thanks to a garage fire a number of years ago.
BTW, did you see the white Stage1 go through Mecum yesterday. I love that car in its bare bones flavor. I bet that thing would absolutely haul arse. I thought the bidding was way high on it though and it still didn't meet reserve.