I find these threads very interesting, love to see what makes these cars so unique! I would do anything to have my trunk sticker, previous owner made it dissapear I guess when he decided to paint a WH1 all black....
I wonder how many of the column shift WH1's were out there in 1986 with leather like mine....CSII,twilight,astroroof,climate control, etc...
First based on my knowledge you have a very unusual and rare car. Plus in looking at your location any Turbo Regal is gotta be rare today. I am not sure if you have my Kirban Guuide to 1986-1987 Buick Turbo Regals but in that book I nail down the number of 1986 T-Types that received leather either tan leather seats or grey leather seats. What is not known in that figure is how many ended up in the combination you have.
Obviusily, whoever ordered your car when it was new ordered it specifically and probably had to wait a period of time for it unless a dealer ordered it for display. Again these are my guesses on the background.
Here is the facts on the leather seats in 1986 exactly 124 T-Types got grey leather and 55 got the tan leather. I have owned one 1986 black T-Type that had tan leather in all my years of buying them.
Door panels would all be the standard T door panels not the limited style that came out in the 1987 Limited Turbo Regals.
As for the trunk ID label as I refer to it....
Here is my suggestion.....no one legally reproduces them because of GM license etc
what you need to do.....is find a 1986 regular regal or contact a junk yard and have them cut out that part of the trunk lid that has an original label. This will give the format and font style (type style).
That will give you the format and then have someone computer match the font style etc and get a laminated copy made trying your best to match up the codes to correspond with your car.....it will take time but the end result is worth the effort as you do indeed have a rare car if it is in fact equipped like it came from the factory.
Would also help to figure things out if you could nail down the selling dealership back in 1986 and if they are still i business having records on that car or invoices.
Unfortunately, Pontiac is the only GM related company that offers a service to research the cars and they do Pontiacs mostly designed to identify real GTOs as plenty of fake ones have been built over the years. (My good friend runs that service) Unfortunately my deep connection with Buick and records their offices in Flint where long ago disbanded....Flint Michigan is not like it was back in the 1980s....related to being known as Buick City.
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