My first new car was an 87GN purchased as a single 24 year old. I brought it home on Halloween that year after a test drive and due to the good advice I received from a friend who worked at GM and told me this was a car I really needed to consider as my first new muscle car. He was spot on about it being limited, a big hit at the time and something if taken care of would be a good investment. He was spot on !! I had to put more miles on it than I would have liked as a 20 and 30 something back in those days going to and from work and it now has over 110,000 miles on it. However, I began to purchase new parts for it 20-25 years ago before they went bad as I knew I would have the car a long time and in the last ten years it has been repainted and had a number of things done to keep it running and as much stock-appearing as possible. I was fortunate not to be in any wrecks and to meet Bill Thompson a few years ago who gave me some great mechanical help and advice as the car had some issues from age and sitting ten years prior. I was fortunate to learn of the GN Nationals a few years ago and have been able to attend the last four of them. Like many on this board we are disappointed not to be able to attend the 2020 meet.
Forward to October 2019 when my wife and I celebrated our 25 year anniversary we ran into someone who wanted to sell their non-running 1986 GN. We purchased it vs taking a trip (or buying something less interesting) for our anniversary as a "project car." It now sits in HER SPOT in the garage since this "may be, I say may" be HER car and with all the time on our hands we are working on it (together, no arguments or accidents so far). We are having a lot of fun taking it apart and praying we paid enough attention to be able to put the items back together. Searching for the correct parts, the best deal and so on is certainly an education and process. (We still have some on our list so message me if you have some parts you want to unload) lol
I want to say we feel very blessed to have met all the terrific people since we learned about this site, started to attend local car shows, the GS Nationals in Bowling Green and so on. We also feel blessed to have found the 86GN prior to this challenging time in all our lives as it gives us something to do while practicing the social distancing and not being able to go to work.
Best wishes to everyone and be safe.