1984 GN or T type

[Boostnitup]

A Beautiful T-type...

You scored a nice car!

 

[justin84]

That appears to have been a WH1!!!!

 

[84wh1]

no it doesnt seem like a wh1. The wh1 code isnt on the trunk sticker like its on mine. Its a GN.

 

[Boostnitup]

It isn't a GN

Too many interior changes for it to be a GN.

It is missing badging in several places interior and exterior.

The seats... look to be recovered... The head rests do not have the turbo Buick symbol? Or just not visible? The glove box does not have the proper placard above it. The dash... wrong color. The arm rest... wrong color. The carpet... wrong color.

It is safe to say it is a "very nice" T-type.

 

[novaderrik]

did the 84 GN have any Regal badges on the car? i know that external badges are easy to add or change, but this car literally says Regal all over it..

 

[Boostnitup]

Did the 84 GN have any Regal badges on the car? i know that external badges are easy to add or change, but this car literally says Regal all over it..

No "Regal" badges. (Mine has the rare nose badge, and I have knowledge of only two others which were shown to be this way... a Buick advertisement, and another turbo Buick owner on this board. Which one of us grabbed up the advertisement car?) ~smile.

My finding over time has been that all of the GN's were black T-Types initially. Suggesting one was somehow built before another is questionable, and one Moderator of this secton has an '84 T-Type with an early build time.

How long did these cars sit before being sold?

So many questions to ask... but will probably never be answered.

 

[racemybuick]

you have a t type in my opinion... the interior colors are way too "grey" for the 84GN. the GN had sandstone cloth inserts and door covers, and a light greyish tan console. the black carpet is correct, but the seats should have the turbo 6 in the back rest right below the head rest. those seats were recovered for sure. the darker grey interior makes me think this was a resto-mod car. the dash says regal... my 2 GN's (84 and 87) had GRAND NATIONAL on the dash plaque.

The rims are t- type rims from 85-87. the 84 GN rims were same but had black paint on them, like the general lee rims.

there were NO GN's to my knowledge ever to have "REGAL" on the rear quarters. Your car was most likely a very well restored t type dressed as a GN like my WH1 was. My first turbo buick was a 13 sec 84 WH1 all black with black bimpers, bezels, and the dark dash, but bench seats and column shift and a hood ornament!!! it looked like a GN, but was def a repainted WH1 that was originally white...

it the painter was good, he had that car stripped down before paint, but if it was a friend of a friend, you might get lucky... Un screw a sill plate 9body by fisher), and see if there is another color in there!

I think you have a really, really nie looking car no matter what it is, and Im sure it is worth whatever you paid, but it is dressed like a GN, but not quite the proper GN for the year...


here are a couple links to the proper rims, interior and badging of a GN...

http://www.tctc.com/~avblefty/images/gn84p2.jpg

http://www.tctc.com/~avblefty/images/gn84p1.jpg

you can also try and get into the hot air registry and see if any pix come up with other members' rides to get an idea of what you have!!!

Nie looking car dude!!!


John

 

[TurboV6Olds]

Thanks to everyone that has responded to the question. I am convinced that I have a T type, but I extremely happy with the car. I bought the car with intentions of riding it on the weekends every so often but I find my self coming home from work and getting it out every day. I don't know what it is about those cars but they are fun to drive.

Hope to have my fast car up and running AGAIN in a month or so.

Thanks again to EVERYBODY that responded.

Rick

 

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My 84 WH 1 has the sand grey interior -seats, carpet,
dash, console, shifter handle, door trim, etc. I think
I bought the some of the last of the original correct
matr'l. for the seats when I had mine redone , I think.

 

[Boostnitup]

Black carpet...

Having Black carpet is not correct for a 1984 GN.

The original carpet was a sand color. If you have any other color than this in your '84 GN your original carpet was replaced.

The color black does look good... it just isn't the original color.