86 GN options ?

[baby6]

Hi all, didn't know where to post this so I took a chance and will post it here.

Just curious, here are the options that my 86 GN came with:

Manual windows, manual locks, manual seats, NO tilt wheel (......?) , NON posi, aluminum drums (don't know if that was a standard or not) and last but not least, it is an astroroof car!

Would this make the car unique, or just a bastard child? lol, decided I would ask. I have since converted the car to posi and taken out that P.O.S radio, but other than that everything remains the same.

Thanks!

 

[Chuck Leeper]

Sounds odd. Did you buy it new?
If not, are you sure it's not a clone?

 

[TurboDave]

That is interesting! If it's a GN, then you have one of 512 astroroofed GN's produced in 86. But the lack of power options is unusual. The day I bought my 86 off the showroom floor, there was another one there that lacked all power options, but it was a solid roof car.

 

[baby6]

I purchased it from the original owner in 06, the powermaster failed and it had sat since 2000. It is a real one definitely!

 

[fast86gn]

It was probably ordered that way by the customer. The dealers of course are going to make their $$ on fully loaded cars not ones with manual windows, locks etc. Do you know what the sticker price was on the car?

I have seen two other GN's with roll up windows and manual locks on one of them and one had T-Tops. That pretty much tells you the customer ordered it that way.

My '86 is loaded w/T-tops but I would kill for crank windows.

 

[turbo39151]

Turbo Dave: Just curious where you find the 512 production number for Astroroof 86 GN's.... If this number is accurate, do you have the source for the number of the Astroroof/Power seat combo 86 GN's??
I've read rumors of there being somewhere in the 200's produced but cannot confirm.

 

[fast86gn]

I would bet here

http://www.amazon.com/Steven-L.-Dove/e/B001KC9N9G

 

[TurboDave]

Ya, I've got all those Turbo Buicko/GN related books, and it was in one of those that I found the numbers.

 

[turbo39151]

Hmmm. I have all of those books as well. I do not recall seeing those numbers. I guess I need to go back and look. Interesting info to know.