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David
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Seriously - anything with the #7 is special and worth more. These cars came all kinds of ways GN, T-Type, T, Turbo Buick (i think), Limited. What makes them ALL special is the factory installed engine which is noted on the vin with the #7. NOTHING else is special about them regardless of what is said out loud.
these guys eat sleep and #@$ Buicks they know what they are talking about.
Pittsburghkid
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Believe it or not they're not all that rare and not all that expensive. The Monte Aero coupe would be worth the most out of the three with the grand prix 2+2 being the least expensive because it's just god awful ugly. The turbo Buick would draw as much as an aero coupe in that same condition for the simple fact they were the fastest production car made in '87. The GNX was the fastest and the Turbo "T" that you have there is actually faster then the GN because some of them received aluminum drums, aluminum wheels, aluminum bumper and core supports.
So before you de-value the car by putting the drive train in another vehicle you should either restore that one or if you dont want to do the work sell it and just buy one thats clean, but please don't ask for advice about the Turbo Regals in the corvette forums because they'll tell you to scrap it that way theres less Turbo Buicks out on the road for them to lose to.
You've come to the right place.
A turbo Buick in that shape is kinda of a puzzle restoration wise. Value vs buying a good one. It is an ambitious project to be sure and I wouldn't tackle it but if I did I might get a plain regal that doesn't need extensive patch work and swap everything over.
At this point in time TR's are at where some base muscle cars were in the mid 80's-value wise. People were still junking camaro's and mustangs at that point but now they will save a rusty hulk sitting in a farmers field. Maybe the TR's will get there or maybe not. I wouldn't junk it just quite yet. I guess what everyone is saying-is keep it a TR whether you swap it or restore.
At this point in time TR's are at where some base muscle cars were in the mid 80's-value wise. People were still junking camaro's and mustangs at that point but now they will save a rusty hulk sitting in a farmers field. Maybe the TR's will get there or maybe not. I wouldn't junk it just quite yet. I guess what everyone is saying-is keep it a TR whether you swap it or restore.
John Larkin
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Have you seen this? Looks like a match made in heaven. You couldn't redo yours for that kind of dough including shipping. http://turbobuick.com/forums/threads/extreamly-clean-1984-t-type-roller.371347/
Exactly. The car above would be perfect. You could sell your GN clone roller or part it out and get some money back. However, if you just don't have the passion for it, I would sell it to somebody who does.
Wow, that would be perfect, I love it and it's white, now wtf can't that be in my city, that would be EXACTLY what I'd be looking for and did I mention it's white.
Thanks for your advice guys.
Exactly, I know a thing or two about cars and I know when I'm in over my head, if it was a true GN then yes it would be worth it, I bought this one without doing the proper research but I bought it right if I had to get out of it. The roller is gorgeous and would love to find something just like that here but the fact of the matter is that I don't live in a car mecca, parts cars like these are rare so I will keep my eye out for a G-body and do the engine swap, I think it would be neat to have a nice looking grannymobile sleeper.
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