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Pat Adkins
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Build what ever pleases you and don't worry what the next guy thinks. I'm paint my GN silver (my last one was florescent green with a hot pink flame loked like a fishing lure, reeled in a lot of mudstangs that had no idea).
Just having fun with the car is what really counts!!
Just having fun with the car is what really counts!!blackbuick87
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I personally have never been a fan of cloning the GNX. It is a special vehicle avail to a limited few, why have your car try to be something its not?
You have a GN, a badass car that commands its own kind of respect. 99% of GNX's are stock. With a GN (or a T) nobody knows WTF you have under the hood, and they start shaking in their boots
But its your car and do what you like. I like the idea posted here a couple weeks ago by the dude who wanted his car black with "ghost" flames (or whatever) on it
You have a GN, a badass car that commands its own kind of respect. 99% of GNX's are stock. With a GN (or a T) nobody knows WTF you have under the hood, and they start shaking in their boots
But its your car and do what you like. I like the idea posted here a couple weeks ago by the dude who wanted his car black with "ghost" flames (or whatever) on it
I think the best looking feature of the GNX was the wheels so I put GTA fronts on my car with the power 6 logo in the center. It still looks like GN though. I personally wouldn't want a GNX clone, but it is definitely a sweet looking car so I could see why somebody would.
GNXed
I have seen a beautiful T-Top GN that was GNX cloned, the car was mint. Even had the GNX suspension under it. The car even ran low 7s in the 1/8. I would like to do the rims and fender vents for my car. Just can't seem to decide either.
Peachs
PS That 2nastybuicks did a very nice clone, check out his pix!!!!!
I have seen a beautiful T-Top GN that was GNX cloned, the car was mint. Even had the GNX suspension under it. The car even ran low 7s in the 1/8. I would like to do the rims and fender vents for my car. Just can't seem to decide either.
Peachs
PS That 2nastybuicks did a very nice clone, check out his pix!!!!!
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I would rather see a cloned version driving on the street rather than the real thing.
Also if you clone it with all the right stuff & not just the looks department.
Would be OK with me.
You only live once then get married, have kids & life is over
SO DO IT!
Also if you clone it with all the right stuff & not just the looks department.
Would be OK with me.
You only live once then get married, have kids & life is over
SO DO IT!
Thanks for the input. I've been thinking about this the last couple days. I'm kind of on the fence and see both sides of it. The GNX is a beautiful car. Who wouldn't want to own such a gorgeous car? Financially a GNX is beyond the reach of most of us. A clone is within reach of most of us.
I also see the other side where a clone would never be a real GNX, and in effect you are taking a car and making it something that it isn't. I understand where a real GNX owner migh take offense to that. On the other hand a GNX started out as nothing more than a Grand National and was taken to an outside source (ASC) and turned into a GNX. I guess the answer is to build whatever you enjoy. Like littlesixsteve said, you only live once!
PS, does Stewart Warner still make the original style GNX gauges?
I also see the other side where a clone would never be a real GNX, and in effect you are taking a car and making it something that it isn't. I understand where a real GNX owner migh take offense to that. On the other hand a GNX started out as nothing more than a Grand National and was taken to an outside source (ASC) and turned into a GNX. I guess the answer is to build whatever you enjoy. Like littlesixsteve said, you only live once!
PS, does Stewart Warner still make the original style GNX gauges?
xtremexnyc
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I vote make the clone GNX. Contact GNX guy regarding the guages.
DO IT!
Most GNXs are just garage space-wasters collecting dust, in hopes of their being worth ONE MILLION DOLLARS in a few dozen generations.
So, to simply do what ASC charged ten-grand for on your own is at the very heart of hot rodding...take what the factory gave you, make it better...and then, get it out & drive it so we ALL can enjoy it!!
HTH
Most GNXs are just garage space-wasters collecting dust, in hopes of their being worth ONE MILLION DOLLARS in a few dozen generations.
So, to simply do what ASC charged ten-grand for on your own is at the very heart of hot rodding...take what the factory gave you, make it better...and then, get it out & drive it so we ALL can enjoy it!!
HTH
Re: DO IT!
Very good point! It would be like having your cake and eating it to cause you have the awesome and rare looks of the GNX, but you can still go out and drive it as well as race it and not have to worry about it's value like most GNX owners!
Originally posted by Two Lane
Most GNXs are just garage space-wasters collecting dust, in hopes of their being worth ONE MILLION DOLLARS in a few dozen generations.
So, to simply do what ASC charged ten-grand for on your own is at the very heart of hot rodding...take what the factory gave you, make it better...and then, get it out & drive it so we ALL can enjoy it!!
HTH
Very good point! It would be like having your cake and eating it to cause you have the awesome and rare looks of the GNX, but you can still go out and drive it as well as race it and not have to worry about it's value like most GNX owners!
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Depends on how you respond when asked about it's authenticity, or if you badge it as a GNx. The GNx has very cool features that add to the GN badass looks (flares, vents, clean looks, fatty tires). I say duplicating a GNx top to bottom is lame. Trying to pass off a GNx clone as authentic is down right bottom feeder catagory.
Want a GNx, get a real one. Want to mod your GN to emulate the GNx's "king of the road" looks go for it!
I get asked if my TTA is a real Indy pace car, I answer "yes it is" since they were all identical. It just wasn't one of the 3 randomly picked to lead the field.
Want a GNx, get a real one. Want to mod your GN to emulate the GNx's "king of the road" looks go for it!
I get asked if my TTA is a real Indy pace car, I answer "yes it is" since they were all identical. It just wasn't one of the 3 randomly picked to lead the field.
i love the GNX...i don't want to call my car the gnx and put badging on it...that's why i keep the grand national emblems and put turbo 6 center caps on my looka like wheels...i love the look of the gnx but will never duplicate it...i have a grand national that has the bad ass look of the legendary gnx
MeanBuicks
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Go for it!
I drove my GN as a GN for 11 years and nearly 200,00 miles. By then it was in dire need of paint and had run mismatched wheels for years. (I was running stock GN wheels up front with two Weld Draglites in back after two GN wheels were injured.)
Anyhow, just before I was to get the paint job done, I went to work for Hypertech. In the year and a half that I was there, I saw the company owner's three GNXs every day. I even got to drive one a couple times (& replace a bum TCC solenoid on it). The look grew on me and I had to have it.
The emblems on my GN were stripped, the paint went on and so did flares, vents, GTA wheels & two GNX exterior badges. I don't care that my car has T-tops and real Xs don't. I don't really care that I don't have the GNX dash or interior emblem. After all, it is a Grand National, not an X and I think it looks just right. (I even purchased embroidered floor mats after the paint job that say 'Grand National'. Makes up for the emblems I removed from the fenders.)
Funny thing is, the only time I was asked about whether or not it was a real X was last year's Nats of all places. Buick enthusiasts who apparently didn't see the T-tops before they asked. It just caught their eye.
Around town, a very small percentage of people even know what a GN is much less a GNX. And those that know what a GN is don't even seem to notice the GNX badges because they'll compliment me on my GN and won't even ask about the GNX badges or exterior styling cues. Perhaps they think thats what all GNs looked like, I don't know.
When I place the car in local shows, I do explain on a sign that it is a GN that has been enhanced as a tribute to the meanest turbo Buicks constructed. That's the way I look at it. It's a salute, not a clone.
As a side note, I just picked up some orange die-cut vinyl this weekend to complete the GNX emblem on the rear of my car. I envisioned doing this before I had the car painted but never got around to it. It'll soon say, as it does in my sig, GNX'd.
I drove my GN as a GN for 11 years and nearly 200,00 miles. By then it was in dire need of paint and had run mismatched wheels for years. (I was running stock GN wheels up front with two Weld Draglites in back after two GN wheels were injured.)
Anyhow, just before I was to get the paint job done, I went to work for Hypertech. In the year and a half that I was there, I saw the company owner's three GNXs every day. I even got to drive one a couple times (& replace a bum TCC solenoid on it). The look grew on me and I had to have it.
The emblems on my GN were stripped, the paint went on and so did flares, vents, GTA wheels & two GNX exterior badges. I don't care that my car has T-tops and real Xs don't. I don't really care that I don't have the GNX dash or interior emblem. After all, it is a Grand National, not an X and I think it looks just right.
(I even purchased embroidered floor mats after the paint job that say 'Grand National'. Makes up for the emblems I removed from the fenders.)Funny thing is, the only time I was asked about whether or not it was a real X was last year's Nats of all places. Buick enthusiasts who apparently didn't see the T-tops before they asked. It just caught their eye.
Around town, a very small percentage of people even know what a GN is much less a GNX. And those that know what a GN is don't even seem to notice the GNX badges because they'll compliment me on my GN and won't even ask about the GNX badges or exterior styling cues. Perhaps they think thats what all GNs looked like, I don't know.
When I place the car in local shows, I do explain on a sign that it is a GN that has been enhanced as a tribute to the meanest turbo Buicks constructed. That's the way I look at it. It's a salute, not a clone.
As a side note, I just picked up some orange die-cut vinyl this weekend to complete the GNX emblem on the rear of my car. I envisioned doing this before I had the car painted but never got around to it. It'll soon say, as it does in my sig, GNX'd.
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I don't pass mine off as real.It's better to see people's reactions when I tell them it's an 85 GN.
What started out to be my race car kinda went in the other direction,I'm still gonna race it a little.Unless the car has under 40k miles on it you might as well mod it to fit your needs,if you plan on keeping it.I'm keeping my cars until I'm to old to drive so the only person that has to be happy with my cars is me.What actually posessed me to clone my 85?My friend sold me 4 GTA fronts with tires dirt cheap and I got sick of looking at 2 GNs.
so I had to do something.I got a little carried away.
What started out to be my race car kinda went in the other direction,I'm still gonna race it a little.Unless the car has under 40k miles on it you might as well mod it to fit your needs,if you plan on keeping it.I'm keeping my cars until I'm to old to drive so the only person that has to be happy with my cars is me.What actually posessed me to clone my 85?My friend sold me 4 GTA fronts with tires dirt cheap and I got sick of looking at 2 GNs.
so I had to do something.I got a little carried away.Well I have a show 87 GN, and it is all stock except for a GNX exhust. So I love the look of a GNX, I love everything about it. Can I affored it? No I cannot. So say then if you can't affored it don't get it? Well its my car and I can do what I want to it......I want to convert it to a GNX, and I mean tires, wheels, exhust, suspension, rear-end, turbo, louvers, flares, floor mats, badges, dash, and yes the dash plaque. Will I say its a GNX when asked? No I won't, I will say I converted it with a smile on my face!!!!!
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