These cars can be incredibly reliable as a DD. Pick your purchase carefully. Some of these cars are really hacked up by people who try to save $$ and do something themselves only to have the project turn out half-a**ed.
...OR,they have a horrible old-school combo and have been beaten to death.
When I was looking I saw some real rolling disasters. Hacked wiring,former stolen-wrecked/thrown together cars..
I got mine as a bone-stocker.
It's not always about speed. You should go thru the horrible task of replacing the body bushings. By now they are rotted and split. Fun,fun.
Then there's the melted right side upper control arm bushing near the down pipe. I could go on and on.
Then you'll be dealing with vendors. You'll order something for the left side and almost always get the right side. Too bad they don't have a phone number to call! The email tag/waiting game starts.
Need a built transmission? I got a $3,000 one from one of the top rebuilders here. The promised "3 weeks" turned into 7 months! Then with the wrong lockup wiring. I called and was walked thru the mod. The tranny then lasted 50 miles. It was sliding into each gear. Slip-city. Waited 3 months for another. The lockup doesn't work in this one!
Turbo Buick repair shops... Brought mine to a famous one here in the northeast and they forgot about my car even tho I called to check often. "Oh yeah,we will get it right in!" Needed an Alky kit,etc.
After 6 months I had enough and drove there personally. There sat my super-clean GN in the weeds next to the road. A lawn mower had been aimed at the drivers side every time the grass was cut. Hot sun blazing. Super hot inside. Bird crap baked all over. I wanted to cry. "Sorry,man. Your car got lost in the sea of black cars."
From experience,the biggest problem is the people you have to deal with.
I have ordered things from Nick,RJC and others on the West coast. Never a bad experience. The right hand side of the Mississippi?? Forget it.
Btw,I have seen NY Twin Turbo's car in person. It's one of those cars you can look at for hours. This here..that there.. It has a cooler under the trunk for something... A lot of "Wow..look at that!"
T-bone.. Do you really want to do this? This is a whole different ball game than leasing a new car.
