Mustang1969
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Hello everyone. I'm a big fan of Grand Nationals and I have a chance to buy this 1987 Grand National hard top.
We got a CarFax report and it said there was potential odometer rollback. Before the current owner bought the car from impound, the car was said to have 124,000 miles, when he got it, he only thought it had 24,000 miles, so now it has "55,000" miles which is realistically 155,000 miles, so that's the first thing.
Here's the dilemma. My friend and I took the car to autoshop today at school to take a look at it. We took down any problems that we could find etc. We totally accessed the problem, even did a compression test on one side of the engine (period length wouldn't allow a full compression test). Any way, on the one side, the PSI was give or take 130 PSI. Tell me if that's a good thing. I know that Turbo Buicks are very reliable.
Here is what we found it needs:
Front and Rear Tires
Front Brakes
Front and Rear Shocks
Starter
Windshield
Antennae
Driver Side and some back seat upholstry under the side windows
Paint
Some weather stripping
An adjustment of the trunk (a bit loose...has vertical travel)
Here is what leaks (or seems to leak):
Power Steering (something-probably a high pressure line)
Front and Rear Main seal and possibly the oil pan
Rear differential
It also has a rough idle at times. It runs smooth in drive, but in park, it's a little rough.
The current owner has had a total replacement of the ABS system and the master cylinder etc. It's had transmission work too. One question about the tranny though, it won't shift, regardless of throttle position, until 4200 RPM - give or take. The paint is bad and has some dings in it.
The interior needs some cleaning and I noticed the gas gauge wasn't working correctly. The turbo and intercooler are working just great and the wastegate functions. The turbo spools up to 15 PSI just fine.
The guy wants $4,000 for the car, what do you Buick experts think? I was thinking about using this car as a daily driver because these cars are 1. fast 2. reliable 3. fun -so I am asking your opinion on what you think about this car. After today, I'm thinking that $4K is a little too much. Speak your mind.
If I forget anything about the car, I'll be sure to post it when I remember.
Thanks in advance,
DAVE
We got a CarFax report and it said there was potential odometer rollback. Before the current owner bought the car from impound, the car was said to have 124,000 miles, when he got it, he only thought it had 24,000 miles, so now it has "55,000" miles which is realistically 155,000 miles, so that's the first thing.
Here's the dilemma. My friend and I took the car to autoshop today at school to take a look at it. We took down any problems that we could find etc. We totally accessed the problem, even did a compression test on one side of the engine (period length wouldn't allow a full compression test). Any way, on the one side, the PSI was give or take 130 PSI. Tell me if that's a good thing. I know that Turbo Buicks are very reliable.
Here is what we found it needs:
Front and Rear Tires
Front Brakes
Front and Rear Shocks
Starter
Windshield
Antennae
Driver Side and some back seat upholstry under the side windows
Paint
Some weather stripping
An adjustment of the trunk (a bit loose...has vertical travel)
Here is what leaks (or seems to leak):
Power Steering (something-probably a high pressure line)
Front and Rear Main seal and possibly the oil pan
Rear differential
It also has a rough idle at times. It runs smooth in drive, but in park, it's a little rough.
The current owner has had a total replacement of the ABS system and the master cylinder etc. It's had transmission work too. One question about the tranny though, it won't shift, regardless of throttle position, until 4200 RPM - give or take. The paint is bad and has some dings in it.
The interior needs some cleaning and I noticed the gas gauge wasn't working correctly. The turbo and intercooler are working just great and the wastegate functions. The turbo spools up to 15 PSI just fine.
The guy wants $4,000 for the car, what do you Buick experts think? I was thinking about using this car as a daily driver because these cars are 1. fast 2. reliable 3. fun -so I am asking your opinion on what you think about this car. After today, I'm thinking that $4K is a little too much. Speak your mind.
If I forget anything about the car, I'll be sure to post it when I remember.
Thanks in advance,
DAVE