RACE
I did not mean PARKED show car.. >=-) ha ha ha.. No way I am having something and not enjoying it. Clarification: I now own my third GN. My first was an 85 when I was 20, destroyed it and rebuilt it several times racing it, learned on it basically, gave it up when (now x) wife blew motor. Second car was hopped up 87, great deal, fast when bought it, ate money like king kong loves bananas, sold it because of money probs, kid blew it up, I ended up helping him rebuild it over the next year and decided I could never again live without one of these cars, but I wanted one that was not raced with no troubles. So I found my current one, retired navy commander, had her since new, garaged for past two years due to prob that he invested over 7 grand at dealer trying to fix. I took her home, swapped some sensors, turned out to be the MAF, and BINGO.. I had my happy daily driver.. =-) She is pretty, she runs and drives great and turns a lot of heads, gets tons of compliments etc.. But she does have minor flaws, and certainly would not be cost effective to show really, no car that has been driven that much could be without so much detail work that I really do not see myself ever having time to do. I have decided that since I will always have one, I want to get one that is immaculate, and at least I can just maintain that, but I want go fast as well. I can afford around twenty grand or a bit more now and I am seeing some VERY NICE ones out there in that range. You know, the ones with 3 or 4 thousand on them, garage kept, spoon fed warm oil on cold nites, hand butter rubbed with qtips when dirty? ha ha ha.. I would rather let the one I have now stay stock and go to a good owner than tear it up racing, it's in pretty good shape and never breaks down. Anyway, that's my reasoning. =-)
Frank Baber, nah, he gets them after someone spends a fortune on fancy goodies and the car will not run right, then he fixes a 2 grand problem in about a minute for free... Any parts you can't find, he has them tucked away, all I know is that he has showed me a lot of things that made me feel really stupid when I remembered the money I spent trying to resolve them in the past. Any buick dealer in the area will refer you to him for technical work on these cars, he is the area expert. One look at his cars and it is apparent why.. ha ha.. He does not buy his parts, he MAKES them himself mostly.. Alright, hopefully it will be nice out today, I need to wash cars and oil change and all, have a great day. Bill