we4 question

[88 CuttyClassic]

some guy on another board is saying that the special "T" in 87 wasn't because they ran out of GN interiors. I said he is wrong and that is the reason. I want to make sure i'm right.

 

[Nick Micale]

Thanks for a good laugh this morning!

Buick extended the production of GN's in 1987 until December from July as the demand was so great. We could also "assume" they had LOTS of Regal and GN parts left in July to continue the assembly line that long.

 

[88 CuttyClassic]

i know i'm not crazy, i read it in a buick book. I think it was "buick muscle car history"

 

[88 CuttyClassic]

ok from what i understand in 87 you had a few options excluding GN and GNX? so what exactly are they?

 

[BLACK6PACK]

The last G-body to roll off the line was a GN, so it wasn't because they ran out of interiors.

 

[zam70]

In 87 you had ALOT of options...more than any other year.
It would take to long to list them all but you could pretty much get any engine in any body color with multiple interior choices.

 

[88 CuttyClassic]

i read it in this book

 

[jon_we4]

it had been my experiance that there is no documented information about the WE4's in any detail in books or otherwise.

my WE4 is the earliest one I have seen .... by the VIN and the build date....

Jon

 

[b4black]

I have yet to see any book that I would consider accurate enough to trust it alone. More rumors and opinions than facts. Even GM doesn't know what it did and why half the time.

Books are never corrected/updated, websites are.

 

[equalizer442]

The last G-body to roll off the line was a GN, so it wasn't because they ran out of interiors.

ah, but how are there 88 cutlasses and montes if the last g-body produced was a 87 gn, i think buick pulled a slick one over on gm when they told them not to make a 88 gn.

 

[tjthorson]

The 88 Cutlasses and Montes were left over 87s that people weren't buying.

The Regal was in demand with extended production runs, so there were no left overs.

The production of RWD G-bodies ended in 1987.

 

[troGNman]

Originally posted by equalizer442
ah, but how are there 88 cutlasses and montes if the last g-body produced was a 87 gn, i think buick pulled a slick one over on gm when they told them not to make a 88 gn.

The GN reprieve lasted until December 1987. Technically they should have been 1988 models but Buick already was "full steam ahead" with the FWD Regal for 1988 and the same goes for the Pontiac Grand Prix. Imagine, brand new FWD Regals and GN's selling side-by-side.

The '88 Monte and Cutlass were made for 2 months only in the Fall of 1987. The Lumina and FWD Cutlass came shortly thereafter.

 

[pat83t]

Actually the only G-bodies that were titled as 1988's was very few of the monte's and the cutlass's. These cars were actually built from 8/87-12/87 and the last of them was the cutlass and it was built a week before the last GN. There was a debate over who had the last GN and actually there are 2 "last" GN's.


http://www.gnregistry.org/images/LastGN_Built.jpg

 

[88 CuttyClassic]

Originally posted by pat83t
Actually the only G-bodies that were titled as 1988's was very few of the monte's and the cutlass's.

http://www.gnregistry.org/images/LastGN_Built.jpg

very few? how about almost 30,000 Cutlass. To me thats more than a small amount. Also there was 30,000 montes in 88 with 16,000 of them being SSs

 

[pat83t]

Originally posted by 88 CuttyClassic
very few? how about almost 30,000 Cutlass. To me thats more than a small amount. Also there was 30,000 montes in 88 with 16,000 of them being SSs

And how many '87 cutlass were made? well more than 30K therefore 30K is very few. Hell buick had almost that many '87 turbo regals alone, not including regular old grannymobiles.