I have three T's at the shop right now. My brother's 80,ooo mile 1 owner 87. My Burgandy 87 and a White 86 we're currently doing up for the wife. My brother's car and the White one are both slated for a little paint wokr this summer. Once a week or so I get a....let's call them hood types, asking if either of Monte's out front are for sale. Periodically I actually get one the knows they are a Buick. Inevitably when they walk in the shop and turn around they see my finished up Burgandy T on 17 custom built deep lip TT2 wheels, slightly lowered and tinted windows. Suddenly it's all about:
"Yo playa, how much for THAT one. That ride is siiiiiiiccccckkkkkkk."
I say it's not really for sale but 14,000 would be bottom dollar.
They give me a look like "WTF" and every time say:
"Dog, I give ya 5k right now."
I decline after trying not to laugh at their ridiculous offer, and so far 70% they say:
"Come on man. It ain't no Gran Natty or nuttin. My bro gots a Nat for 3k from XXX the other day son."
I inform them that it is exactly the same car as a GN except the color and mine has pretty much a full restoration and run 11's all day on pump gas with the A/C blowing ice cold....and I'm holding it back to not tear it up as I have other cars I race hard.
They give me a skeptical look and then comes the:
"K dog. You take $1500 for Regal, Monte, Cutty(could be any depending on guy) outside."
I decline again and say they are the same car as this one so you do the math minus the restoration.
They are like "Damn dude. How much?"
I tell them and they still offer me some pissant amount that might, I say might, buy a basket case plain Regal.
I tell them that these cars aren't cheap. I know what I have and that I MIGHT be able to dig up a G body in their price range if they want me to....but it'll need some work for sure.
They walk out and are ALWAYS muttering to themselves and looking back at the one in the window I wasn't desperate to sell for less than the engine cost. LOLOLOL