ORGINAL EAGLE GT Tires
Those Eagle GT RWOL tires would be mine! I had been looking for Original NOS Raised White Letter Tires, NOT Black Walls, since 1999.
BTW - The tires are in EXCELLENT CONDITION, No Dry Rot! NEVER BEEN USED, NEVER BEEN MOUNTED, GM NOS tags on all four tires.
I have seen NOS Eagle GT blackwall tires for sale 3 or 4 times for under $400 for a set of 4, since 1999. But, I have never seen or had the option to purchase NOS Eagle GT RWOL tires (available for sale). It took over 4 years of searching and posting wanted ads on the internet and still nothing.
Then Dec. 6, 2003, I was on ebay, and thought about it for 15 minutes, talked to the wife and said let's "Buy it now" for $1,500.
Now they just sit in the house. Why, because I wanted them! Also, to complete my GN as all original, including tires.
Eagle GT tires back in the day, when they were new in 1987 on a GN -- SUCKED!!!
A 1987 Buick Grand National with 157 miles and a 22 year old driver means lots of tire smoke and the smell of rubber. The police had at least one eye on me at all times. And I have had my share of tickets and testing the theory that the Eagle GT tires suck. GN's should have been equipped with better tires but were not.
The use of Eagle GT to me, was comparable to driving a rear wheel driven car in the Snow or on ICE. All over the road. Didn't take long to burn the rubber off. I immediately purchased 60's style BFG Comp TA's, and they rubbed the front fender well, when new. I like BFG and how they performed in dry and wet weather. I didn't drive my GN in rain, but did on my other cars. Now I run Cooper's on my daily driver (blackwall too). Don't think white letter tires would look good in 2004 on a Lincoln Towncar.
As for price it is about timing, sometimes you can get a really good deal, but when it comes to ebay, people just put a price out there, just like fishing. I went hook, line and sinker and ran with it.
One member of GNregistry bought his 1987 GN last summer with under 400 miles for $21,500 which I think is a good buy. Now there is another for sale on ebay with 486 miles which will probably be closer to $25,600 and a 1987 GN with 11 miles for $30,000 on gnttype.org
NOTE: THESE TIRES are ORIGINAL, NEVER BEEN USED - NEVER BEEN MOUNTED, 100 % NOS. NO Dry Rot as you might think, that is why they were asking $1500. If they didn't sell oh well, lower the reserve or lower the Buy It Now, yes they stated they had a lot of lookers including "Jay Leno" was interested.
OK, compare NOS tires that are slightly used and stored on the car for the last 16 years vs NOS Tires never used -- never mounted, stored in climate controlled environment, No sun, No extreme heat, constant temperature all year round.
The tires were sold by a woman in NC, but were shipped from
http://www.miamimotorsports.com/buick_catalog.htm
I don't know why!
The point is -- I am not a sucker. I paid what I had to to get them to my house. Believe me, the price will never be lower than $1500. So if there is another sucker out there. Email me..
Nah, there not for sale.
POLL - How many people out there are the Original owner with Original equipment, 100% and have driven the car and burned off the original tires, because the GN can do it with little or no effort. My GN was purchased Jan 19, 1988. My intentions were to use my GN for several years and SELL it. Not the case today, my wife loves the GN and knew nothing about them until she met me in 1998. She always said that I couldn't sell it, so I married her, both are keepers. All other past girlfriends saw cash and a new house.
Now if I used my GN has a daily driver, things would be different and I would NOT have purchased NOS RWOL Eagle GT Tires. Remember everybody has their view and that is my .02 cents, maybe less since I spent $1500 on tires that just sit in the house. LOL, your thinking WTF. My money - my view. Insane yes.
The price and demand for Blackwall tires are much less than RWOL, like I said I have had the option to purchase eagle gt blackwalls at least 5 times over the last 5 years, even blackwalls never used for under $500. At the same time ebay had a set of 4 used RWOL Eagle GT (little dry rot) that sold to a tire wholesaler for $300.
Now -- from this time forward - Feb 22, 2004 -- keep an eye out for RWOL NOS Eagle GT tires and see how many are for sale and the price they are selling for. Also, send me an email if you do, I only seek RWOL Eagle GT NOS tires. email directly
GNregistry@aol.com
Also, we keep getting closer to these cars being 20 years old, which means price will go even higher for stock original unmodified turbo regals/GN's. It is all in the name.
Can you say Buick Grand National. yeah I know you can. Just go to ebay or autotrader and see how many ads that have the word GN or grand national next to the words, turbo t or t-type for sale. it's all in the name just like the eagle GT white letter tires vs GT II's, either way, I will Never have Goodyear's on my GN when I need traction or daily use.
My friends sometimes call my GN an "international" or monte carlo, just because they know I will say IT'S A GRAND NATIONAL, you idiot. Most people just say things without thinking, that is where the motto comes in - is it better to say nothing and make people wonder or to say what is really on your mind and to confirm to them that you really are an idiot with no brains to process what you see and what you know. My little pet peeve when I am at car shows with my GN.
Regards,
Brett A. Wallace -
Co-Founder of GNregistry.org, GNregistry.com and GNXregistry.com
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