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Post by onewheeldrive on Nov 3, 2016 17:22:36 GMT -5
Specifically an '87 Buick Grand National, black-- no other color, no fancy rims or all that other crap:
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Post by wheelbender6 on Nov 3, 2016 18:00:18 GMT -5
Buick made sure that Grand National meant horsepower; not a fancy paint/stripe job.
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Post by rockynv on Nov 4, 2016 4:05:34 GMT -5
Hellcat is easier to get and beats it:
Not as sexy as the Buick the Shelby GLH Omni could get the job done being about a second faster on the drag strip than the Grand National plus it was a lot less expensive:
The 7 second Dodge Caravan shocks a lot of folks too:
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Post by onewheeldrive on Nov 4, 2016 21:54:49 GMT -5
I still like the buick g-body over all those. Still not bad for an 80s car. Of course, I wouldn't complain about any of them-- not that picky, lol.
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Post by crawford on Nov 4, 2016 22:17:37 GMT -5
I had one in 87 3.8 it was a really quick for a V6 also but the V8 by Buick Cops were so piss about it they went to GM trying to get them to stop them from making them.
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Post by onewheeldrive on Nov 4, 2016 22:28:01 GMT -5
I had one in 87 3.8 it was a really quick for a V6 also but the V8 by Buick Cops were so piss about it they went to GM trying to get them to stop them from making them. Hahaha that's awesome. I never see those cars anywhere. The Buick GNX (Grand National on steroids) is the one I really want. Not a lot of videos on those. I was 7 years old in '87. |
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Post by crawford on Nov 4, 2016 22:44:13 GMT -5
While this was my best cars my love next to my wife was my 63 SS impala convertible put in 396 4 bolt main holly 3 barrow carb which most never heard of tobo 400 tranny possi rear end. Went to Nam and never saw her again.
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Post by rockynv on Nov 4, 2016 23:49:58 GMT -5
I can't pick an absolute favorite because its difficult.
63 Olds Dynamic 8 8 Holiday Coupe with the 394 High Performance Package was great and the Baby Blue Brick embarrassed a lot of much newer Camaro's, Trans Am's and Vette's.
68 Chrysler Imperial 4 passenger Crown Town Coupe was fun since the 440 with the ThermoQuad was really a 500 and a lot of cows gave their hide to upholster it.
69 Cutlass S Limited Edition with the High Compression Rocket 350 was great fun (had a number of the 442 features too)
70 W200 E20 Special Power Wagon was a beast with the 440, full locking 4 wheel drive, posi in the back and limited slip up front. It had a factory chopped W600 drive train so when you ordered brakes, clutch, wheel bearings etc you spec'd them as for a W600.
71 Duster Demon with the Special Edition 6 would take on a Buick Wild Cat with the 455 without overheating. It would frustrate the Buick drivers since you could drive on past them in a rally type event when they had to pull over and open the hood until their engines cooled down. They found it especially humiliating when you pulled the factory hood pins and opened the hood to reveal the 225 Slant 6 underneath it.
81 2.2 Liter Dodge Omni was faster than anything the Police had at the time and was a blast to drive.
86 Chrysler Imperial with the Shelby 2.2 TurboII under the hood was a sleeper and wonderful fun too especially when you pulled away from a Maserati or Ferrari. Not that fast off the line but once you got it over about 5 MPH watch out.
Currently I am driving either a 78 Turbo Diesel Fiat 124 Spider Convertible, 2014 Nissan Leaf Electric or riding a 2009 Sport City 250. The Leaf when you take it out of ECO Mode is insane up to 9O mph and is known to burn through a set of 60,000 mile tires in 5,000 to 10,000 miles especially if you don't drive in ECO Mode and turn off Traction Control. The basically silent instant torque is great to unleash upon the unsuspecting who are tailgating you, etc just because you are driving what looks like a small slow minivan or suv.
Which car do I wish I had kept? That's a hard one to say. It would probably be a toss up between the Cutlass and the Duster or possibly the 68 Imperial which despite the 500 cu in engine it was actually pretty good on gas since it would basically be idling down the highway at 65 mph while being so luxurious inside with all the leather, real rosewood, etc plus the handling was much better than anything anywhere close to that size made by GM or Ford/Lincoln/Mercury.
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Post by onewheeldrive on Nov 5, 2016 13:26:43 GMT -5
^ That's quite the list of cars there Rocky.
Next year I'll be getting a new car. Gonna start saving soon. I can't afford anything fancy (or the Buick), so screw this thread, lol!
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Post by rockynv on Nov 5, 2016 22:15:07 GMT -5
After 45 years driving the list of cars does grow. Most I did not buy new and most were less than $200 at the time. Back in the day when I started driving $500 could get you a 3 or 4 year old car with low miles on it. My wife had a 67 Cutlass which brand new off the showroom floor was $2,700 however with the way the heavy use of salt on the roads was so prevalent back then after 4 years you would many times alredy be seeing rust blisters on those cars so value dropped fast.
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