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5 GN's at Mecum in Florida

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Kman1971

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No TTA's this year at the over a week long Mecum auction in FL. Today there is one 1987 GN and one GNX on the block. The GN is brand new, hasn't even been dealer prepped. Hopefully it will be on early as it is near the top of the docket today. The GNX will probably go mid afternoon. 1987 Buick Grand National for sale by Mecum Auction


Tomorrow there are two GNX's and another GN. I would think these will go in the last two hours since they are near the end of the docket.

This one has not been dealer prepped either, WOW. :jaw:Although it looks like they have the description and pictures mixed up for the first two.

1987 Buick GNX for sale by Mecum Auction


1987 Buick GNX for sale by Mecum Auction


1987 Buick Grand National for sale by Mecum Auction



Will be interesting to see what and if they sell. I love these cars. And only helps our cars.:toot:

Ok, other than the emblems and wheels, what are the major differences between the stock GN and the GNX? Is there much of a performance difference?
 
Wonder how many more of these were bought and stored in a time capsule. I would have been hard pressed to buy one back in 1987 and never take it out. The one GNX has the normal sun visor and roof liner issues, so you have to wonder where that one was kept. Gorgeous cars though and should pull some big $$$'s.
 
Its so sad and so awesome that there are 25 year old cars that have never been registered that are of this caliber. Wonder if there are any TTAs out there that have not been dealer prepped ?
 
Good Eye Mike, I didn't catch the headliner in that one. I wonder how that could happened. Stored in a hot garage maybe?

I also can't ever imagine buying a car and not driving it. I guess the only way I could do that is to have enough money to buy two of every model car that I like. One to drive and one to keep as a toy or adult matchbox car.

GOD is great, BEER is good, and PEOPLE ARE CRAZY!!!!!!!
 
Kris -
The GNX is substantially different from "run of the mill" GNs. Of course, GNXs had "limited availability" at only 547 cars.
I can't remember all of the details, but here are some.
The engine has different turbo, intercooler, etc and was conservatively rated at 276 hp ;), I think that all of the magazine testing revealed that it was well over 300 (sound familiar?).
They also have a different rear suspension, not sure about the front (Kirbans is now selling reproduction suspension), fender flares all around - to cover the big wheels/tires, front fender vents, full analog instrumentation. The wheels are 16" (vs 15s on a GN). The cars had # plaques on the dash, and the owner's got special leather jackets and books.
Maybe someone else can fill in some more blanks.
Mark
 
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Kman1971 said:
I also can't ever imagine buying a car and not driving it. I guess the only way I could do that is to have enough money to buy two of every model car that I like. One to drive and one to keep as a toy or adult matchbox car.
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I'm pretty friendly with the little Buick dealer nearby, when I told the service manager that we bought our GN (in 2009), he told me that back in the day, "people bought 2 - one to drive and one to save". I suppose that this was partly urban legend among the dealers, but seems like it must have happend at least a few times! Still seems crazy, since the 87s weren't exactly "rare"... and now does not seem like the time to sell.
 
There was a guy parked next to me at the reunion with a GNX (low mile) that was modded to hell and back, said he didn't care (stage 1 motor i think) but still wouldn't take less than 85k, he was from that area somewhere...
 
Unfortunately the cars have too low of mileage on them. you can't drive the cars without losing some value. I love seeing them but couldn't own one. I looked at a couple extremely low mile TTA's before purchasing mine. Decided it was best to get something in the 20's so that I could drive it and not worry about hurting the value..
Seems that there are different categories of mileage that dictate price.
Top of the heap is under 100miles followed closely by under 10,000 miles. Middle of the road seems to be under 20,000 as far as driving and adversely effecting the value. Under 30,000 and you can drive it without loosing more then an average depreciation.
IMHO'
KID
 
yup I agree. Ultra low mileage cars are destined to be museum pieces forever and not enjoyed.. Id rather have a 20k mileage car anyday too
 
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