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This is a killer car...one of the best built by Motion. I love the "Trush" mufflers. That trunk mounted fuel pump has got to be load https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif
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Those "Lakewoods" are menacing peeking out from the underside!!!https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/headbang.gif
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That is the coolist Buick on the planet.
As for the Thrush mufflers: http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/se...ategoryId=70980 Are they any good? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif http://www.nsxprime.com/FAQ/Miscella...austtheory.htm Do Mufflers "Make" Horsepower? The answer, simply, is no. The most efficient mufflers can only employ the same scavenging effect as a header, to help slightly overcome the loss of efficiency introduced into the system as back pressure. But I have yet to see an engine that made more power with a muffler than an open header exhaust. "So," you ask, "what the hell is the best flowing muffler I can buy?" According to the flowbench, two of the best flowing units you can buy are the Walker Dyno Max and the Cyclone Sonic. They even slightly out flow the straight through designs from HKS and GReddy BL series. Amongst the worst, are the Thrush Turbo and Flow Master mufflers. We'll flow some of the newer mufflers as they become available at our local Chief auto. Read the whole thing for educational purposes. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/shocked.gif Sorry about getting off topic. Did I mention that this is the coolist Buick on the planet? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...-I-Have-It.gif |
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i know the 69 Hurst SC/rambler came stock with Thrush mufflers, did any other makes?
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I hope this auction runs full term. The last hour should be interesting! 312K with 3 days to go. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/shocked.gif
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Over $400K now.
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But how many are real bids?????
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Just goes to show how much wieght a Motion letter from Joel carries...even if it's not substanciated by fact(as in an original or copy of an old work order), but rather, his 'memory'. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/rolleyes.gif If Joel has Vin #'s of his modified cars why not release them like Helen Gibb did when she gave out the 50 COPO Nova vins. Oh, that's right, he has a fee based system https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif
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But how many are real bids????? James [/ QUOTE ] One of the Top bidders is a V8Buick member and Buick nut! This car had a 500K offer just 6 months ago and it was turned down. A 70 Stage 1 Buick GSX had more torque at 2800 rpms than any other production car (510 lbs. to be exact)and the styling was really in your face! Probably 400 or so built in 1970 with the Stage 1 option. A pretty rare car that alot of collectors have really overlooked! Just my opinion. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif Patrick |
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[ QUOTE ] But how many are real bids????? James [/ QUOTE ] One of the Top bidders is a V8Buick member and Buick nut! This car had a 500K offer just 6 months ago and it was turned down. A 70 Stage 1 Buick GSX had more torque at 2800 rpms than any other production car (510 lbs. to be exact)and the styling was really in your face! Probably 400 or so built in 1970 with the Stage 1 option. A pretty rare car that alot of collectors have really overlooked! Just my opinion. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif Patrick [/ QUOTE ] Reaching thin air http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayIS...809782&rd=1,1 You have to wonder why he didn't wait for the silly show in January.I can't seem to recall any Buick muscle of this caliber going through BJ in recent years -would most certainly fetch big $$ with the sat night cocktail crowd https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif |
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Reserve not met with $626,000?????! Is this real or just a fishing expedition?
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Gee, in the 15 seconds it took to write this post it went to $635,000...do I hear 645? with four hours to go. The high bidder's recent feedback consists of a DVD, a pair of socks, a needlepoint and a pair of sneakers. Time for the home equity line of credit, I guess.
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Saw this one coming...here come the last minute bid cancelations and a lowered reserve. Price currently at $611,000 https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/rolleyes.gif Stand by with your popcorn. This should get GSXciting
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But how many are real bids????? James [/ QUOTE ] That's the way I'm feeling now too...more so because it hasn't hit the reserve yet. ~ Pete |
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WHY??
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I got to see this car today. Never got a chance to talk to the owner. The restoration is beautiful. I can't see $600K. I think the auction was $45 well spent to get interest in the car. I'll post the pictures when I get them loaded up.
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Back around 1993, there was a '70 Stage 1 ragtop around. Red, automatic-- A cool car, but on more than one occasion I saw it in the rearview of my '86 Mustang GT (5-speed, 3.27 gear, no cats, headers, otherwise stock). From highway speeds, it was no contest-- The Mustang would walk away. The best the Mustang ever ran was a 13.88 on drag radials.
So, $611K? How funny is that? I don't know if the old Mustang would have spanked this car as well, but with an extra $500K or so in the motor and drivetrain it probably would have... I guess you know what they say about a fool and his money... |
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So, $611K? How funny is that? I don't know if the old Mustang would have spanked this car as well, but with an extra $500K or so in the motor and drivetrain it probably would have... I guess you know what they say about a fool and his money... [/ QUOTE ] midas: That's a horrible example of determining worth...I wouldn't give $500 for your clapped out '86 Rustang, but some fool down the road might mistake it for a real musclecar and offer you $5000 for it... it boils down to who will ante up, and how much they're willing to give. [ QUOTE ] From highway speeds, it was no contest-- The Mustang would walk away. [/ QUOTE ] And I bet if you'd have given that GSX an overdrive gear like your Rustang had, it would've been a different story... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif |
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https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif "Rustang" that's funny right there!
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I really don't want to be in the middle of this one but Chev454 The 5.0 Mustang is certainly a Muscle car and was (is ) responsible for keeping Muscle cars alive in the 80's and 90's to some degree. I know Die hard Mopar,GM guys that got them and realized just how fast you could go on the cheap. If you got to the strip during those years they were everywhere. I dated ( briefly ) a girl that owned a White 1970 GSX. Would smoke the tires with almost no effort. Torque was unreal but it was a heavy car and did not win much on the street around here.....ah the memories.....
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Aaah, Rustang. That was some car... Made me forget my '69 Z fairly quickly. Bought the '86 GT with 36K on the clock, and paid $4,300. Those were the days. Better than the old days, I'd say. Saturday nights were never the same; many a once-mighty from the muscle car era saw my Rustang's taillights.
I immediately went looking for a Rustang after I got shellac'd by one in my '80 Z. I worked all f-ing fall and winter building a winner engine for that thing, and was quickly and convincingly whipped by a 5-speed LX. I dumped the overweight chump right afterwards, and that was that. And dusting off that GSX happened in Rustang gears 3 and 4 on the highway; if the GSX would have had overdrive it would have probably flown apart, me would thinks. Unless those GSX spoilers were functional? Ha, no way... Probably as well executed as the hood scoops. And traction-- Maybe that's why the GSX ate my dust? Rustang hooked up pretty good w/o slicks, and once out of first, forget it. Nah, the highway pull says horsepower, so that's probably not the case either. I vividly remember another good one-- My brother was fixing the oil gauge on a friend's '71 Corvette, with a 454 and automatic (3.55's). You know, it had that "Big block Vette" aura to it, and it felt fast. So up against the Rustang it went. Bye bye Vette... That Mustang was over a second faster in the quarter than my '80 Camullet ever was with 3.73's, and the best I could hustle the '69 to was 14.28. In the '69, I didn't have 4.33's, as I had to drive the stupid thing, and maybe that would have made it a bit closer, though I would probably have just offed myself after driving it a few times. Boy, they both like to rev; the Chevy with no torque at all, but like it was schizo-mad about the lack of torque and would wreck itself just to do it (a la, be careful with the throttle), and the Ford like it was on a strong-arm mission and speaking with the voice of the Gods. Made me a quick believer that modern HP is good HP. Now, where's that $3,500 Z (as it should be)? It is a value for determining worth, because if it's worth $611K to go slower than a clapped-out Rustang (or whatever stupid thing you said), that in my book makes one a fool. Of course, it will go in some guy's collection and will never be driven, so who cares anyway. Maybe I can pick up a $1,500 Rustang and run somebody with a '69 Z for pinks; then I don't have to pay the price of admission to have loud pipes and stripes again. I'm throwing down the gauntlet! |
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It is a value for determining worth, because if it's worth $611K to go slower than a clapped-out Rustang (or whatever stupid thing you said), that in my book makes one a fool. [/ QUOTE ] I'm telling you, it's not...at Memphis a few weeks ago, I raced an early '80s Chevy 2-door...this thing was ROUGH, but was stock as a stone except for the engine bay...I talked to the guy for quite a while, and he told me he had $500 in the car, and I totally believe him, as I was all over that car...but the thing runs low 12s at like 108mph or something! He bought the car with a blown up engine for like $50, and threw a couple hundred bucks at a junkyard 400sbc, just to drive to/from work and beat on every once in a while. But, there was also the usual host of 5.0s and 4th gen Camaros at the track that night, running their 13s and 14s...so does that make the value of those 5.0s and late model Camaros/Firebirds worth less than $500? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/rolleyes.gif I'll tell you what, I'll spot you the cash just to watch you get laughed at (or swung at!) if you'll seriously walk up to them and explain to them how their cars are only worth $500 and they should sell them for that! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif |
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The 70 GSX may not have been the fastest production built in 1970. That I know. But his has the looks, low production #'s and performance which through "Buick" into the musclecar scene. And quite respectively: headbang:
To come onto this web-site and tell us how well a 1986 mustang runs is to me, a little comical. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif I will say for $40.00 or so. This Buick got alot of lookers. Hopefully it will find a new home! Patrick |
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Aaah, Rustang. That was some car... Made me forget my '69 Z fairly quickly. Bought the '86 GT with 36K on the clock, and paid $4,300. Those were the days. Better than the old days, I'd say. Saturday nights were never the same; many a once-mighty from the muscle car era saw my Rustang's taillights. I immediately went looking for a Rustang after I got shellac'd by one in my '80 Z. I worked all f-ing fall and winter building a winner engine for that thing, and was quickly and convincingly whipped by a 5-speed LX. I dumped the overweight chump right afterwards, and that was that. And dusting off that GSX happened in Rustang gears 3 and 4 on the highway; if the GSX would have had overdrive it would have probably flown apart, me would thinks. Unless those GSX spoilers were functional? Ha, no way... Probably as well executed as the hood scoops. And traction-- Maybe that's why the GSX ate my dust? Rustang hooked up pretty good w/o slicks, and once out of first, forget it. Nah, the highway pull says horsepower, so that's probably not the case either. I vividly remember another good one-- My brother was fixing the oil gauge on a friend's '71 Corvette, with a 454 and automatic (3.55's). You know, it had that "Big block Vette" aura to it, and it felt fast. So up against the Rustang it went. Bye bye Vette... That Mustang was over a second faster in the quarter than my '80 Camullet ever was with 3.73's, and the best I could hustle the '69 to was 14.28. In the '69, I didn't have 4.33's, as I had to drive the stupid thing, and maybe that would have made it a bit closer, though I would probably have just offed myself after driving it a few times. Boy, they both like to rev; the Chevy with no torque at all, but like it was schizo-mad about the lack of torque and would wreck itself just to do it (a la, be careful with the throttle), and the Ford like it was on a strong-arm mission and speaking with the voice of the Gods. Made me a quick believer that modern HP is good HP. Now, where's that $3,500 Z (as it should be)? It is a value for determining worth, because if it's worth $611K to go slower than a clapped-out Rustang (or whatever stupid thing you said), that in my book makes one a fool. Of course, it will go in some guy's collection and will never be driven, so who cares anyway. Maybe I can pick up a $1,500 Rustang and run somebody with a '69 Z for pinks; then I don't have to pay the price of admission to have loud pipes and stripes again. I'm throwing down the gauntlet! [/ QUOTE ] We don't give a crap about 86 Mustangs here...try a Mustang LX site or something. |
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It's a neat car but that's crazy money for a car without some kind of race history. It's hard to believe that this Buick is probably the valuble Motion car on the planet currently. If this car is worth that much, than what kind of value is being placed on that famous Rallye Green 1969 Motion Camaro that went to Mexico when new that has the super low miles? Surely that car is more well known and sought-after. That being said, 1970 Buicks are very cool. I had one about four years ago and can still hear those hood scoops hissing like a snake, sucking in air at an idle while standing in front of the car. Very cool!
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I don't think anyone said it's worth that much....its just an E Bay auction...
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We don't give a crap about 86 Mustangs here...try a Mustang LX site or something. [/ QUOTE ] Well said Belair. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/scholar.gif. Why do people have such a hard time understanding that this is a GM Dominated website? As far as fox bodies being fast, I can't get them to try anything against my LS1. My neighbor has what he says is an "all out" 302, AFR heads, forged rotating assembly, msd ignition....ect...Runs a 14.40 in the 1/4. Then he blows it up doing a 10 second burnout. http://www.nastyz28.com/ubb/icons/Chevy_anim.gif BTW that motion Buick is badass. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif |
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This thread is older than the Milk Duds in Charleys underwear.
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This thread is older than the Milk Duds in Charleys underwear. [/ QUOTE ] Ewww https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/tongue.gif |
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[ QUOTE ] This thread is older than the Milk Duds in Charleys underwear. [/ QUOTE ] Ewww https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/tongue.gif [/ QUOTE ] I got some fresh ones he can have...but if the emphasis is on the "duds" - well then, that's a different problem... |
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https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif "Rustang" that's funny right there! [/ QUOTE ] super funny https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif PJ |
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