1972 GS Stage 1 Buick

[agtw31]

it was listed for sale on

www.v8buick.com

[Big Block Bill]

Andy,

You post the v8buick.com website, but you don't list when and where this car in question was listed. Do you remember the date and section it was in?

Bill

[442w30]

Updates?

[Big Block Bill]

Not as of yet, still waiting on a reply from Andy Tantes. It appears to be the same beautiful car. After talking to the 4th.? owner, the ownership / story is just not what it is advertised to be.

Bill Pankiw

[Bill Pritchard]

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After talking to the 4th.? owner, the ownership / story is just not what it is advertised to be.

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Wow Considering the email you received from the owner of Best of Show Automotive, I would say their credibility has gone right down the drain

[442w30]

I wonder if the dealer was dishonest, or if they were hoodwinked? And, considering they knew of the existence of a similar car (that ended up being the same car), wouldn't it occur to them there may be something strange going on?

And why would such a cool, original car have its pedigree compromised in such a manner? It seems totally unnecessary.

[agtw31]

this guy said he used to own it
http://v8buick.com/showthread.php?t=...ht=72+gs+black

[Bill Pritchard]

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I wonder if the dealer was dishonest, or if they were hoodwinked?

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Diego,

Read the post on page 2 of this thread...the owner of Best of Show Automotive says, in an email to Big Block Bill, that a friend of his ordered the car brand new and owned it until a short time ago. If Big Block Bill has now found someone who was "owner #4" of this same car, then someone is being less than honest

[Big Block Bill]

Chris, owner #4, said he PURCHASED this car from Best of Show about 6 months ago. Then he TRADED it back in on a 1970 Green Stage 1 4 speed car about a month and a half ago.

Chris said he was going to call Joseph Carroll of Best of Show (Which I verified he did)and tell him he has had 2 people (Me and a guy from Texas)call him about this car. He told us both the ownership history as he knew it, and that he (Mr. Carroll) might want to re-write his “Story”

As told to me: Kevin Joyce, Buick dealer / owner sold car in 1979, (Mr Emmott maybe?) but he did not give the new owner the original paper work, protect-o-plate, ect. The car was then sold sometime later to a guy in Ct.? Mr Joyce then bought the car, re-united the car and paper work, then had it for a while before listing? consigning? or selling? to Best of Show before Chris purchased it THIS YEAR!

Having been the past owner of 1 of the 3 Founding Bloomington Gold Survivor / Benchmark Corvettes, #100 1953 Corvette, and a 1969 L-89 Corvette the NCRS used in the 1980’s for judging criteria, I have always appreciated an un-restored Original car. I believe a good part of the Survivor value is in the “Story / Ownership history” It is a shame the “Story” on this beautiful 1972 GS Stage 1 is a bit fuzzy or at least cloudy.

Thanks for all who helped, and yenko.net for the soap box to speak from.

Bill Pankiw

[442w30]

Thanks for the clarification on that point, Bill - that's a pretty dumb claim to make for a car that was in a magazine!