1970 GSX low mileage car auction

I like this GSX better after seeing the close up photos. It looks like an honest, mostly original car that has had needed maintenance completed by an owner who wasn't overly concerned about maintaining the originality of the vehicle.

However, based on the photos provided, I have difficulty believing the car has only 20K miles. I say that because it doesn't make sense to me that an owner would limit his driving of a car to less 400 miles per year and, at the same time, not care about maintaining absolute originality of the vehicle.

Seeing all of these photos, I have a hard time valuing this car at the B-J sale price in light of the price garnered for the other recently sold immaculately restored white GSX.

 

I had a neighbor whose husband (had passed) had a 71 GS Stage 1 conv orange white top. It was low mileage but beat from being outdoors. I convinced her to put it in garage and let her new Jaguar be outside. The poor GS was pretty beat...but low miles. I believe Les Otte bought it......to restore.

 

I looked at a 70 electra that had 11k miles on it. It was a barn find, one family car that sat for years. It was in the same kind of shape. 11k miles of dirt road driving in rural Vt took its toll. I knew the family and the car well, and the story was true. Hell, it had the original tires on it. I passed on the car as it had no options whatsoever. It was sold on ebay. The link made it's way to this site and the group tore the car apart in the same fashion as this one. So low mileage doesn't always equate to pristine condition..

 

I added the plastic cowl vents
Also stage stuff
I do have the original metal screen in trunk
My car was built in California

 

The large metal screen was used on all ‘70-‘71s as well as the ‘72s at the beginning of the 1972 model year. Then part way through the ‘72 production run Buick switched to the three plastic grilles. The ‘72 A-body assembly manual shows the date of the revision but the actual date that the three assembly plants switched is not exactly known.

 

Dream car and condition for me. I am not keen on the AC but whatever. I don't buy from auctions, never will, and likely the car will be a few 10k over my limit. Oh well, regardless, I think this car is a stunning survivor and wouldn't do too much to it, perhaps just address some of the little things noted in above posts. It needs tires, badly, and not the repop vintage ones, those aren't for me. It needs new BFG Radial TAs, the ones on the car in the one set of pictures are all badly radial cracked. That would be my first spend on the car.

 

I do have what seems to be a pretty orig. '70 Freemont Skylark w/plastic cowl grilles. Of course they could've been added but...

 

Oh, almost forgot my standard blurb: if the owner is lurking on this board and the car does not sell at the auction, PM me for a serious discussion.