Brought 33K https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1971-BUICK-GS455--208789 This was another deal. Anyone know this car? To be sure it is not the car featured along with Ken Lisk's vinyl top car.
If I'm reading the description correctly, it is "just" a GS with GSX stripes and badging. Still a beautiful car, and still a great deal.
Yes it does. It also says he has bills for 35K for parts alone and the resto was performed within the last year.
Jim, No, this is not the car featured with Ken Lisk's car. That car belongs to board member Bob Christo, and it is a real X with a white interior.
I wasn't being fesicious, as I said "just" a GS with quotations.....that's like saying "just" a Chevelle SS, not a Yenko. I think the car was a steal, and beautiful.
Spend a couple grand changing the interior over to black, and you have a hell of a nice car for about what it would cost to build it yourself, if you started with a rust free, complete car. And a fraction of what it would cost to have it built professionally.. reminds me of why I got out of that end of the business, there are just too many nice cars available like this.
It has some stripe placement issues as well, but I wouldn't kick it out of my garage for that money! If it runs well (and no reason to think it doesn't) that's a lot of car for the money. I was at Mohegan Sun last weekend, but didn't have an opportunity to walk the cars they were already loaded in for today's auction. Would have liked to seen this car and the white '70 GSX as well.
I don't think that was Bob Christo x either...His is also a 71 x but white interior, a Canadian car with doc"s
Definitely not Bob's. As stated, Bob's is a a documented Canadian delivered X. The car sold was a tribute/clone.
Well I brought it from Bruce here $18,000 http://v8buick.com/index.php?threads/71-gs-350-now-gsx-stage-1replica.296320/ Sold it at Mecum Here $23500 https://www.mecum.com/lots/PA0716-247818/1971-buick-gs/ Saw the car today and nothings been done still had the big ole dent in her except driven a whole 2 miles
How did it get big dent? Not there when I sold it to you that day. Happened when you stopped somewhere on the way home or later?
Huh... great object lesson on how it's not what you buy, it's when, and how you buy it. If I understand this correctly, the exact same car went from 18K, to 23.5K, to now 33K, and we are all marveling at what a "great deal" it is at 33K.. When it sold for a bit more than half that, just two years ago, in the same condition. Potential sellers are happy the trend is now in the upward direction, but it looks like the days of inexpensive nice cars are once again receding in the rear view mirror, due to the speculators again looking to make a buck. No judgement either way here, just sayin'.. The smart buyer now sits on his cash, waiting while the cars get traded at ever increasing prices, until the next "event" corrects the price again. It's coming, just as sure as death and taxes. JW
Watching this year, it does seem like the cars are back on an upswing. Last year when we were the Vegas auction, I saw some super nice Mopars and 67-69 Camaros go for cheap, like $25-40k less than what comparable looking ones went for this year at Mohegan sun. Only reason those cars stuck out to me is that's what we were there to buy for my brother. Ended up with a Roadrunner going home with him.
