Flame Orange '72 Stage 1 convertibles - Buick Zone Office Cars - qty 25!

Discussion in 'The "Paper Trail"' started by BUQUICK, Dec 30, 2010.

  1. Dave Hanlon

    Dave Hanlon LARGE MEMBER

    they were invoiced the day i was born :TU:
     
  2. 70sportwagon

    70sportwagon Silver Level contributor

    I looked at a basketcase 72 ragtop in this color combo 10 years ago in Illinois, loaded with options. I almost bought it but someone picked it out from under me at the last second. I will see if I have any numbers in my files. Anybody on the board pick this one up or remember it? It was south of Chicago just past Dolton Illinois fall of 2000. Full of bondo and rust but pretty complete and definately a V code car.

    I hope it got saved but it was a major project.
     
  3. stage-x

    stage-x Then & Now Auto

    I'll get you a picture Gary.

    Mark
     
  4. dl7265

    dl7265 No car then Mopar

  5. BUQUICK

    BUQUICK I'm your huckleberry.

    Thanks Mark! When you find a good photo of the car, that I can have permission to submit for publishing, just send it to my home email address: buquick@comcast.net

    Thanks again!
     
  6. BUQUICK

    BUQUICK I'm your huckleberry.


    There was a zone office in Chicago so maybe it was that car. Please post the info if you ever find anything about the car.
     
  7. BUQUICK

    BUQUICK I'm your huckleberry.

    Is there an ad online that you could post a link to? or a phone # or email address? I bet it is another of the 25.
     
  8. gsfred

    gsfred Founders Club Member

  9. Mike Sobotka

    Mike Sobotka Founders Club Member

    Gary,
    Get in touch with James Weinman, I believe he may have some info on these cars. :TU:
     
  10. randyboy

    randyboy Member

    I thought that flame orange [GM65] paint only came out in 72?
     
  11. staged70

    staged70 RIP

    My flint built car did not have Stage 1 on the decal on the rad cover. It did have the 10 degree before timing on it though I should have saved it around here somewhere
     
  12. 74 apollo GSX

    74 apollo GSX Member

    I really enjoy the pictures of the 70-72 convertibles. I have a 1971 GS stage 1 convertible factory color 41 Silver Fern with code G convertible top. The car has been painted a dark green over the years. Anyone out there have an original picture????
     
  13. Ken Mild

    Ken Mild King of 18 Year Resto's

    By the way is all this data from the Stage 1 registry? Sorry if that sounds dopey. :Do No:
     
  14. gsxnut

    gsxnut Well-Known Member

    The Stage-1 data for 1972 came from the Sloan Museum. I did some extensive research with the production information microfilm a couple years ago.

    Mark
     
  15. BUQUICK

    BUQUICK I'm your huckleberry.

    Here's another of the 25 Zone Office cars on eBay, VIN 4G67V2H101965. This car is not on the Stage 1 Registry. Until now, I had not seen it anywhere. Someone has added front and rear spoilers and a hood tach, but it is one of the original Zone Office Stage 1 cars. The ad says it has been in southern CA for many years, that might explain why it looks to be a pretty solid old car. So another one is found...

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p5197.c0.m619&item=120751563511&viewitem=&category=16124
     

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  16. Just looked at your zone stuff. thank you for showing the RK Motors picture of my car. This is the car Mark Reeves finished in 06 an freshen up in 2010. The car won 2 gold concours in 2010, an is a beauty. you can see all the RK pictures at RK Motors, web site.vin number 100135.
     
  17. BUQUICK

    BUQUICK I'm your huckleberry.


    There are several of the 25 cars still in existance, but yours, VIN 100135 is by far the nicest one. I'm going to send that info to the BPG or the GSX-tra to publish the information in an effort to find more of the 25 cars. However, I can't publish the photo from RK Motors because they own the picture. So as soon as I get a decent photo of a Zone Office car that I can legally publish, I'll get this info published.

    Our car is still unrestored but I could still get a shot that makes it look okay if it weren't for the hood which was painted satin black by the previous owner. Info on our car, (VIN 100048 2nd one built) is found here: http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?t=219829

    If you see another of the 25, post it here, send me a PM, or shot me an email. I'm going to see how many I can find. So far I've seen 5, but I bet there are many more out there. Most owners probably have no idea about their car being a Zone Office car.
     
  18. Joe Carol, say's go ahead an use the RK Motors pictures. Please mention where you got the pictures. The car is currently for sale at RK motors. I have the email approving your using the pictures.
     
  19. copperheadgs1

    copperheadgs1 copperheadgs1

    The car Fred Mentioned was up here in Mass. For the Bucik club Nationals for sale. It was early car. Maybe August. I have some pictures of it somewhere. Owner says low milage original but it was repainted. Under the hood looks untouched. The weird thing is this car looks like it has a 350 air cleaner support. It sticks out too far and has distorted the plastic part of the air cleaner. I know it may be a factory mistake but I would get that out of there fast.
     
  20. MissmyStage1

    MissmyStage1 Well-Known Member

    This is a very interesting thread. Being a Pontiac guy now (actually, I like all musclecars), I am not as up on the GSs as I used to be. As it turns out, I owned what looks like was one of the 1971 promotional cars. I bought the car June 1, 1984 (the day I graduated high school) out of the Milwaukee area and sold it in 1989 after graduating college and needing cash. I didn't think much about it at that time, but over the last number of years I starting wondering if that car was some sort of factory show car or executive car. It was cortez gold/white/white and had every conceivable option on it except it only had an AM radio. It was a very early car built in August '70 and the vin was under 1000 but I don't remember the exact number. I bought it with 66k original miles and think I had around 71k on it when I sold it, including a trip out to northern VA. It is the car that my member name here is based on.
     

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