It doesn't get much better!

Discussion in 'The Bench' started by Thumper (aka greatscat), May 26, 2020.

  1. Thumper (aka greatscat)

    Thumper (aka greatscat) Well-Known Member

    Well for me it doesn't, there's some others here that have more and nicer cars. Took me 50 years to get to this point so I thought I'd record it for posterity before things change.

    69 GS 400 4 speed documented stage 2
    70 GSX # 512 , wife's car
    69 GS 400 4 speed convertible
    71 GS 455 procharged
    68 GS racecar Great Scat
    70 GS race Car Thumper
     

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  2. no1oldsfan

    no1oldsfan Well-Known Member

    Awesome work
     
  3. mrolds69

    mrolds69 "The Cure"

    Very nice collection!
     
  4. Philip66

    Philip66 Well-Known Member

    GREAT SCAT What a collection!!
    Nice mix of drag cars and street-- street/strip.

    Thanks for sharing! ;)
     
  5. rmstg2

    rmstg2 Gold Level Contributor

    Very nice!

    Bob H.
     
  6. Smokey15

    Smokey15 So old that I use AARP bolts.

    Nice collection. What about the one in the background? Looks like a '73 -'75 Regal
     
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  7. jim

    jim Well-Known Member

    Very Nice
     
  8. STAGE III

    STAGE III Lost Experimental 455-4 Bolt Main Block.

    Wow Gary! I know you have worked very hard to reach this unubtainium collection, but you are still a VERY blessed man!
    Thanks for giving me some incentive to get mine going ("if Gary can do that many I BETTER be able to get at last one going!")
    Don't know if you owned Thumper back in the mid 1980's but I was dumbstruck (okay....no, not that far of a trip for me! Lol) when I heard Thumper in the distance in the pits.

    Then someone with the GS Nats asked me if I would like to hand out time slips on the top end.
    YOU BETTER KNOW I WILL! YES SIR!

    I don't remember a lot of things but I still remember the total RUSH of standing beside that thumping BEAST handing out that time slip with my mouth hanging open as it motored on back down the return lane.

    GOOD STUFF! Thank you for sharing : )

    Kindest Regards,

    Fritz
     
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  9. Thumper (aka greatscat)

    Thumper (aka greatscat) Well-Known Member

    Thank you. The 73 is a #'s stage 1 , Im rebuilding the motor for a customer. The motor has never been opened up.
     
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  10. hugger

    hugger Well-Known Member

    Never seen a pic of the stage 2 69,..very sharp car
     
  11. Thumper (aka greatscat)

    Thumper (aka greatscat) Well-Known Member

    Thank you.Yes, that is a resurrection of the original Thumper. The original was destroyed when a woman ran a stop sign while we were towing on our way to a Buick Bash race in 1991.Never had a chance to hit the brakes,50mph, she was hurt bad and we rolled,thank God we had belts on, Sandy was still hurt,broken clavicle,when my son and I squashed her between us when we went over.
     
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  12. bill lagna

    bill lagna Well-Known Member

    Gary ,
    " VERY NICE "
    A great car show in your own driveway !!!!
    Bill
     
  13. Larry Gibson

    Larry Gibson Platinum Level Contributor

    Nice collection, Gary!!
     
  14. thebuick

    thebuick Well-Known Member

    I would love to hear all of them idling at once, sweet Music
     
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  15. OHC JOE

    OHC JOE Mullet Mafia since 2020

    Awesome collection
     
  16. Cutlass

    Cutlass Platinum Level Contributor

    Super, just wondering how one stays on top of things to keep the fleet rolling. I sometimes feel overwhelmed with just one car :).
    Very nice cars!
     
  17. MRP

    MRP Well-Known Member

    If you don’t have a “tubbed” Geo Metro with a 468 blown big block, I am not really all that impressed, sorry :)



    kidding of course awesome collection!
     
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  18. cjp69

    cjp69 Gold Level Contributor

    damn fine collection Gary!
     
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  19. Thumper (aka greatscat)

    Thumper (aka greatscat) Well-Known Member

    Its hard,especially at advancing age. I already sold a nice 71 cortez gold GS 455 #s car about a year ago,streetable high 11 car. Another thinning of the herd on the horizon.
     
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  20. Lon Bauer

    Lon Bauer Well-Known Member

    Nice Collection Gary! And these are the ones you've kept. I wonder how many Buick have gone up and down that driveway of yours...............
     
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