Vintage Photo of the EARLY GSX in the Buick Press Photo

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  1. BUQUICK

    BUQUICK I'm your huckleberry.

    I wasn't sure which section to post this but I'll post it here because anything posted in THE BENCH section gets pushed off the page and lost pretty quickly.

    So this was posted on Facebook today. I've heard some say the car in the GM press photo was a pre-production car due to the timing of the release of the photo. Look at the trunk hinges on the car in the photo with the Cub Scouts. Does it look like the hinges are painted Saturn Yellow like the rest of the trunk or do they look like a different color, perhaps a gold car? Maybe it's just the lighting on the photo and they really are Saturn Yellow? Still a darn cool vintage GSX photo! I've asked the guy that posted these if he knows the date it was take.

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    BUQUICK, Nov 24, 2023
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  2. bill lagna

    bill lagna Well-Known Member

    Wonder what the vin number was on the "X" , very early ?
    My car was a Dealer demo at Davis Buick in Dayton , Ohio .
    Bill
     
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    bill lagna, Nov 25, 2023
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  3. breakinbuick11

    breakinbuick11 Platinum Level Contributor

    Pretty incredible that someone had these photos of this particular car out in the wild, just being used like a normal vehicle. Same plate - 10M-240
     
    breakinbuick11, Nov 25, 2023
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  4. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

    Thats a manufacturers plate. "10M" was assigned to Buick.
     
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    CJay, Nov 25, 2023
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  5. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

    Went back to my copy of "Buick- the v8 and v6 performance years" and found a few road test cars wearing 10M plates but not this exact number. One 70 wears an 11M plate...

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    CJay, Nov 25, 2023
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  6. Guy Parquette

    Guy Parquette Platinum Level Contributor

    When I was invited to “Buick’s Back To The Bricks” in Flint, Denny introduced me to his crew of engineers. Pretty sure that is one of there cars.
    It was an incredible weekend. My car won the highest award presented by Dennis Manner himself.
     
    Guy Parquette, Nov 25, 2023
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  7. Guy Parquette

    Guy Parquette Platinum Level Contributor

    There is a huge history with Buick and G.M. Dennis put on a program there…Buick started G.M.
     
    Guy Parquette, Nov 25, 2023
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  8. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

    As a side note, 13M was assigned to Shelby American
     
    CJay, Nov 25, 2023
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  9. BUQUICK

    BUQUICK I'm your huckleberry.

    Buick used some different numbers on the Michigan manufacturer plates on the earlier years but all of the '70-'71 road tests and photos I could find with Michigan plates had 10M and 11M:

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    This would be great on the front of a '71 Buick GS:
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    BUQUICK, Nov 25, 2023
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  10. Brett Slater

    Brett Slater Super Moderator Staff Member

    I saw that as well.

    The OP mentioned his father was an engineer for Buick and the car was returned (to Buick) after a few thousand miles. He also said (he recalls) the interior being black, even though that headrest and dash pad look dark brown.

    Definitely a cool story coming from out of nowhere, though. I hope his brother can offer some more insight.
     
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  11. 436'd Skylark

    436'd Skylark Sweet Fancy Moses!!!!!

    Those photos must be faded something awful, unless those kids have a wicked case of jaundice..

    Cool story.
     
    436'd Skylark, Nov 25, 2023
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  12. Stage 2 iron

    Stage 2 iron Platinum Level Contributor

    That car could’ve been the first GSX after Brad’s car when they realize they had an issue with the trunk hinges not being able to hold up the trunk with the new spoiler design because of the weight.
     
    Stage 2 iron, Nov 25, 2023
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  13. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

    The interior could be black. It's tough to tell
     
    CJay, Nov 25, 2023
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  14. BUQUICK

    BUQUICK I'm your huckleberry.

    Same thing I thought, guy joins the group and drops this photo as his first post in the GSX FB group. Probably the best 1st post ever.

    He did post that in the past he had a nice Buick that John Stevens painted and he attended several GS Nationals events.
     
    BUQUICK, Nov 25, 2023
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  15. BUQUICK

    BUQUICK I'm your huckleberry.

    He posted this additional update. Another front spoiler bites the dust (or snow)! It sure would be cool to see a photo of the car at the Waterford Hills race course.

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    BUQUICK, Nov 25, 2023
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  16. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

    I bet that was a very common occurrence with GSX's.
     
    CJay, Nov 25, 2023
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  17. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

    @BUQUICK , I'd bet it was the same GSX that was displayed at the Chicago auto show with Brad's car. There are pics on the board of that car but I don't recall if the car had a plate on it.
     
    CJay, Nov 25, 2023
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  18. BUQUICK

    BUQUICK I'm your huckleberry.

    I bet you are right.
     
    BUQUICK, Nov 25, 2023
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  19. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

    We still need to run the 2 VIN's of GSX #1 and #2. Be interesting to see if they come back with any hits
     
    CJay, Nov 25, 2023
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  20. BUQUICK

    BUQUICK I'm your huckleberry.

    Looking through my GSX photo collection and found other photos of a yellow GSX with license plate # 10M240.

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    This one isn't very clear so I can't confirm the plate number for sure:
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    BUQUICK, Nov 26, 2023
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