It'd be neat to have a real one that's not a basket-case and not a trailer queen that could be driven and enjoyed before restoring or selling. Problem is as NOM is it worth the purchase price & eventual cost of restoring? Probably not. If bought from a relative he might not have a lot into it. Maybe a deal to be had for the right person standing there with a pile of cash.
You make a great point! If more of the “right stuff” was there, if it ran better, and if the seller would bend a bit yes. But he’s firm on 45 and he’s getting a lot of calls ... so who can blame him for holding out for now. But to make it “right” at today’s costs you’d be upside down paying the full price.
Considering the one in Denver and on the surface it seems to be a much better car, he may be getting a lot of calls, but eventually either reality will set in and he'll either have to come down significantly or keep it. Problem with both is that like my old one, as far as GSX's can be considered "run of the mill" they are (low option, yellow, non-Stage &/or NOM, auto, A/C) and the cost of a resto and the only way it makes sense is if one is willing to go into it knowing they'll be upside down & these things do happen (ask me how I know).
At 45 I'm sure that is a lot of window shoppers, since how many people have that kind of money laying around.
WOW!! Isn’t it funny how everybody says that you can’t get any GSX for under 50k., original or not... well, there are 3 in the last month. The reality is that the muscle car prices are plummeting because you can walk into a dealership and buy a 700hp car for 60k or under. With a warranty and reliability to boot.
I think you're partially right, Buick's muscle cars have definitely taken a hit we'll see what happens at the next Mecum auction. But why would you put no reserve on a fairly new restored GSX ? I think the owner is also partly to blame he learned the hard way.
Also for some reason our cars with the non- numbers matching drive train take a hit more than others .
A friend was present at that MECUM auction and looked over that GSX. He said It needed a few things and motor wasn’t numbers matching, but was definitely a steal! Even with buyer premium it was just under 60k all-in. He said the money at that auction was being spent on former race cars with “province”. Hopefully not a downward trend. Anyone with a really nice car should never agree to “no reserve” in my opinion unless it’s a desperation situation. The auction companies truly only care about their end of the $$.
That plus we're all getting old & young ppl aren't going to be into these cars. I see the market being flooded in the next few years. Hope I'm wrong.
