1971 Buick GS 455 4-Speed-BaT

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1971-buick-gs-12/#comments

 

See some easily correctable issues... Key thing is the GM of Canada documentation..

 

Born with white top and SS wheels, wish it still had that. Still a pretty complete car, optional engine block heater too!

 

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I would put the white top and SS wheels back on it and burn gas. I like this car.

 

I do too. Great as a driver. Will be interesting to see what it goes for.

 

Very nice. M22?

 

I'd wager not really.

 

With 4-4-2 shifter no less

 

Much better without the vinal top.

 

The "chatter" on BAT can be tough to read.

 

There's this: "To answer your questions, I don’t know for certain if the engine is original. but based on the history of the car, I believe it is."

 

^Don't forget the brake line coming off the master cylinder...^

 

I do love the car though!

 

Well represented add , it does seem odd no photos of the paint & body work done in the last 10 years . Don’t most of you ask your shop to provide photos ? That’s a pretty expensive endeavor these days .

 

You're not going to buy this car and win best paint, best of show, or score 399 in concours. This is an ice cream cruiser.

 

My favorite kind of car.

 

At $25,000 with 5 days left. My guess is $36,000 when finished.

 

True , I like ice cream .

 

This car was for sale awhile back (may have even been discussed on here) - Can't recall if pre/post Covid. IIRC it was at a Canadian auction and there was something weird about the car which I couldn't remember but was discussing the car w/someone (we'd talked about it back then too) & he remembered - Pretty sure it had/has a salvage title although the BAT desc. says Alberta doesn't issue titles but as soon as he said it, I was sure that was it. I'm not going to post that on BAT w/o any evidence but might message the seller. A salvage title can mean lots of things so it wouldn't be a deal killer but interesting that it was disclosed then but not now.

Kind of suprised it's at $25k already. Very neat car & I really like it but it does need a lot of love. That crack in the paint would be most concerning as well as whatever is lurking under that paint - That crusty seam pic is probably telling.

 

I noticed several things that were of some concern.
1) He never wound the tach past about 3500 during the test drive.
2) The Quadrajet has a manual choke cable hooked to it and the secondary air valve lock out linkage has been removed.

I like this car. The lime mist color looks very much like my 1970 Seamist Green. Are they about the same?