I do not know what happened to the original post or why the OP deleted it but below is the link. Too bad some of the good info was lost. The floors have been cut out do to rust and not replaced yet. Was Listed for $10K / Now listed for $18K 455 Engine & trans are from a 1970. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/4072871919403857/?ref=facebook_story_share (6) Marketplace - 1971 Buick Buick Skylark · Coupe 2D | Facebook . .
I guess I never had a chance to even look at it, even though I had the trailer hooked up and ready to go Thursday with CASH. So was it all that and a bag of chips? Or was it a rust bucket with little hope?
From what I've heard & read in the now deleted thread, nobody missed out on anything. It was a basket case NOM 350 car that sold for crazy $. Other than it possibly being a significant piece of Buick History...
I do not own it, the only interest I had in it was the 70 stage 1 engine & BB trans. I was thinking it would make my one 70 GSX a little more appealing to buyers.
I guess he'll be surprised to find out it's an NOM 350 car according to all accounts (exc. of course the seller's claim).
If it is truly a 350 car, I can't help but wonder why the buyer didn't just compare the dash VIN with the engine and trans. But regardless, if the buyer is happy, then that is what really matters.
When he checks his frame numbers he will know for sure what he has: 3992388 "CR" (1971 350 Coupe) 1237139 "BA" (1971 455 or Stage 1 Coupe)
Exactly. They would've been the 1st/easiest to check & then maybe the frame part # to see if it was even an orig. BBB but the big question is whether there's any documentation proving it's even a GSX. If there is (big if) then there's the fact that '71-2 350 GSX's don't really bring all that much compared to what it would take to restore that car and that's not so say someone wouldn't/shouldn't restore it (I'm doing a losing a proposition '70 350 4-sp) & I hope they do, but to jump into something like that not knowing what you've got it crazy.
The seller was asked to check the frame number and I gave him specific photos on where to look. He said the frame was powdercoated too thick to see the numbers.