https://harrisburg.craigslist.org/ctd/d/summerdale-1972-buick-gs/7517517469.html 1972 Buick GS - $17,500 © craigslist - Map data © OpenStreetMap 1972 Buick GS VIN: 4G37V2H166534 fuel: gas odometer: 8200 title status: clean transmission: automatic more ads by this user Our owner drives a big rig for work. He has enjoyed many of the great cars of the muscle era and is conversant on many GM cars. So when he drove his semi truck past his friend's house and saw this car there, he knew it was special and called him right then. His friend was not home so he left a message. He called back 40 miles later. Our owner turned his big rig around, drove the 40 miles back and bought the car right then and there. He knew the GS Stage 1 was rare and he did not let it get away. Our blue Stage 1 has a few issues, but it is one of the best candidates for a total restoration that can be found anywhere. All of the pieces that take months or years to track down are all here. All from the same car. This is a rare, highly collectible car. The first thing that confirms that this car is a real Stage 1 is the ram air hood. Ours is that way from the factory, not added later. Included is set of foam connectors for the 2 air ducts, new in the box. Diplomat Blue is a special color that only came on certain cars, our GS-1 is one of them. The vinyl roof means that this is a California version of the 2 door coupe. Most of these cars had hardtops. The vinyl roof needs replacing. The car has some rust in the trunk pan and some behind the window. That is not unexpected on a 50 year old car. Here's good news: all of the hard to find chrome factory trim for the car is here. Original windows and all of them work. The massive front and rear bumpers. Huge- shiny-unmolested. The GS emblems front and out back even the Charles Reed Buick badge. They sold this car new. The body panels are all straight. Even the chrome trim on the top and the windows, this is a restorer’s dream car. One of the features of our Stage 1 car is the horseshoe shifter between those bucket seats. It is flanked by the front bucket seats, and rides on the center console. All of the instruments and gauges work except the tachometer, and there is a brand new replacement unit included with the car. Everything is original inside. It is a 50 year old unrestored car and shows its age in a few places, but it is all very fixable and none of the hard to find parts are missing. The arm rests are in tough shape and the headliner is sagging, but all of the windows work. Two great options that make this Stage 1 rare are the factory air conditioning and the tilt wheel steering column. All original and unrestored. Under the hood we find the legendary Buick 455 CI V-8 with a four barrel carb. The total actual miles of the car is unknown. We also do not have any info on the engine's history except that it is original. The car runs strong. Gear shifting is done by the Turbo Hydramatic 3 speed automatic transmission. Our car is un-restored, but it does run well. The brakes and the overall ride are what you might expect from a 50 year old car. This car is being auctioned on a new classic car auction site. We provide a 3rd party inspection, professional photos and a walk around video - See the auction here - https://www.clasiq.com/auction/1972-buick-gs/ Call/WhatsApp: 949-434-9085 “Only emails and calls, no text messaging due to Spammers.” If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact me. Robb
Some funky "facts" in there....but overall looks nice. I bet the paint would shine up well with the right touch. New carpet, LH door panel spiff job, and you have a nice driver.
This photo shows that the TH400 transmission has been swapped out for a TH350. To be fair the ad does not say the transmission is original. The ad only says that "Gear shifting is done by the Turbo Hydramatic 3 speed automatic transmission" which is true.
But it’s a California Special vinyl top with a blue block and Special order Diplomat Blue paint …….what’s funky about that?
Pic of the right side of the dash board on top....right at the corner, looks like previous rust repair at windshield base coming back to haunt us. Closer looks at the photos make me want to take a step away. The driver side head is embossed 72, so it could just be that they painted the engine blue.
The hood confirms its a real stage 1 car Was diplomat blue an SCO color? Approx 3/4 of 72 GS's came with vinyl tops. so this "california special" vinyl top does not make it rare. Looks like rust bubbles under the vinyl top near the windshield. No posi tag on the differential.
The trim tag says 138? Doesn't look like that was a correct code for '72. Could it be 128 black bench?
This ad almost seems like a scam to me… car has a Tennessee plate and a Memphis dealer tag, is listed on Harrisburg PA’s Craigslist, and the phone number/what’s app is a 949 (california) area code… perhaps they ripped an old ad? The weird auction site does have it listed as being in Tennessee.
Code 138 is black bucket seat interior. It's hard for me to read the paint code on the trim tag but it appears that the car was originally Royal Blue (code 28) with a black vinyl top (B). There were only 10 '72 Stage 1s painted that color and 6 of those had a black vinyl top.
I have spoken to the owner about this car, it was in Tenn, guy drove a truck. NOTE1970 had a friend look it over. non numbers rust in trunk and suspected qtr rust previously, bad exhaust leak, drivers door hinges worn, overall rough. Last time I talked to him he was at 22k
if it helps it is actually advertised in numerous different locations on CL, this was just the first ad I came to during my search.
Okay, I was going by the 1972 Buick GS order form posted at the Stage 1 Registry. I was really just trying to make sure that the tag was correct for the car.
All good, just being overly speculative as I tend to be lol. Glad to see someone on this board got eyes on it. A desirable color combo and decent looking car!
In '72 the codes on the order form don't match the codes on the trim tag. There was a recent discussion on here about that. I also happened to run across this around the same time which IIRC is the decoder.
