I like it. A lot of 72 455's seemingly had tilt, n-25 and power windows. White over yellow is attractive 1 of 1 ?
Looks like a nice car! Gary pointed it out in the BAT comments but it looks to have had GSX steering wheel added
Fortunately a full breakdown by color does exist for the Stage 1 cars thanks to Mark M (GSXNUT). Only two '72 Stage 1 convertibles were Sunburst Yellow and only one had a white top like the car on BAT.
My first '72 Stage 1 had an N-25 that was just about perfect. Of course this car also came with every conceivable power option you could find on the order sheet. I always wondered if the consistent 12.30's could have been high 11's had it not been bogged down with so many options. My other '72 Stage 1 (4-speed) was optioned very similarly, minus the N-25 but power everything. I guess my point is: the '72's were typically ordered with lots of accouterments and finding a stipped down one would be a difficult task. The only one I've seen was a silver/black vinyl top Stage 1 4-speed that ended up as a dead end in Texas. Bench seat, low option car with 60K ish miles.
It has quad headlights! Who may I ask is the Idaho collector? I seem to see a fair number of insanely nice muscle cars being sold in Seattle that come from someone in Idaho...
Nice car, shame to do so much work and not research to do things correct. Looks like someone installed quarters and did the deck panel like a coupe. There should not be seems in the panel, convertibles are smooth. 70 power window switches. I did not see a picture of the trans with VIN on it. The BB tag has a new rivet. The carb looks to be a possible restamp. Did not see a stage-1 dist. Most things are easy to correct but the incorrect deck seams. Hopefully there is some paint left, repair the seams, blend the color then clear the back half.
Also notice the poor reproduction door VIN decal. It is the wrong color, wrong font, wrong shape and has the wrong year shown. It also shows the GVWs on the decal which is not correct or a car built in Sept '71. These decals are a minor issue and it's still a car I'd like to own. Here is an original decal from a Buick A-body built at Flint the same month as the BAT car:
Yes this car can be shredded apart if someone nitpicks it like a concours car but it's not being presented as such so I can understand and overlook the deviations from concours correct. Now if the ad was trying to present it as being a perfect car, that would be a different matter. The configuration of this car is actually how most Buick guy prefer their cars. Just walk around at the GS Nats and there are only about a dozen "correct" cars in the Concours show class. The rest of the cars at the event have some level of modifications (tires, headers, aluminum intakes, etc). The vast majority of Buick guys don't care about being 100% correct. Same can be said of GTO, Chevelle, owners. The modified cars far outnumber the cars put back to original. It's certainly possible that the quarters were replaced but do I know someone that ADDED the deck seams to their GS convertible which still had it's pristine original quarters. So I would want to do more inspection to verify if they were original or not. I also noticed the PW switches as being the earlier design. I wonder if they were all just replaced or were power windows added to the car? Either way doesn't matter to me, power windows should have been a standard feature on a convertible. I wish my '72 convertible had them. I do think the carburetor is a restamp. At least two digits do not have the same font as those found on my original '72 Stage 1 carburetors. Here they are side by side for comparison. Notice the 1 and 4 are different than my known original carbs. The trans tag does have a replacement rivet but the tag is correct for this car based on the date stamped into it (195). Nelson you may notice that that is the same date that was on your early production '72 Stage 1 convertible (and mine too). I do wonder if the tag was only removed so the case could be blasted or cleaned (those big cleaning machines often destroy the paint on these tags) or was the case replaced? ***EDIT: the seller did post a photo of the VIN stamped into the transmission case after Redman1 asked a question about it. It appears to have the correct / original transmission case. *** It's a rare and cool car and I'd still be proud to own it. I would probably swap out some things that are easy and just leave the rest alone. With the ported heads, 224/236 cam, shorty headers, B4B, this thing should run pretty good.
