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More Sun Coupe show car history

Discussion in 'The "Paper Trail"' started by Racerx88, Jul 6, 2010.

  1. Racerx88

    Racerx88 Platinum Level Contributor

    I picked up another photo of the Sun Coupe show car on eBay. This looks to be a proof photo from maybe the '72 Detroit Auto Show? The original has photos that are only about 1.5" square. I scanned and cleaned up the top photo. Still kind of fuzzy, but hey, where else you gonna find this stuff? :puzzled:
     

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  2. skierkaj

    skierkaj Day 2 Street Screamer

    Wheel centers painted to match the car? :Do No:
     
  3. staged70

    staged70 RIP

    Could this be the car we see with the painted roof and the coush covers on the seats. It had matching wheel centers also. A dealer had it at BG opnce and claimed it was all done by Buick design. Very hard to look at.
     
  4. Racerx88

    Racerx88 Platinum Level Contributor

    Yes, it's the same car.
    Here's a thread on it -> http://v8buick.com/showthread.php?t=127678&highlight=gold+sun+coupe
     
  5. UNDERDOG350

    UNDERDOG350 350 Buick purestock racer

    The story I heard was Buick built 3 of these "show cars".

    Toth Buick in Akron OH has 1 and they brought it to the Buick race day last May. It is just as gaudy today as the pictures show. The seat material looks like my grandmothers drapes from 1970. Everything was sprayed gold, and I mean EVERYTHING.
     
  6. Racerx88

    Racerx88 Platinum Level Contributor

    I've heard that too about there being three of these cars, but have never seen any documentation one way or the other. Along those lines, it does look like the roofs are different between the two cars. One appears to be vinyl, while other looks like it's painted. :Do No:

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  7. staged70

    staged70 RIP

    Dean thew Toth Buick car is a vinyl roof thats been sprayed with a transparent gold
     
  8. Racerx88

    Racerx88 Platinum Level Contributor

    In any case, the two pics I posted above appear to have two different color tops. It's hard to tell in the pics if the dark color top car is vinyl or painted. Does anyone have any documentation to prove that the car above is actually the car now belonging to Toth?
     
  9. staged70

    staged70 RIP

    I do not have that but Its possible there is more than 1 Suncoupe show car. Maybe after the guys at Buicks design studio came down from that high they realized what an abomination they built and wanted to take another try.
    I throw up a little every time I see that car but, I would like to have it in my garage just to remember those days when you could buy a nickel bag for 5.00:)
     
  10. Sun Coupe

    Sun Coupe Well-Known Member

    There is a car in those pictures?? :Brow:
     
  11. dl7265

    dl7265 No car then Mopar

    No joke who said the old fuddy duddys at Buick were not on the wacky weed :puzzled:

    Got to say though those Models :eek2:

    DL
     
  12. Mr Big

    Mr Big Silver Level contributor

    Great pictures...and two good lookin "Buick" chicks from back in the day, the shorts (hot pants) match the seats in the car. The 70's :TU:
     
  13. Briz

    Briz Founders Club Member

    I think the Sun Coupe chicks were hot!
     
    Last edited: Jul 12, 2010
  14. Tothna

    Tothna Well-Known Member

    Wow, thanks for posting those! My dad has that car....and yes it is ugly as sin, but you gotta love the history behind it. My grandfather had a Buick store since 1936 and my dad bought his own store in 1972. My dad contacted Buick and asked if they would let him put that car on the showroom floor for the grand opening of his store in Akron, OH. Apparently these show cars could be purchased by dealers on a first come first serve basis. He was the first one to ask (imagine that) so they sold it to him after it was done on the auto show circuit. They charged him the invoice amount for the car in it's original form as a stock Sun Coupe, which was about $3,500. The original title and paperwork just showed it as a regular Sun Coupe so there is no proof that it is real. I guess Buick wasn't very thorough with documentation in those days as I'm sure you all know. These pictures are the only thing I've ever seen about it anywhere, and the only proof that was really built by Buick.

    If you have any other pictures or info about the car I would really appreciate you sharing it. I'll have to take some good pictures of the car and post them so you can get a sense of the unadulterated funk that this car oozes.
     
  15. staged70

    staged70 RIP

    unadulterated funk should be the name of this car. I the self appointed Suncoupe Guru decree it so!
     
  16. Racerx88

    Racerx88 Platinum Level Contributor

    I don't know.....that thing sure looks adulterated to me. :eek2:
     
  17. staged70

    staged70 RIP

    I'll consider Adulterated Funk as an alternative:)
     

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