Just saw this thread. For what it's worth, in 2005 when I bought the Stage1 car from Japan on ebay the listing agent offered for me to buy a white GSX also. That really came at me out of left field. We went back and forth for a while about it but I decided not to do it. I don't remember anymore what the price was ($33k kind of rings a bell, not sure if that is right) but I figured that I already had my hands full shipping just one, and I already had at least half a dozen cars in storage units in the USA while I was still living in Beijing. The same person (not the ebay contact) owned both of them. I was also kind of suspicious that it wasn't really a real GSX for reasons I don't remember anymore, but there was something odd about it that was bothering me. Plus I wasn't dealing with the owner directly and didn't want to risk getting shafted for such a big amount of money in total. Fortunately it did turn out okay with the Stage1.
Yes - pilot. It's a term I have seen in the Mopar circles for years. A quote for a Hemi Cuda article: "Govier told him that the 1970 Plymouth HEMI ‘Cuda he had was the first of its kind, the original hand-built pilot car, a car nobody even thought ever left the factory floor. It was built on August 1st, 1969, before any other HEMI ‘Cuda came off the assembly lines. It was the pilot car, which any collector can tell you means big bucks on the auto auction circuit."
Hey Mike , I'm looking at buying the white stage 1 from Paul Nichols and have several questions I'd like to ask
Brad- I know, old thread. But being a Stage1 car pretty sure it came from Flint with Cal. Emissions. That’s where my Stage car was built (Flint) and has Cal. Emissions. Just came across this thread looking for a different one
HAHA, yep! I prefer that look to a detailed look (perfect) Restored or concourse cars to me are “detailed” They are not an accurate representation of what came out of the factory, they look nice tho.
