1970 Buick Skylark Gs 455 Gsx Clone on 2040-cars
Long Beach, California, United States
1970 Buick GS/GSX 455 Clone. Priced to sell and must go. The "Buy Now" price is very reasonable for this vehicle. You couldn't build this car for the Buy Now price. *Note - Vehicle can be purchased with 20" Ridler wheels and tires "OR" with Buick GS 15x7 Rally wheels with new tires. Does not come with both sets of wheels. Please specify GS parts; Rare GS "Ram Air" steel hood, GS "Ram Air" air cleaner, GS Sport mirrors, GS front grille, GSX rear wing, GSX badging and GS 3-Spoke Steering Wheel.The car was built to be a driver. Car is in excellent condition inside and out. The odometer shows 99,360 miles although not documented I believe it's original miles due to the condition of the car. I have taken the car on multiple long distance trips and runs and drives amazing. Interior is in excellent Condition; seats, headliner, carpet, door panels are perfect. Dash pad is in excellent condition with no cracks. Door and trunk weather stripping is in excellent condition. Everything functions the way it should including the speedo fuel gauge, lights, heater, A/C, power windows, power steering and brakes. Car starts 1st time when cold and idles nicely. Body is extremely straight with no known rust issues. Bumpers, headlight bezels and sport mirrors were painted to match the paint. Floor boards and trunk area are rust free. The Stock 350 Engine and 350 transmission were rebuilt about 20,000 miles ago and the car doesn't leak a drop of oil. You could eat off the oil pan. Engine has 60psi oil pressure when cold and running down the highway it has over 40psi. Engine always runs at 185 degrees and never over heats even with the A/C on. Transmission has nice firm shifts into each gear. Water pump, starter, alternator, A/C pump, cap, rotor, wires and spark plugs were replaced. The distributor was converted to electronic ignition. Poston aluminum Dual Plain intake manifold with new Edelbrock 650 carburetor with electric chock. Newer Flow Master dual exhaust with system with square chrome tips. Suspension has some new suspension parts including new springs and shocks front and rear. Rear springs are CPP 2" drop and the front has a CPP 2" drop spindle with the larger 1 1/4" sway bar and KYB shocks.Factory Disc Brakes have been completely rebuilt with recent master cylinder, front brake calipers, brake pads and brake shoe replacements. Retains the stock 10-bolt rear end. With it's amazing body and black paint this black beauty turns heads everywhere. 350 Engine and Transmission (Runs Excellent) Power Disc Brakes and Steering Air Conditioning Straight Body nice paint with custom painted bumpers, sport mirrors and headlight Bezels to match body color Nice Weather stripping GS Ram Air Hood with restored Ram-Air Air Cleaner (Hard to Find Rare Option) GS Front Grille GSX Rear Wing with GSX bagging Edelbrock carb with Poston Aluminum Intake Manifold Power Windows (Rare Option) Lowered front with 2" CPP Drop Spindles and 2" CPP rear springs Nice original interior GS Sport Steering Wheel Sport Mirrors -- Driver side is remote Replacement Parts 1. Starter 2. Alternator 3. A/C Pump 4. Water pump 5. Belts and Hoses 6. Fuel Pump 7. Transmission serviced (shifts nice and firm) 8. Engine Oil and Filter 9. New Coil Springs Front and Rear 10. New KYB Shocks Front and Rear 11. Newer Brake Master Cylinder 12. New font disc brake pads and rear drum shoes. 13. New Chrome Ridler 20x10 rear and 20x8 front with new tires 14. Front end alignment with no front end problems (drives nice and straight at 75MPH on the Freeway) 15. New Chrome Door Handles 16. New GS Front Grille Drive this car anywhere Car is 44-years old and the car is being sold "As Is" with "No Warranty" AS IS - NO WARRANTY This vehicle is being sold as is, where is with no warranty, expressed written or implied. The seller shall not be responsible for the correct description, authenticity, genuineness, or defects herein, and makes no warranty in connection therewith. No allowance or set aside will be made on account of any incorrectness, imperfection, defect or damage. Any descriptions or representations are for identification purposes only and are not to be construed as a warranty of any type. It is the responsibility of the buyer to have thoroughly inspected the vehicle, and to have satisfied himself or herself as to the condition and value and to bid based upon that judgement solely. The seller shall and will make every reasonable effort to disclose any known defects associated with this vehicle at the buyer's request prior to the close of sale. Seller assumes no responsibility for any repairs regardless of any oral statements about the vehicle. Terms and Conditions Winning bidder must contact us within 24 hours of auction end, and make arrangements for payment at that time. A $500.00 non-refundable deposit is due within 24 hours of end of auction through PayPal. The remainder balance is due within 5 days of auction end; cash in hand or direct deposit. No checks..... If no contact is made within 24 hours we reserve the right to re-list the vehicle, sell it to the next high bidder, or sell it otherwise. Please arrange financing prior to bidding. Shipping Buyer is responsible for pickup or shipping of this vehicle. If you wish to have it shipped using a service, we will gladly cooperate. You can locate shippers by doing a search for `auto shippers`. If you are not sure about something, please ask! Do not assume anything not listed is included. I reserve the right to cancel bids for excessive negative feedback. We reserve the right to end the listing if the vehicle is no longer available for sale. Please do not bid on this auction unless you are serious about owning this vehicle. All non-paying high bidders will be reported to eBay, and negative feedback will be posted. PLEASE ONLY BID WHAT YOU ARE WILLING TO PAY. IF THE RESERVE IS NOT MET, WE MAY CONTACT THE HIGH BIDDER TO OFFER THE SECOND CHANCE OPTION. |
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Why Buick's future lies in China
Mon, Apr 10 2017Back in the last half of 2008 and into 2009, when General Motors was looking at too much capacity for too few customers, when it was running out of money and needing to go to the governments of the US and Canada and to the UAW for financial support, its management team was pretty much instructed by the feds to focus resources on what would create the best likelihood for a return on the investments and guarantees that it was getting. Things needed to be cut, and not just the corporate air fleet. This led to the elimination of Saturn, Hummer and Pontiac and the sale of Saab to Spyker. What remained of GM's North American brand portfolio was Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac, and GMC. (Oldsmobile had been shuttered in 2004.) There were a variety of opinions regarding which brands GM should keep/lose during the midst of the Great Recession. Some thought GMC should be axed, but then it was pointed out that GMC essentially produced high-content Chevys, which resulted in fantastic transaction costs. Lots of money in the back of those pickups. Others thought Buick should be eliminated. The rationale was: Chevy was the mass-market brand, Cadillac was the luxury brand, and GMC helped leverage the company's investment in trucks. (Yes, even back then the F-Series was winning the pickup sales race, so it was always a matter of adding Silverado and Sierra sales to show that GM was solidly in the game.) So what was Buick? Better than Chevy but not as good as a Cadillac? Somehow that doesn't seem to be a particularly aspirational position to hold. But Buick's identity didn't need to be worked out in 2008-09 because there was a single compelling reason to keep it: China. According to official GM history, Pu Yi, the last emperor of China, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the first provisional president of China, and Zhou Enlai, a Chinese premier, "Either owned, drove or were driven in Buick automobiles." What's more: "According to statistics from the Shanghai government, in 1930 one out of every six cars on the city's roads was a Buick." Which is to say that Buick got to China early and has a major presence in that market. When the Regal Sportback and Regal TourX were being unveiled at the GM Design Dome the first week of April, Duncan Aldred, vice president of Global Buick, gave a briefing of Buick's place on the automotive landscape.
New GM subcompact SUV spied, could be a Chevy or GMC
Mon, Aug 13 2018GM's pair of subcompact crossovers have been trundling along for a while now. The Buick Encore was the first for Americans in the 2013 model year, and the Chevy Trax that was based on the Encore (an encore of the Encore, if you will) arrived for the 2015 model year. Each has undergone a mild update, but these spy photos could indicate their replacements are in the works. Or not. For starters, we can't be sure which GM brand this new SUV is destined for. Though the timing and its flowing lines could indicate Buick, the thick horizontal bars visible in the grille would indicate otherwise. The next Encore being at least related to this is at least a possibility. Making the case for GMC are those thick grille bars, the fact that it extends far below the lights, and may even rise above them, similar to the Acadia. And that rising beltline isn't that different from that of the Acadia. Arguing against the GMC idea is the Encore, which is almost always sold in GMC-Buick combo dealers. Much as the Acadia was made smaller to eliminate confusion and in-house competition with the Enclave, it's hard to see GM opting to resurrect such an issue at the bottom end of the SUV market. That means we're leaning toward this little SUV wearing a Chevy bowtie. The split grille with a large lower section and small upper section is the brand's current design language, as seen on the new Malibus and Cruzes. The shape is vaguely Equinox-like. And like Buick, Chevy also has a subcompact crossover ready for replacement: the Trax. Now, our photographer reports he's seen another subcompact testing that has Blazer design cues, but in this crossover-hungry market, we wouldn't be surprised if two similarly sized but differently styled Chevy crossovers make the grade. It's a strategy that's working pretty well for Jeep. We'll no doubt be seeing more of these disguised test vehicles milling about the country in the coming months, so perhaps we'll eventually get a better idea of what this is before more official information starts trickling out within one or two years. Related Video: Featured Gallery GM Subcompact Crossover spy shots View 10 Photos Image Credit: SpiedBilde Spy Photos Buick Chevrolet GM GMC Crossover SUV buick encore chevy trax
Junkyard Gem: 2006 Buick Lucerne CXL
Sat, Oct 30 2021When The General's Buick Division axed the LeSabre and Park Avenue names in 2005 (after 46 and 30 years, respectively, though the Park Avenue returned a few years later in China), the replacement top-of-the-line Buick sedan became the new Lucerne. It wasn't the Buick with the biggest price tag that year those honors went to the Terraza minivan and Rainier SUVΒ but it became the flag-bearer for a bloodline of cushy, prestigious Buick sedans that stretched all the way back to the early days of the American auto industry. Lucerne sales for the 2006 and 2007 model years went pretty well, and now enough time has passed that some of these cars are showing up in the self-service car boneyards I frequent. Here's a first-year example with the optional Northstar V8 engine, found in a Northern California yard last summer. Plenty of American cars have been named after cities in Italy, France, and Spain, but the Lucerne is the only one I can think of that bears the name of aΒ Swiss city (to be fair, the entire Chevrolet Division is named after a Swiss man, so Switzerland didn't really get shortchanged by The General in the naming department). CXL was the Lucerne's mid-grade trim level, sandwiched between the CX and CSX. The high-zoot Lucerne CSX got the 4.6-liter Northstar as standard equipment, but this quad-cam V8 and its 279 horses cost extra on the CXL. The base engine for the CX and CXL was the good old 3.8-liter pushrod Buick V6, rated at 197 horsepower. No US-market 2006 Buick could be purchased new with a manual transmission; this car has a four-speed automatic. In a Buick tradition stretching back to the late 1940s, this car boasts flashy "Ventiports" on the fenders. In past years, the number of ports on each side designated the car's intended swank level; starting with the Lucerne, they indicated the number of engine cylinders. So, when you're crawling around your local Ewe Pullet and looking for Northstars, seek out the Lucernes with the four-hole Ventiports. "Leather-appointed" power bucket seats and "wood-toned" trim were standard on the CXL, as well as an MP3-capable CD player with six speakers. By 2006, most American vehicle shoppers seeking something big and luxurious chose trucks and truck-like machines, but the market still supported quite a few sedan models such as the Lucerne. Most US-market GM vehicles got these little square "Mark of Excellence" fender badges during the late 2000s.