1986 Buick Grand National on 2040-cars
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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1986 Buick Grand National. Purchased from original owner 3 years ago for me to enjoy as I always loved these cars. Once I got it off the car hauler, I noticed the paint was great from 25 feet, not so much up close. And that is when I decided it needed a good restoration. Car was not bad when purchased, just a 25 year old car and needed some updating. Original owner never raced this car or modified it in any way. It was completely stock in every way. Since the purchase, I have had the car professionally stripped down and repainted due to that horrible water based paint they used in the 80's. I sent the car to a local GN specialist who stripped it down and repainted it with a good base/clear paintjob. Car is extremely straight and looks GREAT! All new weatherstipping, body bushings, GNX wheel and tires from OER with less than 1k miles, all suspension and springs were replaced by GM dealer with OEM parts when original owner had it not very long before I bought it - sits perfectly and rides great! Inside has dynamat installed on floor and inside doors before new carpet and panels were placed back on. New OEM style interior fabric on all seats, new seat belt fabric, new headliner and everything else inside the car. Looks great! Engine was rebuilt by same guy who specializes in Turbo GM cars using all ARP fasteners and the very best bearings, rings, pistons (forged) and gaskets. We did replace factory hydraulic flat tappet cam with billet roller cam and matching lifters. Also installed roller rockers. Stock exhaust manifold (shorty headers) were ceramic coated and polished and resurfaced for better mounting and decrease possibility of leaks. Turbo housing and intake manifolds were also ceramic coated and polished to match. Turbo is a replacement turbo from Precision and it does have a ceramic coated and polished 3' downpipe breathing through a stainless FULL THROTTLE 3" exhaust system all the way back. Really nice exhaust system from turbo and manifolds (headers) all the way back out the back. I do have the stock turbo in the Precision box to put back stock, if needed. I also installed a front mount Eastern Performance intercooler that is MUCH MORE efficient than the original style. Intercooler was ceramic coated then powder coated black to hide it and the inlet pipes are all ceramic coated polished to match everything else. It is a bolt in and I do have the original and all brackets just in case. Radiator is an aftermarket aluminum radiator with huge dual fans that keeps this car running really cool at all times. Replaced the original because it was beyond repair with build up and new ones were plastic. I did not want a plastic radiator on this car! It was plug and go with no modifications needed. I do not have the original radiator as it was garbage. Injectors were also replaced from Precision to match the turbo. All new, very good hoses (all silicon or race quality) on turbo inlets pipes, intercooler, heater hoses, radiator hoses, etc. All brackets powder coated. The engine bay of this car including the engine is simply beautiful. Transmission was rebuilt by someone who specializes in the 200R4 and shifts great!. Upgraded the braking system to the 1984-1985 hydroboost and got rid of that horrible power master system. I still have the power master from the car along with the factory air cleaner box. I only upgraded the items I felt could improve the drivability and efficiency of this car since technology is a little better today than it was 26 years ago! I made sure not to "butcher" anything so it could go back 100% original with the turn of a few wrenches. Everything was matched up and given weeks or months of thought and planning before anything was purchased or installed. Car is a blast to drive and runs great! A solid 9 on a 1-10 scale. Car is and has always been kept inside and has never had any rust. More recent pics are available upon request. The ones shown still shows a few items that were replaced and refinished such as the t-top moldings and a new steering wheel was installed (the old one was discolored on the center, metal sections). These pics were taken a few months after car was painted and it still hasn't been color sanded and polished. It looks that good! Car is going for those final touches later this week. Has less than 200 miles on the car since restoration. Only selling because wife wants to move and I have my eye on an even more rare car. Very solid and well kept 1986 GN. Will make someone a VERY nice car to enjoy and these are getting harder and harder to find and are only going up in value. |
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