1987 Buick Turbo Regal, 137,700 miles


Car was an Ohio car until 2020 when I bought it.


In 2020, I did the following:

Frame removed from body, cleaned, primed, painted, bedlined 

New front UCA, new lower ball joints, did not change LCA bushings

New steering box(Borgeson), inner and outer tie rods, new drag link

New steering intermediate shaft, Borgeson

New sway bar bushings and end links

New rotors, calipers and pads ACDelco

New fuel lines (main, return and vent) front to rear from Inline Tube

New brake lines front to rear from Inline Tube

Braided lines replaced the rubber lines

Rear axle cleaned and painted from an 86 TR (car had 7.5” Monte Carlo rear axle when I got it)

New UMI rear UCA & LCA

New wheel cylinders, shoes and drums- ACDelco

New Moser axles in 2021

New fuel tank, new gas cap

255 fuel pump from TurboTweak


While frame and body were separated the body got:

Rear pass floor pan replaced

Patch in spare tire well, couldn’t get a repro tire well in 2020

Trunk pan sanded to bare metal and epoxy primed in black

All orig seam sealer scraped and replaced with 2 part 3M seam sealer throughout entire car

Bottom of car was cleaned, sanded, wire wheeled, epoxy primed and coated with bedliner

Any surface rust that was showing was ground down and covered it either POR 15 or Rust Bullet, mostly in the areas where 2 panels overlapped


Engine & Trans

I believe from an 86 TB, heads/intake never off

New valve springs from Bison 

New timing chain (IWIS)

New oil pump gears

Ported and cleaned up front cover

New oil pump pickup

New oil pan gasket

New rear main seal

New front seal

New crank sensor

NOS cam sensor

New water pump 

New ARP front cover bolts

New starter

New motor mounts

New alternator 

New PS pump (rebuilt from rockauto)

New AC compressor 

New AC lines (compressor to condenser, condenser to evaporator)

New AC condenser 

New LS1 MAF sensor and MAF translator

Rebuilt ECM

Trans rebuilt by Jimmys Transmissions; Precision Vigilante T/C (7/2021)

New trans lines (Inline Tube) and external cooler installed by Jimmy

TA49 turbo rebuilt by Bison in 2018 less than 1500 miles

Duttneck intercooler 

TR6 ignition 

Mighty Mouse catch can

Lots of wiring upgrades from Casper… ground relocation, fusible links, fuel pump hot wire

42lb injectors and chip from TurboTweak

Razor alky system

New steel driveshaft from Dennys Driveshaft 


Interior 

New headliner

New carpet

Steering wheel restored

New seat covers, seat tracks blasted and painted 

New door panels, but not the carpet at the bottom

New window switches

New door lock switches 

New power window motors

New door locks

New trunk lock

New turn signal stalk

New shift handle (old one had rusty chrome)

RattleTrap sound deadener applied to roof and floors

Power antenna and cruise control work!!

Every light on dash works! All idiot lights work!


Front and rear bumpers replaced with good OEM bumpers, does not have aluminum bumper reinforcements anymore 

16” GNX wheels from Classic Industries

New BFG g force 245/50R16 tires

Very little has been done to the body while I’ve had it- like nothing… paint is from mid 90’s… clear coat is peeling on hood, roof and trunk lid…

Car was in some kind of accident in the 90’s; left quarter completely replaced at that time; right rear quarter has been dented and pulled using dent puller (welded stud marks still visible on inside of quarter)

Header panel good shape, no cracks or repairs

Hood is straight, no dents, no rust, as is the roof

Trunk lid has holes in the emblem areas

Grille is very nice OEM chrome, not the aftermarket all chrome grille

Headlight bezels were NOS

Taillights were replaced with good OEM

Right rear quarter has bondo cracking and breaking away in 1 area at the site of the aforementioned dent and pull area from sitting outside in Ohio for 13+ years

Left quarter has bondo cracking at roof line, also from being outside in Ohio


Has the WF6 option, lower wide stainless trim, usually seen on Limiteds


Also has the T87 option, cornering lamps


Came with the K05, engine block heater, which it no longer has


UA6 factory theft deterrent would work, most likely, when I change the wiring harness at the door locks


Clean and clear title. CARFAX shows ‘Exceeds Mechanical Limits’. Only means that it has a 5 digit odometer and has rolled over, which it has: 137,700 miles. Miles on engine are not known. Trans rebuilt at 136,737