I appreciate people who save things for others. This thoughtful seller is willing to part with a practically brand new 1987 Buick Regal Grand National. The car is fully loaded with just about every option including T-Tops. The car’s odometer shows less than 1,000 miles and has been stored in a climate controlled garage. The one catch is that the asking price for this black beauty is $69,900. The car is listed for sale here on Craigslist and has only been posted for 2 days. The Grand National is located in Lake Havasu City, Arizona which is a beautiful area near the Grand Canyon.
While the rest of the automotive world was trying to deliver a performance vehicle, Buick engineers delivered. In 1986, they intercooled the turbocharged 231 cubic inch V6 engine and produced an amazingly fast and responsive Buick Regal. This sent shock waves through the car enthusiast world. How can a Buick Regal be so fast? I remember pumping gas in my 1979 Pontiac Trans Am in Shreveport, Louisiana when I saw my first turbo Regal drive by and wondered how they got that much power to the ground in what was formerly a luxury vehicle. Later, a friend of mine bought a T-Type Regal and I was blown away (pun intended) by the car’s ability to break the tires loose while driving 30 mph.
There are a lot of individual close up pictures of this car but not very many wide angle shots. The interior looks exceptional and it should for the low miles stated. The seller states that the car has just been driven enough to maintain the mechanical functions and keep the car operational. The MSRP window sticker is still on the passenger window after all these years.
In addition to the T-tops, the Grand National has air conditioning, automatic transmission, Am/FM cassette, tilt steering, power locks and power windows. The car sits on Goodyear Eagle GT black wall tires with its black and chrome factory rims. I owned a 1987 WE4 Turbo T and always enjoyed driving it but had some reliability problems. I still get calls from people wanting to buy it when they see the old ad posted on the internet. What would you pay for this new car?
I would love to make this my new daily driver.
70 Grand to buy, and thousands more to make it road worthy. But, then again, why would you want to do something like that?
The ad says it is ready to drive. What would you have to spend thousands on to make it roadworthy? (I am curious to know, I am not trying to start an argument).
Because it is sarcasm aimed at someone who will spend twice the price of the average new car, and yet not drive it. Do you really think this car will be driven? Hey, I don’t care what people do with their own hard earned money (if it truly was hard earned) but to my perspective, it ,makes no sense. My experience with self made people is that they don’t spend money foolishly. Easily gotten things, are easily squandered, but that comment maybe goes too far for this site so I will say no more in that vein.
Curt is pretty well known to find the negative in everything.
Judge others much?
I dunno. A routine used Grand National is around $40k and you would drive it without hesitation. You could also buy some new, cheap basic transportation car for $30k and drive it until it was basically worthless. So why not spend $70k for something you want to drive, drive it, and in the end worst case still have a $40k car? Between depreciation and maintenance, etc $30k expense for transportation isn’t the end of the world.
The truly rare ’87 Grand National is the one that has been driven but maintained, and most of all, enjoyed. They were not built to be put away.
If MuscleCarFacts.com is correct then, since this one has two-tone (black and gray) seat it cannot be an 87 Grand National.
“The upgrades for the 1987 included a sports steering wheel, upgraded instrument package with a tachometer and a boost gauge. For the 1987 model year the bucket seats were solid gray cloth.”
https://www.musclecarfacts.com/buick-grand-national/138-1987-grand-national/
Ahhh, every 86-87 GN had two tone seats.
So MuscleCarFacts.com is wrong then. Thanks for the heads-up.
Also the ’85 models because mine has it.
Wrong Mike!
Man, these stories make me sad that someone didn’t drive it and enjoy it. I have an 80,000 mile 1997 E36 M3 and had a terrible gut wrenching panic attack the other day that I wasn’t driving it enough, to the point where I had to sit down for about 5 minutes and just breathe, uttering “just drive more, relax,” “just drive more, relax” over and over. This has 920 miles in 34 years! WTH??
With my low maths skills, that equates to just over 2 miles per month.
Is that enough to warm everything up, to give the car enough exercise to keep it in good condition ?
If consistently done like that then I dunno, maybe. But my guess is the miles were sporadic and the car spent long periods of time sitting over the last 34 years. Maybe several years at a time.
“Near the Grand Canyon”. If you consider 232 miles near. You could drive this car there and back and double the mileage
Whoa nelly, that’s way to much!
As if you don’t park it and use it weekly say goodbye to your 70K. You either buy one with mildes on it to drive or park it in a garage like this one.
I’ve always thought these cars were pretty cool, just not $70K cool…
take your old ads off the internet!
What a waste! Cars like this are made to be driven. To each their own, but it’d be like marrying a super model and not closing the deal (if you know what I mean), saving it for the next guy. SMH
70 large for an ugly car?
I just don’t get why anyone would want one. You see them parked together. Every one is the same because they can’t change anything or they lose money….sheesh….
huh?
More power to him. I could not have a Grand National in the garage and not drive it. It would make me physically ill to ignore it.
The sad bit is that folks do it as an investment. He essentially took $20k and parked it in a garage. Had he parked it in a stock market fund he’d have over $200k.
Seems like he is tired of just looking at this car, of which there are hundreds with even lower mileage. Just STUPID. Life is short. Drive it. Cars were not made to be pieces of art. Bottom line is this, and all other cars, are only worth what someone is willing to pay. For 70 large, I can have an NCRS quality 67 Corvette, which is 1000 times better looking than 80s GM junk.
I Worked for a dealer in Virginia sounds like the car he sold to somebody in Indiana it’s still head to maroon U label and the plastic on the seats