The Gran Sport was Buick’s mid-size muscle car beginning in 1965 (though the “GS” moniker would also be applied to other models). The Gran Sport was the most luxurious of the intermediate performance cars to come out of General Motors, as befitting Buick’s position in the GM hierarchy. The seller’s 1972 GS 350 is said to be a “true barn find,” and its appearance tends to support that. As a running project, this low-mileage Buick is in Starkville, Mississippi, and is available here on eBay, where the current bid is $6,800. We appreciate the efforts of Mitchell G. to bring us tips like this!
Initially, the Buick Gran Sport came equipped with a 400 cubic inch V8. It wasn’t until 1970 that GM lifted a restriction on mid-size muscle cars and allowed machines like the GS to have 455 power, too. In 1972, the baseline for the GS was the 350 V8, like in the seller’s car, which comprised two-thirds of the sales that year (out of 8,575 total units). And all but 7% of the 350s came with a Turbo-Hydramatic transmission. So, the seller’s car is perhaps the least desirable of the 1972 editions, as the GSX versions are the ones that command the really big bucks.
We’re told this patina-laded example is an unmolested GS with just 12,000 miles. Its appearance suggests the Buick was put away in less-than-perfect surroundings, and all of the paint and bodywork took the biggest hit. The engine is original and runs great, according to the seller, and the tranny does its job as it should. It came with factory air conditioning, whose parts are all there, though we don’t know if it works.
This GS has a bench seat rather than buckets with a console. The upholstery is from the factory, and the seller admits it will need to be redone. The car likely had a vinyl top at the beginning, but some sort of epoxy may cover much of the roof now. No mention is made of rust, but given the condition of the paint, you can’t rule it out. Is there room to restore a Gran Sport in your budget?
I think GS stands for get serious!
Rex I always thought GS stands for Ghetto Sled…
Where did you get that from?
I’d need some serious documentation on that mileage claim.
I agree and under shot pictures as well!!
112K original miles LMAO
Sold for $7100. Which seems high, must be more demand than I realized.
12k?! Show me the odometer and brake pedal, crooked numbers and pedal wear Id imagine.
Man, someone’s going to have a real nice $60,000 GS350!
Sold for $7100????? I’ve restored countless vehicles and I can tell you, some people have no idea how fast you can burn through $$$$$ on a resto. Unless you have a connection to this car, or really LOVE it, the buyer will end up being upside down on this project. But then again, it’s only money.
If they do the bulk or all of the work themselves, they should be fine. Just time and materials.
The great vast majority of people who purchase these do not do everything themselves. Even strong DIY hobbyists cannot do the bulk of a full resto themselves.
The paint and body work on this alone is going to be 15-20k.
I wouldn’t waste my time on a GS 350. Too common place and a cheap Skylark to boot. GS455, that was the real car.
GS 350 was no slouch in the performance department, and compared to the competitors they made relatively few of them.
This is a joke, right? Why would you even post this here? Surely, as an “automotive journalist”, you have to know that this mileage claim is a blatant lie. Why would you help facilitate a fraudulent listing like this???
Having a bad day? The mileage claim in\s the mileage claim, nothing anyone can do about that except to ask for verification, including you and the author.
That’s one sad looking GS 🙁
sold for 7100.00. cheap for and original car and considering what a clapped-out rot bucket Mopar’s are going for. i don’t buy the 12k miles. it what it is. can’t buy a new 1
It sold for 7K, regardless of the comments make on this forum. To each, their own.
Starkville!? Isn’t that where Johnny Cash kicked his 40 dollar shoes against the steel doors of his cell?
He’d walk a while and kick a while and all night nobody came…
112,000 miles at least