GNX out of storage... new pics with new parts on already...

[Freebs]

Well she is finally out of storage... wow i missed driving this car... nothing like the feeling of high powerd boost... any way on with the pictures...

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only the front ones are on right now... rear ones will go on next weekend
http://x11.putfile.com/4/9218503486.jpg
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[BerserkerCatSplat]

Wow, that is one gorgeous GNX! :eek:

[Freebs]

Originally posted by BerserkerCatSplat
Wow, that is one gorgeous GNX! :eek:

thanks man... all original paint too...not bad for 19 year old paint :P not even waxed or any thing in this picture either...

[Sharpie]

Nice car:drool:

[dub_686]

OMG... thats fucking amazing!!:drool:

[NickGT]

Gorgeous car man http://members.shaw.ca/cyrus08/avatar/bow.gif

[Freebs]

thank you alll... i wish i could take the complements... but it still is my old mans car... maybe one day i will be the owner.. i hope to try and keep this in the family

[Ariakas]

Beautiful car, my favourite Buick.

[Ekliptix]

Freak'n amazing. Gotta do something about that fender gap.
Ask him if he wants to trade for my Stang.

[Proboscis]

Man those are rare, the king of Grand Nationals. what # is yours

[Goblin]

yeah nice car

[Rollin']

that bitch is mint, nice ride man, definatley keep it in the family, they seem to be only increasing in value anyways


fuck yeah that is a smooth ride

[DonJuan]

That has to be one of my most favorite muscle cars. It looks absolutely beautiful! Your poor neighbour across the street with the lowly Monte Carlo SS. lol

[Grip172]

holy shit that's ni\ce

[JordanEG6]

my good god, that GNX is one hawt car!! :drool: :clap: that looks mean, id be affraid to race it

[Tech2]

That car is tough.

[Freebs]

Originally posted by Ekliptix
Freak'n amazing. Gotta do something about that fender gap.
Ask him if he wants to trade for my Stang.

well he doesnt/cant lower it... the tires will rub if he lowers the front... the rear is on air bags and it will be lowerd slightly but not much.. again because of the tires...
ahaha trade... well these are going from $70,000-$100,000 right now.... (aahah i know you were kidding but yea)


Originally posted by Proboscis
Man those are rare, the king of Grand Nationals. what # is yours

#200... of 547 made.. but we have seen quite a few written off... so i would say now its more like #200 of 500...


Originally posted by DonJuan
That has to be one of my most favorite muscle cars. It looks absolutely beautiful! Your poor neighbour across the street with the lowly Monte Carlo SS. lol

ahaha yea.. he has a project monte in the garage thats going to be pretty quick... and we also use to own a black 87 SS mote :P


Originally posted by JordanEG6
my good god, that GNX is one hawt car!! :drool: :clap: that looks mean, id be affraid to race it

yea the tires added to the mean stance.... and yes deffinatly is intimidating to see coming up behind you... even more so at night....

[AllGoNoShow]

Ask that neighbor if he wants to sell his Monte ;)

U better polish those rims up man, or I might have to come over and do it myself ;) :D

[Freebs]

Originally posted by AllGoNoShow
Ask that neighbor if he wants to sell his Monte ;)

U better polish those rims up man, or I might have to come over and do it myself ;) :D

ahah yea once we finish the rear brakes he wants to polish them up.. no worries.... ahah come on it was just in storage for the last 5 or 6 months lol

no i dont think he will sell his monte he has 2 and they are his babys... the one in the garage more so...

[AllGoNoShow]

damn :(

When do I get my ride in the GNX???? :), hell I haven't even seen the thing when it isnt rolling yet either :D

[GQBalla]

nice job freeborn, that gnx is a beast i remember you showing me it in your garge ahahha

so i see your dads still a big baller.

ahhaha werent you goin to get bear brakes for your car too?

[BerserkerCatSplat]

Make sure your dad doesn't sell/throw out the stock brakes, cars like that will be worth more in 100% stock form when they become even more of a collector's item than they already are. Keep them around in case you ever need to return it to stock specs.

[Freebs]

Originally posted by GQBalla
nice job freeborn, that gnx is a beast i remember you showing me it in your garge ahahha
so i see your dads still a big baller.
ahhaha werent you goin to get bear brakes for your car too?

sure am... but the delivery is like 3 months ahahah wont be on this summer... my dads took like 4 months to get here...


Originally posted by BerserkerCatSplat
Make sure your dad doesn't sell/throw out the stock brakes, cars like that will be worth more in 100% stock form when they become even more of a collector's item than they already are. Keep them around in case you ever need to return it to stock specs.

oh dont worrie... EVERY LAST BOLT is kept... nothing is hacked up on this car.. every thing can be returned to stock....

only things that cant that we threw out were stock exhaust... rusted out from original owner not driving it...

battery....

stock tires (which were CRAP!)

but right now i see these going from any where from $70,000-$100,000

actually we had 4 or 5 people in the last month call and offer us $80,000+ i think it was... but we said no...

[RB25DET]

Pimp, those cars are hawt!! Now just lower it and your good to go.

[Freebs]

Originally posted by RB25DET
Pimp, those cars are hawt!! Now just lower it and your good to go.

well the front cant go down any more for 2 reasons...
- look where the intercooler scoop is...
- 275 wide tires would rub if lowerd to much

http://x11.putfile.com/4/9218494133.jpg

rear cant go down because again rubbing... it will drop down some since its sitting on air bags... but we have to check it when we lower it for clearence.... 315 wide tires are not easy to tuck hahaha

[GoChris]

friggin awesome! :thumbsup:

[mikestypes]

Nice car!

There is a Gm Dealership owner in Winnipeg that has a 1600 orginal mile GNX. All stock with all paperwork. The tires are like new and it was gorgeous.

[ianmcc]

I was discussing future collectable muscle cars on another forum and I will say it here as well; I believe the GNX will be the first factory muscle car since the early 70's to sell for 6 figures. Barrett-Jackson brings out the heavy hitters, ie. Reggie Jackson (heavy hitter-get it?!).

[Freebs]

Originally posted by mikestypes
Nice car!

There is a Gm Dealership owner in Winnipeg that has a 1600 orginal mile GNX. All stock with all paperwork. The tires are like new and it was gorgeous.

yea thoughs ones are nice... (the low mile ones) ... although this is a very rare car... it gets driven every were... no trailor ever... (well ok world of wheels but thats cuz it was snowing and i put 4+ weeks of cleaning into it)
ours still has fairly low miles... 26,000miles, and yep we still got our window sticker and all the paper work to go with it ... as you can see below :P


Originally posted by ianmcc
I was discussing future collectable muscle cars on another forum and I will say it here as well; I believe the GNX will be the first factory muscle car since the early 70's to sell for 6 figures. Barrett-Jackson brings out the heavy hitters, ie. Reggie Jackson (heavy hitter-get it?!).

yea i could see that... this car has doubled in value since we got it... and no sign of slowing up... sine i see them now going for sale in the $100,000's range....



http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/4628/gnxwindowsticker12na.jpg

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[joyridder]

:bigpimp: nice ride!!

[mikestypes]

Very nice! 26,000 is definately low still too.

As for the value side of things, you would still be much better off investing your $30,000 back in 86 than buying even a GNX. Even at a lowely 8% rate, you would have well over $100,000, closer to $150,000 actually. However, you wouldn't have the 20 great years of GNX fun.

[Freebs]

Originally posted by mikestypes
Very nice! 26,000 is definately low still too.

As for the value side of things, you would still be much better off investing your $30,000 back in 86 than buying even a GNX. Even at a lowely 8% rate, you would have well over $100,000, closer to $150,000 actually. However, you wouldn't have the 20 great years of GNX fun.

we arent the original owners.. some guy in chicago was... but it was never driven untill we got it basically... and i would much rather invest in this than any thing else... but then its different for every one i guess... but considering more and more of these are selling for $100,000+ U.S! i think it was a good investment...

[BigBadVlad]

Absolutely Awseome!!!! Great to see something like this kicking around still, especiall here in Calgary.

Love the tires and wheels. If you take it to a meet or maybe even Racecity sometime I hope to get a closer look at it :eek:

What's been done under the hood?

Monte SS is a GN wannabe, I miss my 84 GN now...:cry:

[Freebs]

Originally posted by BigBadVlad
Absolutely Awseome!!!! Great to see something like this kicking around still, especiall here in Calgary.

Love the tires and wheels. If you take it to a meet or maybe even Racecity sometime I hope to get a closer look at it :eek:

What's been done under the hood?

Monte SS is a GN wannabe, I miss my 84 GN now...:cry:

i will try to bring it out to a beyond meat... but like i had said its my old mans... not sure if he will let me or not... but race city for sure... ill be racen it this year :D... hasnt seen track for 3 years now...

[d.maczko]

what wheels are you runnin?

my buddy has a WB FB right nowand hes lookin for wheels

same width, 315s

[Freebs]

Originally posted by d.maczko
what wheels are you runnin?

my buddy has a WB FB right nowand hes lookin for wheels

same width, 315s

they are simmons wheels.. from Australia... i highly recomend them.. im pretty sure you can do you own custom off setting... so it fits perfect.. they will help you too...

there arent many selections.. but they look WAY!!! better in person then on their site.. plus you can get them powercoated different colour (like we did black)

here is the link

http://www.simmonswheel.com.au/range.html


we have the OM 17" and i can also try to get you a picture of my buddys FR 17"s if you want

[d.maczko]

curious to know the price on the set of wheels your running

just pm me, dont have to make it public

[Manimillion]

Nice ride...

My friend used to have a GN T-Type or Type-T i forgot the exact model, but it was one of the fastest cars I've ever been in... I remember on the highway it pulled on this 10 sec integra :eek:

[GQBalla]

^^^ 10 second integra?

although ive never seen this gnx run in real life i remember the long nights viewing all those videos you had freeborn the airbags in the back are pimpeddddd

its so sweet when the all the sudden go down when your about to launch

[Freebs]

Yea with the ladder bars in the back the rear end lifts up when you brake stand it to launch... its actually sweet to watch... i was going to post a video where you could see this perfectly... the one that GQBalla saw and is talking about... but i cant get on to the site...

the air bags in side the springs are just there to raise and lower the rear end... you fill it up like you do the tires..just there is a valve on the back bumper... hidden... :P

[mikestypes]

Originally posted by Freebs
Yea with the ladder bars in the back the rear end lifts up when you brake stand it to launch...

Are they not called a torque arm? Ladder bars are different than what the GN has.

The F-bodies have them too.

[Freebs]

Originally posted by mikestypes

Are they not called a torque arm? Ladder bars are different than what the GN has.
The F-bodies have them too.


GN's didnt come with them... thats another thing that the GNX's got... so yea its got em... some people think GNX's are the same as a GN with just body differences.. but there was ALOT more added to the rare 547....

[trev0006]

very nice :thumbsup: this car is still on my to buy list.

[mikestypes]

Originally posted by Freebs



GN's didnt come with them... thats another thing that the GNX's got... so yea its got em... some people think GNX's are the same as a GN with just body differences.. but there was ALOT more added to the rare 547....

Yeah, I meant GNX. What they call a ladder bar on the GNX, they call a torque arm on the F-body, but it is the same thing. There is only one "ladder bar/torque arm" though.

[Freebs]

Originally posted by trev0006
very nice :thumbsup: this car is still on my to buy list.

this one was for sale last year :P but now i convinced my old man to keep it.... :P it was posted on here and a few other places but no takers...

[BigBadVlad]

Wasn't it referred to as a panhard bar for the GNX?

[Freebs]

Originally posted by BigBadVlad
Wasn't it referred to as a panhard bar for the GNX?

yes i believe soo... i just always call it a ladder bar... alot of GN guys i know call it that too so its just stuck that way i guess...

[mikestypes]

A panhard bar is not the same either. It is to control lateral movement of the rear axle and runs across the car behind the axle. Both a GNX and F-body have a panhard bar in addition to ladder-bar/torque-arm.

Check out the suspension link on this page:
http://www.buickgnx.com/

[Graham_A_M]

WOW, you are SO lucky. The short lived Corvette eater.

There are a few short lived cars from the late 1980's to early 1990's that GM halted production on, because they were faster then the Vette. Yours is one, the other is the Firehawk. <--- THAT is a rare car. :bigpimp:

I think one or two others, but I can't think of them.

Yours is the nicest GNX I've ever seen, ever. Those rims look amazing on that car.

[mikestypes]

The V6 Fiero GT in the later years of production (88 I believe?) was faster than than the Vette of the time too.

[madmazda]

what ever you do please keep that car in your family, as that is one rare car, like the car I own, only a few were built VERY NICE...


Originally posted by Proboscis
Man those are rare, the king of Grand Nationals. what # is yours

[Freebs]

Graham_A_M - Yea deffinatly was a fast car for its time... i have a video of a bone stock GNX racing a 87 Callaway Twin turbo corvette and the GNX absolutly destroyes it... ill post it if i can find it.... but even though this is a vette killer we broke down and got a vette as well :P but this vette will probably be one of the quickest street driven cars in calgary :P


madmazda - oh i plan to try to keep it in the family trust me... and its not like i want it when im older cuz it will be worth lots and i can sell it... i want it when im older because of how nice/amazing of a car it is...
and our is #200....

[01RedDX]

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[Freebs]

Originally posted by 01RedDX
What if i offered 120 g's?

ahah well for one "IF" you were seriouse i would get more into it... and we would go from there... but i personaly would still not want to sell it for even that... this car has no money value to me... to my dad it might its hard to say....

[djayz]

wow definately something you dont see everyday
and original paint!:eek:

[Freebs]

Originally posted by djayz
wow definately something you dont see everyday
and original paint!:eek:

yep still the 19 year old paint... a few scratched that were touched up with the little bottle / brush thing... but i would say maybe 2-3 only... and absolultly no rush what so ever.... and it gets driven in the rain too ocationaly when we get caught or if we just need the car at the time that its raining... it just gets properly cleaned/dryed off every time...