Electrical antenna got stuck.
Passenger seat showing a little wear.
I have had my Grand National for about 2 years now and since I've owned it have put about 30 miles on it. It is garage kept and rarely gets to see sunlight. More of an investment for me and also a love for the Buick Regal platform. I've owned about 18 Buick Regals/GN soo far and will continue to buy/sell them. This summer I might pull this car out to show the youngsters what a real powerhouse car should be like.
Why would you be concerned about putting miles on it? it's got too many miles on it already to be a garage queen...
Heres another view. I had a 1969 SS Camaro driver up to 77,000 miles it was no show car... but then had an extensive ground up restoration performed. I took it off the road as well afterward (well very limited driving actually). Mileage is irrevelant. They can get too nice to drive or risk exposing to damage. Parked in the garage or to a show. I actually have another 2 year old fuel guzzler in the garage put only 10 miles on it last month!
A 1986 Buick GN is a stone compared to what's available now!
True but when new it had new Corvette owners concerned. Love the exterior wish they devoted more to the interior.
Are you serious?
NO WAY is the Grand National a stone as to what available now (especially not the 1987 model-year). Find another car on the street that's putting out 355 Lb-feet of torque at 2000 RPM - at any displacement or technology. The intercooled GN can still blast a WRX (for example) and a LOT of other cars out there.
Are there faster cars out there today, yes, absolutely, but nobody can deny the contribution that the intercooled Buick Grand Nationals made to the performance, small displacement (or even large displacement) cars of today.
Also, bear in mind the technology that was available back in 1987. The Grand National was light years ahead of it's time. One example might be the distributorless ignition system, which Ford then later tweaked into their version in the EDIS (Electronic Distributorless Ignition System) ignition system. I'm a MegaSquirt (http://www.megasquirt.info) tuner. I breathe fuel injection. I also breathe turbo's. Just ask my 1981 Fiat Spider 2000 - Garrett T3 turbocharged, MegaSquirted and EDIS'd.
I was also the owner of one of the very few made 1979 Buick Regal Sport Coupe's which had a 231 cid V6 AIResearch turbocharged engine with a 4bbl Rochester Quadrajet carburetor. That was my first car ever, and I tore it down, punched it, cut the crank, slapped in some TRW powerforged pistons and went to the drag strip.
No matter what the cause, the intercooled Buick Grand National cars of the 80's were bad-to-the-bone machines and there is no denying the deep respect that they still hold today on the street and at the strip.
Find another 21 year-old car that does that!
Best.
ETM - Germantown, WI.
Note: A Comments RSS Feed 
is available. New comments appear in the Members Area before the main site