Future classic/collectibles..which cars have the right stuff? What say you?

[gene giambona]

Since the Buick GN was already mentioned, does anybody remember the '87 GNX car? I believe only 547 were made and they made a big splash with the automotive journalists of the time. GM advertised HP at 275, but many thought it was grossly underated. I also seem to recall the car had some sort of speed governor as well.

The GNX was considered to be an instant collectible due to their limited production and many buyers simply tucked them away for safe keeping. I did see one or two at the local drag strip, but it was mostly the standard Grand Nationals that were out there in droves competing against the Mustang 5.0.

I also remember a local Buick dealer that had one on the showroom floor for something like $50,000.....that was a considerable chunk of change then! It seemed like this car sat on the showroom floor forever since I would pass by the dealer nearly everyday after school. I later found out that this particular dealer actually had another 3 or 4 GNX cars hidden away and would entice the customer into believing he only had the one car in the showroom around......a little easier to do considering the cars only came in black.

Here's an example of a low mileage car that popped up for sale in '07

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/29/e...es-on-the-odo/

[twobjshelbys]

Originally Posted by gene giambona

Since the Buick GN was already mentioned, does anybody remember the '87 GNX car? I believe only 547 were made and they made a big splash with the automotive journalists of the time. GM advertised HP at 275, but many thought it was grossly underated. I also seem to recall the car had some sort of speed governor as well.

The GNX was considered to be an instant collectible due to their limited production and many buyers simply tucked them away for safe keeping. I did see one or two at the local drag strip, but it was mostly the standard Grand Nationals that were out there in droves competing against the Mustang 5.0.

I also remember a local Buick dealer that had one on the showroom floor for something like $50,000.....that was a considerable chunk of change then! It seemed like this car sat on the showroom floor forever since I would pass by the dealer nearly everyday after school. I later found out that this particular dealer actually had another 3 or 4 GNX cars hidden away and would entice the customer into believing he only had the one car in the showroom around......a little easier to do considering the cars only came in black.

Here's an example of a low mileage car that popped up for sale in '07

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/04/29/e...es-on-the-odo/

There was a '87 GNX at Barrett Jackson Oct '09 that sold for $132K ($120K+10%).

Linky:

http://www.barrett-jackson.com/appli...&aid=303&pop=1

[poseur]

How about low mileage '89 Indy Pace Car Turbo Trans-Ams with the Buick V6...the rare non T-top versions? Still one of the fastest T/A's, and relatively still reasonable.

Any truck fans? Ford Lightning or Viper powered SRT 10 Ram pick-ups?

Also, when The Old Man passes, I think the Shelby Series 1 will be the sleeper. Should be many ultra-low mileage ones available, though...when was the last time anyone saw one on the street?

[Silverback51]

Originally Posted by poseur

How about low mileage '89 Indy Pace Car Turbo Trans-Ams with the Buick V6...the rare non T-top versions? Still one of the fastest T/A's, and relatively still reasonable.

Any truck fans? Ford Lightning or Viper powered SRT 10 Ram pick-ups?

Also, when The Old Man passes, I think the Shelby Series 1 will be the sleeper. Should be many ultra-low mileage ones available, though...when was the last time anyone saw one on the street?

I had a SRT/10 pickup prior to buying the Cobra. Great truck as long as you did not try to modify the engine to much. They do not react well to large HP increases.

Right now you can pick them up fairly cheap.