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Feb 23, 2023 · See All 108 Photos. HOT ROD was at the Grand National Roadster Show all weekend, enough time to visit every building, including the Suede Palace (dedicated to traditional rods and customs)...
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- A Big Last Hurrah
The turbo V-6 story goes all the way back to 1973 when Ken Baker, a young engineer in Buick's test lab (he would later lead General Motors' electric-vehicle program, then its research labs), started a Boy Scout Explorer program at the Buick engineering department. "I decided that a great project would be to turbocharge the recently revived V-6 with...
Other colors were considered, but the decision to make all GNs black gave them a sinister Darth Vader look. Don Hackworth, who replaced Reuss as Buick general manager in 1984, authorized a cool but controversial commercialshowing a Grand National rumbling menacingly through a city at night to a Buick-ized version of the George Thorogood and the Des...
The GNX happened because then–chief engineer Dave Sharpe, advanced concepts manager Mike Doble, and project engineer Chuck Jensen badly wanted it. "Tim Logsdon, my boss at the time, pulled me into Dave's office and said, 'We want to build a Grand National to end all Grand Nationals to celebrate the end of its run,' " Doble recalls. "The original nu...
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May 2, 2024 · Here it is: the only known photo of the single prototype of the 1982 GN. This photo was taken as the car sat on the back lot of Cars and Concepts, the primary designers and finishers of the...
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Feb 23, 2024 · 2024 Grand National Roadster Show Photo Gallery: the Big Winners and 100 More. Starting the event year at America’s longest running hot rod show. AMBR and Slonaker award winners, hot rods,...
Oct 1, 2020 · (Photos courtesy of General Motors) The standard 1987 Grand National, pictured above, was powered by a turbocharged 3.8L V6 rated at 245 horsepower and 355 ft-lbs of torque. 547 Grand Nationals were sent to ASC/McLaren for extensive modifications inside and out.
Jun 4, 2021 · Here's all there is to know about the Buick Grand National, the brand's most famous muscle car. How Buick built a highway terror out of its grandma coupe. Channels
© 2024 Google LLC. From 1982 to 1987, Buick (yes Buick) used the Grand National to rise from overlooked GM family sedans, to the maker of America’s fastest, most powerful Muscl...
