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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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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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- 1987 Buick Grand National Odometer reads 18,781 miles Highly original condition 1987 was the last ye
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- 1986 BUICK GRAND NATIONAL 3.8 LITRE TURBO V6 LOADED 17,000 ORIGINAL MILES ORIGINAL PAPER WORK YEAR:
- 1986 Buick Grand National People were beginning to take notice of the Grand National. The 1986 Buick
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Jun 4, 2021 · Here's all there is to know about the Buick Grand National, the brand's most famous muscle car.
13.5 sec @ 102.0 mph. Buick announced that the Regal’s rear wheel drive platform was history and that 1987 was the last year the Grand National would be offered. Instead of going out with a whimper, Buick went all in, the 1987 Grand National returned with ten more horsepower but the real news was the earth chattering Buick GNX.
7.5 sec. Quarter Mile. 15.7 sec. The 1984 Buick Grand National served two purposes: first it showcased Buick’s new turbo charged 3.8 liter V6 engine and second it brought performance minded and youthful buyers into the Buick showrooms. The Grand National excelled at both.
Mar 8, 2012 · See All 19 Photos. The GN looked bad to the bone. Most were black, with blackout trim. The interior was finished in a plethora of gray tones, including special fabrics on the Lear seats. The...
