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General => IHADAV8 Playground => Topic started by: Texas Turbo T on August 17 2011, 03:45:08 AM

Title: 1978 Buick Grand National "El Camino" ? ? ? :)
Post by: Texas Turbo T on August 17 2011, 03:45:08 AM

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Title: Re: 1978 Buick Grand National "El Camino" ? ? ? :)
Post by: Grumpy on August 17 2011, 07:44:24 AM

damm.. I remember that car being built !!

Title: Re: 1978 Buick Grand National "El Camino" ? ? ? :)
Post by: SuperSix on August 17 2011, 08:22:43 AM

Looks like it's a Grand GNX Camino..

Title: Re: 1978 Buick Grand National "El Camino" ? ? ? :)
Post by: daveismissing on August 17 2011, 08:34:40 AM

Unique,probably go for a good buck.
I'd love to have it.

Title: Re: 1978 Buick Grand National "El Camino" ? ? ? :)
Post by: SuperSix on August 17 2011, 10:01:27 AM

14.9k? He's high on something. Looks to be a bone stock drivetrain. Paint is "good"? 7k tops.

Title: Re: 1978 Buick Grand National "El Camino" ? ? ? :)
Post by: daveismissing on August 17 2011, 10:29:38 AM

I don't think you can apply standard model metrics to this.
Stock is worth more  imho.
My guess- ~20K

Title: Re: 1978 Buick Grand National "El Camino" ? ? ? :)
Post by: SuperSix on August 17 2011, 10:39:57 AM

Quote from: daveismissing on August 17 2011, 10:29:38 AM

I don't think you can apply standard model metrics to this.
Stock is worth more  imho.
My guess- ~20K

Not sure how you come up with that much. I see nothing special about it aside from someone stuffing a GN drivetrain in another GBody vehicle. Bone stock all around. No WAY it sells even for 14k

Title: Re: 1978 Buick Grand National "El Camino" ? ? ? :)
Post by: SuperSix on August 17 2011, 10:59:24 AM

"Professionally built 1978 El Camino with complete exterior, interior drivetrain 1987 Buick Gr National super charged."

That would concern me.

Add the crappy non-mandrel Xhausts-R-US exhaust...

It's 4-5k in GN parts in a 2-3k body, add 2k for labor - 10k tops, and the setup is 10 years old. I will stick with 7k.

Title: Re: 1978 Buick Grand National "El Camino" ? ? ? :)
Post by: daveismissing on August 17 2011, 11:54:15 AM

Quote from: SuperSix on August 17 2011, 10:59:24 AM

add 2k for labor

:O

Title: Re: 1978 Buick Grand National "El Camino" ? ? ? :)
Post by: Nasty Wendy on August 17 2011, 12:03:05 PM

So is it a car or a truck?

Title: Re: 1978 Buick Grand National "El Camino" ? ? ? :)
Post by: motorhead on August 19 2011, 12:28:06 PM

As cool as it is... the fact that from the door back they kept the Chev styling (especially the wheel arch) destroys the body lines and makes it look unfinished.

$5-7K tops for an odd duck.