Hell on wheels, but not for sale (Buick Grand National)

Los Angeles Times ^ | 12/10/2010 | Jerry Hirsch

[Responsibility2nd]

Josue Iglesias, 21, takes a peek inside the never-sold 1987 Buick Regal GNX that resides at Boulevard Buick in Signal Hill. (Mel Melcon, Los Angeles Times / October 13, 2010)

[r9etb]

Fugly....

[RexBeach]

I never understood the attraction to this car.

6 cylinders? Turbocharged? How much HP could it be?

[al_c]

Maybe ... but also fufast.

[brivette]

I once owned a Regal, my son wrecked it, sadly.

[brivette]

I once owned a Regal, my son wrecked it, sadly.

[brivette]

I once owned a Regal, my son wrecked it, sadly.

[brivette]

I once owned a Regal, my son wrecked it, sadly.

[cripplecreek]

O know a guy with a 69 Impala that has less than 2000 actual miles. He bought it right off the line when he worked for GM and immediately put it into storage as a future show car.

Since then its been driven in parades and cruise night type stuff.

[al_c]

6 cylinders? Turbocharged? How much HP could it be?

GNX put out 276 @ 4400 rpm

[cripplecreek]

You should stop fixing it again if he’s gonna keep wrecking it like that.

[The KG9 Kid]

You can take a 3.8L Buick V6 ‘LD5’ and make 1300+ horsepower from it.

[Recon Dad]

How many did you own and how many did your son wreck. With this many posts it had to be a bunch!

[andy58-in-nh]

Displacement: 3.791 liter / 231.3 cu in
Bore / Stroke: 96.5 mm (3.8 in) / 86.4 mm (3.4 in)
Valvetrain: 2 valves / cylinder, OHV
Fuel feed: Sequential Multipoint Fuel Injection
Aspiratio:n Garrett Turbo
Power: 276 bhp / 206 KW @ 4400 rpm
Torque: 488 Nm / 360 ft lbs @ 3000 rpm
Top Speed: 200 km/h / 124 mph
0-60 mph: 5.4 sec.

[databoss]

DRYROT....

[Tijeras_Slim]

6 cylinders? Turbocharged? How much HP could it be?

I had a buddy with one, and by the time he was done addind and tweaking, it was up around 700. I refused to get in it.

[Mariner]

Modern, fuel injected V6’s...even straight 6’s (BMW) put out more power than this.

[databoss]

Maybe he wrecked badly not sadly?

[thackney]

I remember reading in 1990, after 3 years, 1/3 of the cars had been totaled, 1/3 had survived but after major repairs from the accidents.

The area I grew up, drag racing was popular (street racing on the country roads as well as at the local track)

These cars were blowing the doors off of cars that had major investments as custom muscle cars.

[devane617]

Six-Cylinder Hondas have about 300hp these days....Most the the ‘baddest’ Muscle cars from back in the day can’t compare to most stock six-cylinder cars these days...It’s about more than HP in this car...And, I bet 120k will not touch it at Barrett-Jackson.