Vehicle Description:
1987 Buick GNX with 24,000 documented miles, 059 of 547 produced.
This is one of the nicest GNX's your ever going to see. Read and
view the following information and you will certainly agree! I'm not
going to explain GNX history because if your looking for one you
already know its one of the coolest cars on the planet! This car has
just undergone a 6 month restoration and has only test miles on it.
It was just feature photographed for a July 05 car magazine and I
will only disclose which one to the new owner so don't ask.
First a quick introduction. My name is Heath Elmer, I own and built
this car. I've built several high end Buicks, Porsches and other
race and show cars that have been featured in magazines and shows
over the years. To make this short, I build extremely nice cars. I
use the best parts available in all of my projects and I build my
cars to drive, race, show & win.
Some of my other cars can be seen in past issues of:
Car Craft Dec. 97 (Real Street Eliminator) 2nd place, 1987 Turbo T
GM High Tech May 2000 (Sledge Hammer) cover car, GS Nats 1st place
show winner, 1986 T
GM High Tech Nov 2001 (G-whiz) cover car, 1987 Turbo T Black/Silver
Popular Hot Rodding Aug. 2004 (Her Pretty Pony) FF Weekend best of
show & Goodguys winner, 1969 Mustang Fastback
If you have any questions about this car please call me (602 ***
####) or email me, but please read the following first.
Here are some answers to questions you may have:
Yes, it has a clean car fax
Yes, the mileage is true
Yes, it was professionally repainted 3 months ago
Yes, I have both window stickers, GNX book, jacket, service
bulletins, warranty cards, broadcast sheet, all paperwork and 90% of
the original parts
No, there are no scratches, no dings, no dents, no chips, NONE!
No, it has never been in an accident
No, never any rust
No leaks
AC is cold, Heat is hot and all pwr accessories work as new
Wheels. They're hand built Simmons FR17" Forged 3 piece custom
wheels built for the car. No, I do not have the orig wheels.
Front-17x8.5 Simmons FR 3 piece, Nitto 555R 245/45/17
Rear- 17x9.5 Simmons FR 3 piece, Nitto 555R 285/40/17
This wheel & tire package retails for $3500.
It is lowered. It was done with 2" drop spindles and Eibach Pro Kit
progressive rate springs.
The engine and suspension are clean enough to eat off.
Suspension & chassis mods
Bell Tech 2" drop spindles
Eibach Pro Kit
Hotchkis front swaybar
Hotchkis lower RCAs
GNX suspension
Koni adjustable SPA1 shocks
Eaton posi
Moser axles
stock 3.42 gear
fresh synthetic gear lube
new axle seals
Brakes. Baer Racing This is the same kit I use on all my projects.
Front- Baer 13" track kit with 2 piece rotors, slotted, drilled and
zinced . PBR 2 piston calipers
Rear- Baer 12" touring kit with 2 piece rotors, slotted, drilled and
zinced. PBR calipers
Baer proporting valve
* This kit retails for $3000
Paint. IT HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT, NO STORIES HERE! It had
some minor door dings and chips in the orig paint and I'm very
picky. I went to great lengths so that the paint was better than
new. It was dis-assembled prior to paint. I also removed the nasty
looking rock guard and straightened the door bottoms and rockers. GM
put this crap on to cover up how bad these cars looked on the
bottom. The paint job was professionally done in base/clear. I've
built 11 Turbo Regals and a TTA, I know what I'm doing and how they
go back together. The paint job cost me $5000. and I did all the R &
R. I have pictures of it before it was painted and while it was
apart that go with the car.
The bumpers have been smoothed (I removed the bump strip and guards)
for a cleaner look, I dislike the stock trim on the bumpers and its
easier to clean without it. THIS CAR HAS NEVER BEEN CRASHED. Stock
ones are easily found if you choose to change them back. They are
not specific to a GNX. The original aluminum inserts are still
there. Included in the sale are the bumper parts I removed. You
could drill the holes back in them and put the trim back on easily.
Interior is 100% stock and 99% flawless, no spots or stains, never
smoked in, the clear wrappers are still on the dash pieces. It has
new floor mats and a 9 piece trunk kit. I changed the boost gauge in
the dash to an Autometer that had a 30lb boost reading. I do have
the guage I took out. The 1% is the plastic dash top has a 1/4"
crack on each side by the speakers (they all crack and new ones are
available for about 100 bucks) Also theres a new Scanmaster 2.1
tuning tool.
Exhaust is upgraded from 2 1/4" to 2 1/2". Its mandrel bent
aluminized duals with ATR stainless steel mufflers and a Terry
Houston 3" dp. The headers and DP have been HPC coated. This stuff
was over $1000.
The Engine. Why was the engine opened up? It popped a head gasket
and had a leaky freeze plug in the back of the block from sitting in
storage and since it was out of the car we changed the cam, ported
the heads & intake, re-ringed it and put new bearings in it. The
engine was professionally done by Joe Martin Racing Engines in
Tempe, Arizona his # is 602 451 5776
Drivetrain mods are:
Stock 231 block, crank, pistons and rods
fresh bearings and rings
oil pressure improvements
Comp Cams 218/218 hyd flat tappet
Comp Cams hyd lifters
Comp Cams valve springs
roller timing chain
1.65 roller rockers
ported iron heads w/stock valves
ARP head bolts
RJC billet crank pulley
polished GN1 valve covers
K&N breathers
ported intake
Kenne Bell 70mm throttle body
Kenne Bell upper
RJC torque plate
Kenne Bell billet regulator
HPC coated intake, headers, and DP
Terry Houston 3" DP
adjustable wastegate
new Delco O2 sensor
new Delco battery
fuel line orings
fuel injector harness
50# injectors
Red volt booster
8.5 mm wires
Walbro 340 intank pump
60-1 Turbo HPC coated and polished
Precision front mount intercooler
polished intercooler tubes
HD hoses and clamps
Precision Turbo saver
Kirban 2 1/2' exhaust
ATR SS mufflers
Air Aid 9" cone filter
Kenne Bell hood mounted fuel pressure gauge
Autometer in dash boost guage 30psi
160 thermostat
billet thermostat housing
new radiator core
new radiator hoses
new heater hoses
new accumulator
*all totaling around $7500.
Transmission. It was rebuilt @ 17k miles long before I bought the
car. The converter is a 12" 2800 stall.
Only minor changes have been made to improve the performance and
looks of an already awesome car and all of them can be put back to
stock without much effort if you desire. I do have the following
parts that are included in the sale:
*GNX inlet pipe
*DP & elbow
*stock cat.
*valve covers
*rockers
*crank pulley and fan
*throttle body & plenum
*air box
*inlet hose
*front brakes
*rear brakes
*misc breather parts
*spindles
*springs
*boost gauge
*non GNX intercooler
*intercooler brackets
*inlet bell
*trans cooler
*original bumper parts
I have a friend who has a GNX turbo but it would have to be
purchased through him, it would not be included with this car. I've
described it the best I can, if you have a question please ask.
This is the nicest Pro Tour GNX on the planet. If you've been
waiting for the right car here it is. Only 547 of these cars were
ever built and only in 1987. It looks, runs and drives better than
you can even imagine. I can email more pictures if you want to see
something just let me know. It is available for viewing any time and
I do reserve the right to end the auction early.
"Be one of the fortunate 547"
It was for sale on
Autotrader.com in Sept. '02 for $44,995. That ad said mileage at the
time was 19,470 & that it was a two owner car. Below is a Sept. '03
CarFax report which seems to agree with the Autotrader ad.
GNX # 059 CARFAX
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