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petey
petey Reader
5/12/22 3:49 p.m.

A nd the emergence sound system  

Agent98
Agent98 Reader
5/12/22 5:16 p.m.

I always liked these but they were mega bux....what a divorced 65 year old realtor lady drove in 1990, bleached, botoxed , too many bracelets, too much makeup, perfume arrived a minute before she did....

11GTCS
11GTCS Dork
5/12/22 8:34 p.m.
Agent98 said:

I always liked these but they were mega bux....what a divorced 65 year old realtor lady drove in 1990, bleached, botoxed , too many bracelets, too much makeup, perfume arrived a minute before she did....

I sense a story... laugh

petey
petey Reader
5/12/22 8:48 p.m.

Just came back from a local show.mostly classics but a few late models

Lots of interest in the thing lots of remembrances from old guys driving new corvettes lol

Had to take the emergency tunes along, it was nice to listen to some hardcore techno after  2 hours of bill haley and the comets

petey
petey Reader
5/12/22 8:50 p.m.

local weirdo builds stuff like this.pumps up pretty quick

Dude does nice work but yeah never anything " normal"

petey
petey Reader
5/12/22 10:53 p.m.
Asphalt_Gundam said:

There's an M90 sitting on my shelf not being used....

Send it over

I have paypal lolz

Piguin
Piguin New Reader
5/13/22 6:09 a.m.
petey said:

Now that's a transformation. These have never been on my radar either, but they are different enough from anything else that they are suddenly very interesting.

Any plans to bring the pop up headlights closer to the color of the rest of the car? That purple hue brings to mind abusive partners and 'I fell down the stairs' excuses.

Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter)
Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
5/13/22 6:47 a.m.

An old school friend's father who passed away earlier this year had one of these & when I was talking to my friend I discovered it's still in the garage & eventually he'll be selling it. 
 

I keep telling myself I'm not interested, but we'll see...

AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter)
AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
5/13/22 9:41 a.m.

As seen on my morning commute today:

petey
petey Reader
5/13/22 3:06 p.m.

Going to match up the headlight lids to the red but then all the chrome and the mirrors are going either black or bargain fiber.i hate chrome.

Just put another 220 km on it....it needs a blower badly.the bottom end is lazy as hell even msnually shifted 

Also has a bad torque converter shudder at 80kmh when it doesn't know what to do.so i drive it like my old mark 8s-- leave it in D till you see 110 kmh then click overdrive, much better

BlueInGreen - Jon
BlueInGreen - Jon UltraDork
5/13/22 3:42 p.m.

A shiny white convertible Reatta just showed up at the slightly shady used car lot on the corner by my work.

I'm tempted to stop by just to see how absurdly he's got it priced.

John Welsh
John Welsh Mod Squad
5/13/22 4:00 p.m.

In reply to BlueInGreen - Jon :

Less than 25,000 Reatta were made and less than 2,500 were convertible. Pretty rare.  The convertible is an attractive package. 

petey
petey Reader
5/13/22 5:15 p.m.

Im glad this things a hardtop after dealing with a droptop mgb lol

BlueInGreen - Jon
BlueInGreen - Jon UltraDork
5/13/22 8:23 p.m.

In reply to John Welsh :

Oh wow, that would explain why I haven't seen many of them!

petey
petey Reader
5/13/22 10:08 p.m.
Placemotorsports said:

I don't think older Buicks were designed to pass anyone

I used to have a 71 Skylark GSX. A real one....stage 1 455 and a th400 and it was epic, had zero problems with 5.0 mustangs and the like, back when Buick gave a crap

Then they took a nap till the grand national  with the intercooler and then yeah just gave up the game 

Agent98
Agent98 Reader
5/13/22 10:08 p.m.
petey
petey Reader
5/13/22 10:29 p.m.

Go get it

I swear this thing is just a sweet ride. Add a factory blower and some decent rubber and its right as rain

petey
petey Reader
5/15/22 8:44 p.m.

did 3/4 of the brakes today. Pass rear caliper decided to piss fluid everywhere so now im waiting till tuesday for a rebuilt one

Got to test fit the wheels though..love em lovem lots

Need 225/60/16 tires and itll be stunning after the centers get painted black

petey
petey Reader
5/15/22 8:45 p.m.

and this is the floor of a 32 year old ontario driven buick

Omg its beautiful lol less rust than a 3 year old silverado

Datsun310Guy
Datsun310Guy MegaDork
5/15/22 10:06 p.m.
Agent98 said:

I always liked these but they were mega bux....what a divorced 65 year old realtor lady drove in 1990, bleached, botoxed , too many bracelets, too much makeup, perfume arrived a minute before she did....

In 1990 I was 28 years old and this old lady would've creeped me out.  Man, I never want to get old.   

I'm turning 60 this year and now those old ladies sound kinda sexy to me.  

Agent98
Agent98 Reader
5/15/22 10:51 p.m.

Problem is they are now 97...Or! Reincarnated and now only 32...so You and I are the old creeps...think in 4D.....

AxeHealey
AxeHealey Dork
5/16/22 10:05 a.m.

Yours is nicer.

golfduke
golfduke Dork
5/16/22 10:29 a.m.

I think i kinda like it, but it definitely needs some LOW.  Those 80s wheel gaps never cease to amaze me, haha.

petey
petey Reader
5/16/22 10:56 a.m.

Lowering might be tough....has the transverse leaf spring in the rear and i dunno if thats doable

GCrites80s
GCrites80s Dork
5/16/22 11:01 a.m.
AxeHealey said:

Yours is nicer.

Looks like World of Warcraft took over that place

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