Dude seems like he worked hard for all this and really deserves it. He lives that car more than ever now. Congrats on making his dream come true.

@yepyep6916

2 жыл бұрын

Just watching him grin when the throttle was hit even put a smile on my face just like the days of of past did with BMX bikes, go karts, Atari’s, and swims in the creek.

@solaceininsanity

Жыл бұрын

Man’s got his g body

I’m glad to see Grand Nationals that aren’t LS-swapped 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾

@atamagashock

2 жыл бұрын

Right, that’s all I see these days! Although I ain’t gonna lie, the thought has crossed my mind, to pull my 109 and pack her away with 24k on it and drop an ls to go racing. But probably won’t bother.

@kykrazy6050

2 жыл бұрын

Amen to that!!!

@Theyoufeelme

2 жыл бұрын

It would be more reliable and probably have more power

@MrAhhsum

2 жыл бұрын

As an ls swap fan... I can still appreciate this. These 6cyl deserve their homes!

@badlilstang

2 жыл бұрын

@@Theyoufeelme Probably so but there are also 8 second daily driver combo for these cars and they still pull decent MPG if you stay out of boost. My Dad had one he had built and finally sold a few years back. Biggest issue is stock electronics holding it back.. they really need a FAST or some other EFI controller to get the most out of them. The 1987 computer is to slow and has issues.

“Man your shits running good you’re about to have a good weekend” that’s a mechanic I’d want working on my cars lmao none of that “it should be good” bs

@dpz9872

2 жыл бұрын

I'm happy to hear that from my doctor. 😂

@rylordrylord7347

2 жыл бұрын

Facts lol

@NightmareonAnyStreet_

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂 On Mommas

That torque does it, Skip felt the G’s. Very classy touches, nothin over the top. That’s the essence of these collectibles. Great job, super clean all around.

Buick Grand National… The car that GM killed to save the Corvettes image…

@skeezix8156

2 жыл бұрын

Layed the smack down on Porsche and Ferrari by ‘86 once they got the intercoolers. Those Buick guys back then are legendary

@THESLlCK

2 жыл бұрын

@@skeezix8156 back in the day people put 440s in and chassis reinforcement to make them really take off

@charlespayne1909

2 жыл бұрын

Say it aint so. Ill put a corvette engine in that. Then scap the corvette

@patchesw3815

2 жыл бұрын

1987….the one year a stock Buick V6 made more HP than a stock Chevrolet 350 small block in the corvette. And it was awesome. Always loved the GN’s & GNX.

@Coelacanth97

3 ай бұрын

@@patchesw3815 1986 too. 86-87 GN's and Turbo T's had the same powertrain. The 547 GNX's were even better.

“It’s not just one, it’s 12”. Instant jealousy 😂😂

@petermarkusic4047

2 жыл бұрын

Wondered where they all went lol

Keep your great attitude, and you will have a great life. I love mechanics who care about their customers!

@yes-yd6xu

2 жыл бұрын

man i was just about to comment this. Had too many mechanics look and work like they don’t want to make no money or hate they job.

@tommywilson3415

2 жыл бұрын

🎯, mechanics that care about their customers, the cars they work on and the quality of work they do!!

Bought one the day it hit the show room at my local Buick Dealership in 1987 . Wish I still had it !

@mackmanson3543

2 жыл бұрын

Maaaaaan, I still have mine fully built with 52k original miles on it! Really clean and looks bone stock, but ain't shit stock about it but the look! Love these GN's man!

@bobbyrobbyn1838

2 жыл бұрын

My condolences

@danrussell3509

2 жыл бұрын

@@bobbyrobbyn1838 LOL Exactly ...

@CarsCatAliens

2 жыл бұрын

Damn.... I can only IMAGINE the excitement the days leading up, and then the day going to get it... Then getting laid that night. You have a GN back then, even an ugly guy was getting laid !

Friends: Why you running 22 pounds of boost. Me: Because I like to party.

10:26 Makes my day to see that dude smile like that. He looks like a good dude that works hard to get what he wants in life. Good stuff.

@GT-Tezzy

2 жыл бұрын

Alot of black men are like this

Dropped out of college and started my shop before I was 21. Its been an amazing 20+ years. Stick with it. Savor EVERY vehicle you get blessed to be trusted with. Let the BS of the bad customers are detractors slide. Take plenty of pictures and make a log Enjoy your path. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and go sit in the middle of my shop trying to chase some of the memories and remember the struggles that happened along the way trying to recapture some of the magic Took some time off from touching customer cars and am JUST starting to do some stuff for legacy customers but most of all, working on my own stuff having spent decades being to tired or bored to touch my own collection Congrats

That is a stunning car man!… I was 25 when these cars came out and it was good to see some real American muscle on the streets again…GREAT MEMORIES👊🇺🇸

@Tomas.X

2 жыл бұрын

Welll...I was 18 when the GN came along, and it was a unicorn. It was weird (V6 turbo? WTF?) and wonderful (fast.) But at the time, there were fast American cars everywhere, in particular the Mustang GT (and the great LX notchback 5.0) along with the GM F-bodies, and even the GN's little brother, the turbo Regal. But at that time, turbos were NOT cool with the 'merican car club boys. Too euro, too Asian. The Mustang SVO was uber-cool, but no V8 meant nothin but hate. In this mix, the GN was a low volume oddball only true enthusiasts recognized. It by no means represented a return of 'merican muscle. Just a neat experiment GM signed off on. In fact, I knew "poor kids" that drove new Monte Carlo SS's who thought they were the shit and had no clue those monotone black Buicks were king of the hill. I drove a Grand Prix but did always prefer the Regal looks. Interesting to think what might have been if Pontiac got the GN treatment.

My buddy in high schools brother had a T-top 87 national, could hear that turbo spooling up blocks away,such a fun car

@Troy-McClure81

2 жыл бұрын

@@TeamHeat604 its was funnier when that turbo kicked in and made my 68 chevelle look like it was standing still🤣

The smile on the face of Skip says it all!

They are so beautiful. That is such a beauty. So cool to see him smile that big

When a grown man has a toy...and they smile like that..you know is good

I bought 1 from a gym buddy back in 1992 for 8k , with 50k miles on it , I had it for a couple years until someone stole it , It was a fun car to drive one of my favorites, but it was a headache in terms of keeping it running perfect , with no internet back then it was hard to find shops / mechanics / hi performance parts to get it done right, we used magazines and word of mouth , the car with all its sensors was ten years ahead of its time back in the day , happy to see you keeping them alive

@pjboosted3517

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, luckily we have been able to gain a lot of knowledge of these beasts and have had the innovative available to really keep them running good and 21st century technology

@yankees29

2 жыл бұрын

My uncle had a 87 Monte Carlo he bought brand new stolen from in front of his house years ago. It was all white. Pretty quick car. It was a shame they never found it.

@kyoakland

Жыл бұрын

Someone stole mine as well I guarantee was your maslo air sensor that kept failing on you besides that mine ran great and I've had 3 of them

Damn I don't think I ever seen that many Grand Nationals in one location.. wow🙌🙌🙌

@Asdasty

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not from the USA, so I haven't even seen one in real life before

@wood4278

Жыл бұрын

I seen that and a lot more...dated a lady who lived in Pontiac Michigan back in '87 and when I would visit her she knew how much I loved muscle cars so she would take me by the Plant that these bad boys was made at and just an amazing site...rows and rows and rows of these turbo Buick's whether it was the Grand National or T-Type...those was the BEST DAYS

@yankees29

Жыл бұрын

Guy I work for has 2 at his window shop. Love those things.

“no one getting there hands on this besides yall” i need this type of machinist for my motors

My buddy in high school had a T-Type. He ran the crap out of that car. Never lost to a Mustang.

Awesome car! Thanks for sharing it with us! Love them Grand Nationals! And the T-Type!

Awesome car and good on you for taking care of your customers. Something you don’t see in the auto Industry too often unfortunately

Grew up in Berwyn and this whole time you guys are right here, will for sure be seeing you when I get mine this year 😎

Always good to see people satisfied with their stuff after it all finally comes together and works like it should 🙏🏼

@brianmathew09

2 жыл бұрын

amen..nice to see someone who gets it rite

That’s awesome man. Love seeing the reactions

He’s got a whole herd of Grand Nationals

That smile on his face let's u know that u did a good job and its what he was looking for

Such beautiful car's 😁👍 I would love to own one some day!!!!

@chrisbeauvais3230

2 жыл бұрын

Same here

@oldwarmonger8750

2 жыл бұрын

I got the last one ever made.600,000 and it’s yours.

@CoyoteSwapEverything

2 жыл бұрын

@@oldwarmonger8750 I want it

Awesome video! I’ve never seen a grand national in Australia, but we did get some Holden Commodores with Buick v6’s in them. Nice video !

I couldn't help but smile the entire video

Super nice. I've wanted one of those for a long time. Back in the day I bought a trashy 78 Gran Prix and my buddy got parts and pieces from an 85 Monte Carlo, and suped it up. He kept talking about getting a turbo for it, I was happy blowing the doors off the tricked out Hondas that are around here.

"groceries bodies whatever" got you a new subscriber

Love it!! Smiles galore...

Haha this popped up in my recommendations u guys are like 20 minutes away from me ..all my aunts and uncles and cousins live in Brookfield...i even noticed you drove past irish times there on ur test ride lol good shit

I don’t care who you are, if you drive a GNX or like them, you got class💯👍🏽

Dude seems real happy with his car now. Grand Nattys are such a treasure…I got myself a 19 TourX I’ve ECU tuned and put a k&n in. Still warrantied so can’t go too crazy, but she’s a pretty legit spaceship on the highway!

@soldierx345

2 жыл бұрын

Don't use to much oil on your K&N, could trip up the MAF

I like your channel I just subscribed long time GN fan.

I had an 87 Regal T with the turbo V6. I installed a methanol injection kit that allowed me to turn the boost up to 25 psi. Definitely a fun car.

Yeah, that's plenty fast! I gotta say, love these Grand Nationals. A true man's car. It ain't no hype machine, but it's nothing boring. Like a perfect medium, not a kid magnet, but nothing women would shy from. Makes you wonder if GM doesn't do this again because they know they'd hurt Corvette sales further than the hypercar thing they did last...

Love finding new channels with content, hell ya!

@nathanmoss8481

2 жыл бұрын

need to move that rad overflow line, its pinching hard.

I love the console in the Grand National that you drove.

My friend back in the 80's introduced me to this car. Simple awesome.

That Kenny bell cold air intake is not a original factory part. I promise.

Good genuine video. It’s hard finding videos that are real and not staged to the gills. 🤘🏻

A friend of mine has one. Its still in great shape and hauls ass. Nice ride.

The days of GN's and conley's performace that dude was the GN king . I was lucky to grow up around his shop in humble tx.

@mickeyd4012

2 жыл бұрын

This dude ain't that old LoL... Or are U talking about the shop in general? 🤔

@minibikemadman

2 жыл бұрын

@@mickeyd4012 im saying the one shop that was king dick for GNs in the late 80s,90s and early 2000s. Conley was one of the first super fast turbo Buicks.....he went in the 7's (with a green car named "Tweaked") with the electronic fuel injection Turbo V6 based off the ones that came in the GN before anyone else did it. His accomplishments with the EFI turbo V6 in my opinion is probably in the same league as the late Buddy Ingersoll.

Broo I was at the shop like 2 weeks ago stopped just to take a look at those grand nationals, my dream car fr fr

Ive been looking for one of these joints. Been wanting one

That intro music is boosted! My beats 🎧 exploded! Sheeeeeeesh!

So we’re just going to ignore the Countach sitting right there 😱

@jesseshasteen8158

2 жыл бұрын

fuck that dude has 12 grand national sitting in 1 garage

@MS-mr4zm

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah pretty much. Would rather have a well sorted out GN than a lambo lol

7:35 MAN that was my view to school n work 30 years ago! 1981 Buick Century estate car - no, not Estate wagon, but someone who died and left their estate up for sale. I got this granny Buick Century for $1,500 back in 1990, only 4,000 miles on the clock. Just needed new tires and alignment, and off I went, for the next 7 years of ownership! Took it up to college with me, loaded five college buddies in it and we went off campus, to the mall etc. That Century and the car in this video would be considered large sedans nowadays, and something to treasure! Nice work on the Regals!

Idk why I love this car so much. Everything about it. It's sinister

💯Everybody that had the Grand National new back then gets a chuckle when they hear somebody say it's original 40,000 miles🤣

You lost me when you got in the drivers seat of the owners car when he came to pick it up, bro never ever came across that in my life of cars and mechanics😆

Love your car bro my favorite car since I was 12 in 1987 gnx is my dream car.

That old school gm speedo brings back memmories. My parents had a 77 Caprice, it had the same spedo.

Man that car is clean as fk 🔥🔥🔥. Hell I'd be smiling too if I was him 😁😁😁

So aerodynamic and smooth looking.

The owner looks happy as hell

Absolutely love this vid

Picked a GN up and gets delivered Saturday. Has some mods and hope it runs like THAT👌

@queefersutherland8495

2 жыл бұрын

You get the gn?

@Dusted-fs4nq

2 жыл бұрын

@@queefersutherland8495 Yeah, I did. Was better than I even hoped. Picked it up from Gateway Classic Cars unseen in person. Man, it's clean 👌

@queefersutherland8495

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dusted-fs4nq nice always liked them glad you gota nice one

@Dusted-fs4nq

2 жыл бұрын

@@queefersutherland8495 Thanks. Appreciated😊

What a great car. Love the Grand National. Look how happy the owner is.

Owner's smile was ear to ear....awesome....love this car and the people in it....hope I can get into it one day..GN, T-type I don't care

Man I have seen some crazy grand nationals I have seen one at the car meet with a 2jz my guy but I do love these old cars out on the road ❤️

Grand Nationals will always have a place in my heart, it was a car that got me lots of skins in high school in the 90's (and it wasnt mine!). They used to be all over here in Michigan back then, but sadly I rarely see them anymore.

@pt18777

2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah man. I had a ss camaro back then and got my ass handed to me by some old ass nerdy guy in a grand national while we were cruising gratiot. Let’s just say that embarrassment ended my night early

@davidca96

2 жыл бұрын

@@pt18777 Guys who didnt realize what they were usually got rude awakenings haha

Love the content

Jaw drops when you count all them dream cars

Nothing like a clean black GN that hauls ass still!! I still have my 87 GN fully built with the Turbo 6 still in it. Very clean car with 52k original miles on it, looks bone stock but nothing stock about it but the look! Glad the customer is happy with his car in this video!

@angrybadger616

2 жыл бұрын

Very jealous. My dream car.

@mackmanson3543

2 жыл бұрын

@@angrybadger616 Man, I wish I could send a pic! Not bragging at all, would just like to share.

@theflukey4114

2 жыл бұрын

@@mackmanson3543 should upload a little video of it man! Be sick to see

@g..._anthony27

Жыл бұрын

🧢 upload a video to your profile.... stop lying

Man your the best for turbo regal. Sounds like you know them better the the engineers that built them new. I thought you guys was going to break the seats when you launched it from a dig! That car is living its best life. I enjoyed the video! Later man✌

Damn that's clean and nice as hell!!!! 👍

Nice ride- thanks for sharing.

The absolute most comfortable muscle car I've ever ridden in. You could damn near fall asleep in the seats.

I grew up in the 80’s that velour interior wears down quick…I would use the same colors but have it custom leather…

Beautiful car!

Great job customer service on point like a teacher

Back in the day. North side of Milwaukee all the G bodies used to go hard at the races. I remember the turbo Honda’s and the turbo G bodies always going at it.

U wanna run that grand national? 😆 such a badass car....i wanted 1 so bad when i was growing up! I remember when people used to get Monte Carlos and make them look like a GN 🤣!! Clean af car bro

A car that truly holds its value 💪🏽💪🏽

@dianecortis2047

Жыл бұрын

I have a 1987 GNX, #069 out of 547. She has 1000 miles on her.

I'm so glad I got to drive an 87 GN. This car is the reason I drive a 2016 F165. (F150 with the 2.7 ecoboost 165 cuin twin turbo v6). My truck even sound like a GN sometimes.

Grand Nationals are just badass and this ones nice and clean !

So cool to see real cars are still on the road

Several years ago I spotted what looked like a GNX, in mint condition. It was quite badass, & sounded absolutely amazing. The fella said he paid $88K for it, which seemed like a steal, considering how few of them were made. But, it had a landau top. Homie got played BIG time!

Love these cars

i had pretty much that same setup 20 years ago. good reliable low 12 second ride right there.

@aphil4581

Жыл бұрын

Would go alot quicker with bigger injectors. 10's

Man, I never knew about the Buick Grand National until I saw it on an episode of Junkyard Digs. You ought to hook up with him and do some episodes on the BGN's. He would geek out hardcore on these. Of course, he would beg to own one lol...

One of my dream old school cars to own and it's the most under rated muse car I mean Richard petty won 2 Nascar championship with this car 1st generation I think he had in 82

Subscribed... awesome!

Good shit! Great reaction vid! Liked.

Awesome car, happy for the customer

This was a sick video🤙🏻

Nice love the car

When I got mine brand new It ran great! Then 4 months later it had a bad torque converter. my dealer sent the car out to a local transmission shop and I ended up with a lousy stock transmission that didn't chirp rubber any more. Then It started breaking up at high rpm. I left it with him for a month and he couldn't figure out how to fix it so I took it with him saying I shouldn't! Gave him the middle finger and went to another dealer. They fixed it the same day with a new distributor coil cap. Ran good again. They got me a new GN trans too all free! Ran it with High octane aircraft fuel and 21lbs of boost and slicks beating everything on the street I could find till someone stole it from me.

Beautiful Car my dream car .

My Dad had one.. had a ton of work.. make 600hp.. we loved it. That guy should get a paint correction done and ceramic coating.. will look great.

Nice 😎And to see someone that knows what they are doing A-t Mechanic

Reminds me of driving past Kim & Larry's in Taylor mi years ago.😎😎

One of my dream cars is a GNX Grand National 87

My best friend got one of these off the showroom floor back in 86…only big-time drug dealers and the FBI had them…he wasn’t either, but everyone thought he was 🤣

She sounds great!

A buddy had one ! A eye opener for me when my 78 t/a w 400 was not even in the same category 😂. I never raced him ! Knew better. That was a sleeper of a car that ate mustang5.0!