GMP Buicks I've never heard of....

[GNvsTA]

I found this on a diecast forum. It is rather long, but has a list of most of the Turbo Buick diecasts GMP made.

Two on the list I am very curious about and wanted to see if anyone here knew of them. First is 8003V, 87 GNX with vinyl roof? And second is 8010M, light blue prostock GN? Also noticed 8004B, a black 87 GN made by Epitome. I am wondering if this one might just be a typo and is actually 8104B, the drag version.

 

[1 QWIK 6]

that is interesting...

 

[GNvsTA]

I brought back this thread after reading the blue chrome Turbo Buick thread. Didn't want to hijack a thread about a different car, but it made me think of this one. My original post had a link to a list on the Diecast Pub which got hacked with viruses and is being rebuilt currently.

Anyways, anyone have any thoughts on the 87 GNX with a vinyl roof? Still have never heard of or seen one anywhere else. The prostock Buick mentioned was just the tweaked car with decals removed from what I understand.

 

[2TURBOT]

V GNX is custom byc? (i dont do customs/FAKES), prostock is tweaked prepro ,other is epitome drag (wrong #)

 

[Epitome]

I am unaware of a GNX vinyl roof. Not only does it makes no sense, but I am not aware of any discussion by GMP about it. I give it a solid NO. The answers about the others seem on target.

 

[GNcollectables]

I copied that list a long time ago & recently tried to go back to that site to see if it had been updated, but found the site was being rebuilt.

Here's the list for you (as it was printed from there, accurate or not):

BUICK

8001 1987 Buick Regal Black "Grand National" Gry/Blk 3504
8001B 1987 Buick Regal Black Chrome "Grand National" 2508
8002 1986 Buick Regal White 5004
8003 1987 Buick GNX Regal Black 8547
8003V 1987 Buick GNX Regal Black vinyl top 547
8004 1987 Buick Regal Turbo T-type Autumn Maple 3312
8004B 1987 Buick GN Regal Black 2298 Epitome Exclusives
8005 1986 Buick Regal Black "Grand National" 5196
8006 1987 Buick Regal Turbo T-type Charcoal Grey 3996
8007 1985 Buick Regal Black "Grand National" 3100
8008 1986 Buick Regal Turbo T-type Grey/Black 2598
8009 1983 Buick GN Regal Warm Red "Factory Prototype" 2400
8010 1983 Buick GN Regal Lite Blue Prostock "Tweaked" 3500
8010M 1983 Buick GN Regal Lite Blue Prostock 12 (tweaked car minus graphics)
1987 Buick GN Regal Black Drag Version,Yel/Org Flames Club Special Edition 300
8101 1986 Buick Regal T-type White Gray 3504
8102 1987 Buick Regal Turbo TS Somerset Blue MTR/Diecast Muscle 2000
8102CH 1987 Buick Regal T-type Somerset Blue Chrome MTR/Diecast Muscle 200
8103WL 2003 Buick Regal T-type Centennial GNX, Gray Epitome 547
8103 2003 Buick Regal T-type Centennial GNX Gray Epitome Exclusives 1446
8104B 1987 Buick GN Regal Black Drag Version Epitome 2298
1987 Buick TS Regal T-type Black WE4 Gray May Epitome 1000
G1800211 1986 Buick GN Regal Black Street/Strip Epitome 750
G1800212 1987 Buick GN Regal “Molly Designs” Race Edition Gray Epitome 750
G1800213 1987 Buick Regal T-type WE4 Gray Epitome ???
G1800214 1987 Buick Regal T-type WE4 Sage Green Metallic Epetome 200
G1800215 Buick Drag Regal Candy Silver Metallic "Street Fighter" ???
G1800216 1987 Buick Regal Light Brown/Chest Epitome 500
G1800217 1987 Buick Regal Gray/Silver Epitome 500
G1800218 1987 Buick Regal Red/Rosewood Epitome 500
G1800219 1987 Buick Regal Dark Blue/Light Blue Epitome 500
G1800220 1987 Buick Regal Rosewood Epitome 200
G1800221 Buick Drag Regal Gray Metallic "Street Fighter" 650
G1800222 Buick Drag Regal Blue Metallic "Street Fighter" 650
G1800223 1987 Buick GN/132 Regal Fact or Fiction" Black 750
G1800224 1986 Buick Regal T-type Black 750
G1800225 1986 Buick Regal T-type White 250

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[GNvsTA]

Thats the list I was referring to. Thanks for posting it.

 

[GNcollectables]

Thats the list I was referring to. Thanks for posting it.

Here's an accurate list I made a few years back of all the Regal diecasts that were made:
http://www.gncollector.com/diecastlist.html
(theres a downloadable {right click, save as} notepad file on the right side, near the start of the list)

I'm in the process of updating it now, but will be awhile before reposting.

You might like the recent posts (& pics) I've been making lately on my other website (I'm featuring Buick Regal diecasts all this month, so there's more still to come, keep checking back):
Buick Grand National diecast cars

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[Epitome]

Some small corrections to your list GNcollectables. Yellow w/Flames Drag Version GN production was 480, not 750. The weird thing about the Yellow Drag GN is that the first 300 had the Epitome GOLD license plates like all the cars before. The remaining 180 had silver plates, making them rarer than the normally rarest 300 GOLD. Molly Designs 1 of 750 1987 Grand National you have listed as (no #). They were all serialized, however, only the first 300 had serialized certificates to match.

 

[Epitome]

I highly doubt it. Now I don't know every internal thing that happened at GMP, but it wouldn't make sense. Samples are hand built and cost money. I contracted with GMP to build the Drag Versions AFTER Tweaked was made. So, much of the Drag Version cars make up is the same as Tweaked (Minus the wrong, GNX rear suspension, that made it onto Tweaked because Lawrence Conley missed it on the sample he signed off on lol). The concept wasn't working from scratch. I have the first ever sample of the Yellow w/Flames Drag Version. It has the Tweaked GNX fender vents in the hood and the flame design we settled on was correct but much too dark on the sample. I cannot vouch for what happened internally at GMP, but I don't think that car would have been built, the concept was off Tweaked from the start.

 

[2TURBOT]

That makes sense thanks..... I do know after talking to insiders at gmp and others who left gmp years before the end...people seem to have a lot of different views on what was really done behind closed doors. Still I'm very happy to have met all the people I have spoken too. Anyone involved in making gmp buicks has made it exciting to hunt for rare stuff

 

[GNcollectables]

Molly Designs 1 of 750 1987 Grand National you have listed as (no #). They were all serialized, however, only the first 300 had serialized certificates to match.

No# meaning it doesn't have a # like G1800212 on the box (which I assume this 212 # would be correct for the 2nd car, based on G1800211 for the 1st car & 213 for the 3rd car {theWE4} )

Thanks for the other info tho., I think that was a typo on my part.

 

[Epitome]

I don't know why I missed it before but the list on your website, where I have been sending a number of people now, seems to end with the Rare Sage model in 1:18th scale. The 4, 1 of 500 D84 two tone cars came after, as well as the 1 of 200 Rosewood. Then GMP's releases of the Fact or Fiction GN, Drag GNXs (Blue and Silver), and the 2 1986 T-Types. I am sure you know lol.

 

[87granny]

Ted good to see you back my friend love the cars i baught from you

 

[GNcollectables]

I don't know why I missed it before but the list on your website, where I have been sending a number of people now, seems to end with the Rare Sage model in 1:18th scale. The 4, 1 of 500 D84 two tone cars came after, as well as the 1 of 200 Rosewood. Then GMP's releases of the Fact or Fiction GN, Drag GNXs (Blue and Silver), and the 2 1986 T-Types. I am sure you know lol.

List has been updated some & MOVED from the old site, to this site HERE:
(ALL of the info from the OLD site is now on the NEW site):

Buick Regal Diecast Checklist

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