GNX CLONE over here
BUILD IT... expensive is the very beginning for any Buick V6 Turbo...
I have spoken to a few actual GNX owners, and they panic ICK anytime someone goes near their car... can you honestly leave your REAL GNX in a parking lot unattended over night and travel the United States driving it, NOT using a trailer... highly doubt it...
I have an 87 mint original Grand National purchased with 157 miles and owned since January 1988, now with 38,600 miles and still a GARAGE QUEEN... if I sold both my GN's, I would buy an X, but I refuse to sell my T-top GN or hardtop GN to buy a GNX, yet one day - I will buy a REAL GNX... just not this year or the next...
I purchased my 2nd Grand National with 88,000 miles March 2008 and it currently has 102,000 miles as of May 2010, I have driven it from WI to Kentucky, WI to NC, SC, and then to Reynolds, Georgia, from WI to KY to Maine and then back to WI, then again from WI to Maine 2010... all in a 1987 Buick Grand National GNX Clone... with improvements needed... almost there... almost completed... 10 year hobby project ahead of schedule by 8 years, and now it has been sidetracked by going WAYYYY faster... with bolton parts... I have FMIC, GNX flares, vents, GNX headrests, GNX Repro. Rims, GNX turbo shield, stickers, ASC emission sticker, GNX Numbered Dash plate, ASC door jamb, no rpo code in trunk, no gnx suspension, instead I chose HRpartsNstuff dbl adj upper control arms and lower control arms, anti roll/sway bar with air bags, minus pinion snubber... I need GNX pumpkin cover... and a new paint job to complete it, but since I LOVE TO DRIVE my BUICK GRAND NATIONAL AKA GNX CLONE... I'll leave the paint for last to do....
NO RUST, in the best condition I have even seen for a car with high miles and comparing it against my original GN with 38k miles and never driven in rain or snow... this car is sweet... and very fun to drive... I was at Car show in Buxton Maine May 16, 2010... people were wow a GNX, only 100 made, NOOO, 547, hey is this a real GNX, NO GNX CLONE... wow cool, I never saw one.... man can u spin your tires and do a powerstand, yes I can... not afraid to smoke the tires... these cars were built for it, money isn't wasted if you enjoy what your doin'.... currently I'm living in Maine, yet own a home in Wisconsin... got my Buick GNX Clone in Maine and my T-Top GN in Wisconsin... guess I'll have to save up for a REAL GNX for a home in Florida down the road...
photos attached...
also, I have a friend who is making a grill protector for the Front Mount Intercooler, stay tuned for updated photo... almost like a bra, except for the grill only...