SOLD for $21,000
Selling my 1986 (Not one of those "Me Too" 1987's) GN at the Pate Swap meet at Texas Motor Speedway next Friday April 25th. Email me at ccwbischof@charter.net and that goes to my phone.
Not a Aftermarket Speedo - Real 25K mile car:
Car is a 92 RPO code South Carolina/Texas T-top car with Electronic Climate Control, Cruise, G80 Positraction, Power trunk lid, Power driver seat, Power Antenna, rear defrost, etc, still rolling on 1980's Vintage 215/65 Eagle GT's. '86 GN's had Aluminum Bumper supports, too (another thing besides ETCC that makes '86 > '87, since the "10 Hp" difference isn't real)
Electronic Touch Climate Control Works:
Factory Trunk Kit (with NOS upper Rad hose in trunk)
Car rides and drives like a 25K mile car should, even with the 27 year old tires (they were takeoffs from an '87 with about 7K miles).
Real Eagle GT's:
Comes with Original Paperwork, including window stickers:
I will also throw in a Copy of the April 1986 Car and Driver with the original road test of an 1986 GN with documented 13.9 second 1/4 and 4.9 second 0-60.
Mods are the typical for a low mileage stocker that looks stock: Walbro Fuel Pump, 2.5" duals with stainless Ultraflows, high flow cat, ATR SS Downpipe, ported turbo elbow, adjustable wastegate rod, transmission shift kit, silicon turbo hoses, 237 FPR (the original leaked), capped rear lower control arms.
I don't know how the factory paint made it 28 years, when I remember cars getting repainted under warranty, but it still looks great. Bumper Fillers (front NOS, rear repro ABS) were replaced, so no worries about them going hazy for at least 15 years. All of the Other paint is original and shiny.
Previous owners appeared to have avoided parking lots, doors are ding free:
Paint on hood still shines:
The Only rust on the car is the Powermaster bracket. If you live where it snows in winter you haven't seen a 1986 GN like this in 27 years.
Flaws are there are a few minor scratches in the original paint. All could be easily touched up and the paint could be polished out. The front passenger WOM has an impact dent. Chrome is peeling from the Driver side door panel pull strap escutcheon. Dash top speaker grills are cracked. The exterior Emblems have some plating corrosion. The Flaws separate it from a NEW car, not a 28 year old car. For a 28 year old un-restored 1986, the condition is amazing.
Nobody bought 1986 GN's as an "investment" to store in their garage for 20 years. The 5,512 People bought them to show that they had the baddest car on the planet by driving them.
I'm selling it to free up a garage space (t's been stored inside an enclosed trailer in a garage at my house in Southlake for the last 11 years) for a V-8 Miata and the wife wants a new SUV. I Otherwise I'd keep it for a few more years and sell it for $30K, because I have a track record of selling cars 2 years before the value explodes. I have a feeling this car will be another one.
The Car Will be at the Pate Car Corral on Friday if it doesn't sell before then (so don't bother low balling me until April 27th at the earliest). I'm going to trailer it the 10 miles to Pate so don't expect the miles to change much.
Not a Aftermarket Speedo - Real 25K mile car:
Car is a 92 RPO code South Carolina/Texas T-top car with Electronic Climate Control, Cruise, G80 Positraction, Power trunk lid, Power driver seat, Power Antenna, rear defrost, etc, still rolling on 1980's Vintage 215/65 Eagle GT's. '86 GN's had Aluminum Bumper supports, too (another thing besides ETCC that makes '86 > '87, since the "10 Hp" difference isn't real)
Electronic Touch Climate Control Works:
Factory Trunk Kit (with NOS upper Rad hose in trunk)
Car rides and drives like a 25K mile car should, even with the 27 year old tires (they were takeoffs from an '87 with about 7K miles).
Real Eagle GT's:
Comes with Original Paperwork, including window stickers:
I will also throw in a Copy of the April 1986 Car and Driver with the original road test of an 1986 GN with documented 13.9 second 1/4 and 4.9 second 0-60.
Mods are the typical for a low mileage stocker that looks stock: Walbro Fuel Pump, 2.5" duals with stainless Ultraflows, high flow cat, ATR SS Downpipe, ported turbo elbow, adjustable wastegate rod, transmission shift kit, silicon turbo hoses, 237 FPR (the original leaked), capped rear lower control arms.
I don't know how the factory paint made it 28 years, when I remember cars getting repainted under warranty, but it still looks great. Bumper Fillers (front NOS, rear repro ABS) were replaced, so no worries about them going hazy for at least 15 years. All of the Other paint is original and shiny.
Previous owners appeared to have avoided parking lots, doors are ding free:
Paint on hood still shines:
The Only rust on the car is the Powermaster bracket. If you live where it snows in winter you haven't seen a 1986 GN like this in 27 years.
Flaws are there are a few minor scratches in the original paint. All could be easily touched up and the paint could be polished out. The front passenger WOM has an impact dent. Chrome is peeling from the Driver side door panel pull strap escutcheon. Dash top speaker grills are cracked. The exterior Emblems have some plating corrosion. The Flaws separate it from a NEW car, not a 28 year old car. For a 28 year old un-restored 1986, the condition is amazing.
Nobody bought 1986 GN's as an "investment" to store in their garage for 20 years. The 5,512 People bought them to show that they had the baddest car on the planet by driving them.
I'm selling it to free up a garage space (t's been stored inside an enclosed trailer in a garage at my house in Southlake for the last 11 years) for a V-8 Miata and the wife wants a new SUV. I Otherwise I'd keep it for a few more years and sell it for $30K, because I have a track record of selling cars 2 years before the value explodes. I have a feeling this car will be another one.
The Car Will be at the Pate Car Corral on Friday if it doesn't sell before then (so don't bother low balling me until April 27th at the earliest). I'm going to trailer it the 10 miles to Pate so don't expect the miles to change much.
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