The article claims that the owner rebuilt the original engine, then, a couple paragraphs down, it says that it's a 350. No way is that original unless it's a diesel, which I kinda doubt.
A total waste of a perfectly good G-body. The drugs of the 60's and 70's are partially to blame for this meaningless nonsense and destruction of property. And these year Regals came from the factory with 3.8 liter V6's with 2bbl carbs for low end models, turbochargers for the T-Types and Grand Nationals and 307 Olds V8's were the only V8 options from 86-87.
Those plain Jane Regals and Cutlasses were about as common as air molecules when I was growing up. Everyone in my neighborhood seemed to have 1 and many had 2 in the family. Utterly unremarkable cars and one hardly sees any stock survivors these days. If someone wants to celebrate them in this fashion I'm all for it.
GM press release - 2009 Geneva Auto Show:
In spite of our limited development budget, we would like to introduce our stylish and progressive new concept car to the world. We call it the Buick Autoclave.
We believe that this prototype shows that GM has a firm grasp on its future, and we are well on our way to increasing market share.
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The article claims that the owner rebuilt the original engine, then, a couple paragraphs down, it says that it's a 350. No way is that original unless it's a diesel, which I kinda doubt.
A total waste of a perfectly good G-body. The drugs of the 60's and 70's are partially to blame for this meaningless nonsense and destruction of property. And these year Regals came from the factory with 3.8 liter V6's with 2bbl carbs for low end models, turbochargers for the T-Types and Grand Nationals and 307 Olds V8's were the only V8 options from 86-87.
Those plain Jane Regals and Cutlasses were about as common as air molecules when I was growing up. Everyone in my neighborhood seemed to have 1 and many had 2 in the family. Utterly unremarkable cars and one hardly sees any stock survivors these days. If someone wants to celebrate them in this fashion I'm all for it.
GM press release - 2009 Geneva Auto Show: In spite of our limited development budget, we would like to introduce our stylish and progressive new concept car to the world. We call it the Buick Autoclave. We believe that this prototype shows that GM has a firm grasp on its future, and we are well on our way to increasing market share.