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Thread: 1986 Buick T-type build
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02-16-2022 #1Registered User
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1986 Buick T-type build
There are not a lot of G-body builds on here and even less turbo Buick's. I thought I would post up a thread on my T-type that I have been working on since 2005 and is still a project in process. This car and I have a lot of history and if there is interest I can start at the beginning and post pics of the entire build up till today. I initially bought the car as a roller and I planned to put an extra motor I had in to make a "nice driver" out of. As most you can appreciate it just snow balled from there to a complete frame off resto-mod build.
The car was pretty much rust free and while the paint looked rough it was actually a really clean 86 T-type that is a well optioned and pretty rare. They only made 1921 1986 T-type's built and this one is actually a Canadian model making it even rarer and it is technically an import lol! The climate control is in Celcius and the speedo in KM, the emission tag is also for Canada and the front bumper has the lightweight bumper supports and not a full crash bar. EDIT: Actually it is really rare only 175 1986 T-types were exported to Canada, 441 Grand Nationals
Here is a pic of the car as it sits today. It obviously has some suspension work and has a 3.8 Stage 2 Alum GN1 head motor that should make somewhere around 700 hp at the tires.