My other rides, Grand National & etc. WARNING: lots of pics.

[EtaSport]

Thats ok, I've wanted a Grand National since i was 17. Now 10 years later i finaly got one. Grand Nationals are my 2ed favorite cars next to a 1969 Rambler S/C Hurst. The vega is all apart now getting redone. It's going to look like a Baldwin motion car when done, hopfully in the spring. Here is a pic. of the rambler cause i'm sure no one on here knows what one is.

lol.. yea, I've always been a GN fan. I want an 87, but they seem to already be modded running 12s and cost upwards of 15k. I like my 49 and with a little more work it will be where I want it, but I'd still trade it for a few cars on my "list"

[SchnellerVert]

Where are the Dials for the Charger. Scary as Chrysler had a Variable Nozzel Turbo.

The GN is ok Now if it was a GNX it would be awesome. I drove one in 88 as a buddy of mine had one in his Fathers house that we all rented out for college.

Loved the crazy ladder bar the car had from the factory.

[golde30]

grand national + vega are nice.

86 shelby and firebird are gross.:D

[Axxe]

I love the placement of the turbo on the GN's, such a straight shot to the TB lol. Pretty neat cars, but my personal favorite american car is a '69 Camaro, black on black, with a worked BB under the hood. I will own one before I die.

[Simon S]

wow dude.

you're all over the place..

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[JasonC]

Thanks for the comments guys. I thought that there was going to be more flaming cause they are american cars, but there hasn't been. I found the production #'s for these cars and they are low exept for the vega.

85 Grand National: 2,102
96 Firebird Formula w/6spd.: 3,033
86 Shelby Charger: 7,709
72 Vega hatchback: 262,700

[Teaguer]

I don't mean to steal the thread away but here are some pics that some of you will enjoy .

Heres a group of GN's that I had for sale at me family's shop a couple of years ago :


Thats not even counting our personal GN's or the ones we were working on . :D
There was always a good dozen or so on the premises at the time .

Heres my dads clean '87 that I sold for $25k (almost GNX territory) in '03 :



Just to break up the monotony we even built a big block powered GN :



Oh and theres a nice GNX sitting in the front lobby if anyone is in the market . :)

[Mastrcruse]

Love the cars minus the firebird, they just don't do anything for me. GN is awesome, I have also wanted one since I was 17 after I saw a video clip of the GN with twin turbos sticking out of the hood and then almost lifting off the dino, atleast thats what it looked like.

[JasonC]

Teaguer, I allways enjoy seeing any GN's. I thought about switching mine over to a 86-87 setup, but this is the first car i've kept stock. I'll proboply get the factory plug wires and put them back on. Them are some nice GN's you have there, and i like seeing something differnt like the one with a big block in it.

[Teaguer]

GN is awesome, I have also wanted one since I was 17 after I saw a video clip of the GN with twin turbos sticking out of the hood and then almost lifting off the dino, atleast thats what it looked like.

Ah yes , Chow , that was a hair rasing video .

Relive it HERE .

[JasonC]

Love the cars minus the firebird, they just don't do anything for me. GN is awesome, I have also wanted one since I was 17 after I saw a video clip of the GN with twin turbos sticking out of the hood and then almost lifting off the dino, atleast thats what it looked like.

The firebird will grow on you till you have to work on it. motor is half way under the windshield. And i love watching that video that Teaguer just posted.

[808BMW]

grand national + vega are nice.

86 shelby and firebird are gross.:D

Haha, my thoughts exactly :P Not really hatin on em, but I'm a bowtie boy through and through

GN is awesome, I have also wanted one since I was 17 after I saw a video clip of the GN with twin turbos sticking out of the hood and then almost lifting off the dino, atleast thats what it looked like.

That video made me fall in love. My friends dad has a GN, but he never lets him drive it because he knows how dumb we are.

[mikeedler]

the GN is awesome, a good friend of mine here in germany has one, the germans look at him like he is dumb when he goes to the track- but boy do they get a surprise when he runs it.
booo for the charger and anyone who likes that late80s junk!yuk is it ugly. I cant believe anyone this forum would even like it.

A GN with a bigblock in it is no longer a GN! like a e30 M3 with an M30 in it. Just not the same anymore, and its heart has been ripped out.


Still, much respect for a cool collection of cars. I know where your coming from.
people used to ask me why I had an M3 and a 4 pump 73 delta 88 lowrider sharing my garage- easy, 2 different awesome worlds.