1977 Buick Is Royal No More; Bit Metallic Dealer Claims To A Greater Extent Than Or Less Other Gm Colonnade Model
Scrap yard eats 1977 Buick. If yous are a Buick fan, yous commonly arrived at that topographic point because of their claw inwards the automotive industry. Luxury or performance, too oft times known for both. Buick has been referred to every bit “The Gentleman’s Muscle Car”. When yous seek out Buick knowledge, a wealth of stories too photos tin ship away last flora on the stealthy Buick GS or the brilliant GSX. Maybe yous prefer the Darth Vader appeal of the Grand National? The Riviera has fifty-fifty carved out a fleck of recognition because of their luxury cast appeal amongst the punch of a musculus car. But I’m non talking nearly whatever of those, now. I’m talking nearly the little-to-no muscle, belatedly 1970s era, fan social club that may but consist of Jody too myself. We are the beleaguered fans a 1977 Buick Regal that is a soon-to-be fighting yard victim.
Battered Buick
An abused nestling to last sure. No textile bucket seats, no ability windows or door locks. This Regal for certain rolled out amongst mill air (long gone) too I am pretty certain it had a controversy wheel. It saddens us that these era cars appear to detect their means to the scales. Junkyard Life cannot last the solely ones guilty of loving these cars. We involve to detect a means to at to the lowest degree give mortal the chance to rescue these situations too foreclose them from larn shopping buggies or beer cans.
Regal history
Introduced to the automobile buying world inwards 1973, the really give-and-take “Regal” refers to royalty. The Mad Men of Madison Avenue were excavation deep for a hot cry inwards the nighttime era for the automotive industry. If yous wanted a sporty version of the Century, await to the Regal. The counterparts across the street were Chevrolet’s Monte Carlo too Pontiac’s Grand Prix. By 1977, the final twelvemonth for the medium size Colonnade trunk style, conformity reigned. Being somewhat lost inwards a bounding main of comparable models, nil (much) was super grand or regal. No 1 ever idea of this 1977 Buick Regal to last storey worthy, but it is to us.
No Buick buyer
Someone 1 time once again decided that a few hundred dollars too no to a greater extent than Buick sounded improve than 5 hundred dollars (which it said on the windshield) too having a Buick. I abhor the fighting place. This is what I saw every bit I passed past times recently. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 1977 Firethorn Red Buick Regal amongst all 4 Buick Road wheels (or whatever cry they became past times 1977).
Buick engine mystery
This Regal had an “H” inwards the V.I.N designating the engine code. Two sources indicated varying opinions. One claimed “H” was a 350 C.I.D, but was unclear which engine. GM was swapping Buick, Olds, Pontiac too Chevy ability plants some the board similar Fleetwood Mac. All makes had their ain 350-V8 that could receive got been installed here. The other source said “H” wasn’t a V8 at all inwards 1977. It was listed every bit a bullet-proof Buick 231-cubic-inch V6.
My gauge is either engine was long gone too the happy swapper decided on a 350, of Chevy persuasion, that was completely intact including an aluminum intake too an Edelbrock (Carter style) carb. The engine bay was too hence complete, that the solely affair that didn’t heighten its mitt inwards coil telephone phone was the A/C compressor. Outside that the pigment code hinted to a beautiful color Buick called “Firethorn”, otherwise known every bit pigment code #36 going downwards the assembly line.
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| Along amongst the aforementioned Carter-style Edelbrock carb, the 1 who abandoned the Buick too gave upward a heavy duty 3-row radiator. Someone needs this. |
Junkyard Life Note: My household unit of measurement had 2 of these Colonnade Buicks over the years. Both were this same color - Firethorn Red. My Dad bought 1 novel inwards 1976 too loved it. My cousin, Mike, bought 1 some 1977. He almost bought a 1977 Trans Am instead, but the Pontiac was leaking something underneath, too hence Mike went amongst the Buick. We all loved that car.
Ron Kidd
— Junkyard Life
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| Complete 1977 Buick Regal grill too emblem volition presently run into the crusher. |
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| 1977 Regal wears 4 mill chrome, rally rims at the fighting yard. White wall rolling stock too the master Buick wheels amongst the centerpieces indicate it was non ever intended for it to destination it all at the recycler. This Buick but roughshod into the incorrect hands. |
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| We’ve patched together worse projection cars too driven them home. |
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| Friends don’t allow friends fighting consummate chrome-bumpered cars. This 1977 Buick Regal deserved a improve fate. |
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