For paragraph 2, if you had said "Take the chassis from a Silverado and design a car around it," you get a Suburban; I don't think it would be practical to take the next step that you want to take with the platform, which is a real truck platform engineered to do real truck things. But GM might still have the technical ability to develop a proper luxury car platform if it had the management.
Nice ride and the seller is not being unrealistic with the ask. If it were in the northeast it would already been sold. Rust free vinyl top 70’s cars are rare and that goes double for those with the then rare sun roof (no rust protection applied to the hole cut in the roof) and the required vinyl top trapped moisture.
My god what a car! I would prefer a more 1970s color like green or gold but would totally rock it as it is. Big and imposing but classy all the same. My 1969 Electra had that same 8 track player mounted under the dash. The sunroof would be open every time the weather cooperated.
There was a 1971 Chevy Biscayne on marketplace last week with a 350 and 3 on the tree for $3k in Nebraska. If it had lasted more than a day I would have tried picking that one up too. Having the bookends of the 1971 GM line would have been nice.
For $20K I'd expect the AC to work, it's not complicated .
I dunno about that paint ~ the right front hood picture shows the reflection of one lamp mighty fuzzy .
I'd buff it out then wax it, should make a nice mirror shine .
For him wanting to let this go and keep a '92, I'm *extremely* suspicious .
Go give it a hard look, up on a proper hoist and so on, then if it seems legit, fill the tank, check the tire pressures and run it hard, _VERY_ hard, if it passes muster you can hardly miss with a '71 amirite ? .
We need an American luxury flagship again. One that keeps the tech hidden and oozes with style inside and out.
Take the chassis from a Suburban and design a car around it. This would be a no-brainer, so of course GM hasn’t done it. Dopes.
Agree with paragraph 1.
For paragraph 2, if you had said "Take the chassis from a Silverado and design a car around it," you get a Suburban; I don't think it would be practical to take the next step that you want to take with the platform, which is a real truck platform engineered to do real truck things. But GM might still have the technical ability to develop a proper luxury car platform if it had the management.
They had the CT6 platform and threw it away. Idiots.
Except for the Chinese. The 2nd generation CT6 sold in China is really good looking.
Sadly they're not going to build a luxo- barge no one will ever buy .
-Nate
Yeah, I know. A man can dream……
If you're rich buy this '71 and fix the AC , run the wheels off it .
These are fantastic road cars, I really cannot drive anything this big without touching other things so I'll give it a pass .
-Nate
Nice ride and the seller is not being unrealistic with the ask. If it were in the northeast it would already been sold. Rust free vinyl top 70’s cars are rare and that goes double for those with the then rare sun roof (no rust protection applied to the hole cut in the roof) and the required vinyl top trapped moisture.
This looks like a free trip to Cali for someone from NYC. Fly out, drive back in style, and sell it to the first Mafioso you meet. Fuggeddaboutit.
I know that the previous gen were better cars, but damn, I can’t imagine a much better way to spend $20k on an old car then this. Gorgeous.
Great highway car. I'd love to have another one except the garage is too small.
My god what a car! I would prefer a more 1970s color like green or gold but would totally rock it as it is. Big and imposing but classy all the same. My 1969 Electra had that same 8 track player mounted under the dash. The sunroof would be open every time the weather cooperated.
There was a 1971 Chevy Biscayne on marketplace last week with a 350 and 3 on the tree for $3k in Nebraska. If it had lasted more than a day I would have tried picking that one up too. Having the bookends of the 1971 GM line would have been nice.
For $20K I'd expect the AC to work, it's not complicated .
I dunno about that paint ~ the right front hood picture shows the reflection of one lamp mighty fuzzy .
I'd buff it out then wax it, should make a nice mirror shine .
For him wanting to let this go and keep a '92, I'm *extremely* suspicious .
Go give it a hard look, up on a proper hoist and so on, then if it seems legit, fill the tank, check the tire pressures and run it hard, _VERY_ hard, if it passes muster you can hardly miss with a '71 amirite ? .
-Nate
I wonder if the “patina” could be corrected-out.