![]() ![]() The black cars did not start rolling off the line until 1984. ![]() Instead, the color available was a silver and charcoal two-tone paint combination. This 1987 Buick Grand National has a 4' cold air intake with LS1 MAF + Translator, Scanmaster + Boost Gauge, Switch panel, 3' downpipe + exhaust, Intercooler, 60 lb Flow matched injectors, a Performance Chip programmed by Turbo Tweak, High volume oil pump, fuel pump kit, hot wire kit, Replaced motor mounts, body bushings, sway bar bushings. The first year Buick Regal Grand NationalĪs an adult, after doing a little research, I found out that the first year of the Buick Regal Grand National, 1982, did not even have black as a color option at all. That last one, the Grand National, was always a jaw-droppingly good looking car to me, and it was especially menacing in its only available color, black. But, so did the Mustang GT, Camaro IROC-Z, Datsun 280 ZX, Cougar XR-7, the Shelby Cobra, the Corvette, and the Buick Regal Grand National. Certainly, the Countach and Ferrari 308 held my eye. All I knew at the time was that I liked sporty type cars. A white 1987 Buick Regal T-Type parked at a Buick dealer | Gary Gerstner via Hot Rod MagazineĪs a little kid, I did not know that the 1980s was about manufacturers struggling to restore lost power that drained in the 1970s due to environmental regulations and restrictions. ![]()
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