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Hey I know that car! I used a Camaro (?) Muffler I salvaged off a parts car when I did that conversion. Not true duals but looks good and sounds good.

The grey car I mentioned had a transmission rebuild at 240k. Original engine largely untouched except for maintenance items and gaskets. Not sure on the green coupe. It didn't come with any service records. But it had a massive transmission leak from the main seal. So either it had work done that was done poorly, or it was in desperate need.

I have a polo green 1991 here with 256,000 miles, and a Grey 1989 with 310,000. Maintenance is everything.

All Select 60s were made with no pinstripe. I've seen several with ones added but it's not technically correct.

That sure looks a lot like my Maui Blue/tan convertible clipped from the Buick Bugle

I use SEM color coat. They guys at the local auto paint supply store suggested it over the DuPont product because it dries easier, coats better, and has a better flex agent in it. My upholsterer just did them one off for me. After he did the second set he said he'd only do another set if he had no other projects going on. They are very time consuming to do because of all the stitching involved. Plus material cost.

The dye comes in a gallon can much like house paint. You then pour it into a Preval sprayer, dilute about 50% with lacquer thinner to keep the sprayer from spitting. The seats are leather seating surfaces and vinyl backs. Just like factory.

I've done two cars like this. Both started out with blue door panels and rear panels. Seats and headliner were reupholstered, and the other panels were dyed. If you use the correct dye (about $180 a gallon), it will cover well. a set of reupholstered white seats will run you $1100-1500 depending on your upholstery guy.

For what it's worth I contacted that guy about buying his car as I was going to be in the area, and never heard back from him...

I too was all excited about the car until I learned what this guy's definition of "mint" was. I had already gotten a price on shipping before I even called the guy. If it was indeed mint I would've bought it right then and there. But like Kevin said, by the time you put a $3000 (minium) paint job on it, another $1000(?) In the motor, and do the other routine things every Reatta needs, you quickly have $10k in a car that's worth about $10k. For me, doesn't make sense. For someone who wants to keep it and drive it, maybe it will. My garage is a tad full right now though

I spoke to the seller about a week ago. What he doesn't tell you in the ad is that the paint is shot. Peeling in several places and badly checked. Also the engine has a knock in it. Possibly just a harmonic balancer, but who knows. The inteiror is pretty good except for the faded carpets and the passenger seat being pretty dried up. And "all documentation" doesn't include a portfolio, window sticker or anything like that. The Carfax checks out though. Miles seem to be true. But this is one of the roughest 35,000 mile cars I've seen in a long time.

Actually from Amazon. 4 for $100. I bought them for the same reasons. Not that cold here but the old florescents were still having issues. Not any more! Plus much brighter and no need to keep bulbs around.

More LEDs overhead installed in the basement.

Translated (albeit poorly by Google...) The new Buick Reatta is not intended for anyone.Is not that wonderful? The Reatta is not the car waiting for Mr. or Mrs. "Everyone". Ordinary people do indeed think that a A two-seater car manufactured largely by hand and in limited quantities must be sold at a price that is too high. Is not it ridiculous? It's as ridiculous as trying to seduce you by enumerating even a few features of Reatta. If you put any Picrre, Jean, or Jacques, you may discover that the Reatta is one that is destined for you.

I picked this one up recently. French Canadian advertisment. Never seen it before. Also have some other favorites that I'll try to post later

Amalaklou, I spoke to your mechanic last week about this issue. Do yourself a favor and don't try to fix this yourself. Your mechanic is probably the best Reatta mechanic in California. He'll get the problem solved for you. I gave him some things to check out and told him we have BCMs available if it does turn out to be that.

Why has this thread gotten so off topic??

THIS AD HAS EXPIRED https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/d/88-buick-reatta/6436578760.html I looked at this car in May for a customer who had interest. She ended up just putting more money into her current Reatta. I have a lot of in-depth pictures of this car for anyone who may be interested

Here's some photos of the back shop. Still no electricity out there but that will hopefully change soon. Plenty of room in the back shop for my 8'x14'x4' retired pallet rack. Combined with 2x8s, you can put nearly anything you want on it without hurting it. Also saw an interesting way to display some of my license plate collection online and decided to apply it to the basement stairs.

Got the other 2 cars over to the hotel yesterday. It's tight, but they all fit! Now to move shelves around so it can double as parts storage. I'll get some photos of the rear shop next week. It's mainly full of parts that are waiting for the shelving units they belong on to be installed. That should happen Monday unless it snows again... The rolling shelving units I picked up second hand from a friend. I believe they were old green house shelving.

After purchasing a house, one of my resolutions is to get my shop and several storage facilities moved to my new garage (follow progress here: I will also be driving to Denver to the Nationals with my wife in my 1991 Gunmetal Grey/Flame Red coupe. Some minor things to finish on that car before we leave. It will be a bit of a homecoming trip for that car since it was sold new in Littleton, and we purchased it in Aurora a little over a year ago and drove it home.

Thanks to some awesome BCA friends, I got my work bench and a couple other shelving units moved into the rear shop (no photos yet) and got the wall cut back and ceiling tiles removed in the back of the garage. Was nice to pull the truck in and load the debris in out of the cold. Much improvement

Got several shelves moved from the old shop as well as a trailer full of boxes full of Reatta parts in them over to the house yesterday. Also roped in some friends to drive some.cars over while I trailered my 1991 convertible over. 3 of the 5 cars now in the garage. The florescent lights are like playing roulette when you flip the switch. Regularly 3 of the 7 (different ones each time) come on when you turn them on. New LED replacements have been ordered.

After much searching and a long closing process, my wife and I have purchased our first home together. This house is everything we both wanted, and we couldn't ask for a more perfect home. The best part of the house (in my opinion) is the 1500 sq ft basement garage. This will quickly become the home to my company East Coast Reatta Parts, as well as my shop and storage for my prized Reattas. As improvements are made I'll try to keep this thread updated. This is my dream garage and a huge upgrade from the pole barn I've rented for 6 years. The title of this thread isn't because we bought a farm (sadly, not in the budget) but a ranch style house. When we bought the house, the basement was as pictured. There's a small room.in the back that will be cut back to make room for more cars. My plan is to fit 5 Reattas in the basement. There's another garage in the back I would like to ultimately like to install a lift in. But that's down the road.

That was the case with my Select 60. It was held in dealer inventory for years and driven with dealer plates. No CarFax history until it was sold at auction in 1994.