JWC
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Here's some pictures of inside the house.
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Found this in a parts car I bought
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On 4/3/2019 at 3:36 PM, 91vert said:
I just found this and have no info on it.
Maybe Barney recognizes someone there ?
My wife and I worked there during the pilot program and we do not know who's in the photo all we can say is that it might be people from the tech center in Warren Mi., that's where our bosses were from, although the guy standing next to the lady on the left looks familiar
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On 1/11/2019 at 1:57 PM, jgiotto said:
Sweet, did you use the existing hexbolts to secure it?
No I drilled the holes into the side panel since it wasn't a show car, worked GREAT
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I made these for my Reatta'a and never had a problem.
They never got in the wife's way and for those smokers out there it doesn't block the ash tray
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The Reatta was the only body going thru the paint shop during the years I was there (1987 pilot program and 1988)
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Thanks for the info
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When I moved 12 years ago I threw them away
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Does anyone know the part number for the oil pressure sensor for the 1990 Reatta?
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I agree, I own my Reatta for the pleasure of driving it and the "What kind of car is that" most people are surprised it's a Buick. When the Reatta first came out I said it would have done better if it was priced in the mid to upper teens.
People talk about this car being "Hand built" ALL CARS are built by people, yeah I know there are many robots working on the line, the Reatta also had automatic welding machines/welding bucks, etc. and guys standing there with manual weld guns.
I think the "Hand Built" comes from the car traveling by A.G.V. system they used to bring the car to a "work station" where men and women put parts on the car.
I had tons of pictures of the inside of the plant but they are long gone now, I wish I would have kept them to share.
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I worked on the pilot program and left around Aug. 1988 I pretty much made sure the workers were following the PAD documents, measured body gaps as the car went through the plant to locate problems and when needed designed kits for the tooling.
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Just had my Black 1990 Reatta with 63k miles and in VERY GOOD CONDITION appraised and it came in at $6250 I know they didn't make that many over the 4 years (I worked at the Reatta plant for 2 years) but I just don't think they are worth that much. They maybe some what rare, but not a lot of people care about that, unless you are a member on this site.
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Not sure what it cost to reproduce, but even with shipping, seems pricey @ $27.99 a letter but I guess if you need them you need them.
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This is how I remember the car being built
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Padgett we have a total of 8 cars (not all Reatta's) I have enough room to store them all inside and we are still thinking about adding on to our garage to fit more..........just in case, if you have room for a car lift you can store 2 cars in the same space, just put one up and the other under.
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Padgett that is the car
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It doesn't matter if I believe my cars will increase in value the fact is they are not a wide spread collectible car, they are only to us and I would not buy in hope of the value going up, I enjoy my Reattas. So believe if you want.
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1990 Reatta conv. went for $4900 over the weekend, not sure of the miles but it was a real nice looking car. They didn't have alot to say about the Reatta, slamed it a little but not too bad, so for those of us HOPING our cars will shoot up in value my opinoin is they won't, sorry this is only my opinion from watching some of the other cars that didn't do well when they first came out.
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Let me say 1st I agree with you.
You took the words right out of my mouth, and you and I will never understand why people in this country want to send our hard earn $$$$ over sea's, or to Mexico.
People don't get get it when they say "It was built in the USA" and really don't think where the profits are going, so go ahead and buy foreign BUT don't come crying back here when you lose your job and can't support your family due to sending our dollars over sea's
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My sons Grand Prix had this same problem, it was the drain tube for the sun roof. I took my compressor and just blew it out and all was well.
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I went to the GM site and put the info for my 89 Reatta and it came up that it did qualify for the $4500................. glitch in there program???
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GM had a site and I put the Reatta into the search and it came up the I could have got the $4500
Anyone remember 15 years ago????
in Buick Reatta
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