Some belonged to departed family members, while other owners are reluctant to part with their high school racing or daily driver vehicles. Life interfered with several of the restoration plans.
The story begins in 1975, when a young teenager named Al bought a 1968 Buick GS 400 as a dream car before he got his license. Al enjoyed the car for about five years before he decided to give it a makeover and sell it. But he regretted it almost immediately and started pondering about getting it back the next day.
He got the address and called the guy living there only to find out that the previous owner moved out a few years back. Luckily, he also recalled that he had an old car in the garage that was moved across the street.
And the good news kept coming. Not only did he still have the GS 400, but he was considering selling it because the car spent way too much time in the garage. After many years during which he thought the Buick had become a rust bucket, Al discovered the car was in remarkably good condition.
Now a full-blown survivor with a surprisingly low amount of wear and tear and an all-original V8 engine that agreed to run after years without a sip of gasoline, the GS 400 is scheduled for restoration.
And that’s the greatest thing it can happen now that it’s been reunited with the guy who missed it for almost half a century.
And needless to say, 1968 GS 400s aren’t very common either, with some 10,000 hardtops built and many left to rot away in junkyards and barns. Check it out and learn more about this amazing story in the video below.
