If anyone knows anything about Grand Nationals, they are monsters. And only a v6. Only come in the color black. To me it had comms before I even saw the end of the show. As in back in the day we all called it “the sleeper”. You never challenge a GN. And esp a GNX. Black and stealthy looking, underestimated. Black ops? The car is special to the singer, from his childhood. I just felt it had meaning. But that’s me.
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1987 My step father owned a parts store (Hi-Lo) and I'm 17 and I worked the counter, picked up parts from the parts warehouses and then delivered them to the shops.
Out of the blue, he sells his Honda V65 Magna, bad ass bike, and my mom was so happy with him. Less than two weeks later, he comes home in his new GNX. Mom was not pleased.
One day, I had a delivery to make and he threw me the keys to the GNX and said, "Lets Go".
When we were still in the parking lot he asked me "Do you know how to do a burnout?" I didn't have a clue so he taught me to power break on the spot.
So I'm driving like a maniac to the shop to deliver the parts while my step father was encouraging me from the passenger seat, and I get pulled over by a cop.
Mind you the factory sticker was still on the window so it was clear that it was brand new. I had never been pulled over before so I was pretty scared. The cop comes to my window and before he says shit to me, he started a conversation with my step-dad knowing that there was no way it was my car. This conversation ended up with my step dad telling me to pop the hood, after which he and the cop became instant friends. After they were done drooling, the cop gave me a warning ticket and told me "Listen to your father".
I was nervous as hell after that and driving very carefully and my step dad said, "Are you some kind of pussy? Let's go slow poke" So, we hauled ass the rest of the way.
After the guys at the shop were done drooling over the car, we left the shop and my step dad let me drive back to the store. Needless to say, I was in mad man mode at this point. Sure enough, I got pulled over by a different cop and he wasn't impressed. He wrote me a ticket and scolded me and my step dad severely. All my step dad said was "Don't tell your mom", and I never did.
He took that thing to the track every chance he got and he took a lot of people's money. That car was amazing.
Amazing. Ty for sharing. It was an amazing car. The one time me and my brother raced one, the car was so fast, the guy was drifting sideways behind us, just to show how much he had. We had a ‘78 trans am, 400 big block. So naturally we were top end, but it didn’t matter. That car was a beast. Just an amazing piece of machinery.
A big block TA. Wow. Now that we have the new Camero, it breaks my heart that Pontiac is gone and can't make the TA version. Can you imagine how cool the TA would be? Buick did try to remake the Grand National, but they failed miserably. Since Chrysler/Dodge have remade their muscle cars, I keep hoping that Chevy will answer with a new "Tri-Five". I'd love to share what we had with the younger generation because they have no idea how cool it was to bond over our cars. I don't care how much you spend on your Camry, it's just not the same as an American muscle car.
This was a good post.
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Well said..
I'll allow it.
yes it is... one of my favorite cars
Now that's a car https://images.app.goo.gl/SiK94obL5UAQPc6v9
I've always wanted either a '67 GT500 or a GNX.
I was born too late.. le sigh.