We came up with a number that was in the tens of millions over thirty years. This was in the mid-’90s when the design’s lifespan was nearing its end. Once, we sat down, informally, to roughly calculate just how many seat adjuster upper channels had been roll-formed out of cold-rolled steel from a design (TEO 3367X) which had been certified in the mid-1960s. I was involved with GM’s various vehicle programs over the years in the manufacturing of ubiquitous vehicle hardware items such as seat adjusters, bilaminate moldings which adorned the vehicle’s sides and various functional and structural roll-formed items (really, too many to cite here). Following-up the debut of GM’s X-Bodies and J-Bodies of the early 1980s, the Chevy Celebrity was unseated in the affections of the American vehicle buying public by Ford’s Taurus. The Chevrolet Celebrity was the darling of its day. With a 1/4 mile time of just over 14 seconds, it put the Corvette of the same year to shame – which certainly didn’t sit well with the folks at Chevy, and probably had something to do with its discontinuation the same year! The V-6 is mated to a four-speed automatic transmission, but one that seems to be regarded as a well-suited match for the engine. The ’87 Grand National featured a Turbocharged 3.8L V-6, boasting 245 horsepower and 355 pound-feet of torque (h/t to Topspeed for their excellent overview of the evolution between model years). The seller indicates that the only parts replaced by them were the “gas tank, spark plugs, wires, fuel pump, fuel filter, air filter, fuel sending unit, and fuel filter.” The car has been test driven by the seller to confirm proper running condition and shifting, and according to them, it ran perfectly for the 1-2 miles they added to the clock. As you’d expect with a vehicle that was stored in a climate-controlled facility from the day it was purchased (as part of a larger GM collection), this Grand National is in pristine condition and according to the seller is 100% original, “down to the tires.” Heck, even the light bulbs are all original.
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