Here are my thoughts.
Very nice looking ebay ad, but NO information about the car. Is it a GN? Check the vin to make sure. They call it a nice buick regal. It has a T-Type steering wheel and no GN wheels. Seats have GN covers, but that is easy to do and easy to paint a T-type black and put emblems on.
The engine is heavily modified and with the tach and gauges, I would say this car has been run hard. Not a big issue, these cars are great fun, but not easy to tune. All the turbo air intake is worked, and the external waste gate indicates high boost used. The car also has the typical engine tie down strap added by people that drag race these cars.
If you are ok with all of that, then it is a good looking car. Since you are close, go by and drive it and check it out. 11,900 could be a good price, but you could also run in to thousands needed to tune for a driver. Get engine history, with that many miles. Has it been rebuilt? Make sure you don't have blown head gaskets. Check the 200 4R tranny. We are putting the 2nd tranny in my son's GN now, and at $1600 plus for each, it's no fun. A well built 200 4R to handle the GN power is very expensive.
Good luck. These are fun cars. That one looks nice, I like those wheels.
You can buy a near stock GN for about that same money. If you are wanting a driver, and not a strip car, I'd say stay away from this one.
Mark.
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