My 1970 Buick GS455

[JerseeJerry55]

Hello all I hope everyone's well. This is a project I started 2 years ago. The first model car I bought in about 34 years. The Monogram 1970 Buick GSX. It's probably my favorite muscle car of all time and the one I consider to be the best one ever built (before I get decimated by the 1970 Chevelle SS 454 LS6 crowd it's a personal opinion). I original painted her with Tamiya TS19 Metallic Blue. However I changed my mind yesterday and resprayed her in Testors Star Spangled Blue Lacquer. I also never did as thorough a job on an engine bay. The spark plug wires came courtesy of a NASCAR car kit I had laying around. The only things left to do are the headlight lenses, taillight lenses, touch up on the intakes on the air cleaner, the battery, the washer fluid reservoir, and the side mirrors. I think she came out quite good.

[Rat Roaster]

A well-tuned and properly geared 1970  Gran Sport Stage 1 with a 400 Turbo should give the 1970 LS6 a scare at the drags. 510 foot-pounds of frame twisting torque.

Edited July 16, 2018 by Rat Roaster

[JerseeJerry55]

 

1 hour ago, Rat Roaster said:

A well-tuned and properly geared 1970  Gran Sport Stage 1 with a 400 Turbo should give the 1970 LS6 a scare at the drags. 510 foot-pounds of frame twisting torque.

If I am not mistaken the 455 Stage 1 put out 360 HP. And ran 13's off the showroom floor.

 

[ewetwo]

Going nicely. 

[PARTSMARTY]

Very cool !!!

[espo]

Nice looking GS. In the early '70's I would often attend the Saturday Night Drag Races at Orange County Raceway in Orange County California. There were several Buick GS's that would dominate their class on a regular bases. Most that I recall were convertibles and I think it had to do with shipping weight to horse power rating since that's the way the class's set up at that time.  

[JerseeJerry55]

16 hours ago, ewetwo said:

Going nicely. 

David. Thank you.