New rookie here, got the big "X" on the back of the helmet!

[UTAH GS]

Only been on for a short while and getting to know many of you crazy Buick fans.....I hope I can share at least some good information in the future.


Mark:grin:

[Marco]

Very Nice car Mark! :TU:

What times does it run?

PS - Is your '70 a factory Stage1? :Brow:

[UTAH GS]

Had this car best time at 11.99, mostly 12.27 area.


Yes car is a true factory stage1....found it in a repo yard!

700.00 dollars!

best deal I have had so far!


Mark

[Smartin]

Mark,

Yes we are all crazy...certified. :grin: :brow:

Marco,

I noticed you do a very good job on promoting your Stage 1 registry! :TU:
How many do you have so far? There seem to be lots of them on the v8buick site. Wish I had one to log on your site:ball:

[UTAH GS]

Thanks for the reply, looks like v8buick is really a great place to hang out!

Mark

[Chris Lott]

Wow, nice car mark! Is that the Stage, the blue one? Looks very nice. So, tell us the story about finding it in a repo yard!!! Cool find...

[Marco]

Thanks for the reply Mark.

Would you like to register your Stage1? We need to keep track of the survivors. Please see This V8Buick Link (http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=293) for details. Please let me know if you have any questions/concerns.

Adam -
I've been running the Stage1 registry for about two years now and have a little over 100 cars registered. I need the help of all the owners to make this project a success.

[UTAH GS]

Car was found by a friend of mine who does auto lifts for a living, yet another buick nut, he told me about it and said it looked like it had the stage 1 emblem on the fenders, I contacted the yard and they said that after the car was in their yard for 30 days they would own it and as long as I paid the tow and storage for it it would be mine. I found many speeding tickets in the car and several court docs from the owner before me, he must have been a all around bad dude..... I got it 5 years ago and had to find many parts for it, even found a 70 grille for 75.00s! Had a friend at a GM warehouse! I should have bought all he could get!
Thats just a short story about the car, in a nut shell.

Mark

[UTAH GS]

I will look into that registry and get it done....:grin:

[Chris Lott]

Cool find! My day will come when I find a GSX in a repo lot. I'm unpatiently waiting for that day. :laugh:

[UTAH GS]

The guy who found my car actually had a 70 GSX 4 speed car,
he sold it years ago, it was a basket case and only sold it for 2500.00 dollars! I didnt know him before he sold it! Damn the timing of it all!


Mark

[gotbuick]

Welcome the the "best" Buick board on the net! By the way, doesn't it ever get dark in Utah...many missing headlights??:grin:

Jerry

[UTAH GS]

:grin: Oh we do have a lively bunch here dont we..?

Yes its never dark in Utah! That Olympic flame lights up the night dont ya know!

Really since the blue stage 1 is not totally finished, the headlites where the least of my problems, trying to find a local body guy to line up all the sheet metal is my problem, body shop went out of business right after painting the car. I feel good I even got the car in the shape it is for the money, they didnt get all of it!



Mark:grin:

[chryco63]

Mark,

I think it looks kinda cool without the headlights. Sort of like a ram air-look, but not?:puzzled:

Cool car, indeed!:TU:

[gotbuick]

Mark,

Could you give us a quick run down on your cars specs.? (i.e. gears, tranny/converter, engine) :)

Thanks

[UTAH GS]

specs on the car where as follows...

73 455 block...
stock rods/cast pistons
compression around 9 to 1
1 7/8 headers
electric water pump
holley electric fuel pump
stage1 heads mild home porting.
TA single plane intake
TA 413 cam...great for 4400 feet air.
ram air from inside headlights...olds air cleaner assembly
750 Holley dp
MSD 6AL ignition
TH350 trans w/ brake
TCI 3500 Stall converter
Spooled rear end, Stange axles, 4.11 ratio
29.5 x 11 slicks MT

and a wife who at the time understood about saturday nights at the track and endless time out in the garage....

The car is now being driven by my 19 year old son, minus all the goodies! 430 stock engine th350 trans and a keep him out of the throttle 2.78 rear end!!!!

He once got stopped by a cop who simply just wanted to know what it was he was driving.....his answer....dads car.


Mark


:grin: