$24,500 1970 Buick GS 350/GS 455 Stage 1 Clone Interior: Burnished Saddle (dark brown) buckets, console, staple shifter with Shiftworks 4-spd auto detent. Perfect AC dash, AutoMeter 2-5/8 gauges (volts, engine temp, transmission temp, oil pressure). Hurst line lock switch. AC available but not in the car. American Graffiti AC firewall cover. Nardi 3-spoke wood steering wheel. Carpet excellent. Matching carpet floor mats. Body: Good original panels. Original GS hood. Chevy Hugger Orange paint over original Buick Bamboo Cream. Overall very good and presentable but could use some attention after 12 years. Minor flaws. Trunk refurbished in 2005 with correct splatter paint. No rust in trunk or anywhere on the car. Bumpers very good with minor surface flaws, no dents, shiny chrome. Wheels: 15x7 Buick Rally. Firestone Firehawk 255/60-15 tires in excellent condition. Original 14x7 Buick Rally spare with Firestone Wide Oval. Suspension: Rear: Factory Rally Pac (boxed lower control arms), swaybar. Hotchkis adjustable upper control arms with poly bushings. Hotchkis panyard arms/braces. Edlebrock IAS shocks. Front: Global West tubular upper and lower control arms. New body bushings throughout. Trans Am WS6 front swaybar (1-1/4) with Energy Suspension poly end-link bushings. This car handles as in a slot. Rear End: 2003 pro-built GM 12-bolt w/Eaton posi and 3.55. Ford billet bearing ends = no c-clips, no c-clip eliminators. Bolt-in Mark Williams Masterline alloy axles. TA Performance aluminum cover. Brakes: Aluminum rear drums. Shoes, cylinders and small parts are new. Stock front power disc with new rotors, calipers, and pads. Transmission: California Performance Transmissions (the real Art Carr) 200-4R 4-spd Auto Overdrive. 2500 stall CPT converter. 2700rpm at 80mph and will top 175 (on paper). 15mpg @ 80mph. Double kick-down when its punched. Bowtie Overdrives TV cable/carb linkage. Shiftworks 4-spd auto shifter detent (all 4 gears are manually selectable). Engine: 73 455 block. Bored .038. Oiling modifications and improvements completed. De-burred lifter valley, enlarged main passage, enlarged cam bearing main passage, distributor gear oiler installed in timing cover, oil pump booster plate, TA adjustable oil pressure. Ross aluminum pistons (edges and valve relief de-burred). Custom pin height for true 11:1 compression with zero deck height. PAE ported iron heads converted to Stage 1 with 3-angle valve job, TA stainless polished valves. Ported to flow approximately 265I/190E. Stock rods with polished beams (good to 6500rmp). --Balanced rotating assembly. Port matched Edlebrock B4B aluminum intake. John Osborn Performance modified 800cfm QJ carb. Straightline Performance 224/236 cam. Idles at 700 rpm with enough vacuum for power brakes, even at 5500 elevation. MSD 6AL, MSK Pro Billet distributor. Taylor 7mm wires. Dual billet timing chain with timing cover clearanced for mechanical fuel pump. Tri-Shield Performance Billet mechanical fuel pump. Full braided Teflon -8AN fuel line from sump in stock tank to pressure regulator to carb. Mallory fuel filter near tank. Stock Stage 1 chrome rocker covers. K&N filter. New Modine 4-core radiator, 85 Chevy 454 truck fan clutch with stock 7-blade fan. Runs 180 200 degrees on the hottest day. Tilton high-torque starter. ONLY Redline Synthetic since 1500 mile break-in. Exhaust: TA Performance Jet Hot ceramic coated headers into 3 collectors to Dr. Gas X pipe to Straightline Performance short mufflers and 2.5 Flowmaster tailpipes.
For those of you luckly enough to have seen the car as well as see it "down the strip", it is one beautiful rig, kept in supurb shape by a considerate owner. I've ridden in it, cornors on a rail, sounds great and well, very quick to say the least. Well worth the money in my humble opinion.
I agree Len, I don't think a person could duplicate this car with all the research, parts and labor for the money. Pictures hardly do it justice. A truly fine car, and the best part is all you need to do is turn the key and have fun. :TU: Quarter mile, corners or on the wide open road at WOT!
Thanks guys. Of course, you're right.. Forgot to "subscribe" to my own thread so responding to do so..
