Owned this Buick since 1978 and still going strong - Torque News
I got this GS 455 Buick (factory 4 speed car) in 1978 in decent shape, after I had my ego bruised by this very car. I had a Ford Ranchero with a 351 and a posi and I raced my future GS. This GS was pulling a lawn mower trailer around my Ford the whole race. The more you spend the faster you go. Well, I broke the bank for a normal (if you can call me normal) Buick guy to go fast. I have slowly been on a huge learning curve finding a little here and a little there on my quest for my first 9 second time slip. This GS 455 Buick has been around a long time attendee of the GS Nats over the years and about 12 years ago I decided that I wanted to go fast. And since I had been burned in the show car thing I sold my 70 GSX and started building on my car. I even won Bracket one in Columbus GS NAts, But that wasn't good enough for me I had an itch to scratch, I wanted a 9 second time slip BADLY. I saw a guy run a pass at BG and we followed him to his trailer and after haggling with Jim Haas I bought the motor from his car. With no help from hardly anybody I took it and planted it in my car hoping it would just go. I started out by breaking the transmission of my Buick several times. Source: www.torquenews.com
