Photo: YouTube/@Lou Costabile A ’71 GS 455 Stage 1 landed a two-out-of-three victory against a Plymouth GTX HEMI. The magazine all-time-best list put the 1970 Buick GS 455 Stage 1 on the podium ...

BIG, in all capitals, as a 440-CID engine from across the road in Detroit (7.2 liters ... of the Buick Grand Sport Stage 1, better known as the “banker’s hot rod.” The GS 455 Stage 1 ...

Joe Guzek's one-off, special-order 1970 Buick GS 455 almost wasn't a ... some time in an early Buick GS Stage 1 development car and also drove a prototype Stage 2 development car that was built ...

Oldsmobile 4-4-2 W-30 versus Buick GS 455 Stage 1, A-body brothers each considered the “gentleman’s musclecar.” Sibling rivals from the era when GM divisions competed more with each other ...

As far back as I can recall, I have been a Buick guy. In fact, I came home from the hospital in a 1971 GS 350 four-speed that was my mother's daily driver in 1972. Maybe it's the underdog allure ...

Rated at 360 horsepower (it is rumored that 420 was much closer to the truth) and 510 pound-feet of torque, the 1970 Buick GS Stage 1 was a performance monster. Under the hood was a 455 cubic-inch ...

its original factory-installed engine has now been rebuilt to “better than new,” using high-performance specifications from the legendary 1970 Stage 1 455 package. A highly optioned Stage 1 to ...

It was inevitable that I would end up owning a Buick. After all ... to prove that this car was clean and a true 1971 GS 455 Stage 1. The 1971 Stage 1 cars are difficult to document without ...