Sometimes, the rarest muscle cars don’t surface at auctions or museums—they roll quietly into a local cruise night and steal the show. That was the case in San Diego, California, where a pristine 1971 ...
It was inevitable that I would end up owning a Buick. After all, my dad was a mechanic for Sheehan Buick in Miami during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Dad would bring home the new model year brochures ...
The Buick GSX Stage 1 arrived at the peak of the original muscle car era, then disappeared almost as quickly, leaving a tiny pool of surviving cars that now trade for serious money. I want to trace ...
Matt Nelson is an automotive journalist with nearly a decade of experience in all things cars. He's spent years working at dealerships in sales, finance, and service. He's since traded in his pens and ...
Khris is a Mechanical Engineer and a classic car aficionado, who adores his Jags, Alfas, and old-school American muscle cars. He keeps tabs on everything from super exotics like an old EB 110 to the ...
While not entirely obscure or forgotten as, say, any AMC muscle car, the Buick Gran Sport is tragically underrated. In 1970, the street super predators were the Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 and the Dodge ...
Dim’s fascination with cars began when he was just six. Born into a family of car enthusiasts and racing drivers, he started learning basic mechanics and driving from an early age. While he loves ...
A highly optioned Stage 1 to begin with, its original factory-installed engine has now been rebuilt to “better than new,” using high-performance specifications from the legendary 1970 Stage 1 455 ...
During the heyday of Buick high-performance, Stage I 455-cubic-inch powerplants featured ram air induction systems with 360 hp and a staggering 510 ft.-lbs. of torque at only 2800 rpm. Stand back!