In Shuman’s story, the Buick GS 455 Stage 1 edged a ’71 W-30 prototype with a four-speed stick and ’70 sheetmetal, recording a 6.5-second 0-60 run to the Olds’ 6.6.

What Buick did to leapfrog the competition was remarkable, and this example of a 1970 Buick Skylark GS 455— being auctioned at the Mecum Auctions Dallas event September 10—is a shining example.

At the same time, Motor Trend Magazine took a Buick GS 455 Stage 1 for a full-send session and came to the following conclusions: 13.38 seconds at 105.5 mph - with a 1.8-ton Buick.

Overall, the Buick GS moved 20,048 copies, with 9,948 being fitted with the small-block 350 V8 engine. The rest of them, 10,148, rolled under 510 lb-ft of torque (692 Nm) from the seven-and-a-half ...

The Buick Stage I cylinder heads flow quite well, and the 455 produces a whopping 510 ft.-lbs. of torque at only 2800 rpm, thus avoiding many of the problems encountered with other engines that ...

Greg Gessler drag races his '72 GS Stage 1, and proudly waves the Buick Tri-Shield banner wherever and whenever he can-most recently and prominently in the Year One-sponsored Factory Appearing ...