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BARN FIND 1970 BUICK GSX STAGE 1 4-SPEED FOUND PARKED SINCE 1973 IN NEW JERSEY!!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 พ.ค. 2018
- 1 of only 400 1970 Buick GSX Stage 1 and 1 of only 118 with manual transmission. The car has been parked since 1973 and was parked in a back yard from 1973 until 1987. Parked in this spot since 1987.
Wow! No dents, interior not destroyed, wheels there. This car needs to be brought back to life with a full restoration. So super rare, just unbelievable!
I’m the second owner of a Saturn Yellow Stage 1 and I’ve had it since 1978. I’ve only seen one white original real one. Yes, i still have mine and show it often. I’ve only seen 1 real one about 4 years ago at a show, and it looked as bad as this one. Mine is restored and has a luscious shine to this day.. You can’t part from this car once you own one, not even for 200,000 as I’ve seen sell at Barrett Jackson auction. The Apollo white are extremely rare! You don’t even see them, but i know some are still alive. Yes they were called Hemi Killer for a reason, i destroyed a Plymouth with a hemi with the yellow beast. Now a days, i just show it in Minnesota. Hope they restore this one!
Yea that one hell of a find .never had enough to get one of these but I've loved them ever since my Dad showed me one at a car show.he said only guys who had money and smarts had one of these
You’d never beat a built Hemi. If you build a Buick… it goes “BOOM!!!”
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This gem should be restored not let it rot away like this
i wonder if it ever got restored. in todays economy you would be way upside down in this thing. i see one for sale on Hemmings for $140k from a private seller. you'd be money ahead to buy one restored and let the other guy take the bath.
@@markthegunplumber8376 With a car as rare as this, it isn't about the money. Personally, I couldn't afford it but if I could I would restore it. What it's worth wouldn't matter because it would never be for sale until after I died.
Don't want to restore this. It's worth more as a survivor car.
@@johnniehoney6561 i totally respect that now that I saw the vid a second time you have a very rare time capsule my uncle has the same GSX in Saturn yellow and automatic he paid a little over 4600 dollars for his in 1970 he still has that beauty today 45k miles on his
Yeah, like take it to Danny Coker's garage.
Matthew Mcconaughey narrator is a nice touch for Buick find.
I was thinking the same exact thing! 👍👍
Thank you for noticing. I kept waiting for " be a whole lot cooler you did" from Dazed and Confused
Looking for this comment!
I only came to the comments to see a Matthew McConaughey reference & i was not let down. Thank you 😂
Alright alright alright!
I can't believe all these guys saying the car isn't worth saving. Lunacy. Any competent enthusiast would foam at the mouth given the opportunity to rebuild it. The fact it's a Stage 1 warrants a full resto, let alone the low production #'s. Maybe you guys can take up knitting or cooking with the wives.
papabugs71 hahahaha probably start with cookin apples!
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Depends on how rotten it really is. It probably could be saved, but the cost of the restoration will easily surpass the eventual sale value. Hopefully, it's #'s matching. The mileage is irrelevant because everything on that car will need to be replaced. Normally, low mileage cars go for big money, but low mileage in that condition means absolutely nothing. That car might as well have 210,000 miles on it. Everything is rotten.
So glad to live in Texas where this amount of rust takes 70 years.
That car was and still is my dream car due to the local garage mechanic having one that took me for a joy ride and layed a $10.00 bill on the dash and said if you can grab it by the time he grabbed 4th it was mine. Of course I didn't achieve the task. But what a memory I have for 54 years.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Must of been 3 years of hauling salt from the salt mine. Anyway this is the holy grail of Buicks!
The 455 Stage-1 option was named after the first stage of the Saturn-V rockets. The colors (Saturn yellow & Apollo white) were also part of the marketing strategy. Awesome cars, very rare and EXTREMELY collectible.
These cars really did accelerate like a rocket off the line.
Remember mid '70's going to the drags with my buddy Ed he had '70 W-30 442. along with Ron and his '70 G.S. Stage 1 both in the 12's the Olds was at 12:60's. And Buick was around 12:20's wish I knew where the Buick is today the Olds I missed out on but the kid that got it destroyed the whole drivetrain. Split the rear end cluster housing and put in a Chevy rear end trany split the bell housing and snapped a rod.. I heard ... But those two cars would need to be totally rebuilt for using they were both bought and used as they were ment for factory drag cars ... But those were great days with great mussel...
Possibly the most under-rated muscle car ever. The yellow ones were absolutely stunning!!!
Ultimate barn find. Thanks to you and the owner for sharing, that will put ALL the grandkids thru collage.
Maybe two.
Somebody let Derek from Vice Grip Garage know about this. He will do ANYTHING for a Buick like this and I mean ANYTHING.
Make a fella real proud of himself. Lol🤣
A guy would lose his mind over it.
Well I’ll be dipped, she’s a going to town car.
They’d probably want more money for it than Derek would be willing to pay.
On a side note, I wonder what that car in that bad of shape would go for?
Anything?.. 👀🤔🤣🤣
Something like that has to be restored. That is a piece of art, history stamped into steel.
This reminds me when I was a kid growing up in the 80s. I remember seeing a lot of muscle cars in garages and backyards. They were the cars of the kids that never came back from Vietnam. These cars are part of American History it's sad a lot of them are going overseas.
Yes it is sad that many foreigners have more wealth than most Americans to buy up these long forgotten treasures.
A true and, yet, very sobering comment. Made me think of several friends who’s older brothers never came back.
Manual trans, Apollo white...and Stage One....your killing me!
Bob Silver RIGHT!!! Those options, the rare numbers, that thing is EASILY close to $200k if restored properly
Mine was a lowly 72 GS 455 stg 1. Actually kinda rare, bench seat column shift. ALL MUSCLE.
A friend of my brother had one Exactly like that one in high school in 1978. he drove it like a idiot and pretty much trashed it into ruin
its a bad ass sleeper i would love to have it
Back In 1982 in Seattle had 1600 burning hole in my pocket. Had 3 vehicles lined up 1 was 1970 GS stage 2 hugger orange 400 400 turbo slap stick white buckets. Black vinyl top. 80,000 1400.00 dude wanted. A 65 el Camino had 69 DZ 302 turbo 350 80s Camero tilt z 28 rims lowered 1600.00 and 1978 suzuki GS 550 that was a pussy getting machine.1600. I got it for 1300. Black and gold custom paint Exhaust wheels. Hot rod. What the dumb 20 year old do.? He bought the bike. Wrecked it 6 months later.
One of the fastest production cars ever made in the muscle car era...
im a mopar guy but i really like those buick gsx stage one cars . like all early musclecars the factory underrated the hp numbers . they are torque monsters and in my opinion much better looking than the chevelle. its definately worth saving and a very cool find .
Dang ,did they follow around a salt truck for three years ? Lotsa resto that this beast deserves !
I grew up in the musclecar era and remember them well. Buick GS stage 1s have always been one of my favorites. Keep the vids coming!
*wasted*
The owner should be slapped for letting such a unicorn rot away.
its not his fault...the salt they used on the east coast back then rotted everything
NWCH Slapped with a big paddle in thei @$$!
stickloaf it sat since 1987 what does salt have to do with that lol
At least is not been crushed into Toyota's
rex racer if the man would have daily drove the car the salt they used on roads to melt snow would have eaten that car alive. The car itself is not in that bad shape, it is perfect for a restoration.
I beg....beg....someone to rescue that machine from it's fate of rusting away from all of us Buick fans!!!!!
My favorite muscle car and am not a Buick fan. Saw one of these back in the day, it's way underrated and is total beast.
I can't believe Matthew McConahey is this into muscle cars!!! Pretty cool
That's definitely one of my favorite G.M. muscle cars that's is very rare with all them options one of the GSX nickname was the HEMI killer I'd love to have it
If im not mistaken, the automatic version of this, was listed as the fastest 1/4 mile production car of 1970. Beating out the LS6 and the Hemi.
Car and Driver called it the 'Hemi-Killer'! What a beautiful car.
LS6 Chevelle was the fastest posting numerous bottom 13-second passes at 107-108 mph in several publications.
I think you are correct sir. This video hurts me, the fastest muscle car ever made...I have a 62 Corvette I'd trade him haha
@@auctionrob600 Please....show me proof where this was the "the fastest muscle car ever made". That's a bunch of bologna. 🙄
@@cali2468 the ls6 didn't best the stage 1,Buicks 13.38 to the Chevelles 13.50
Fun drinking game, every time he says stage one, you take a drink.
As a child I remember seeing one in a magazine. And then years later at a car show. But never again until 40 years later have I seen one. This is a true unicorn.
My first car was a 1972 Buick Skylark that my dad bought from my friend’s grandma for 300 bucks. It had a 350 2bbl but I was 16. I loved that car. This GSX needs to be painstakingly restored to preserve its history. What an amazing find
Beautiful find. Wow, what people have in their garages as you drive by...so many cars out there still hidden. Great barn find bud, Hell Yeah!!
A 1969 Hurst/Olds 455 H.O. just got barn found 40 miles from my house last summer. Hasn't been on the road since 82/83 and it was not a winter driver(no salt). UNBELEIVABLE. They are still out there.
@@seththomas9105 Yes, they are. But those barn finds are getting much more rare.
@@jameswood231 Agree 100%. That's why I just about fell over when I saw the pictures.
It would be nice if there was a what the future plans are for all these “barn finds “ are to be included in your vid of each one
No, it would make us too mad to know the answer most of the time I’m guessing...
Wow!! That IS something special. As usual , thank You Patrick
Great find. A lot of my teenage years were spent driving a White, 68 Buick GS 400 with a black vinyl top, black interior, automatic Super Turbo 400 with the optional 8 track tape player tucked under the dash. This car brings back a log of great memories. The one I drove would chirp the tires on the 1st to 2nd ship and did well as a 1/4 mile street car.
When I was younger my dad had one just like that. We live in TN. I remember cruising and us passing a Saturn yellow one. We kept driving in circles trying to catch each other. Unfortunately my dads burned to the ground in a garage fire. The 360 HP was nice,but it was all about torque with that ride. And that M22 rock crusher.
New Jersey used to salt the crap out of their roads in the winter months, and it shows.
This remains my favorite of your find videos. Such a fast car from the factory and even faster after dealer modifications.
Love your finds man,excellent presentations,kudo's to you sir,thanks again for your dedication
The river must of flooded once,cause that’s the rustiest 18 thousand mile car that’s been in storage
In the description it says it's been off the road since 73 but only inside a shed since 87. Which probably means the car sat outside in a yard from 73-87.
It’s New Jersey. Salty roads all winter eat anything up eventually.
A metal shed on a concrete floor is exactly a climate-controlled environment. 🌦🌬🌨
More likely 118000 and driven until 1987. Road salt is rough on cars
Rust Never Sleeps
Totally savable! 😍
Omg! What a find! Love it’s! Thanks Patrick
Thank you Patrick for sharing this with us. I have been a 1970-1972 Buick GS Stage1 & GS455 owner and collector since I bought my first one, a 1972 Stage1 for $700.00 in 1975 if you can believe that. Sadly I sold it to my best buddy, since he found it originally at a Buick dealer where he new the Service Manager and I bought it immediately. In 1970, my neighbor around the corner had a sherwood green 1970 GS455 that he bought new and was going to sell to me, but just couldn't bare to part with it and still has it to this day. The GSX cars were so rare back in the day, that you wouldn't see more than one a year if you were lucky. Extremely rare. Thanks again for finding this rare bird and for sharing it with us fellow Buick GS lovers.
Sweet find. I always thought it was a cool "nod" to Buick's muscle car past with the '87 GNX, my personal all-time favorite.
Had an opportunity to ride in a buddy's brand new 86' Buick Grand National in 1986 while working for @AC Sparkplug GM Flint Michigan Division. I will never forget that night as a 21 year old burning rubber for like a quarter mile, hearing that turbo kick in and sing and being stuck to the back of that car seat. Absolutely, a complete headrush experience. Almost wet my pants. Lol🤣 Awesome Buick!!! Then it was all over, and I went back to building more air cleaners to finish my shift. Great memory.
@@jameswood231 very cool! Thanks for sharing your memories 👍🏻
18,000 miles????!!! Don't think so, 118,000 miles it rolled over I'm sure. Great Car still! Shouldn't have all that body rot if was stored indoors since 1973.
you would never get to 118k the poor oiling they had for internals on that block would cease the motor well before that and that car fully restored could potentially grab 200 000 ! bukaroos
It was parked outside from 1973 through 1987. Then it was put indoors in 1987.
@@chuckforndron3680 it was only driven for 3 or 4 years then parked outside until it was stored in shed in 1987.
@@chuckforndron3680 I had a 72 Centurion Convertible w/445 STAGE1 in it. It had 168K on the clock and it didn't burn oil or knock.It was stolen out of my garage when I went on vacation in 90. Never found it. Still have the title, keys and fender tag. Hell, my 72 LeSabre w/350 ST1 GS had over 300K on the original build. I bought that off my aunt in 82 and the rear end locked up doing 60 on the highway bending the rear frame rails and shattering the rear window.
The car sat outside from 1973 to 1987. It was driven from 70 to 73. Thats 3 winters of super corrosive salt exposure..on cars that had nearly NO rust protection....and then it was parked....outside...in an area where it rains almost DAILY, unless its snowing. All that rain means lots of trees and green plants...lots of leaves...and lots of little critters that LOVE making homes in cars. Did I mention that the temperature tends to be bipolar in nature? It could be midsummer and 85-95 degrees and BAM!! A big hailstorm goes through...and temperature drops 30 degrees in 5 minutes. Same thing in winter. It could be 5 degrees one day and it goes to 50 degrees overnight. That tends to form condensation inside quarter panels and fender bottoms. The weather here is about as hostile to cars as it gets....and then you throw in the road salt. Wait....there's MORE!!!
Patrick mentions he is close to the Delaware River. That river has notably flooded several times.....this car possibly could have been a victim of a flood (could be why it was moved in 1987).
Easily believable that the car could still be low mileage and be that rough. The fact that its this complete means someone kept after it a bit. Park a car in the woods around here for 20 years and you likely wont even be able to tell what kind of car it was.....
Thanks for the great find,Patrick!
One of my all time favorite muscle cars. That is a bad ride right there. Thanks for sharing
Sweet Buick! I'd redo the 455 breaks, exhaust,clean the interior and drive that mother as is!
and the longer it sits, the worse it gets. great job by the owner - a real fan of classic muscle (sarc)
Man! Loved this car as a kid. A lot of people thought this was the buick laid back version of the 442 olds. I've always thought to be one of the ultimate sleeper cars.
The meanest sleeper along with the W-30 the Stage 1 was the major Tork Monster I remember as a kid back in the mid '70's Ed with his Olds 442 W-40 and Ron with his '70 Buick Stage 1 running at Cuyuga Drag Strip ...
Both cars tweeked nicely running low 12's ...
It is a super sleeper!!!
My buddy had a 70 stage 1 GS-X 350 with a VP Turbo 400 his brother had a 70 Olds 442 W-30 with a modified 455 and a 4-speed the GS-X would spank that Oldsmobile every time from a standing start, from a rolling start it didn't matter... that GS-X 350 was a mean mutha... shut my mouth.
Wow! Amazing. You had me drooling and going back into my younger years when I had a 1970 Buick GSX Stage 1. Mine was the Saturn yellow with auto trans. To this day I miss it and regret ever getting rid of it in 75. It was killer on the streets. And a real chic magnet, LOL. Only found one guy that could be me on the street and he had a 68 Camaro with a 396 and a blower on it. Oh how I miss that Buick. Thanks for sharing this. I sure would be nice to someone get that Buick and restore it!
Is that you Matthew McConaughey?!
All right all right all right! Hey man you gotta joint? It'd be cooler if you did!
AndrewM 😂 I was gonna post the same thing!!!
Exactly what I was thinking. Thought Mathew was under contract with Lincoln lol
Alright alright alright
Drove up in his Lincoln--itching to get recognized, roaming around in other people's backyards looking for old cars and mushrooms.
If somebody don't get busy soon, it will not be long, the next video will be a pile of rust, and the title will be once upon a time!
Sorry to see it in that shape, owner didn't show it the love it deserved.
10 years ago my buddy had a GSX fully restored. He let me take it for a spin. Such a cool car!
Better do something with it now! Its right at that tipping point. Being near that salt air is doing a number on our cars and trucks. I live about 10 mins from the Delaware river.
She can be saved, I've seen much worse
she sure can i have seen and restored alot worse than this with my dad i would love to have this beauty
I look forward to your videos, they're brilliant. Many thanks Con from Australia
My buddy bought one in 1982 in Saturn Yellow. An absolute beast, that would actually squat and hook up when rowing through gears. He still has it and is extremely mint. A wonderful and rare car. Someone needs to bring this one back to life! Please!
@Speedy rapacki HP in eighties cars was non existent! If you didn't have a sixties or early seventies car, you were in a rowboat. A GSX was an awesome torque monster of a car. Engine was raw, and car looked the part. Is it my Z06 or Boss 302 of today? Nope. But I'd still love one. Speedy. We're you a teen in the early eighties? If so you should understand. Good luck packin your speed :-)
Are you sure it wasn’t pulled out of the Delaware in 1987??? & Been airing out ever since. Man somebody needs to save this rare beast ASAP.
I had one for 27 years, from 1980 to 2007, car #125, Stage 1 Saturn Yellow, automatic, no air. My mom was in a nursing home and had to sell it. Don't believe the mileage, the bezel around the tachometer face is the dead giveaway, if you look close, the bottom part of the bezel has rotted away, and that is from years of snow sitting on it. The floor console is as rare as dinosaur toenails.
@BwayneAnnaLee
You're extremely lucky...
hell yes what a rare beauty i would love too have this car and me and my dad restore it this car is worth every bit of blood sweat and cussing and cold beer what a bad ass hot rod love it your videos are awesome thanks for sharing them
A buddy of mine had a stage one Riviera . That boat blew a lot of minds 😳
That's the Holy Grail Batman
NOT the holy grail,but ok
118410 miles is probably more like ....
i agree a car was that low miles should not have that much rust
Doesn't matter. That car deserves a full rebuild!
It has been sitting since 1973, so you really think someone put 118.000 miles in 3 years??? Really? It's rusted because of where it is, salt all over it for 3 Jersey winters.
@@artbrookey3468 "Stored" since 1987
@@blthetube1 Parked from 1973 till 1987 in a backyard...in this spot since 1987. It has not been driven since 1973. Again, the miles add up to me, the rust adds up, anywhere near salt water air, especially outside for 14 years
Probably sat outside for an extended period before moving into that building. Amazes me how many muscle cars got parked after a few years. Some owners went off to 'Nam and some didn't come back. Some got tired of blowing engines. Some just parked them because they got married and needed a 'practical' family car. My buddy was on his 3rd engine in his 70 charger by 1975. I never blew the engine in my GS. He lunged a 440 racing me one night after insisting on multiple rematches, (he kept losing) rod right thru the block
I miss my 71. Bought it when I was 17. I still have dreams of driving it regulary and I'm soon 60.
Great find!!! How do you find these cars?? Is it for sale? The best Buick ever built .
It would be hard for me to decide on this or a 1987 Buick GNX if they were both new.
@@DStabs720 no comparison the '70 stage 1 hands down my buddy had a reagle T-type intercooled G.N. and '70 W-30. 442. And the Olds was twice the car but the '70 stage 1 is quicker than the Olds ..but remember turbocharger break down he replaced his twice lucky his buddy worked where they rebuilt them.. saving him a few bucks ..
@@DStabs720 I hear ya. Both Classics Indeed!
Looks like 118,000
18410.6
Up until the early 80's. American cars did not have a 6 digit odometer. So I would say it is 18k miles.
Dustin Nocks right, they rolled back to 0 after 99,999 miles, that car has at least 118,000 miles on it.
greg sines . depending on where it was parked and what the environment was like. I would have to agree with you. However, the interior & how UNmolested the engine compartment is. I may lean a lol more to the latter. I've seen 60 yr old cars with 10k on them, that looked like they should have had 500k. The car was moved to that out building in '87. Probably because someone had the forethought and knew the rarity, and wanted to save it. I knew of an old fisher body employee(neighbor in 70-80's). He had 70 olds 442. Only drove it 2x week to get his liquor. Stayed parked outside for 30+yrs on gravel. That 11k mile car was completely rotten.
Adam Ant .....the second time around
I lucked up about 2 years ago and caught a gsx at a police impound auction for $600 bucks 455 automatic ..I had no idea what I had until my buddy told me about these cars..it needed restoration and I restore cars but I decided to just sell it..I took $4500 for it and it went to Kentucky to get restored by some Buick gooroos..they seemed super happy to get it and I was really happy with the money vs the project..on to the next one 😉
Any Buick with a 4 spd is a rare beast. A 70 stg 1 is a dream car. And 6 grand for a Buick in 1970 was out of reach for most buyers. It's a shame the owner let it get into this deteriorated condition.
Yes, 6000 bucks was way out of reach for most Americans in 1970. My dad bought a brand new 1969 Ford F100 pickup just a year earlier for $2200. Their 3 bedroom 1 bath ranch home where I was raised also bought in 1969, went for $10,000. $25000+ for that same truck today, fully restored. So $6000 for a car was alot of bread in 1970.
The original owner was Edward Furbush..... FURBUSH!... Imagine growing up with that name.
LMAO! That is quite a name!
his wjfe was Ivana
@@arfshesaid4325 He married Ivana Hanjob
Well, it was the 70's
That car needs some reFURBUSHing.
Them cars are alright alright alright. Every year i get older the girls stay the same age. Lol
thunder god perfect
That is because that particular grille is a 1970 only, they were changed in 71 and 72.
Plus the engines were detuned in 71 and 72, that is why the 70 is the holy grail.
Wooderson had a Chevelle SS
thunder god shut the fuck up.
Yo what up Matt, but i thought you were into Lincolns???
my family had a number of GS Buicks bought the first one in 1987, including a Saturn Yellow GSX. and built an over the counter stratomist blue one. They still bring lots of attention and an exotic feel to any car show. plus they "pull like a clyde and kick like a mule".
Thanks for posting this video,man does it bring back the memories, I had a 1972 GS (not GSX sadly darn it ), but mine had the GSX body trim added aftermarket (all the gooodies, rear wing, hood tach even the lower body ground effect air dam spoiler stuff or whatever they are calling it these days) and I had completely rebuilt and built up the 455 up to about stage 2 (cam, intake, carb, headers you know the drill, pretty much the equal of something between the stage 1 and 2 anyohw, but not built with exact factory matching parts), ran 12bolt rear with 3.90 gears and th400 auto, that thing was a rocket coming off the line if you could keep the rear tires from going up in smoke even with the wide 50 series wide ovals I ran on it, good old days for sure, even though mine was a built to look like car I sure as hell wish I still had it, but when your a dumb starving college kid you do some dumb stuff LOL. P.S. the one thing mine had going for it is you could'nt find a speck of rust on it anywhere because it was an Arizona car all it's life.
Nice memory for sure.
What the hell happened to it? It couldn't have naturally turn to a bucket of shit like that, it's missing the oil cap on their valve cover to trim around the back window. 18000 miles and has been off the street since 1973 which means it was only on the road for 3 years! I don't get it. I would expect it to need cleaned up, this car needs a complete frame-off restoration
The east coast is super humid. You'd have condensation on the car much of the fall/spring
Yeah but the salty environment for the 3 years took a toll
That GSX option is equivalent to $7,682 today. $38,776 total for the car
Not a single reference to the once booming city of Flint, Michigan. Or did I miss it? I grew up a mere 18 miles from Flint, but it was like going to Disney World in the 60's and 70's. Booming! God bless those who are still there!
Yes, I remember GM, Flint Michigan quite well. I started my career @AC Sparkplug in 1985. Born in Flint, grew up in Flushing Twp. Lots of history there. Most folks think GM started in Detroit. NOT SO! The wheels started turning in Flint Michigan started by one Billy Durant 1919. Remembering Angelos Coney Island, Halo Burgers and Big John's Steak and Onion. Many Buicks & Chevys (as well as Olds, GMC and Pontiacs) rolled off those assembly lines for many years. Body By Fisher, etc. GM's presence in Flint today, is a shadow of its former glory of the 1950's to late 1980's) Side note: The 1st 300 Chevy Flame 6 Corvettes were handmade and assembled in Flint Mi 1953. Fun fact for Corvette lovers. Miss those times. Lots of great memories.
Buicks are the best. People often forget the cool cars they have built over the years.
I can't believe the mileage is that low being how bad the condition of the car. Maybe 218k. Lots of rust being a northern car.
the car sat outside for 14 years
Another great find Patrick. I don't remember any Buick muscle cars with a 4 speed, all had the turbo 400. Rare car for sure. Will take a lot of man hours to restore it but I hope it happens and it gets done right. Thanks for your video's.
Plenty of Buick muscle cars had 4-speeds, starting at least with the 1965 Skylark and GS, with a 300 engine as well as with the 401.
i'm sure there was Paul just not many among my circle of friends. I do remember one of my buddy's mom and dad had a 63 buick special convertible that had a V6 with a 4 speed. My parents had the same model but it was a V8 with an automatic. I think that engine was all aluminium. A couple other buicks that impressed me that I was around was a 69 buick wildcat it was fast for it's size. Another was a 70 grand sport with a 455 with some sort of ram air set up and I think it had plastic inner fenders. It looked like luxury until you nailed it and then it was all muscle. They were both automatics. I remember everyone that had the muncie shifters always wished they had a hurst. GM must have used both. Too long ago to remember the details. I always liked buicks, not high revers but a lot of torque.
The manual trans is very very rare. Wouldnt surprise me if there were actually less than 10 built in white, gsx stage 1, and manual trans.
By 1972, you could get a GSX in any skylark color, and even then, I believe they made THREE! 1972 GSX Stage 1 cars, with manual transmission. three! One of those 3 is a Black 1972 GSX stage one with a 4 speed, and had every option Buick listed....down to the rear window defroster. It had the highest MSRP known for any skylark trim level (1972 was the year that the GSX became a skylark option and not a separate Buick model.)
Thanks for the info on the Buick Skylark/GSX history.👍
I'm a buick junkie I love those A bodies and I like the grand national
I like when Gm had the names from space programs added to the muscle cars hence stage 1 for the buick Love those classic Gm cars
Great Barn find. !in 68 Southern 500 in Darlington out of 44 cars in field only 1 Buick!!🇺🇸👍
It can be restored but damn it’s going to be a lot of man hours
More than what the car is worth most likely, what amazes me is shit for brains like this car's owner just let's it sit and rot away. the fool doesn't even keep the windows rolled up. The car been exposed to some nasty ass winters, rodents, the way it's rusting it looks as if the garage has some serious leaks in the roof. He might as well park it next to the house like the joe-Bob Koots in the South do.
@@oveidasinclair982 They're not far from the Delaware river and the car sat OUTSIDE for 14 years in the east cost acid rain and sun. Now it sits in a damp shed with everything open. Why in Gods name the guy doesn't sell it and get something out of it is beyond my comprehension, seen it many times. (Too bad it wasn't always in a shed, the paint would be in 100X better shape, lots less rust too.)
The owner plans to restore this car as soon as his stimulus check arrives.
How much is his stimulus check?, 50000?
Gentlemen, we can rebuild her. We have the tools and the technology.
Yes, and it will be well below the 6 Million dollar price tag that Steve Austin cost the US gov't. Lol🤣🤣🤣
It looks like it sat outside from 1973 to 1984. Then put in the garage. What a great car !!!
Please get it restored ASAP!
wow! high perf.455 cu.in.360 h.p.v8 $113.75 amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
...from the GSX base. On a regular Skylark the Stage I was probably more, like $900 or so.
I know, ain't that crazy?
My buddy Dave had a 1970 Electra 225 convertible light metallic brown with a tan cover and interior in the 80's..the car was exquisite..it had the 455 with 390 hp and 510 fpt..we stomped so many pony cars with it..it was always the same response at the next light.."what do you have under the hood of that thing?"
great video.....great content and story!!!!
Here a, I think that odometer has rolled over at least once. No way that has 18000 original miles, sorry.
greg sines ok so it has over a million. Like that makes sense. Just cause a low mileage car looks like shit doesn't mean inside the engine is shut. Leave anything sitting for 30 years and it will rust and rot.
Cory merry it rolls over at 100,000 with that gauge
Not 1 million
Camryn Robertson you didn't get my point buddy. Milage means nothing when the car has not been taken care of. The milage means nothing anyway. If it has 299k and you fully restore it but try to sell it with the 299k odometer most people wouldn't buy it cause they assume milage is accurate. I bought a 55k milage car that actually was 135k but the odometer was broken on the car for a while before I bought it. So I assumed and got screwed.
Camryn Robertson ok I have a car with 10 miles on it but it's been underwater. So its totally good. Only 10 miles. Lol
Tell me it's going to get restored
Derek Joon Like I told someone else on here, I wouldn't be surprised if it was a case of "they're going to fix it up one day", but that day never comes.
Nope, it's going to cash for clunkers program.
Dave F 😂
Dave F they payed them 1500.
it was crushed.
Personally I'd give it a mechanical restoration and drive it as is. Restored cars are boring at this point. A car like this would stand out in a lot full of garage queens.
Now I have the same feeling as walking by a casket at a wake.
My neighbor has a 1970 Buick GS stage 1 car that has been sitting for at least 15 years. He’s had the car since high school. He’s also got a 1975 corvette that’s been sitting for 19 years in his garage.
The owner is a total jerk sell the car let somebody restore it properly
he's waiting on the "proper" offer
If idk any better I swear to you that this is being narrated by Matthew McConaughey I wish that he would start his videos out by going ALRIGHTT ALRIGHTTT ALLRIGHTTTT!!!! That would be just awesome I think
awesome car i hope it gets restored...im glad it has all paperwork protecto plate is something you rarely see and thats the cherry on top of this stage 1 apollo white 4 speed gsx WOW
Wow. Hope u got this. I love them !!
Alright alright alright I was wondering what happened to Matthew McConaughey apparently he's looking for vintage muscle cars🤣
Is it just me or is really Matthew McConaughey?
I'd love to see a frame of restoration done to it... it would clean up nicely
It's a late 1970 Buick. The early production had a clear overflow tank top (antifreeze overflow tank) and pointed lenses bezels ( oil, temp, fuel gauge), odometer, clock/ rpm gauge.