1968 Buick GS 400 Stock Appearance in Black & Engine Sound on My Car Story with Lou Costabile
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On "My Car Story" we're in Wisconsin on 8-30-19.
We're looking at a 1968 Buick GS 400 “Stock Appearance” in Black Paint. The car comes with what appears to be the factory V8 engine, however you can hear there is quite a bit more horse power there.
The car's Owner is Starc Traxler. Starc’s had this car since 1983. Starc shares this car for a while was his wife’s daily driver, then sold it to his Brother, and then bought it back from him and now races it in drag races.
ENJOY!
My grandpa had a nice 71 Skylark with a 350 in it. Several times in the 1970s, he and my grandma made the trek in it from Manitoba to spend winters in the lower Rio Grande valley of Texas. I’m a huge Mopar fan but because of the several Buicks my grandpa owned, I can appreciate them as well.
Hi StVitalKid, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your Grandpas car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing. Hope you see many cars on this Channel you enjoy! Please Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this TH-cam Channel, Lou
Sold a 1969 gs 400 Did it sound like the video No but it Did beat a 1986 mustang
Always loved those '68/9 Special/Skylarks. Would take one over a Chevelle, Camaro, or Corvette anyday.
You'd be the only one at the car show with one. And *black* just makes it all the more bicthin'!
Had a '71 GS and 4 other Byooixxx. Thanks Stark & Lou for showing it!
Hi UberLummox
, Happy to read this one you "Always loved" :-) You're welcome, Lou
@@MrJones-em7ub Heck yeah. Even the 4drs. were cool lookin'! '68-9 Wagon Skylarks are one of my all-time favorite wagons ever. They had the same Sky-View roof as the Vista Cruiser. A family in my town owned the Buick dealership had a red one and a dk. blue one w/woodgrain and those fancy Buick "Roadwheels". SO SHARP!!! Merry Christmass to you too.
The white seats with black dash and headliner looks great.......SOUNDS MASSIVE.
Hi Mike, Happy to read the details you enjoy. Glad you enjoy the sounds from this car :-) Lou
Buick made a beautiful car, owning a '72 Skylark, they don't get the attention so thank you for showing one off.
Hi James, Happy to share this Buick with you. Glad to read you have a cool car too. Speaking of a 72 Buick....stay tuned :-) Lou
Nice, cant go wrong with a black car with nice chrome
Happy to read you enjoy this "Black" car :-)
Now that's slick as all get out; thank you both
Happy to read you enjoy this one :-) You're welcome.
I had the 68 GS California that I also bought in 1983 for $1500. If anyone has seen it I would really like to get it back. I accidentally spilled paint in the trunk. And also sanded and painted the frame every year with black rustoleum. Drove it all seasons.Thought I would own it forever!!!
Hi Joe, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing. Hope you see many cars on this Channel you enjoy! Please Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this TH-cam Channel, Lo
Awesome! I love the sleepers, Lou. I dunno if that term applies here, because it's hard not to notice how great this Buick looks & sounds.
Hi TheGunfighter45acp, Happy to read you "love the sleepers" :-) Lou
She's a hot car I like the air induction system. Also saw on the news junior Johnson passed away, very sad he was a legend in NASCAR back in the day. Merry Christmas to all.
Happy to read you enjoy this "Hot" car :-) Merry Christmas.
Awesome Lou. Keep the A bodies coming. Love those.
Hi John, Happy to read you enjoy this car :-) Lou
Elegant sculpted body.
Very pretty car.
Merry Christmas Lou
Hi C Moore, Glad to read you enjoy the design of this car :-) Merry Christmas, Lou
These Buicks from 1968 GS are worth investing in to from the chassis up n more fun to drive in Baja California love these classics .
Hi Enrique, Happy to read your thoughts on this Buick :-) Lou
What a beautiful 68 GS sleeper car. Someone in my neighborhood had a similar one around 20 years ago. It was a 1968 Buick Special 2 door post coupe with the same dog dish ‘poverty’ hubcaps. Have a Merry Christmas 🎄Lou
Hi Michael P, Happy to read this car / video brings back memories of your neighborhood car :-) Merry Christmas, Lou
Hi Lou,
What is it with you & black GM 68 Hardtop's.
I'm still watching over & over that 1968 Oldsmobile Ram Rod Black a week ago, then you go find a 1968 GS 400 Buick in Black.
Absolutely awesome Buick, just looks tough in black the bob tail look also.
That engine idle what a noise just fantastic to hear even with factory manifold on it.
Love the boomerang referenc
" Aussie Aussie Aussie "
Great video lick all the other's.
Wishing you a Very Merry Xmas to you & your family & to all the
" My Car Story " subscribers.
Your number 1 Fan in Australia
Louis Kats from Melbourne Australia ☺ 👍
Hi Louis, High praise for the recent "Black Beauties" on the Channel :-) Merry Christmas too you too, Lou
Nice car great up grade from 350. great video.
Hi acts2210, Happy to read you enjoy this video :-) Lou
Nice old Buick love the engine sound and the burning of the wheels on take off! Thanks for Sharing Lou!
Hi Steve, Happy to share this "Burn Out Buick" with you :-) You're welcome, Lou
I love Buicks. My grandpa had a '65 LeSabre, 4 door, I was pretty young, but I could swear it had 2 carbs on it. I used to watch him work on it (more like maintaining it.)
Hi Turbo Lives In my heart
, Happy to read you "love Buicks" and thanks for sharing Grandpa had a 65 LeSabre too :-) Lou
Lou, I love your channel. Why? Because you feature so many Buicks and Thunderbirds!
Happy to read you love the Channel humbuckerpickups :-) Thank you for sharing. Lou
I remember my Mom worked with a lady who owned one of these, I always loved the styling...I personally owned a 97 Regal GS and I can testify that Buick had kept the tradition of performance alive..
Hi HWolfeIII, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your Mom's co-worker's car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
My first car was a 1968 Buick Skylark. They still hold a place in my heart. I hope to own one or a GS some day.
That's a cool 1st car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
I had a 1970 2 door skylark it had a 350buick engine with big Quadrajet 4 barrel carb and 350trans cable kick down from carb, it was white car with green buckets seat and console shifter? It originally came with bench seat and column shifter , I gave 800bucks for car cause trans was slipping going into drive, spent 125bucks for a rebuilt trans plus put shift kit in it!! Put flowmasters rite on header collectors, I painted dark green strips on hood and trunk and put factory GS wheels on it!! Oh what fun!!!
Hi Scotty Jones, Happy to read this car / video brings back memories of your 1970 Skylark :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
@@loucostabile Thank you for sharing ur time!!! Truly enjoy ur ability to bring us so many great cars!! Where I live is the brokest part of America, southern Kentucky, so I don't get to see many great examples of older American cars , only the rusty striped of Ny valuable junky ones around here !!!
@@scottyjones27 My pleasure to share with you :-)
The Ultimate buick. Late August? I can just smell that warm GM interior...ahhhh
Nice :-)
Very nice - sounds great and looks wonderful. Thanks for the holiday gift Lou!
Hi Jeff, Happy to read you enjoy the looks, and sweet ending too :-) You're welcome, Lou
HEY LOU ...IM NOT A RACE GUY EITHER
68. & 69. SANE REAR END. "BEND" SISTER HAD 69.4DSD.BROWN. & TAN INT. BOUGHT FROM TEACHER FAMILY .
UNFORTUNATELY THE TIMING CHAIN WENT
DAD ,BLESS HIM, DID THAT JOB ....ON THE STREET
GREAT RIDE. SAFE CAR
Hey Andrew, Thank you for viewing, sharing, and glad to share this one with you, Lou
Love that you spent time on the dash and interiors.
Hi David, Happy to read you and I both enjoy the details :-) Hope you see many more cars on this TH-cam Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this TH-cam Channel, Lou
Thanks again Lou, for another beautiful Buick.
You're welcome Ooh Gee :-)
Niiiiiiice. Thanks for sharing guys. Merry Christmas
Hi Big Charlie's Model Garage, Glad to read you enjoy this car :-) Merry Christmas, Lou
Great car Lou, and Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Hi Ed B., Happy to read you enjoy this car :-) Merry Christmas to you and your Family too, Lou
I didn't use to like these cars but as I got older I really like them now although my favorite year Buick is 70 but this car is still really cool.
Hi yavin99, Car have an amazing way of looking better with age, Lou
WOW! That exhaust sounds great!
Agreed :-)
Hi Lou that's a great looking car, I love the thought of a stock looking car with a well modified engine 🤩🤩👍👍
Hi
lyonheart84 UK exotic fruit growing, Happy to read you appreciate this car :-) Lou
The brutal appearance of those years, this car is older than me, an incredible work of art
Happy to read you enjoy this car :-)
Now , that's a sweet ride there ! It's definitely a Black Beauty . I really enjoyed this one and unlike some of the videos you have done he new how to revvvvv it up . Thanks for sharing . If you ever come to Alabama look me up . We also have the Mustang Museum close by in Odenville ,Alabama .
Love the way it ended too ! Laying some rubber !
Hi ALABAMAHEADHUNTER
, Happy to read you enjoy this "Sweet ride" :-) Regarding coming to Alabama, I do not have that on my schedule, however I'd love to see the cars there, and if there is a Car Show and / or the Museum is interested in sponsoring me (plane ticket & hotel) then have them contact me, and I'll put them in touch with Donna on my side who does all my scheduling. Hope in 2020 to see AL, Lou
👍Love these Buicks. Good 1 Sir Lou!
Hi Major Payne, Happy to read "Love these Buicks" :-) My pleasure sharing this one with you, Lou
Has that nice Muscle Car Rumble too.. Merry Christmas Buddy and keep the Muscle Cars comin!!
Merry Christmas, and agree, nice sounding car :-)
Great video Lou you dont see many of those GS Buicks at cars shows around where I live.
Happy to share this one with you PlymouthDuster 225
Cool GS. Sounds great. Loved the burn out. I redid a 69 Buick last year. I'm really enjoying it. Mine is the basic model, automatic. Yes, I would like to have a GS with stick shift. Doubt I'll ever have money to do another one.
Hi Kevin Taylor, Happy to read you appreciate this car & burn out too :-) Glad to read you're enjoying your car too. Thank you for viewing and sharing. Lou
A black beauty! What a car Lou! Enjoyed it!
Well said Joseph :-)
Thanks Lou my father had a 70 Buick stock that thing would fly
Hi Francis, Happy to read this car / video brings back memories of your Fathers Buick :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
Love that lumpy idle; always sounds like something's about to happen! Enjoy your holidays, Lou!
Hi mitchlu
, Agreed, this car sounds great :-) Hoping you enjoy your holidays too, Lou
That's different for sure . Thanks for posting .
My pleasure Bud, and you're welcome.
the concave shape of rear end was not random.the design idea was to allow better reach into trunk,especially for women,love it or hate it,there it is.the hot tip with these cars was to drop in the 430 in.wildcat motor with 400 decals,haha.
Hi Kenny, Thank you for viewing and sharing your "hot tip". Hope you see many more cars on this TH-cam Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this TH-cam Channel, Lou
Awesome! Wish we still had the yellow plates.
Hi Joe Cekosh, Happy to read you appreciate this car :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing and I believe you're going to see many more cars on this Channel you'll enjoy. Hope you Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this TH-cam Channel, Lou
Wow. Absolutely beautiful. Nice job sir!
Hi Alex Speaks UP, Happy to receive a "Wow" from you :-) Lou
Lou I like how hard you work at getting all these fantastic cars on your show. Your obsession with insignificant stickers was never more evident than at the end of the video when you had the owner not close the hood so you could show the radiator sticker. On the other hand the interior of the car was amazing looking better than it probably did when new. You mentioned the color but didn't ask anything about who did it or what the material was. Leather/vinyl. I watch your videos because you do manage to show some of the best cars on TH-cam. Let the owner tell their story so that we can learn about all the interesting and unique things about their amazing cars.
Hi Bill Magorian, Thank you for your wonderful encouraging comment I'm happy to share the cars with you and it pleases me to know we're both having fun together with this TH-cam Channel, Lou
Whoa, sounds dope.
Hi Yellow Backpack Guy, Happy to read you appreciate the sounds from this car :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing and I believe you're going to see many more cars on this Channel you'll enjoy. Hope you Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this TH-cam Channel, Lou
What a Beauty!!!
The Black Beauty :-)
Merry Christmas to you and your family Lou.
Thank you, and Merry Christmas to you and your Family too abe frohman :-)
Music to my ears, that motor...👍 nice Buick Lou..
Glad to read this one sounds good to you Mark J :-)
Merry Christmas Lou.
Merry Christmas C.J CJ
I had a 68!!!
Happy to read you had a fun car too :-)
Nice find Lou!,keep those gems coming in2020! Have a good Christmas
Hi danny, Glad you enjoy this car and wishing you a good Christmas too :-) Lou
Unusual names for two boys.
Did you like the car?
@@loucostabile Yes
Some sharp lookin Buick Muscle....
Glad you enjoy the looks of this car :-)
no one wheel peel for this guy haha , thanks Lou!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fun ending to this episode :-) You're welcome jeff
Fantastic car, Lou! I really enjoy your episodes.
Hi James, Happy to read you think this car is "fantastic" :-) Glad you're along for the ride, Lou
Merry Xmas to you and yours, Lou! Thanks, for bringing us all kinds of cool cars!
Merry Xmas m p :-) You're welcome.
Merry Christmas Lou! Beautiful car! God bless you my good sir.
Hi Aryu Singhal. Happy to read you enjoy the looks of this car :-) Blessings received, and God bless you too, and Merry Christmas, Lou
i like those kinda of cars easy to work on and nostalgic. my stepdad had 1974 Buick century kinda like kojak car.
Hi kc0lif
, Happy to read this is a car you like :-) Lou
Badazz car !
Nice :-)
That dash says we live in the space age. Baby hang on were gona blast off.
:-)
After I finished this video , I was curious and searched Mustang Museum . When you get a chance look up Mustang Museum Of America . There is a really cool video of it .
Hi ALABAMAHEADHUNTER, Mustang Museum Of America has quite a few Mustang Police cars, Lou
Hope you show this fellows other Buick Muscle.. Not near as common as Chevy, Pontiac and even Olds muscle.. Merry Xmas again bud!
There will be some more Buicks coming, so stay tuned :-)
Buicks always had a few extras on them than other GMs except Cadillacs...
Thank you for viewing and sharing.
Wow !
:-)
Sounds like the Stage 1 package would be rare on the 68 being aftermarket ..
You're right, sounds good.
Looks and sounds great sure not a sleeper when you fire it up
You're right larry, not a sleeper when this one fires up :-)
You the Man, LC!
Thank you 413x398 :-)
I had a 69 Stage 1 and it would run with much that was out there.
Hi Hans Gruber, Happy to read you had a 69 Stage 1 :-) Nice, Lou
Nice.
Hi Gary, Happy to read you think this one is "Nice" and a good burn out too :-) Lou
Where did you get the seat covers, I've been looking for the front seat covers that have the buttons on them for quite a while with no luck?
Hi Rose, I'm not sure where the seat covers came from. I've left a message for the Care Taker of this car, or maybe a Viewer has knowledge of where the seat covers came from to answer your question. Lou
@@loucostabile Thanks. I think I found them from OPGI there is no stock picture of them but the person I spoke to said the shoulder buttons are on them. Hopefully they are.
I received the covers today but, they don't have the medallions on them. Perhaps someone knows where I can get them? Thanks for any help!
Hopefully you can beat the MOPAR crew!
:-)
The white interior really pops with this car. Take someone for a ride and take off like that and you may be cleaning that white interior if you know what I mean.💩
N I C E ! :-)
Is the 4 speed stock ?
I've been looking for a 70' 455 stage 1 4 speed with very little luck .. I ran across a 69' 400 stage 1 auto .. really nice ..not sure if I should keep holding out .. or get the 69' ..
Hi Mr. Basshole, Not sure if the 4 speed is stock. Regarding the 69, if you buy it, and then find a car you like better, you can upgrade later, but at least you'll have a fun car in your garage while you're looking, Lou
@@loucostabile original in great shape.. lived its life in California.. they are asking 55,000 .. ?
Cool 😀
Glad to read this car is cool :-)
@@loucostabile 😀
3:04 crunch / crinkle sound can't be anything good ??
:-0
My wife says she likes Buicks, but I could never get her to use this one as a daily driver. The car is too old, it's not an automatic, and it doesn't have air-conditioning.
Hi Donald, Maybe she'll like a new one then? Lou
6:46 that does not sound stock. It sounds rrreeally good, but if you told me it was stock I'd think you're after my lunch money
Hi doblebo, This one has some internal motor upgrades, and glad to read you enjoy the sounds of this one :-) Lou
12:80s ! How mach faster can you get!😳
Hi Garrison, Seems you can always get something faster based on technology, however not really sure. Lou
@@loucostabile seems 12s is fast enough for me😊
Classic Buicks are prettier than the ones that they build today n these new GS Buicks are made of cheap tin n don't last long
Hi Enrique, Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this vs new cars. Lou
Hi, if you can please refrain from sending me emails for a while just had eye surgery can't watch them but don't want to unsubscribe things will get better thank you . Merry Christmas & happy new year
Ok Pete, Hope you're feeling better soon.
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Thank you for sharing.