1972 Buick GS Gran Sport Stage 1 455 in Flame Orange on My Car Story with Lou Costabile
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On “My Car Story” we're in Rosemont IL at the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals on 11-17-22.
We’re looking at a 1972 Buick GS Gran Sport in Flame Orange Paint. The car comes with a 455 CI V8 “Stage 1” engine with an automatic transmission.
The car's Owner is Bert Major. Bert’s had this car since 2021. Bert shares he was looking for a 1970 Buick GS, however when at the auto dealer to see the 1970, this 1972 just was delivered so they made a deal and here is the car.
To see details on the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals show, go to www.MCACN.com
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Hi, If you like this video, please click on SUPER THANKS ❤ with the $ in the middle which is the SUPER THANKS button under the video. Thank you! Lou
People tend to forget that Buick made some bad ass muscle cars back in the day . Bert's flame orange GS 1 is proof . Thanks Lou
Hi Michael, I guess you could say this one is "Flame proof" :-) Lou
Good for you Burt! Nice Choice. Thank you Lou for Bringing us Amazing Classic Cars of all types.
Mr. Major is correct, this is one cool car! The paint color looks fantastic and if you ever get tired of looking at it, just pop the hood and stare at that gorgeous 455! Thanks, Lou!
I agree!
Hi TheGunfighter45acp, Happy to share this "cool car" with you :-) You're welcome, Lou
🔥 orange! Great color, catches the eye, but not obnoxious. 👍
Hi Uri, Happy to read you enjoy this "Great color" :-) Lou
¡Te puedes quedar horas viendo este Buick GS Grand Sport 1972 pintado en “Llama Naranja"! Un interior muy elegante, con un bonito tablero de instrumentos, y mucha simulación en madera. Su V8- 455 rugía bastante agradable. ¡Felicitaciones a su propietario, y a tí, Lou, por traernos esta joya automotriz!
Hi Jaime, Happy to bring this "automotive jewel" to you :-) Glad you're along for the ride, Lou
1972 Buick GS Gran Sport Stage 1 455.
The Buick Gran Sport package was available on some Buick models starting in the mid-1960s. The first car to be equipped with the Gran Sport package was the 1965 Buick Riviera Gran Sport "Nailhead" V8 with hide-away headlights and a drastic change in appearance from the 1963-1964 Buick Riviera, which was one of the first cars to introduce the "Coke Bottle" styling (It was first introduced on the 1962 Studebaker Avanti, another iconic and revolutionary car that unfortunately, NEVER saw the light of day) seen on other cars such as the Pontiac GTO, Chevrolet Camaro, Pontiac Firebird, Ford Mustang, Oldsmobile 442, Ford Torino, Mercury Cyclone, and more. The Gran Sport package featured Gran Sport badges on the exterior, an updated interior, and more significant engines.
Models that specifically have the Gran Sport package as an option include the Riviera and the Skylark (I don't know any other cars with the "Gran Sport" package according to my limited knowledge). The Gran Sport for the Riviera went from 1965 until 1976, with the most iconic years being 1966-1973. The 1971-1973 would be the second most known (Particularly because of its mixed reaction to its "Boat-Tail" styling and the fact that it had some issues, such as rainwater and smog getting into the car) while the 1966-1970 would be the most known (Most popular model years are 1966 to 1968, least popular are 1969-1970).
The car in this video (1972 Buick GS) made around 190 hp due to the switch from SAE Gross to SAE Net the year this car was produced (1972). The 1970-1972 model years also had the "Gran Sport Xtreme" (GSX) package, which is a more upgraded version of the Gran Sport package with new paint jobs, even bigger engines, a more stylish interior, and was more expensive/produced in low numbers.
The Buick Skylark started in the early 1960s, but the name was first used on the Buick Roadmaster during the early 1950s under the name: "Buick Roadmaster Skylark", which was a failure due to its price and it being a step down from the Roadmaster. It was first released as a standard model in 1961 as the Buick Special Skylark, which had the 215 cubic inch (3.5 Litre) Buick V8 making 200 HP as its most powerful engine. The 1964-1967 Skylark was released with the "Gran Sport" package and had a drastic redesign/newer engines from the previous generation (1961-1963). The 1968-1972 Buick Skylark is the most known Skylark and one of the most known Buicks of all time. The car was available with a 350 Cubic Inch (5.7 Litre) V8 up to Buick's iconic 455 Cubic Inch (7.5 Litre) V8. It also had the Skylark Custom as a new trim, which had the 350 Cubic Inch V8 making 230 HP. It also had a California-exclusive car called the "Buick GS California", which had the 350 V8 as standard.
The car for 1968 was drastically redesigned for the second time from the 1961-1963 and 1964-1967 models, featuring a front end that had two enclosed headlights, an enclosed grille with a vertical-horizontal line pattern that was common on some cars back then, a front bumper which featured two vents and two turn signals, and a metal trim that would go from the windshield to the "B U I C K" badge that was on top of the front fascia of the car. The sides featured a metal trim that would go straight and then descend to the wheels along with three cosmetic vents on both sides of the car. The rear end of the car would feature rectangular three rectangular tail lights enclosed inside a much wider rectangular vent, with the third one on the farthest left/right having a square-shaped reverse light enclosed inside the third light. The Skylark Custom changed the grille to have a silver color, added a vertical line in the middle that "kind of" split it, and the Buick emblem on the right side of the enclosed grille. It changed the metal trim to go toward the rear bumper, added the "Skylark" badge and the Buick emblem next to it, and a "Skylark Custom" badge at the rear above the right taillights. The Skylark GS added the maroon-colored "GS" badge on the grille and either the "BUICK" or "GS" badge at the back.
In 1969, Buick would heavily revise the grille on not only their base models, but also their trim packages as well. The grille on the base 1969 model would feature a "four-corners" pattern with a major one in the middle supporting the Buick logo, while the Custom would only have a horizontal line that split the grille in two. The GS would do the same thing as the Custom, but add the maroon-colored "GS" badge below the horizontal line. Stage 1 and GS 400 packages would add vertical lines above and below the split line. The metal trim and the three cosmetic vents became optional for all packages and the base Skylark in '69. The rear was left unchanged except for the "B U I C K" badge above the middle section of the rear fascia or the "GS" badge above the middle end of the rear fascia.
In 1970, the front end was changed again. The enclosed headlights were located nearer to the grille, which was redesigned to have the "four corners" grille appear everywhere on the grille instead the middle. The turn signals on the right and left of the front fascia were redesigned to be wider and to be amber-colored. The front end was redesigned to remove the vents next to the license plate. The Skylark Custom never had any changes to the front of the car. The GS and GSX package, however, changed the grille to be split in two, was repainted black, and had "GS" and "GSX" badges on the right side of the right grille. The rear end only added "GS"/"GSX" badges on the right side and above the right taillight along with a spoiler. The GSX only had a new exterior paint job.
In 1971 and 1972, the grille was once again redesigned to have horizontal lines on the front bumper in two separate places as well. The front bumper's lights were repositioned to be below the headlights. The optional cosmetic vents and side trims were changed to be smaller/more compact for the 1971 model year. The GS and GSX packages rechanged the grille to have the "four corners" pattern (repainted in silver). The rear end moved the "B U I C K" / "B U I C K Custom" badges to be above the right tail light while the GS and GSX packages.
Hi Matthew, Thanks for viewing and sharing your knowledge, Lou
Great Buick Muscle Bert! What a super piece of rumbling eye-candy. Thanks Lou
Hi CJ Design, Happy to share this "super piece of rumbling eye-candy" with you :-) You're welcome, Lou
Great Buick guys, a real head turner and awesome collectible 👍
Hi Bruce H., Happy to read you enjoy this "Great Buick" :-) Lou
72 Olds Cutlass had the “Eye Shadow” too. Nice ride... Lou gets the best cars!
Hi Ron, Happy to share this car with the "Eye Shadow" with you :-) Lou
@@loucostabile Thank you sir... on to the next one! Looking forward to it.
Great looking GS, yes, I've always enjoyed that body style too!!!!
Happy to read you enjoy the body style of this car THROTTLE POWER :-)
Beautiful Buick! Fantastic Gran Sport! Thanks for posting Lou..have a blessed day!
Hi Gerry, High praise :-) You're welcome. Blessings received. God bless you today too, Lou
Bert sure has some great cars! This Buick is gorgeous.
Love the colour. Beautiful condition and presence.
Btw, if they ever make a movie about Mr. Major’s life, I want Denzel Washington playing Bert.
Hi Jeff, Happy to read this Buick is "gorgeous". I can see it now....Denzel comes into the picture is a Flame Orange Buick GS doing a burn out :-) Lou
I remember Mr. Major! He had a flawless Buick Electra 225 coupe (greenish/gray?) at an indoor show about a couple years ago. Very good taste in cars! Sweet GS! Thanks Lou and Mr. Major!
Hi Mark W, You're right on that Buick too :-) My pleasure sharing this car with you. You're welcome, Lou
Beautiful GS in a great color ! Thanks for posting Lou !
Hi Rudy, Happy to read you enjoy the looks of this car :-) You're welcome, Lou
A beautiful Flame Orange GS Buick. Thank you for sharing this car. The only thing I noticed was a little noise in AC. Gorgeous!
Hi Terry, High praise for the looks of this car :-) Lou
Beautiful color and the 1970 and 1972 had the best grills and tail lights I thought 👍👍🙂
Hi Walter, Happy to read you appreciate the looks of these cars :-) 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
I've always been a Buick man and this GS is drop dead good looking. Love that paint and white interior.Thanks for another great video Lou!
Hi Brian, High praise for the looks of this car :-) My pleasure sharing whit car with you. You're welcome, Lou
The seatbelt light on the dash was an option on the 72 model and the 71 model mid year you started to see the smog pump. Beautiful car and great find Lou
Hi Street Machines, Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Happy to read you enjoy the looks of this "Beautiful car" :-) Lou
Great car, great color! High School days for me! So glad u have this channel!
Hi Bob, Happy to read this brings back High School days :-) Glad you're along for the ride, Lou
Another beautiful Buick, very nice 👍
Happy to read you enjoy the looks of this car :-)
'Wow' is right.
I believe '72 was 'it' for real deal 'muscle' (i know, smog pump...) but this is a beast !!!
Nice plate, btw :)
Great offering, Lou and congrats to the owner.
Hi Glen, Happy to share this "Beast" with you :-) Lou
My first car was a red 72 skylark 350 2V no air no smog pump no rust but your car is real sweet!
Hi Hurstscrambler, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your 1st car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
Love this car...We learn so much from your videos...the detail is the best! I am partial to Buick Cars, as my first car was a 1965 Buick Electra 225! I've never heard of a Stage 1. Now I Know it's the engine. I assume the GS nameplate is a stand alone model at this point, instead of a package. Thanks for your video and detail..
HI Brian, Happy to read "Love this car" :-) Glad to read you're learning from the videos. I'm learning from the Caretakers all the time, and I find that to be so much fun. You're welcome, Lou
Nice owner, great car, gorgeous color.
Hi Daniel, Happy to read you enjoy this Owner, car and color :-) Lou
Absolutely beautiful! 😍😍😍😍😍 Thanks Lou!
Hi motorTranz, Happy to read "Absolutely beautiful!" :-) You're welcome, Lou
Ahoy big bro Lou 😎!! Happy Spring! Oh man, I hope you aren’t sore with me, big brother. I hope one of my floppy sneakers 👟 didn’t make contact with your head on the way to that telephone pole after I viewed the vid of that super hot 🦵 green Monte Carlo yesterday lol 😂 😝 !!! Aw man, another great beauty right here. Awesome big brother Bert certainly has a great Buick GS right here. Wow 🤩! And all that eyeliner on her?! Jeez, man! Once again my sneakers 👟 forcibly flew off my tubesocked stocking feet, down Ave U and against St. Brendan’s church ⛪️ before I even got to mass today LMAO 🤣!! You have the greatest car guy videos out there, Lou. Beautiful cars and great caretaking guys to tell inspiring stories. Thanks big bro! JV Johnny ⚾️👟🐺😵🎥
Ahoy JV Johnny, Always enjoy keeping my reflexes on high alert from floppy sneakers flying in all directions when I post a video. High praise for this Buick GS :-) Appreciate the kind words on the videos. You're welcome, Lou
That really looks great and I love the plate 😎👍👍
Happy to read this one looks great & you love the plate :-)
Perfection! Thanks lou.
High praise :-) You're welcome John.
Hey @Lou - what a fantastic GS 455! Super cherry sir - video production spot on as usual - something for the coffee fund/
Hey @Peter - SUPER THANK YOU FOR THE SUPER THANKS! Really appreciate the support, Lou
I love that sports car of the year that I was born. And I love that 1972 front bumper. It’s slightly forward. Plus I love those vintage wheels & tires. Nice rear bumper & taillights, too.
Hi Edwin, Happy to read you enjoy the looks of this car :-) Lou
Totally awesome!! I am also very intrigued by what seems to be a number of late '60s & early 70's vehicles, maybe GM, in the background. I'll be Lou could make a lot of videos featuring these cars😍!!!
Hi Ed B, Happy to read this car is "Totally awesome!!" :-) Good news! More cars will be coming from this show (and many have already been added...over 1900+ different cars) so make sure you watch the commercials on TH-cam as that's how I get paid so I can keep sharing with you, Lou
Lou I like that you not only asked the owner how long he has owned the car but how he acquired it. I wish the light had been better when you showed the interior and also the engine.. You mentioned the car had A/C and a tilt steering wheel. I think it had power windows but I'm not sure. On such a special Buick, a brand that was more upscale, it would have been great if you asked the owner what options and standard features the car had,
Bill, Happy to read you enjoyed most of my questions....I might be getting a bit better.....or you're getting more tolerant :-) Either way we win, Lou
Getting very impressed with Lou. Very knowledgeable about the Buicks now... Keep them coming... Beautiful Car...
Hi Ken, I'm learning. The more you stay tuned the smarter I get :-) Glad you're along for the ride, Lou
LOU you have the best job in the world sweet ride also
KENNETH, It's fun videoing the cars and sharing them with you :-) Glad you're along for the ride, Lou
Wow what a beautiful car!
Hi Brian, Happy to read you enjoy the looks of this car :-) Lou
@@loucostabile I sure appreciate all the work you do for us
sweet ride
Hi David, Happy to read you enjoy this "sweet ride" :-) Lou
@Lou Costabile u r welcome I try to catch your videos when I have time. Never been disappointed. I am 62. I so much enjoy seeing good old cars.
Beautiful car.
Hi Larry, Happy to read you enjoy the looks of this car :-) Lou
Another beautiful car Lou. Don't think that I have ever seen a Buick GS this color before but I like it. Those were some fast cars in their day, my Uncle used to race against them. He always told me those 455's were hard to keep up with.
Hi PlymouthDuster225, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your Uncle racing against these cars :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
Bert's GS is one Major musclecar! Thanks Lou!
Hi Brian SD, NICE! You're welcome, Lou
Very cool 🥰
Hi Michael, Happy to read "Very cool" :-) Lou
This car is 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Nice :-)
Nice car Lou.
Happy to read you enjoy this "Nice car" Ollie :-)
That would be a great color for me since I’ve gone down in flames so many times!
Nice !
bad ass buick
Just the way we like it :-)
Nice!
:-)
Cool damn car
Nice :-)
The only thing missing about this car is a brief ride a-long! Great job as always, Mr. Lou. You didn’t happen to check out the blue and white Buick that rolled in as you were wrapping up the film, did you?
Hi Donald, A ride a-long is a good idea, but indoors in the Winter is a challenge :-) Hmmm, not sure I saw the blue & white one. Good news! There will still be more coming from this show, so stay tuned to see which ones I did see, Lou
Man it's mint!
Hi DOCTRJ91 Live Live, Happy to read you appreciate the condition of 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
Oh my wow! That’s a great muscle car. Is this the 57 Chevy owner?
Hi Jeffrey, Happy to read "Oh my wow!" :-) Not the 57 Chevy Owner, Lou
Beautiful 😍❤️🔥
Hi DOCTRJ91 Live Live, Happy to read you enjoy the looks of this car :-) Lou
Цікавє авто!Дякую!
Hi Сергій Шамін, Thanks for viewing and sharing "Interesting car". You're welcome, Lou
That's cars in perfect condition love the flame orange color sounds great as well love the cars of mussel car area
Hi Larry, High praise for the condition of this car :-) Lou
I owned a 1970 Buick GS Skylark 455 that I bought for only $700 back in 1979. Better hope you never have to build an engine for the thing like I did back in the early 80's. Those things are a PITA to work on. Non adjustable rocker arms, and a sucking aluminum timing chain, slash water pump, slash oil pump, slash distributor cover. I owned both a 1970 SS Chevelle 454 and my Buick GS 455 at the same time. The Chevy engine was much easier to work on than the Buick so I got rid of the Buick in 1987.
Hi Christopher, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
I think the square shaped gages,are more beautiful than the round shape.....
Happy to read what you notice and enjoy :-)
Car looks showroom fresh. These stage 1 Bucks should be equal in value to the Hemi & Boss9 Mustangs. Compression ratios were beginning to drop by 72 but still around 500ft lbs of torque, & without googling I'm guessing 365 hp?
Hi Richard, Happy to read you enjoy this car that looks showroom new :-) Lou
looks like it just rolled out of detroit 1972!...
You're right, this one looks showroom new.
Great, except for the tires; quite the shame.
Hi George, Sooooo close, Lou
@@loucostabile Right on, Lou!
That's one sweet ride. Looks like the poor thing was smogged to death. A quick google shows the old girl only offered 270hp - 390ft lbs. That's down from what a 455 should have had before the smog era w/ 330hp - 455ft lbs. That's very easily fixed these days though and a "mild" build could easily blow away the old numbers with little effort, so. A collectable car like this is doomed to her smog era though I'm afraid if he plans to re-sell it. Not a car to drive around for fun anyway, so I gues it doesn't matter.
Hi Wabanaki [Dawnland People] Mi'kmaw Indian Warrior, Happy to share this "sweet ride" with you :-) Thanks for sharing your research, Lou
The 72 power ratings were tested differently compared to the earlier models. They went with a net rating instead of gross, test procedures required all accessories intact including air cleaner. This combined with a lowered compression ratio made it look a lot worse than it was
I owned a 1972 Buick GS convertible in the seventies, great car. The 455 was a great engine to go with it. Then they replaced these with the fat, bloated '73 body and ruined it.
Hi LoveIsAll, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou