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Buick Made the Torquiest Muscle Car of 1970 — Then Buried It Under a Quiet Badge and an Automatic

Only about 3,097 Buicks got the 455 Stage 1 engine in 1970, and its 510 lb-ft of torque beat every Hemi and LS6 on the street. So why does nobody count it? The answer is sitting in a Chicago driveway, painted gold, with an automatic behind it.

GM Wouldn’t Approve the 1970 Buick GSX Until Two Secret Show Cars Proved It Deserved to Exist

by Jack Harmon

Brad Conley owns one of the actual Stage 1 prototype show cars Buick used to prove the GSX deserved to exist before the division ever built one for a customer. Host Kevin Oeste finally met his own childhood dream car face to face at the 2018 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals in Chicago — and Conley did more than let him look. Watch to see what happened when the owner invited him to sit inside.

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Buick Made the Torquiest Muscle Car of 1970 — Then Buried It Under a Quiet Badge and an Automatic

GM Wouldn’t Approve the 1970 Buick GSX Until Two Secret Show Cars Proved It Deserved to Exist