Oldsmobile 4-4-2 W-30 versus Buick GS 455 Stage 1, A-body brothers each considered the “gentleman’s musclecar.” Sibling ...

In 1970, the big-block 455 could have easily been mistaken ... To put that into perspective, the total Buick GS production for 1972 was 8,575 units. Here comes the nice part about Dennis Doerge ...

The 1972 Buick GS Stage I was produced in small numbers, with just 728 copies leaving the factory. The 455 cubic-inch Big Block still put out a healthy 270 horsepower and 390 pound-feet of torque ...

This is the reason the all-original 1972 Buick GS 455 Stage 1 we’ll cover today produces a rather puny 270 horsepower and 390 pound-feet (529 Nm) of torque from 7.5 liters of displacement ...

Greg Gessler drag races his '72 GS Stage 1, and proudly waves the Buick ... runners that flow a lot less than the others. On a Buick 455, it's the 2 and 3 cylinders. So I work on these two more ...

Let’s start by checking out the 1972 Buick GS Stage 1, which is showing up with a 455 cubic-inch V8 under the hood. When it was first produced, this thing was rated at 270 horsepower at 4,400 ...

The result is that the Buick GS was something ... that." By 1972, emissions controls and a switch to net-horsepower ratings shrank output figures to a dreary 225 hp for the 455 and 270 hp for ...

In fact, I came home from the hospital in a 1971 GS 350 four-speed that was my mother's daily driver in 1972 ... Car Reports from Buick list 160 black-on-black GS 455 Gran Sports produced at ...

This 1972 Buick GS Stage 1 gets an automatic trans, Positraction rear end and a 455 V8. By Autoweek Published: Mar 30, 2018 Save Article ...