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Considered by most to be Buick's most important contribution to the muscle car movement of the 1960s and 1970s, the GSX is a particular breed of machine. Launched in 1970, five years after the introduction of the Gran Sport it is related to, the GSX was made in sufficiently small numbers to make it a classic, hence extremely sought after by today’s car collectors.
Just under 700 of them were made in the first year of production, all powered by either the standard 455ci (7.4-liter) engine, or a version of it tweaked with the Stage 1 performance package. Described by its maker as a "brand new brand of Buick," and a car that could "light your fire", it was thus meant to play in a league that included other big names like the Pontiac GTO Judge, or the Chevrolet Chevelle SS.
There are quite a number of GSXs available on the market today, some in better shape than others, touring special events and auctions. Every once in a while, one shows up with that something extra that makes it incredibly alluring.
The GSX in the gallery above is one of those cars. Maybe it’s the factory-correct Saturn Yellow paint (one of two available at the time, the other being Apollo White), or the fact that it is one of the under 100 made in 1970 with the engine linked to a 4-speed transmission, or the low mileage (close to 32,000 miles/51,500 km), but there’s something about this GSX that speaks volumes.
One of those volumes is how the engine’s torque levels, measured at 510 lb-ft (691 Nm), made the GSX the American production performance car with the highest torque, until it was passed by the Viper in the early 2000s.
The car is part of a larger collection of vehicles called Eddie Vannoy. As many others in this collection, it is going under the hammer in June, at the hands of auction house Mecum.
There are quite a number of GSXs available on the market today, some in better shape than others, touring special events and auctions. Every once in a while, one shows up with that something extra that makes it incredibly alluring.
The GSX in the gallery above is one of those cars. Maybe it’s the factory-correct Saturn Yellow paint (one of two available at the time, the other being Apollo White), or the fact that it is one of the under 100 made in 1970 with the engine linked to a 4-speed transmission, or the low mileage (close to 32,000 miles/51,500 km), but there’s something about this GSX that speaks volumes.
One of those volumes is how the engine’s torque levels, measured at 510 lb-ft (691 Nm), made the GSX the American production performance car with the highest torque, until it was passed by the Viper in the early 2000s.
The car is part of a larger collection of vehicles called Eddie Vannoy. As many others in this collection, it is going under the hammer in June, at the hands of auction house Mecum.
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