The East Coast Buick Regional's were held this past Saturday at Cecil County Drag way in Cecil County, Maryland. It was a show and go event. Me and a good friend decided to make the 80 mile drive and enter our cars in the show.

He's got a real and very rare yellow 1970 GSX. Buick only made 678 GSX's in 1970 and they were only available in yellow (491 made) and white (187 made).

I've got a 1972 GS 455. Buick only made 1,099 of them in 1972. I've owned the car since 1985 and completely restored it myself, along with the help of some of the guys I worked with when I worked at a Buick dealer in 1987.

We both did very well placing in the top 13 cars out of the 86 cars entered. There were many nice cars in the show from as far away as Florida, Indiana, and New Hampshire.

Cruising to the show on I-95









set up at the show









and being it's a Buick, it has factory A/C



me (wearing a Handgun Combatives t-shirt), very surprised and happy!





a few random cars in the show

I thought this was pretty cool. It's a 1965 Skylark that someone turned into a retro Grand National.



complete with a turbo 231!



This is a one owner, un-restored 1970 GSX 4 speed. The original owner bought the car when he was 20 and has owned it since. He drives it to car shows all over and it's never been on a trailer!









a few shots at the track











somebody let a few Chevy's in so the Buicks had something to beat up on



and a really nice Hemi Charger R/T



and the baddest Studebaker on the planet!

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Rick
SWCA #2727 , SWHF #435

Nice pics of nice cars, thanks for sharing.
Seems like you guys had a lot of fun...

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Jorge

SWEET!
We went to the Crosley Nationals a few years back.
I tell ya - The entry was a real stunner.

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In dog years I'm dead.

I really like old Buicks.

Yours look great!

Is Kenny Bell Buick still in business?

I've had:
67 Electra 225 - 430 cu in Wildcat
70 Skylark - 350 cu in
71 Skylark - 350 cu in (my first car)
78 Century - 350 cu in

The Electra was 4 door, the rest 2 door hardtops.

My uncle has kind of a rare one: 71 Centurion - 455 cu in
Another fellow I know has a 55 Buick Special and he drives it all over God's Green Pea Patch (tm).

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Be Well

Not much out there sexier than the 68-72 mid-sized GMs (IMHO anyway). Gorgeous Skylarks. Very nice pictures.

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paws for friendship

Remember The Old Timer?

"With my gold lame jumpsuit and my Buick Skylark, I'm ready to move in any circles."

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Not in jail.

Lame': So last year - so lame!

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Be Well

That's when Detroit was making them great!

That's a great group of Buicks you've had. My Dad had a 68 Wildcat that I learned how to drive with. That thing was a boat!

I'm not sure if Kenny Bell is still involved with Buicks like he was back in the 80's.

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Rick
SWCA #2727 , SWHF #435

I like the old Buick's. There is a guy in our small town that drives an unrestored 65 Electra. He uses it as a daily driver because I see it on the road just about every day. Looks pretty straight and original too. Never paid much attention to them when they were new but they look pretty classy now.

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That's just somebody talkin.

Mother had a 1972 Electra 225 fordor hardtop. It had 455 regular fuel engine. It would run a hole in the wind. Took mom to Odessa one June. We blew a right front tire at 80 mph. Car was no problem to bring to a safe stop. Mom got it in the garage crooked one day. I had to use a floor jack to get it out. She didn't put a scratch on however. Car was driven by the plant manager of local GM plant for his company car. 80 mph and 18 mpg. What a ride.

What lotsa folks don't know is that during the original muscle car years the Buick 455 GSX was one of the top two or three stock off the showroom cars in the quarter mile. Can you spell TORQUE? Gobs of big block grunt. Oh, yeah!

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S&W Armorer
Lost in the 50s

Very nice, though I tend to like Buicks where all eight cylinders are lined up in a row.

Might be because my first car was a 1952 Super with the 263 straight eight and the DynaFlow tranny.

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John 3:16
WAR EAGLE!

Yes Sir.

In 1970, the Buick GS or GSX with the optional Stage 1 engine was the fastest 1/4 mile production car out - faster than the 426 Hemi and the LS6 Chevelle. All day long.

You're spot on with the torque. The Stage 1 produced 510 foot pounds of torque, the most of any car out at the time.

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Rick
SWCA #2727 , SWHF #435

My last year in the Army, Nov 1968 to Oct 1969, I commuted every weekend from Fort Dix NJ to Boston in this 1965 Buick Skylark which never let me down.

It was a nice looking car.

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Doesn't hasta call me Johnson

i remember driving my dads buick electra 225 with a 455 that car was fast

Very nice ref. I miss those automobiles.

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Isaiah 41:10

Enjoyed your pics very much! Almost like being there again.

Our family car was a 69 Riviera. My sister inherited it and sold it one year after she got it. I was so disappointed because it was suppose to go to me.

I did quite a bit of work on this '70 Riviera for a friend. 455 cubes of goodness moved this big ol car along pretty well!

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-Roger

Were you there??


That's beautiful!
Does your friend still have it?

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Rick
SWCA #2727 , SWHF #435

He sure does.

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-Roger