a great historic shootout cover was recreated at the MCACN, it's a cool way to remember the famous magazine story

 

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Pure Stock Musclecar Drags, a '70 hemi Cuda takes on a 71 Buick GSX, a 70 Judge, a 69 Hemi Road Rumner, and a 67 Coronet RT

Thanks Mike!

this is a real GSX, a '74 Apollo GSX. I ain't ever heard of one, seen one, or considered it could even exist. NZcarnerd points out that the 1974 Apollo GSX was a $96 trim option.

Thanks Al!
Thanks NZ! 

The 1970 Buick GSX had a unique rim, built specific for it by Motor Wheel

it's a 15x7 chrome rim, but the off set is specific to the Buick.

https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0115-204121/1970-buick-gsx-stage-1/

of the 678 1970 GSX's made, only one fell into the hands of a dumbass that converted it to Skylark specs, by switching to a bench seat, automatic, and plain blue paint. It's been restored to glory though, incredible as it seems when looking at the before and after photos

In 2008, when plans were being made for a GSX reunion in Ohio, the rumor got out of a four-speed GSX for sale in Louisiana.

 “The story was that it was a Saturn Yellow Stage 1 four-speed car with A/C,” Tim recalls. “The car had been sitting for years, and the owner had hoped to restore it. A woman had owned it before him in the 1980s. She painted it blue, had an automatic transmission put in with a column shift, and a bench seat.”

On New Year’s Day 2009, Tim and his brother Rich went to Louisiana to see the car. “What we found was a beat-up old Buick,” he recalls. “The car had the usual rust, the trunk was full of junk, and it had dents and primer spots all over. I think my brother said it best: ‘If this was a Skylark, it would be worth 500 bucks.’”

It didn’t look like a GSX, which may be why it hadn’t been snapped up before. But Tim got verification from the GSX Historical Society that the car was indeed a Stage 1 four-speed “with A/C, tilt wheel, and tinted glass.”

Full article at:
http://www.hotrod.com/articles/used-abused-1970-buick-gsx-stage-1-comes-back-dead-near-perfection/

a variety of muscle cars and dealerships high schoolers hit up to sell advertising in the yearbook

Found on http://annualmobiles.blogspot.com/

sad news to report, the Mopar Museum of Tim Wellborn is auctioning off most of it's collection.

Tim Wellborn has often referred to his cars simply as “unobtainium.” Now with new plans to begin rotating displays at the Wellborn Musclecar Museum in Alabama, he's auctioning off some at Mecum in Kissimmee, January 2015.

the same or different?

Transporting Shelby’s racers were a team of specialized Ford transporters based on the CS500 platform; six in all, it is believed.

Still sporting its mostly original paint and interior – complete with wooden Cobra shift knob and dash mounted tachometer, it incorporates a 330 CI Ford engine with Cobra finned aluminum air cleaner, valve covers and oil pan, and mated to a 4-speed transmission.

images from https://www.mecum.com/collection-detail.cfm?lot_id=FL0115-204124

Possibly related, Tim's doctor told him to reduce the stress level a month or two ago http://wellbornmuseum.squarespace.com/museum-blog/index.php/2014/9/2/45th-aero-warrior-reunion-postponed-indefinitely