I just remembered back in the mid eighties I was on my way home from my part time job in high school. I pulled up to a light in my 70wildcat 2 door. This dude and his girlfriend were in one of those 80's mustangs (like underwear everbody had one) and he wants to show of to his woman, but first of all my tires were in poor shape in the rear because I had major lead foot, he looks at me and we are off. I about laughed my tail off I pulled away listening a here this guy just grinding away at his transmission his woman must of been dicusted with him lol. I miss that 70 wildcat, but I now have a 71gs with an even healthier 455. I used to punch the wildcat at 30mph and it would sqeel the tires, now that touque lol. Steve
Ahhh Memories I remember one day after school some freinds and I jumped into my 69 Wildcat to run down to A&W for a root beer. We get stoped at a light and dad drives up next to us in his cruiser (he was a city cop). I yell out the window at him "Hey copper, that car got any balls?" Well he says back " Enough to waist your a@@" Well the race is on. Needless to say I won, but I didn't get over speed limit, and didn't spin a tire. Got hell at home later that night though. There was also a guy with a 68 Charger that thought his car had something for me. We raced on several ocasions but was never a clear winner. He quit racing me when one of his buds told him that if I built my moter he would stand a chance.
My first encounter with buicks came in the mid 1980's. I used to race oldsmobiles, and I had a 1977 cutlass salon (10:1 455 w-31 cam 4.10 gears) the car ran high 13's in full street trim.There was an old guy called dirty George with a 1968 GS 350 with a stock 430 from a wildcat, and a G.T.O. rear end(3.55 gears) A mutual friend set up a street race between Dirty George and Myself. The friend rode with George, and said "when I say go take off". he said go, and i feathered the throttle until I could floor with out wheel spin. I was at full throttle, but George was right next to me.All of a sudden he lays into the throttle , and that GS took off. Needless to say he beat me by about 5 or more car links. Thats how I became hooked on buick performance.
