1972 Buick GS - Potential Stock/SS

Jeff Kitchen · 12-30-2008, 10:28 PM

This car is not a stocker now, but was built with that in mind. It could very easily be legal with a legal motor and some minor changes like bumper brackets, inner fenders, etc.

1972 Buick GS350 - This car is an original GS 350 that had a decent body on it. In 2000 I stripped it down to a bare frame and body shell. I stripped, cleaned, sanded, and painted the frame and the underside of the body. The core support was replaced with a real nice original, which was media blasted, primed, and painted. The bumpers are OK (no rust), but need rechrome to be show car quality. The paint job has been on the car since before I got it. Again, it’s OK, but would need repainted to be a show car. NOTE: This car was built to be a racecar, not a showcar. It looks OK, but my focus was to make it clean and easy to work on, and, of course, fast. Until recently, I only footbraked it. I recently installed a t-brake, but haven’t used it. I’ve had slicks and drag radials on it at different times, and it hooks good on either. The best it has done is a 9.93 @ 131 with a 1.36 60'-time. That was off the footbrake with the factory bucket seats and steel hood (3550 lbs.). I recently switched the buckets for Kirkey seats, and installed a fiberglass hood. I have the original hood hinges and latch. The rest of the car is steel. The glass is original. All windows go up and down. The car has a 6-point cage welded to the frame. It has not been certified, yet, but I’m sure it will. Everything was built with the NHRA rule book in hand. The back seat is still in the car. There is a 0.040" aluminum firewall behind the seat. This car is registered, licensed, and insured in Florida. Since I built it, I’ve made about 85 passes on it, and driven about 20 street miles.

Details on the equipment are as follows:

Front Suspension - Del-A-Lum bushings, Comp Eng 3-way shocks, Moroso Springs. A-arms were stripped, sandblasted, painted, and assembled with new ball-joints. Front brakes are Strange lightweight.

Rear Suspension - HR Parts anti-roll, Global West lower bars with spherical bearings, Wolfe dbl adjust upper bars with spherical bearings, QA-1 12-way shocks.

Rearend: GM 12-bolt, LPW girdle, 4.10 gears, 33 spline KA axles, Strange spool. The housing has Ford style ends on it so c-clip elim are not necessary. Brakes are GM 9.5 drums. All brake hardware was brand new in 2001.

Driveshaft: PST 3.5" aluminum with 1350 joints on both ends.

Transmission: TH400 by Paul Doorn, just rebuilt (1 pass since), JW Ultrabell, Trans Specialties t-brake, rev manual valve body, Cheetah shifter with air shifter. PTC 9" converter, stalls about 4800.

Engine: 462 Buick, Buick crank, TA girdle, all the oiling mods, TA front cover, TA Sportsman rods, Ross pistons, 14:1 compression, flat-tappet cam (0.640 lift, 268@.050 ), TA Stage 2 SE heads ported by Gessler (flow 335@.600), TA Roller Rockers, SPX intake, BG 9375 Dominator, HVH Super Sucker, TA 2 1/8 headers, elec water pump, CS alternator, alum radiator, elec fan, Powermaster mini-starter, JW SFI flexplate.

Fuel system: 8-gallon fuel cell in trunk, BG280 pump and filter, AN-10 hose to front, BG regulator. There is a fake factory fuel tank for appearance only.

Exhaust: 3" mandrel bent x-pipe, Dynomax mufflers, TA 3" tailpipes. All welded. I installed another set of 3-bolt flanges behind the mufflers, so the whole center section can be dropped out as one piece.

Electrical: I kept the factory fuse block, but kept only what I needed to run the lights, turn signals, etc. A second fuse block on the passenger’s side runs the critical items. I also installed a semi-floating ground. The negative cable runs to a copper bar on the inside of the firewall, and everything grounds to that. MSD 7AL-2, 2-step, RPM shift, Pro Power coil. Distributor is locked-out. A Dedenbear CO-2 delay box was recently installed.

Wheels & Tires: Weld Draglites, 15x10 and 15x4. M/T Sportsman Fronts, Goodyear 29x10 bias slicks.

E-mail me for pictures. Right now the engine is at Scotty Guadagno’s shop being freshened. The price includes the finished engine installed back in the car. I will make test passes if you want.

The turnkey price is $20,000. I have well over $35k invested. If you want just the roller, it's $13,000. This price also includes some misc. parts I have laying around.

Please e-mail or PM me if interested. The car and I are located in Dover, Florida, just east of Tampa. Thanks for reading.

12-30-2008, 10:28 PM	#1
Jeff Kitchen Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Dover, FL Posts: 5 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	1972 Buick GS - Potential Stock/SS This car is not a stocker now, but was built with that in mind. It could very easily be legal with a legal motor and some minor changes like bumper brackets, inner fenders, etc. 1972 Buick GS350 - This car is an original GS 350 that had a decent body on it. In 2000 I stripped it down to a bare frame and body shell. I stripped, cleaned, sanded, and painted the frame and the underside of the body. The core support was replaced with a real nice original, which was media blasted, primed, and painted. The bumpers are OK (no rust), but need rechrome to be show car quality. The paint job has been on the car since before I got it. Again, it’s OK, but would need repainted to be a show car. NOTE: This car was built to be a racecar, not a showcar. It looks OK, but my focus was to make it clean and easy to work on, and, of course, fast. Until recently, I only footbraked it. I recently installed a t-brake, but haven’t used it. I’ve had slicks and drag radials on it at different times, and it hooks good on either. The best it has done is a 9.93 @ 131 with a 1.36 60'-time. That was off the footbrake with the factory bucket seats and steel hood (3550 lbs.). I recently switched the buckets for Kirkey seats, and installed a fiberglass hood. I have the original hood hinges and latch. The rest of the car is steel. The glass is original. All windows go up and down. The car has a 6-point cage welded to the frame. It has not been certified, yet, but I’m sure it will. Everything was built with the NHRA rule book in hand. The back seat is still in the car. There is a 0.040" aluminum firewall behind the seat. This car is registered, licensed, and insured in Florida. Since I built it, I’ve made about 85 passes on it, and driven about 20 street miles. Details on the equipment are as follows: Front Suspension - Del-A-Lum bushings, Comp Eng 3-way shocks, Moroso Springs. A-arms were stripped, sandblasted, painted, and assembled with new ball-joints. Front brakes are Strange lightweight. Rear Suspension - HR Parts anti-roll, Global West lower bars with spherical bearings, Wolfe dbl adjust upper bars with spherical bearings, QA-1 12-way shocks. Rearend: GM 12-bolt, LPW girdle, 4.10 gears, 33 spline KA axles, Strange spool. The housing has Ford style ends on it so c-clip elim are not necessary. Brakes are GM 9.5 drums. All brake hardware was brand new in 2001. Driveshaft: PST 3.5" aluminum with 1350 joints on both ends. Transmission: TH400 by Paul Doorn, just rebuilt (1 pass since), JW Ultrabell, Trans Specialties t-brake, rev manual valve body, Cheetah shifter with air shifter. PTC 9" converter, stalls about 4800. Engine: 462 Buick, Buick crank, TA girdle, all the oiling mods, TA front cover, TA Sportsman rods, Ross pistons, 14:1 compression, flat-tappet cam (0.640 lift, 268@.050 ), TA Stage 2 SE heads ported by Gessler (flow 335@.600), TA Roller Rockers, SPX intake, BG 9375 Dominator, HVH Super Sucker, TA 2 1/8 headers, elec water pump, CS alternator, alum radiator, elec fan, Powermaster mini-starter, JW SFI flexplate. Fuel system: 8-gallon fuel cell in trunk, BG280 pump and filter, AN-10 hose to front, BG regulator. There is a fake factory fuel tank for appearance only. Exhaust: 3" mandrel bent x-pipe, Dynomax mufflers, TA 3" tailpipes. All welded. I installed another set of 3-bolt flanges behind the mufflers, so the whole center section can be dropped out as one piece. Electrical: I kept the factory fuse block, but kept only what I needed to run the lights, turn signals, etc. A second fuse block on the passenger’s side runs the critical items. I also installed a semi-floating ground. The negative cable runs to a copper bar on the inside of the firewall, and everything grounds to that. MSD 7AL-2, 2-step, RPM shift, Pro Power coil. Distributor is locked-out. A Dedenbear CO-2 delay box was recently installed. Wheels & Tires: Weld Draglites, 15x10 and 15x4. M/T Sportsman Fronts, Goodyear 29x10 bias slicks. E-mail me for pictures. Right now the engine is at Scotty Guadagno’s shop being freshened. The price includes the finished engine installed back in the car. I will make test passes if you want. The turnkey price is $20,000. I have well over $35k invested. If you want just the roller, it's $13,000. This price also includes some misc. parts I have laying around. Please e-mail or PM me if interested. The car and I are located in Dover, Florida, just east of Tampa. Thanks for reading.