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10/02/2017 3:16 am
Pics ; BRK218X BCC 2nd clubmodel 2016 , 1970 Buick GS455 Muscle car
Al Stack sent me 2 pictures of the first production sample of the 2nd Brooklin Collectors Club model 2016, at the moment these haven't made it onto the production bench.
These models were not ready at the 2016 AGM. It belongs to a limited set of 80 models. BRK215X 1967 Buick Wildcat 2 door Gran Sport Coup? was released and picked up at the BCC AGM in Bath in October 2016. 2nn model the 1970 Buick GS 455 Muscle Convertible was not ready.
It will be ready within some weeks.
This is one of the advantages to be a Clubmember to buy the clubmodel and to receive that magnificent 42 pages magazine 3 times a year.
You always can contact Al Stack here on the Forum 43 website for more information
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This will be the standard version:
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The 1967 Buick Wildcat Gran Sport Coup? in black and red interior
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10/02/2017 3:44 am
I especially like the black Wildcat with the GS wheels.
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
10/02/2017 5:37 am
This is the super-muscle version of the 1970 Skylark
The GS was mildly amped-up from base Skylark specs, with some extra juice squeezed out of the typical Buick 350CI 4-barrel, up to 315 HP and 410 FP torque. This is Brooklin's basic subject.
GSX package put in a version of GM's new 455CI 'big block' with 350HP and 510 torque, and the Stage One upgrade offered higher valve lift bumping HP up to 360, probably raising the output higher over greater rpm range.
But they couldnt tune it to the Riviera's 370HP so not to threaten the top of Buick offerings.
The Stage One offered options including hood tach [a la Pontiac GTO Judge] and the rear wing, and this is what Brooklin modelled in yellow. All of these trims were available as coupe or convertible. These higher trims are going for 6 figures in auctions. All this info is right off the 1970 Buick brochure which can actually be found online.
10/02/2017 6:46 am
New wheels make the Wildcat. I hope the yellow car gets something glued in the gap on front fender.
10/02/2017 6:47 am
I think the road wheels really set the Wildcat off. To bad they don't come on the blue model.
Mark
10/02/2017 6:50 am
Most likely will as the green one does.
10/02/2017 6:59 am
Me 2
10/02/2017 11:33 am
When I was in High School a friend of mine had a 1970 GS convertible in dark blue with a white top and interior. That was a sharp looking car! I like the yellow a heck of a lot more than the green.
10/02/2017 1:10 pm
Wow!,That Buick GS looks really off.Maybe its me
11/02/2017 2:24 am
How hard would it be to replace the wheels on the Wildcats?
I have the champagne 4-door and the blue 2-door, and I was thinking of buying the GS wheels from Brooklin and doing the conversion. I know unscrewing the base plate is easy, but what other dangers lurk?
P.S. I'm so not handy I called an electrician to change a light switch.
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
11/02/2017 1:05 pm
Pics: I redid one of my Brooklin Wildcats with the sports wheels from a Neo donor/scrap model, the are even more accurate then the Brooklins, especially the tyres are far better.
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