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1970 Buick Gran Sport GS 455

Engine: 455ci. (7.46 L) V8
For 1970, the mid-sized Buicks once again received new sheet metal and the Buick Skylark name was moved down another notch, replacing the previous Buick Special. The Skylark became the entry-level Buick available in two- and four-door sedans with the 250-cubic-inch inline-six as standard and the 350-cubic-inch V8 (260 horsepower at 4600 rpm) available as an option. Interestingly, the two-door models shared their roofline with the 1970 Chevelle, as opposed to the Pontiac LeMans and Oldsmobile Cutlass, which shared a different roof design. The two-door sedan body style was unique to Buick; it had the same swoopy roofline as the hardtop but with a thick “B” pillar, with Buick’s traditional styling feature called the “Sweepspear” appearing as a crease that ran the length of the vehicle. Chevrolet did not offer a pillared coupe for the Chevelle from 1970 to 1972; all two-doors were hardtops.