Category Archives: Buick Grand National

Black Air

by Gary Smith Posted on August 31, 2011

The Buick Grand National Documentary “I remember taking it to work and wanting to change lanes and all you had to do was just stab the throttle and the thing would “choo-choo” and it would skid over. You didn’t have … Continue reading →

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Early History of the Buick Grand National and Performance Design

by Gary Smith Posted on March 10, 2009

Performance Design History This particular Grand National has a junkyard dog menacing look about it. Herb Fishel worked under Vince Piggins at Chevrolet’s performance group. In the late ’70s, Lloyd Reuss and Buick Motor Division lured him away to start their own … Continue reading →

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