Despite once racing under the moniker of Wiley Coyote, we have a feeling this 1970 Buick GS Stage 2 is the furthest thing from an Acme Gadget. In 1970 the first owner special ordered this car from the dealership as be a Super Stock drag car. The owner raced the car for a few years before selling it and since then it has been in the hands of 3 different owners.

In the 80’s the car was a pro street machine and judging from the pictures, it looked to be a Hot Rod Magazine Fastest Street Car in the 90’s. In 2000, the car was restored to its original factory form in appearance and in performance, which is how it remains to day.

The Buick Grand Sport (GS) was a performance upgrade for the Buick Skylark. The Grand Sport shared a similar body to the Skylark but saw it equipped with a more rugged 455 mill. The Stage 2 package was a dealer installed performance package that included Stage 2 Iron heads, an Edelbrock B4B intake manifold, a Holley 850 CFM carb, forged flattop TRW pistons, Kustom brand headers and a Mark IV 7000 RPM cam.

The Stage 2 produced an estimate 540 horses. Aside from very few Stage 2 kits ever assembled, even fewer have touched pavement. Only a few hundred were ever known to exist and the bulk of these were Super Stock drag cars.

Currently the GS sports her original Stratomist Blue paint and has all of the Stage 2 OEM parts minus the cam. Since her restoration in 2000, only 2,500 miles have been clocked. The owner is asking for $75,000 for this museum quality piece of drag racing history. As for why it was nicknamed Wiley Coyote in its heyday, perhaps it was trying to take down Plymouth Roadrunners?

The GS as it appears to be racing in one of Hot Rod Magazine’s Fastest Street Car Challenge.