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1970 Buick Skylark GSX
The muscle car fever in the 60s was so prevalent that even Buick got in on the action, marketing theirs as "Gentleman's Hot Rods." The Buick Skylark Grand Sport (GS) introduced in 1965 was Buick's answer to the Pontiac GTO, and the ultimate version of the Grand Sport came in 1970 with the GSX. The GSX came with a mighty 455 Nailhead V8 making 350 hp and 510 lb-ft of torque, making them quite fast for the time. Only 678 were ever made, 500 in yellow and the rest in white, all with those distinctive black stripes.
For my LEGO version I tried to recreate as much of the distinctive paint scheme with bricks as possible, but did cut out some yellow stickers for the pointed tip of the yellow stripe on the hood and the yellow highlights inside the hood scoops. I also resorted to the use of a silver paint pen to create the outline of the grille on 1x2 cheese grater slopes, as this seemed to look the best out of any other option I had. If I was the LEGO company I'd make printed 1x2 slopes for the grille, but I'm not so I did this ;)
This is the second Buick Skylark I've built in this scale, purely by coincidence. The first was because I wanted to build a white 50s car and the Skylark was a suitable choice, and this one was because I wanted to build a yellow muscle car and the GSX is my favorite yellow muscle car. But idk, maybe I should make a series out of it now that I've made multiple LEGO Buick Skylarks...
1970 Buick Skylark GSX
The muscle car fever in the 60s was so prevalent that even Buick got in on the action, marketing theirs as "Gentleman's Hot Rods." The Buick Skylark Grand Sport (GS) introduced in 1965 was Buick's answer to the Pontiac GTO, and the ultimate version of the Grand Sport came in 1970 with the GSX. The GSX came with a mighty 455 Nailhead V8 making 350 hp and 510 lb-ft of torque, making them quite fast for the time. Only 678 were ever made, 500 in yellow and the rest in white, all with those distinctive black stripes.
For my LEGO version I tried to recreate as much of the distinctive paint scheme with bricks as possible, but did cut out some yellow stickers for the pointed tip of the yellow stripe on the hood and the yellow highlights inside the hood scoops. I also resorted to the use of a silver paint pen to create the outline of the grille on 1x2 cheese grater slopes, as this seemed to look the best out of any other option I had. If I was the LEGO company I'd make printed 1x2 slopes for the grille, but I'm not so I did this ;)
This is the second Buick Skylark I've built in this scale, purely by coincidence. The first was because I wanted to build a white 50s car and the Skylark was a suitable choice, and this one was because I wanted to build a yellow muscle car and the GSX is my favorite yellow muscle car. But idk, maybe I should make a series out of it now that I've made multiple LEGO Buick Skylarks...