1970 Buick GS 455 Stage 1 & Riviera Sales Training Promo Film

1970 Buick GS 455 Stage 1 & Riviera Sales Training Promo Film - The Sportman's Buick

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This 1970 Buick Sales Ideas training film, The Sportsman's Buick, explains many features of the new GS 350, GS 455, and GS Stage 1 as well as the Riviera GS. This dealer organization training film was used to educate the dealership sales staff. Watch closely and you will likely notice a few errors in the information presented such as mentioning the gear ratio in the Riviera as 5.42 instead of 3.42.
This video was originally a filmstrip with the sound coming from a companion 33 rpm vinyl record that contained beeps to indicate when to advance to the next slide.
Key moments:
GS350 @3:58
Stage 1 Option @6:06
Riviera @9:32
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@alanjarman5943 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this. Hilarious. My stepmother had a GS455 Stage 1, bench seat and a huge Hurst shifter. It was a badass ride.

@TheSteeleGarage Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it. Similar Buick training videos will be coming soon.

@sethkohut7815 Жыл бұрын

There is a ton of knowledge in these videos. Thanks!

@TheSteeleGarage Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them! There are many more coming soon. I have many more Buick films, plus some Pontiac, Chevrolet, Ford, and AMC.

@enerrivers4392 Жыл бұрын

My dad was a Buick loyalist, in L8 1969 he got his '70 Riviera GS, he loved it. Every summer we'd drive from NY all the way to Coral Gables,of course dad did all the driving. He Never ordered cruise control,but, instead got the speed buzzer. When he exceeded the set speed we all knew. Great long distance traveler. Plenty comfortable with very large trunk. When he traded for the '73 Electra the only disappointment was the 455 Not having the same juice. But, he just loved Buicks since the mid '60s. What Buicks are today,he would turn in his grave. His last Buick was '96Roadmaster. He was impressed again. Boy, I miss my dad, & his new Buicks. Gr8 video,thanks!!!

@johnhall8364 Жыл бұрын

Nifty series of videos! Funny how it all came together in 1970 for the GS with the only year of 455 cubes and high compression along with peak styling! Unfortunately the 70 riviera was a styling pig in 1970.

@TheSteeleGarage Жыл бұрын

I agree that it all came together in 1970 for the GS. It's one of my favorite muscle cars of all time (we have a couple of them :) ).

@Johnnycdrums Жыл бұрын

I like the 70' Riviera, it's not weird like the 73'.

@gt-37guy6 11 ай бұрын

@@Johnnycdrums It is the Fender skirted models that lookd kind of weird and "Underslung"...the standard Riviera looks great....

@MinnesotaisRust Жыл бұрын

Great find!

@twolousgarage6054 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting!

@TheSteeleGarage Жыл бұрын

You bet! I have a dozen more ‘67, ‘70, and ‘72 Buick sales training films to digitize and post soon.

@johnirby1157 Жыл бұрын

Wow, a 5.42 differential gear on the Riviera.

@TheSteeleGarage Жыл бұрын

Going 77 mph requires 5,500 rpm! The film writer, narrator, and editor were obviously not car enthusiasts.

@twinturboshow Жыл бұрын

@@TheSteeleGarage was that a typo? Should be 3.42?

@TheSteeleGarage Жыл бұрын

@@twinturboshow yes, the company making the original slides and the narrator were obviously not knowledgeable about cars to miss the 5.42 gears error. According to my calculator at 5,500 rom the car would only be going 77 mph with 5.42 gears and a 26" tall tire. :) Yikes!

@leeallen9553 Жыл бұрын

You know that thing twisted and lifted the front end. Remember that my grandpa's car 🙄🤣

@leeallen9553 Жыл бұрын

Figured that had to be a typo too 😅

@rustyspringsranch2471 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic!!

@arttu5149 Жыл бұрын

As an owner of 71 GS350 Convert, it was interesting to see how these were introduced, but narrators speech voice was horrible to listen. Anyway thanks for posting this.

@TheSteeleGarage Жыл бұрын

I agree. His voice reminded me of the robot on the 1960s TV show, Lost In Space. Thankfully he was not the narrator for the 1972 Buick videos I have posted.

@ronnorman1367 Жыл бұрын

What was the fastest muscle car production-wise Detroit everbilt will never know but I say that's the 70 GSX bring it on I think it'll and a hemi its ass on the street. Or A LS6

@Johnnycdrums Жыл бұрын

Buick didn't want to outshine Chevy in the numbers game. Being the smaller outfit, the numbers were changed to protect the quilty.