Seems like Buicks have a hard time getting respect, even the later GS cars.
When we had our '65 my wife's grandfather talked us in to joining the Buick Club of America. He was 92 years old, had a '47 Roadmaster convert, a '40 Sedan and a '40 Coupe. The '47 was his favorite but was getting hard for him to drive so when he was 93 he built a '69 Skylark convert with all the hot Stage 3 stuff he could find. That drop top flat out hauled.
Anyway, our first appearance at the local Buick meet was pretty sad. A bunch of duffers comparing the number of stitches per inch on the new upholstry to see if it was really correct. We were treated like the redheaded bastard of somebody's sister. Old boys didn't even want to admit that Buick made anything but a straight 8.
On the other hand the wife and I hit a Buick meet in Portland Or. on our honeymoon and took 3rd in class with our GS.
Yeah, respect comes to Buicks reluctantly.
Murff