(R) Kristopher Milligan spent a little computer time dreaming up a new look for his 4-door Skylark. I think the tinted glass would give the car an edge. At last word, I think the original V6 expired and he was looking at some V-8 power.
(R) One of our site visitors drew my attention to this e-bay offering, and this is the first '79 4-door we've seen. I think there's some Bondo on this one! Dig that vinyl top, too.
(R) An "S/R" version of the '76 Skylark. Buick's treatment of the X-body did have some pretty lines, and the '76 had a particularly clean look, in my humble opinion. These photos were probably captured from ebay by contributor Eliezer Perez.
Waiting to strike...
...hammer down!
"Hi
Roland ; I just have to send you some more pictures of my Buick
Skylark from the 2005 race season...there are some more on
http://www.lediardfoto.com/Dragracing.htm .
"Finished 2nd in Bracket racing championship in Norway 2005 (only 2
points from 1st place). Had a supercharger failure last race so I could
not finish. The rotor went in
contact
with the rotor housing, apparently because of a twist in the rotor case ,
caused by failure in production. I am more than sure that we did not over-torque it. In
the
race, it suddenly made a lot of noise, and when I shut off engine, the
rotor was melted into the casing. I tried to re-machine it , but...it now
gives only 7 psi and should be at 14. We got detonation too because of
the supercharger failure (hot air).
"Next year I will get new heads (AirFlow Research) and a new Weiand supercharger....with Teflon tips on rotor this time, hehe. I think the engine itself is ok, I built it to last. This winter I will do something with the rear end of the drive line and chassis. Also, I will rebuild the gearbox, with the "blue racing clutches" kit. All manual drive TH-350 sequential gear box...This should now be capable of handling 650+ HP."
"Hi, you have a great site, here are some pics of cars that my sister took in
Iran. They look like 1979 Buick Skylarks but they are called 'Buick Iran'. They
were apparently still built in Iran during the 1980's...
the cars that were built in Iran were also built by GM, and GM
still exported other cars there in the eighties after the revolution.
I think that the Nova
and Seville models were also built there but I don't know if the Phoenix
was...do you know more about these?
Apparently, people like American cars there just as much as they like them
here!
"She says that this country is a great place (except for the level of
pollution in Teheran), with great people, but their government is not doing
what people want... (I mean not at all!) Phil R."
Due to the current political climate, I've changed a few names and details
to provide some anonymity for the source of these photos, but a big thank
you for the unique contributions! We love this kind of stuff.
Just look at the wear and tear on these cars! Another photo showed
that the brown car has dents in the doors and rear bumper, and only one
remaining Buick wheel cover. The white
car has its mirror tucked in close, probably necessary for negotiating tight
quarters and traffic. Both cars are missing the chrome trim on the
leading edge of the hood; the brown car looks like it was never even
installed.
(L) Doug writes: "We recently bought a 1978 Buick Skylark (four door) from a family friend. I plan to put it on the road in a while and fix it up gradually with a new paint job, seat covers, etc..." He even considered throttle body fuel injection, but that might be overkill for a 4-door.
(R) Marie-Claude Lévesque ( skylark76@videotron.ca ) tells us that a Chevy 350 with 425hp will be going into this Skylark soon. You know folks are serious about their car when they name their email address after it!
(R) Seattle seems to be Skylark Heaven. In addition to these cars, I also checked out a rock-solid '75 with a bad tranny and rough interior...but the asking price was only $200! Too dark for good pics, sorry. Anyway, the silver car at left looks like a hatchback (see the small rear quarter window), and the yellow car happened to be parked right where I pulled up at the mall. The landau has seen better days, while the white freeway flier looks fine. Interestingly, ALL of these cars had the rear bumper filler rotted out (including the '75 I looked at). The Novas I've seen don't seem to have this problem, something to keep in mind if you're a Skylark owner looking for parts.
"Hi there, thanx for
your nice site. I love American
cars, and these X-bodies are great samples. Here's
some pictures of me and our family car, a Skylark. It is a 1979 model, but
this one was built in 1986. These cars, including the Chevy Nova, were built here
till 1990.We
had a Chevy Blazer before this, and they're both cool
cars. I'm sending you this from Tehran where some of
these lovely creatures are still roaming around.
By the way, the 80's Chevy Royal and Caddy
Seville were also built in a shorter period.
Take care and good bye.
Keivan" ( k1_ak@yahoo.com
)
Keivan later sent photos of a car show with lots of American iron,
everything from 1940s cars to 1960s Lowriders, Camaros, you name it.
The appeal of American cars is worldwide!
(R) "They're here"... the X-body continues to turn up in Seattle, and we prove it by publishing these candid street shots (with privacy measures taken, of course). Note the bumper filler falling apart on the '77, and the '78 is the one currently appearing in our ad section...When I ran the ad, I didn't realize that I'd accidentally stumbled across the car weeks previously!
