The Skylark-based Gran Sport (or GS) was Buick’s mid-size muscle car in the 1960s and 1970s. With rising insurance premiums, big-block motors were starting to fall out of favor in the early 1970s. Which explains why nearly two-thirds of… more»
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Award-Winning: 1968 Buick Skylark GS-350
When you were shopping for a mid-size muscle car in the late 1960s, and wanted it to be as luxurious as possible, the Buick Gran Sport was your ticket. It was the fanciest of GM’s muscle cars because Cadillac… more»
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Tribute 455 V8: 1971 Buick GS Convertible
With the tides beginning to change for muscle cars, Buick only built 165 GS 455 convertibles in 1971 (plus another 81 with the Stage 1 setup). This vehicle began life as a “regular” Skylark drop-top that has been transformed… more»
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V6 Power Survivor: 1964 Buick Skylark
Before 1964, the Skylark was a trim option on the Buick Special. But that year, it became a series of its own when it and the Special were promoted from compact to intermediate-size status. Unusual by Detroit standards at… more»
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Stored 30 Years: 1964 Buick Skylark Convertible
The Skylark nameplate played a key role for years in the Buick lineup. It was the upscale version of the Special when Buick’s new compact was introduced in 1961 and was promoted to intermediate status in 1964 when those… more»
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Affordable Daily Driver: 1995 Buick Skylark Coupe
A car doesn’t necessarily need to be a bona fide classic to justify more than a passing glance. This 1995 Buick Skylark Coupe demonstrates that. It is one of the tidiest examples you will find in the current market,… more»
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1968 Buick GS 400 Convertible Project Plus Parts Car
1968 was a coming-of-age year for the Buick Gran Sport, as the namesake finally became its own separate model instead of just an options package on the popular Skylark. GS sales were fairly strong for the car’s first year… more»
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Nova Alternative: 1978 Buick Skylark
When General Motors redesigned its X-body compact platform in 1975, the Skylark nameplate moved over from the intermediate ranks. The X-body is better known as the basis for the Chevy Nova which Pontiac and Oldsmobile also deployed. This example… more»
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BF Auction: 1961 Buick Special Skylark
Location: Sundance, Wyoming Mileage: 12,965 Shown Engine: 215ci V8 Transmission: 2-Speed Automatic VIN: 3H2511849 Title Status: Clean Choosing an appropriate project candidate can be challenging, and we must sometimes delve below the surface to determine a vehicle’s true worth…. more»
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Fly Like a Bird! 1972 Buick Skylark
Buick adopted the Skylark (a species of bird) nameplate in the early 1950s and it would stick around for most of the rest of the 20th Century. It’s most commonly remembered as a mid-size car along the lines of… more»
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Original Drivetrain Included: 1971 Buick Skylark GS 455
Muscle car sales were waning by the start of the 1970s, but that didn’t discourage manufacturers like Buick from taking a serious swing at performance models. Its GS 400 had served it faithfully for 1968 and 1969, but it… more»
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Muscle Car With Style: 1971 Buick GS 455
The Gran Sport was Buick’s version of the Pontiac GTO, Chevelle SS, or Oldsmobile 4-4-2 in the 1960s and 1970s. And, due to Buick’s place in the GM hierarchy, it was the most luxurious or well-equipped of those mid-size… more»
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40k Mile 1963 Buick Special Sedan Fireball V6
As I was checking out this 1963 Buick Special, one of the first things that came to mind was how few of these I’ve actually seen over the years. The Special was often branded as one of the more… more»
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3 Rows Plus Skylights! 1968 Buick Sport Wagon
Buick introduced the Sport Wagon back in 1964, but it got a restyling for ’68 which included some new body sculpting and a revised single-piece front skylight, which eliminated that pillar between the glass so the passengers in the… more»
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Rare Gran Sport Variant: 1968 Buick GS California
I’m guessing almost everyone who’s even a modest muscle car fan has at least heard of the Buick Gran Sport. In a nutshell, it was sort of an attempt to rid the company of a mindset they thought had… more»
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Cannibalized Skylark: 1954 Buick Skylark Convertible
The Covid crisis created a whole lot of issues and headaches for everyone. However, for this particular connoisseur of Buick Skylarks, leaving this car north of the border caused no end of grief. It seems that the storage fees… more»
