My '70 Skylark was my first car, going on 15 years now. It's been through many rebuilds and paint jobs over the years. Currently being redone top to bottom. It's had a 350, rebuilt '71 455 and a rebuilt '70 455. It's was painted like a GSX (but in blue with black stripes) two times and it has been red since '95. I'm going to paint it in the spring, don't know what color this time. Have a new motor built for it to hopefully put it in the 10's.:Brow: Ken
11 years Im on my fourth buick,(third GS)bought this one in 91 for a song,a 72 with a 68 350 in it.blew up that slug in 97 and placed a proper 72 455 that I had stored in my dads garage since the early eighties ,he was thrilled to get that corner of his shed back after 15 or so years.I cant recall how many times he tried to get rid of it although he did manage to chuck the orig intake:ball:had to settle for an edelbrock.currently the old girl (named LILWING)after her favorite Jimmy Hendrix song is getting a long over due resto.floors,Q panel,core support,paint and a fresh interior.I cant wait for spring,and Ilove it when folks who dont know any better say "hey nice 442"I just smile and say thanks,but its a mopar. HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND MERRY NEW YEAR TO ONE AND ALL:grin:
Checking a "perpetual calendar" to figure out the date, I think I first drove my Skylark on June 12, 1966. But then again, I wasn't the primary operator until 1996, just about exactly 30 years later. My 29 year old son recently asked me if he could drive the car. I replied that he will get the car the same way that I got it....and I don't intend for that to be anytime soon.:grin:
My first Buick i bought in 1994 i was 19 years old and it was a `67 Skylark (thats how i got into the `67`s btw)then i sold that in `95 and bought my 1st `67 GS,sold that one in April `96 and bought my current `67 in June of `96,then i bought a `67 GS400 conv`t 4-speed and sold that in `99,i would`ve kept it but needed alot of work including chassis repair,then over the years i`ve had a `70 GS455 Stage1(sold it),`70 Wildcat(junked it)`70 Electra 225(junked it),`65 Skylark(sold it) and now i recently purchased my new `65 GS 2 months ago. Thanks
70 GS Stage 1 - 25 years next month - when people ask me if its for sale I tell them that I'm going to be buried in it uzzled: 64 Riviera - 18 months :TU:
Bought mine on last day of July, '89, right before my birtday. August 12th is my birthday. The day after my 18th birthday...I wrecked it! 13 days after I bought it....Here begins my forced crash course (no pun intended) in automobile repair and restoration. Of course, since it's a Buick, the mini van I hit on the highway went to the junkyard, and I drove home. A van tried to get revenge in the '90s by broadsiding me after running a stop sign. Same story: van went to the junkyard, I drove home. I think vans got the hint, none have messed with the car since.
Iv'e purchased my '71 GS455 in March of 1982. It was my first car & i was only 16 yrs. old. Nothing like starting out with the best! I always have old school friends that ask if i still have "her'' ( the GS that is) i will Never part with "her " either. Randy
WOW:jd: , looks like some long-term ownership here. Wished I could say I started out with a V8 Buick but at least the T-Rs brought me to the V8s.:beer I've enjoyed reading your stories, keep 'em coming.:TU: Ronnie
Hi Guys, I bought my '70 GS455 4-speed conv. (my avatar pic) back in Oct. 1988 after wrapping my first car, a pristine (and NOT an exaggertion in any way either) 1972 GS455 hardtop with only 48,000miles around a telephone pole at 90+MPH. :ball: :ball: I would still have THAT car too to this day if that had not happened but the frame rail on the passenger side was buckled in seven places going all the way back, not to mention what the front of the car looked like!! The conv. was not in too good of shape when I aquired it so many of the good '72 parts still live on attached to it.:TU: The engine and trans (TH400) was still alive and well in a '72 Nova last I heard. o No: Anyway....looks like just over 14 years for my convertible!
Got my 72 Stage 1 back on 7/12/90 - hard to believe it's been over 12 years ago. Bought my 70 Skylark down in VA in Nov. of '90 - 12 years for that one too. Bought the SC Riv back on April 1st in 2000. Bought the LeSabre T-Type last Sept.
I had my 69 GS for 14 (Aug. 1988) years minus two, I sold it to a guy I knew (separation with 1st wife) with the agreement that if he sold it he would come a ask me to buy it back first. He had it for about two years and never drove it because he didn't have driver license, he never change the title out of my name that two years. And I bought it back with the agreement that I had to buy a transmission with it that he had rebuilt for the GS. Randy,
I've had my 70 GS 350 since July 1997. It just turned 54,000 miles last month. I bought it with 51,000 miles. In Oct. 97 I bought a 70 Riv with 35,000 on it, but it was wrecked. I pulled the engine and tranny and junked it. Its still in the yard with most of its parts still attached. I then bought a 76 Electra in Oct 2000 with 50,000 on it. It must have spent its entire life under a pine tree. It was pretty well rotted. I still have this one. My buddy ran across a 67 sportwagon with 120,000 miles, he bought it for the s-p 400 for $200. He was going to junk it, but I had never seen one before so he gave it to me. It sets next to the Electra. In Sept of 2001 I bought a 72 GS 350 ( the car that got me liking Buicks) from a good friend who moved to Fla. It has about 180,000 miles on it. The car is pretty much wasted but has some cool options (like cloth interior-thought everything was vinyl back then). It also sets next to the Electra. My next car is a 67 Special 4 door sedan I got from my brother in July 2002. He got one of my 455's for his 71 Skylark. It sets 100 yards away from the Electra next to my pole barn. And finally, my most recent purchase (Oct 2002) is an 86 Regal. I bought it with 42,000 miles on it. It's in the barn. I could go on about the Ford's I own, but I'm sure you folks would hate it. It seems that the Buicks I run across and buy are either low milage and nice (exception to the Riv and the Electra) or worn out piles of poo poo.
not long wow... I'm a youngin.. well my 70 buick is the first car I ever purchased and thats was 4 months and 10 days ago from christmas day) I don't think I will ever sell it.
My '72 Skylark was my first car and I bought it in May '96 right before I turned 16. Its been through a few motors and trannies, and it now sports a '70 455 and a 200-4R is ready to go in. I have been wanting to get it painted since I got it, and I am hoping to put on a fiberglass front end and get it painted this spring.
Bought my 71 Stage 1 in the summer of 1986 at the ripe old age of 17and with no idea what it was, so have owned that car for almost 17 years...have owned my 72 GS ragtop for two years as of Nov 13, hopefully it will be done in the next 1.5 years or so. Also owned a 71 GS 455 #'s matching car from 91-96 (fire red, black bucket interior, white vinyl roof, went to Minnesota), and parted out a 72 GS 455, and also own another #'s matching 72 GS 455 which will most likely get parted out as well, so I have been/am responsible for a total of five GS's over the years. My Stage 1 is part of the family. Of course you can see them on my website. Later Tim
I found my 70 GS 455 4 speed in a guys back yard on the outskirts of Houston in Oct of 1983. It had a smashed windshield from debris from a hurricane the previous year and it wouldnt start( someone had put an inline fuse to the pos. side of the coil and it was blown). Once the clutch was broken loose from the flywheel it started right up. The body was rust free but needed paint. I gave the guy $1500 for it and have been dumping money into it ever since!
Toy Bought a new 1967GS drove it as a famliy car but raced at the drag strip and the street.First time at the drag strip with 1000 miles on it and red line tires the car ran 15.18.Drove it until we spun no.8 rod bearing in 1972 fix the motor an ran it until the wife said we were going to buy a house so in 1975 i put the toy away had to make house payment. But i did find a 430cu.in. motor for sale it came out of a school shop class all they did with it was take it apart and put it back together.I bought new rings and honed it out put it in the car It ran 14.31.Car sat in the garage until my son turn 16 years old 1981 he ask me if he could work on the GS in shop class at school I said sure.He clean it up painted the engine conpartment new brakes,exhaust,plugs, points We ran the car until 1984 and He heard about the GSCA and we went to the GS nationals in spring of 1985 Drove the GS down and back had a great time.In1987 we built a 30 over 455 and came in second place in the bracket race and won the street trim class in 1988 with a 12.09 113 MPH we also came in second place at the1988 car Review Muscle Car Nationals at Union Grove Wi. Car has now gone 11.71 Just a street car now Dave Senderhauf
1990 for my Convert. Longest I have ever owned a car or kept a woman. I have owned many cars in that 12 soon to be 13 years, lost my mother and father even (may be a reason I keep her), but here she stays, and probably will for many more years Happy New Year JA
