Used Buick Skylark for Sale near Ruston, LA

464 cubic inch Buick engine. 560 horsepower and 580 ft lbs of torque. Naturally aspirated with 950 proform carb, SPX intake, aluminum heads. Switch pitch tranny and 3:42 gears. Car was a wreck when we started, Tyler was 14. Me and Stephanie started a 57 Bel Air restoration when she was young and we never finished it. Tyler thought we would never finish this one. It was dismantled and rebuilt by us and I had several goals. 1. Wanted an 11 second street car....Done, 1/4 mile 11.70 based on 1/8th mile conversion, with street tires and through the mufflers. 2. wanted to pull front tires off the ground at take off......done 3. run on pump gas 4 highway driveable We accomplished all of these things with this car, and we race it almost every other weekend at different tracks. And Tyler ends up winning money almost every time.

I got this Skylark in May of 2014 and put 2300 miles on it until October when I put it in storage and didn't have any issues at all. I did have a slighty leaking Valve cover gasket so while I was replacing both Gaskets I stripped and repainted the covers Buick green. I also replaced the rear coil springs as it was saggin' a bit . The only other thing I need to do first thing in the spring is replace the timing chain cover gasket and while that is off I'll replace the water pump as well. Then it will be ready for another summer of going to different cruise-ins or shows every weekend and driving it to work a few times all the while saving some cash to get some very minor body work done and a paint job in the spring of 2016. I'll also make sure the tranny is given some care and will some fatter tires equivilent in size to the ones you could get new as an option keeping the 14 x 6 wheels and spinner hubcaps.

My first car and I would not change anything but a new paint job. We got it from a salvage yard and fixed it up. Took 13 months to finish fixing it. When we were done, we were beyond ecstatic about the performance and economy.

My wife fell in love with this car on the dealer showroom floor. The color was an aqua-blue-green and the interior was very plush and comfortable. Plus it rode like a Buick, which was important to her. We would have kept this car much longer then the 5 years we had it except it was damaged in an accident and was never quite right afterward.

This was my first car and i got to say its a good first car. With the 305 v8 with a 4-barrel it is a long lasting engine not made for extreme power unless you drop a 350 v8 or another chevy small because any GM engine will fit for this vehicle. This car is the chevy cavalier of today but for '77. With the range of 140-230 horsepower its a car with some power but not as much as GMs from the 60s-early 70s. Now you would expect that a car like this would get low gas mileage but it gets a good average of 18 in the city and 21 on the highway. Very durable with an average of 384,000 miles. The chevy nova is the same thing with a different name to me. Anything from the 1978 chevy nova will fit on this vehicle. I, before i had this vehicle, thought it was an old lady car but now i think its a classic beauty with a normal engine and an enjoyable car for everyday driving and easy to work on...