Buick Skylark Convertible, 1953
Buick Skylark
Buick Skylark•
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Chassis No.: 16901584
Auction: Rogers' Classic Car Museum 2015
Auction date: February 28, 2015
Lot No.: S123
$104,500 | Sold
- Exterior: Red
- Body: Convertible
- Car has been started in the last two weeks
- May still need mechanical and fuel system maintenance
- Car has not been driven
- Part of GM’s futuristic 1953 Motorama display
- New-for-1953 322/188 HP Fireball OHV V-8
- 4-barrel carburetor
- Dynaflow automatic transmission
- Power steering and brakes
- Power windows
- Chromed wire wheels
- Wide Whitewall tires
- Matador Red with White top boot
- Red and White interior
- Buick push button radio and speaker
- In-dash clock
- One of the most recognizable cars of the ’50s
- Introduced for Buick?s 50th Anniversary
- One of three GM special edition convertibles in 1953, along with the Olds Fiesta and Cadillac Eldorado
- Based on the Buick Roadmaster, the Skylark was distinguished most by its chopped top and windshield frame
- Cut-down door and fender lines, vertical bar grille, gun sight hood ornament
- Body side stainless trim spears
- Trend-setting rounded wheel arches
- Trademark headlight bezels, bullet tail lights
322/188 HP, 1 of 1,690 Produced
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