1953 Buick Skylark, not mine

[Xander Wildeisen]

https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/549029943292949/

[alsancle]

Love it!  I wonder what the pre-flip price was?

Edited July 23, 2022 by alsancle (see edit history)

[TerryB]

Looks like it needs a well stocked wallet to fix it up.

[Xander Wildeisen]

That would be fun to drive the way it is. Yea, that’s my Skylark. Where’s yours? One of the best looking 50’s cars.

[alsancle]

Just minimal mechanics, no cosmetic work. Maybe for under 50 K you would have a very very cool car.

 

But I think you really need it at the pre-flip price not the new price.

[George Smolinski]

Unless you have more money than brains and HAD to have a ‘53 Skylark, and none in better condition than this were currently for sale, then you should run, not walk away from this “deal.”

[alsancle]

I don’t disagree at all. But the 35K price point is probably about as low an entry fee into the 53 skywalk world as you’re going to find.

 

There Are a lot less worthy things you could light your money on fire for, not to mention years of effort. Although like I said just stick with the mechanics.

[Xander Wildeisen]

You could tell everyone that the damage on the door came from racing Balmudo.  

 

[John Bloom]

15 minutes ago, alsancle said:

I don’t disagree at all. But the 35K price point is probably about as low an entry fee into the 53 skywalk world as you’re going to find.

 

There Are a lot less worthy things you could light your money on fire for, not to mention years of effort. Although like I said just stick with the mechanics.

I would second this.......  virtually any car in this condition is a poor financial decision and the math doesn’t add up, but if you were going to do it.........  this might be in the top 2 or 3% of cars to make the case for and have something special and valuable when you are done.  The GM 53’s (Olds Fiesta, Buick Skylark, and Cadillac Eldorado) are a unique trifecta with (in my opinion) justified love. I’m trying to think of something else like this threesome for style, lower production numbers, and dropdead good looking. Nothing pops in my head right now.  The 53 Cadillac Eldorado was almost twice the price of a series 62 convertible.   Some costs are the same whether you’re restoring a nova or a hemi barracuda, so pick something good to dump all your cash into.

 

I like it. I would have loved to have stumbled on it first. 
 

[alsancle]

All the 53 halo cars, including the Packard Caribbean, are fantastic. And I would love any one of them.

[alsancle]

[Milburn Drysdale]

16 minutes ago, alsancle said:

Strange Skylark. No hood ornament or stainless side trim  

[alsancle]

22 minutes ago, Milburn Drysdale said:

Strange Skylark. No hood ornament or stainless side trim  

A distant cousin 53 halo car. All of them are cool. Most of the 54s are not bad either, just not as good as 53s.

[daniel boeve]

In Belgium  they say its better to have one bird in the hand than then in the air .I like better to have this 53 special in my shop then a dreaming about a skylark that i can not afford .

[George Smolinski]

13 hours ago, John Bloom said:

The GM 53’s (Olds Fiesta, Buick Skylark, and Cadillac Eldorado) are a unique trifecta with (in my opinion) justified love. I’m trying to think of something else like this threesome for style, lower production numbers, and dropdead good looking

May not all be low production numbers, but I’m partial to fins and these three are all drop dead gorgeous imho.

[John Bloom]

I realize I have maybe taken us “off topic”..... but George, that 59 Pontiac checks every box for me.   

[Xander Wildeisen]

You can never go off topic on anything I post.

[George Smolinski]

8 hours ago, John Bloom said:

I realize I have maybe taken us “off topic”..... but George, that 59 Pontiac checks every box for me.   

All three of them make my pants feel funny just looking at them.🤣

[usnavystgc]

I would love to have this car but... I just can't justify it at this price.  I conversed with the seller on FB and he told me the center horn ring button got stolen.  I think that would be nearly impossible to replace.  I believe everyone of them listed the original owner saying something like "Customized for _______ _____".