Talk:Buick Skylark

Changes
Some changes seem to be needed, although I haven't had time to research them out completely.

I think I remember that the '68-'72 Skylark had 400 and 455 V8's available. And I wonder if it was actually full-size by the EPA standards? This car was much, much smaller than the LeSabres and Electras of the day and sat on the same chassis as the intermediate Chevy Chevelle and Pontiac Lemans.

The name came back in '75 as part of the Apollo line, which it shortly supplanted altogether, and there was a radical redesign when it went front-drive in '79. These two cars are not mentioned at all. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by RivGuySC (talk • contribs).


 * Don't forget that there were also options on the '68-'72s where you could get a for barrel carb. In '68 and '69, this meant the 350 was producing 280hp.  In '70-'72, that number changed, slightly up for '70 and '71, then down for '72.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.9.180.225 (talk) 03:36, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

More changes needed!

The 1964 V6 was enlargement of the 198 C.I. engine to 225 by enlarging bore and stroke. It was not an unrelated design! Also it was the changed to the Monojet single ventura carburetor. The V8 engine and the V6 had the same bore and stroke and the V8 was an iron block version of the 215 Aluminum engine. (300/8)X6=225 CID. The 300 V8 had aluminum heads in 1964. Both the V8 and the V6 were developments of the 215 V8 and I repeat, NOT unrelated to the 215 V8 and the 198 V6 engines. Please lets get some of these basic mistakes corrected.Corumplex (talk) 23:44, 20 August 2023 (UTC)


 * That misinformation was put there in 2017 by an editor fond of using misleading edit summaries, and it wasn't caught until you saw it. I've fixed it, although the article already stated that the 300 had aluminum heads. Thanks for finding the problem. --Sable232 (talk) 23:29, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Buick Somerset rechristened Skylark
I see to remember that that when the GM compacts went to their smaller body in mid to late 1980s, the Somerset was introduced. Slow sales promoted Buick to add the name Skylark to the cars, which eventually replaced the Buick Somerset name. But I'm not sure of the dates that this occurred. user: stude62 user talk:stude62 21:50, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * My mom had '82 and '85 Skylarks, so it wasn't late 80's, that's for sure... --SFoskett 02:32, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)


 * I found a source, listed it on the Buick Somerset page. user: stude62 user talk:stude62 15:59, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Custom job
The writer seems N to know, so let me say it: the '53 'lark was a Roadmaster chopped 3". As I recall, she was sectioned some, too. That's why she's sometimes called the first factory custom. Trekphiler 11:04, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

As the article says, the 1953 Skylark was absolutely based on the 1953 Roadmaster/Super convertible. It was not sectioned in any way. Put a 1953 Skylark side by side with a Super or Roadmaster of any model and it will become apparent that the basic body is identical, except as noted.

Although the factory and period sales literature never said so, history now confirms that this was the first of the factory special bodied cars post-WWII.

BuickGuy 03:45, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Excuse me for saying so but everybody thinks the 54 is on a smaller chassis than the 53when you look at the wheelbase data

the 53 was on a one hundred and twenty one and one half inch (121 1/2)wheelbase in 54 Buick rounded that number up to 122 inches in their books but in fact remained 121 1/2 and in 54 the Roadmaster wheelbase grew by 5 inches to 127 this is where I think the confusion happens — Preceding unsigned comment added by Buick Nailhead (talk • contribs) 00:22, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Buick Iran
Although I am rehabbing a 1975 Chevrolet Nova into an art car, not much is known about GM moving the 75-79 X-car stamping equipment to Iran although U.S. production of RWD X-cars ended in December 1978. There should be a website for X-bodies produced outside the U.S. and Canada. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Montrose Patriot (talk • contribs).

Popular Culture
Why no mention of My Cousin Vinny? The plot revolved around this car! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.102.137.84 (talk) 06:27, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

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Merge Buick Somerset into this article
I am proposing that Buick Somerset be merged into this article due to the similarities between the two models. The Somerset is just the two door version of the 1986-91 generation model, which was merged back into the Skylark line for 1988. So both articles are effectively covering the same vehicle, not to mention how the Somerset article is a stub that doesn't contain enough unique information that isn't already covered in the Skylark article. Reattacollector (talk) 22:42, 9 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Per the discussion at Talk:Buick Somerset (and WP:BOLD) I've merged the pages. As it turns out, there really wasn't much content there that wasn't already at least partially duplicated here anyway. --Olds 403 (talk) 02:35, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

Removed uncited inaccurate statement.
I have removed from the end of the first paragraph in the body of the article the following: "It appeared around the same time as the Jaguar XK140, and shows styling influences from the imported car." How can a 1953 automobile "show styling influences from" a car whose manufacture begins a year later? In any event, this sounds like original research and has no citation, so I have removed it. If anyone wishes to reinsert it, please provide specifics as to what year vehicles are being discussed, and of course, a proper, reliable citation. Mark Froelich (talk) 06:12, 10 October 2018 (UTC)