Vehicle Description
1965 Buick Skylark Resto-Mod -Built 383ci V8 - 627 Horsepower To
The Crank - 700 R4 Automatic Transmission - Ford 9 Rear End - 65k
Miles - Front And Rear Disc Brakes - Frame Off Restoration In 2019
(Please note: If you happen to be viewing this resto-modded 1965
Buick Skylark on a site other than GarageKeptMotors.com, it's
possible that you've only seen some of our many photographs of this
vehicle due to third-party website limitations. To be sure you
access all the more than 155 high-definition photographs, including
a short startup-and-walk-around video, please go to our main
website: GarageKeptMotors.) This is the sort of car that can help
you reconcile with what made you fall in love with cars in the
first place. �€" DriveTribe, 2020 The Skylark was Buick's A-body
midsize entry, the same platform as fellow GM muscle cars, the
Pontiac GTO and Chevrolet Chevelle, back in the heyday of
street-performance. Suffice it to say that the '65 Skylark offered
here would've reigned supreme had it ever appeared in its current
trim on American asphalt in the late Sixties. Extensively modified
for additional power, more sophisticated handling and control, and
updated reliability, this black-and-silver example is a resto-mod
with style, and no shortage of attitude. The car underwent a
frame-off restoration in 2019, and its odometer registers just
65,000 original miles. Outside, the professional, custom, two-tone
paint is striking; silver on the sides, black on the hood, roof,
trunk, and both the front grille area and across the car's the
rear. Where they meet, the two colors separated by a tasteful,
narrow fluorescent green paint stripe. Factory emblems-including
the stand-up Buick hood ornament-and Skylark script badging remain
in place. The cabin glass and stock lighting lenses-including on
the quad headlights-are clear and free of cracks. (The expansive
glass on the sloping rear window is a particularly handsome design
feature.)Bright trim on the mirrors and surrounding the windows is
in excellent condition. Chrome 5-spoke wheels are mounted with
Fuzion performance tires, with disc brakes at all four corners.
Inside, seat upholstery has been redone in a period-sensitive,
pleated black vinyl with white trim. Skylark-badged door panels
remain stock. The factory dash remains in place with added gauges
and a JVC audio head unit in the factory radio location,
controlling a Pioneer 400-watt sound system. The original
Buick-logo steering wheel is mounted, while the console hosts an
added Auto Meter tachometer and the shifter for the 700R4 automatic
transmission. Under the hood, the 383 cubic-inch V8 sending 627
horsepower to the crank gives the car more muscle than could've
been imagined back in the md-Sixties. All components-including the
MSD ignition, custom, free-flow exhaust headers, aluminum radiator,
billet-aluminum water pump and more-are properly mounted in a
well-organized, very clean engine bay. Viewed from below, the car's
chassis is similarly tidy with the headers, full dual exhaust and
9-inch Ford rear end being prominent. There are no signs of chassis
damage from too-aggressive driving. The car's trunk features a fuel
cell and the relocated battery. This very well-executed 1965 Buick
Skylark hardtop resto-mod is faithfully presented from every angle
(including from below) in the more than 155 high-definition
photographs and the short walk-around-and-startup video available
at the GarageKeptMotors site. That said, we always encourage
in-person, up-close inspections by interested parties-or their
representatives-at our Grand Rapids, Michigan showroom. We ask only
that advance appointments be made by phone or email so that we can
devote our full attention to our visitors and this perfectly
upgraded Skylark. Our showroom is not open to the public. This is
classic American muscle. So concluded the DriveTribe folks
commenting on a '65 Skylark. Had they been allowed to review the
Skylark offered her