cold start up of 68 buick

I think the timing chain is a bit loose. It'll run awhile yet, though, and I have a new chain that the new owner can happily install.
Car has been sold.

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• 1968
• buick
• skylark
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[twoeightythreez]

@coreyawood- The altima has needed a starter and an alternator in it's entire life. It still has the original brake rotors, balljoints, shocks, exhaust system, valve cover has never been off, and the clutch (while nearly shot) is original as well. Interior hasn't a rip in it, either. My ranger has 154k on it and it's also all original. The old GM's I've owned have all needed major work at 100k or less. So the argument that the old stuff is better simply does not hold water imo. (and experience.)

[twoeightythreez]

@mixedmaniac17 Skylark custom. @coreyawood- yes the 350-4bbl would get the drop on a cobalt in a drag race, but if it's stock you will be seeing taillights within a quarter mile. Don't get me wrong I love old iron but it is in no way superior to the modern stuff. It was made to last longer (with rebuilds) compared to today's disposable stuff, but I think my daily drivers (an altima with 208k on it and a ranger with 154k on it, all original, the both of them) speak for how far cars have come.

[twoeightythreez]

@LaxBroAdam about 10 to 12mpg. Non overdrive transmissions really suck the gas, especially when driving at modern speeds. People that insist that the old stuff was so much better should try driving a 30mile, 90mph commute sometime.I wore my buick out..it was simply not made for going that fast for a long distance like today's cars are. It got 9mpg when i was using it to commute.....I still think the old stuff is cooler though ;)

[LaxBroAdam]

what was the mpg of this? would the mpg be the same as the 1967 lesabre with a 340 v8 and 220hp? cause they put in bigger engines in 1968 a 350 v8 230hp

[twoeightythreez]

@LaxBroAdam about 12mpg, no matter what. 9mpg if I drive it the way I drive my altima (85mph on the highway and 65 on back roads)...those non overdrive non lockup automatics really sucked for fuel mileage....lol! The sad thing is...my 4cyl altima would smoke the buick in anything other than a zero to 30mph run. Modern cars really are faster and better for everyday use. This simply makes the old cars even cooler :) (character)

[twoeightythreez]

@LaxBroAdam about 10 to 12mpg. Non overdrive transmissions really suck the gas, especially when driving at modern speeds. People that insist that the old stuff was so much better should try driving a 30mile, 90mph commute sometime.I wore my buick out..it was simply not made for going that fast for a long distance like today's cars are. It got 9mpg when i was using it to commute.....I still think the old stuff is cooler though ;)

[Foxontherun2]

yur mom is a piece of crap

[elebeu]

Same engine used IN the Blackbird! Buick Power!

[coreyawood]

I had a 68 LeSabre custom 400 with the 350 4 bbl. took off from a stop light turning left, next to a chevy cobalt. Dude beat me around the corner and at the next light he's all braggin bout his 4 banger. I rolled down my window and told him if I put it on the floor, he would've had to get some body work done cuz I would've taken out his whole left side, and to hit me up in a staight line. He shut up.

[keyofdavid888]

Oh that Buick 350 was such a beautiful sound. I had a '68 LeSabre with the 350 4BBL. I produced 280 hp and 375 lbs ft of torque and it really moved that huge monster!

My dad was a good professional painter and we fixed the dents and went to a Napa and got Napa Red Enamel. He sprayed it in the back yard on a windy day, and it came out gleaming!!

Those were the days! It was so much simpler and so much more fun.

[auaiao9]

@BLEEDTHOUBLOOD They weren't always a pain to start up  when they worked right, like anything else. They gave troublefree service for a long time.

[DiegoTheJackal]

@twoeightythreez i have a 95 impala ss thats efi and a 72 buick skylark custom with a 4 barrel carb and ill tell you right now that id take that 4 barrel carb over the efi any day. just my preference tho.. you can do some good tuning on carbs. but you can do some other fun things with efi. its all pref. the older guys seem to like carbs alot. (go figure) i like um to tho theyre cool.