1972 Buick Skylark ride

This is a video of my late brother Andrew and his 1972 Buick Skylark. Andrew was undergoing chemo at the time this video was shot so it was one of his last rides in the car. He had the car for 20 years and performed all sorts of modifications on it such as rebuilding the engine, converting the car to a five speed manual and toughening up the suspension. The car is a Buick 350, 4 bbl and five speed. Andrew passed away on December 31st, 2006. The music is from King Crimson.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• buick
• skylark
• 1972
• burnout
• dvdocument
• King
• Crimson
• Andrew
• ride
• auto

[footytang]

nice car, shes beggin for some posi though

[dvdocument]

@footytang  It's a little tough to tell from the video but the car's got a nice limited slip rear in it.

[844jim]

Was the transmission stock in this car? If I had this car, I'd never part with it.

[dvdocument]

It originally had a turbo 350. My brother converted it to a Doug Nash 5 speed manual. There was nothing he couldn't do with a car.

[pepe7oc]

nice ride but it looks so grandpa with that brown color

[dvdocument]

I agree. I always told him to paint it black but he insisted on keeping it the factory color.

[brianbruns]

what was up with flipping the switch at :28?

[barron267]

Awesome Buick, reminds me of my old '72. Sorry about your brother....

[mapleblackdrums]

Sweet. I might be getting a 72 myself. It's funny in 71 and 72 the Chevelle got uglier and less desirable, but the Skylark improved.

[Mrericsson22]

beautiful

[savagenomore]

@dvdocument it's not tough to tell....seemed to be working fine....

[PADRON213]

your transmission was not assembled right only one tire was spinning when you where burning ruber my skylark does that to its still fast

[scousebastard]

great video.

[XxBakerxX72]

Great taste in cars, and I actually have this car, the only thing is I dont have the funds or skills to restore it...but oh would I love to