This 1954 Buick Skylark is beautifully and totally restored, with full restoration documentation and restoration photos ! History to the 1970’s in Idaho, and then to California in 1982, where the former owner purchased it. The Vault Classic Cars offers this car for sale on behalf of his estate.
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The car was totally restored with an obsessive eye for authenticity. Most of the work was done in the 2004 to 2006 timeframe, resulting in a the “BCA #1 Best Buick Award” at the 2007 Woodley Park ALL GM show. We’ll see more of the documentation and trophies later in this display. The Lido green paint matches the trim tag – it’s a soft turquoise shade, and is perfect for Buick’s top of the line flagship image car of 1954.
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The 1954 Skylark is a rare car, with only 836 ever built – when new, it cost $4,355 and was loaded with standard equipment! 322 cubic inch V-8 with 200 Horsepower, Dynaflow automatic transmission, Unique front fenders with swept opening, chrome tailfins, Kelsey-Hayes 40 spoke wire wheels, leather trim, power windows, Power top, power seat, selectronic radio, power antenna, easy-eye tinted glass, heater/defroster and whitewall tires. All this style and luxury made it the most expensive car in the Buick lineup by $834 dollars!
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This view shows the wild styling – chrome tailfins / tail lights, and trunk ribs that meet the bumper guards.
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The Kelsey-Hayes Chrome wire wheels show up nicely in this photo.
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There is a tremendous amount of chrome and stainless trim on a ’54 Buick Skylark – and every bit of it was rechromed or polished, with receipts to prove it! Most of the work was done in the 2004 to 2007 timeframe.
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The interior is just beautiful, done in leather with the embossed pattern unique to the Skylark.
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The dashboard and steering wheel are spectacular!
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Gorgeous horn emblem – reminding us this car has POWER STEERING!
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Beautiful Skylark step plate. The power seat switch is at the forward lower edge of the seat trim. It works up and down, forward & back.
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Power window switches – they all work great!
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The carpeting is done in the correct pinpoint material and fitted beautifully. As you look around this car you see the level of attention to detail and obsession with authenticity and originality.
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It’s like being at the Buick Dealer in ’54!
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Beautiful and correct leather!
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Gorgeous!
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Beautiful and correct right down to the tower hose clamps!
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322 Cubic inches, 200 horsepower, and looks like the day it was on the Buick dealer’s showroom!
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Note the cad plated hood latch and sheetmetal fasteners.
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Spectacular!
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Here’s the trim tag . Model 54-100 means Skylark, Trim # 66 is Green leather 2-tone, W designates white top, and Paint # 16 designates Lido Green.
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Love the Skylark emblem
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Beautiful trunk with correct mats and cardboard dividers
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Beautiful inner trunk. Shows the consistent attention to detail throughout this car.
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That’s an impressive file, with everything done on this car since 1982! Most of the serious full restoration work was done from 2004 to 2006. How do we know this?
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By reading the year-by-year summary of restoration expenses!
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Here’s a first place trophy from 2011 at the big Woodley Park ALL GM show, a major show in the LA area.
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Photo documentation of the restoration
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At the paint shop. Extremely high quality of paint
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Chrome done at Christensen plating – a high quality and very expensive chrome plating shop.
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Beautiful undercarriage
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Solid original floors
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Super clean and correct underneath!
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Excellent rockers and floors
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Absolutely beautiful, top of the line, rare convertible!
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It is every bit as nice in person as it displays in these photos!
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A rare opportunity to own a fabulous and impeccably restored car!
Offered by the Vault Classic Cars Dealership, Fullerton, CA, call us at 714-401-1047
International customers are welcome to buy! We’ve sent many cars overseas.
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Sold AS-IS, with NO WARRANTY. Delivery F.O.B. Fullerton, CA. This car is sold Mileage exempt, meaning it’s not possible to know the original mileage. It is the buyer’s responsibility to either inspect the car in person or enlist the services of an inspector prior to sale. The car may have minor or major flaws that are not evident in the photos and description. Federally required “buyer’s guide”, marked AS-IS, NO WARRANTY is incorporated in this contract by reference. CONDITIONS OF SALE, 4 PAGES, are incorporated in this contract by reference. Buyer must provide seller with a copy of government-issued identification such as a driver’s license or Passport. Funds must come from the person shown on the identification, not a third party. .
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