The 1953 Buick Skylarks were a limited production car built by General Motors. All of the Skylarks during the 1953 model year were built as convertibles.
The 1953 Buick Skylark convertible is considered to be a specialty car and helped to mark the 50th anniversary of General Motors.
The automobile was one of three specialty cars built by GM during 1953 with the others being Oldsmobiles and Cadillacs. The best selling of the three was the Buick model. The fact that the 1953 Buick Skylark convertible was a limited run edition makes it a very popular collector’s car. The Buick Skylark went into production in January of 1953 and was in the showrooms by spring.
The 1953 Buick Skylark Design
The overall design of the 1953 Buick Skylark was essentially taken from the Roadmaster model. The Skylark had the same dimensions as the Roadmaster with the exception that the car’s height. The Skylark was based on the big 1953 Buick Roadmaster convertible, which because of it’s bulk and size couldn’t really be considered a sports car. Regardless of it’s large size, Buick did refer to the auto as a sports car. Cited were it’s low lines and wire wheels. The front seat was lowered to the point where the seatback sat level with the tops of the doors. What the Buick Skylark didn’t have were the front fender “portholes” to keep its styling clean. The car did have special body side emblems ahead of the rear wheels.
1953 Buick Skylark buyers were able to enjoy just about any luxury available on a car that year. These included soft-tanned two-tone cowhide seats and the buyer could have his or her name engraved on a gold-colored emblem plate on the steering wheel hub. All of these accessories came as standard equipment which even included tinted glass, whitewall tires, power seats, power windows, power steering and power brakes.
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