Best Buick Ever?

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  • @steveperry1344
    @steveperry1344 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    i was born in 1950 and got to see all these cars from the 50's and 60's and one of our neighbors had a white skylark with the wire wheels and red highlights in the wheel wells but not sure it was a '53 or '54. my whole family were gm people so on holiday there would be my dads low end chevy, and my aunts and uncles would have pontiac, buick, oldsmobile and cadillac cars. my brother and i would always have so much fun identifyiing all the cars on the road back then. my first car was a 1954 chevy that i paid $50 bucks for in 1966 and my brother had a 1953. i'm still a chevy guy today with a 2015 chevy siverado WT and you can see how they built brand loyalty. thnx for the info and show.

  • @donaldperrotta8514
    @donaldperrotta8514 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I had 2 uncles that drove Buicks exclusively for years !!!!! One of my favorites that my uncle had was his 1964 Wildcat !!!!! fabulous car !!!!!

  • @sunking2001
    @sunking2001 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Back in 1974 I was 21 yo. There was a 1954 Buick Special 2 dr. for sale nearby. It had been fully restored. I bought the car and drove it for nine years. Wherever I went I got compliments. This video gives me great memories from my past. My car was two tone dark blue and baby blue. To start the engine, you would put the key in the "on" position then, depress the gas pedal which would activate the starter. Great car!

    • @rickdebruhlcars
      @rickdebruhlcars  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I didn't know that about the starter! Cool!

    • @matrox
      @matrox หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      When I was a young kid our family car was a 55' Olds Rocket 88 2 dr/ ht. It had no parking gear. You would leave it in gear and apply the parking brake by pulling the handle on the left under the dash. When ready to start the car you would move the gear selector to neutral and turn the key then release the parking brake and put it in gear.

    • @raylewis3073
      @raylewis3073 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      We had a 56 Buick century 4 door hardtop with the same type starter. Thing is we didn’t have a garage and the paint never faded

    • @bobhalstead1879
      @bobhalstead1879 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      1 have a 48 buick hearse.body by flexible,project,its setting on a 85 1 ton crewcab dually gm chassis.using a 2000 bbc caddy motor and trans.i have 2 caskets to place as cargo boxes on the roof rack,keeping the dual tires ,widening fenders in rear and keeping fender skirts.carries 12 pass. And luggage.,tows almost anything.

    • @edalexander6155
      @edalexander6155 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I owned a 1954 Buick Century V8 4dr 322 ci from 1991 to 2008. I paid 850.00 for it the car sticker price was 2300 in 54. Very smooth riding car even when I bought it. The dash was just like this skylark. The roadmaster was actually the top of the line. Skylark then special then Century.

  • @joedawson5353
    @joedawson5353 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    An amazing job on the video and presentation Rick. All you amateurs take note; this is how it’s done. And oh yeah, love the car too.

    • @rickdebruhlcars
      @rickdebruhlcars  6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      But are you related to Joe Dawson the Indy 500 winner...

    • @joedawson5353
      @joedawson5353 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@rickdebruhlcars Ha, not me. Although I grew up 3 hours east of Indy in Columbus Oh.

    • @rickdebruhlcars
      @rickdebruhlcars  5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@joedawson5353 You can always pretend...

  • @michaelcallahan5358
    @michaelcallahan5358 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Beautiful automobile, classic design, very actuated with definite defined lines !

  • @DT-lr2bi
    @DT-lr2bi หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Really enjoy your providing the car's history, marketing perspective of the marketing department, the corporate direction and the advantages of the model changes.

  • @williamwoerner9938
    @williamwoerner9938 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Great Video. When I was 16, my friends brother was selling a 53 Syklark. I brought it down and set it in my fathers back driveway hoping he would help me buy it, price was cheap. Well obviously I took the car back to my friends house. Missed it ever since then/ It was the blue that you showed on the video. An as an extra it had a STANDARD TRANSMISSION that was in it. I don't think that was factory.

  • @cavecookie1
    @cavecookie1 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That is a really cool trunk lid, love the back-up lights and those ribs! Didn't think so much for the taillight treatment; seems kinda "tacked on". It would have been really cool to have it part of the fender sheet metal, with those side marker "louvers"!

    • @rickdebruhlcars
      @rickdebruhlcars  หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was definitely tacked on, but you have to remember chrome was king. That achieved two goals at the same time!

    • @cavecookie1
      @cavecookie1 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rickdebruhlcars LOL! I was going to say that the chrome was just a hint of things to come...especially with Buick! In 1958, Buick put chrome on their cars with a trowel! I'm kind of a minimalist when it comes to chrome; a little bit goes a long way! And, totally off topic, I used to watch you back in the '90s on local Phoenix television, love that you're into cars now!

  • @charlesdalton985
    @charlesdalton985 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Excellent details on the history of the Skylark - learned a few things. Thanks for the time you take to put these together ~ Chuck

  • @donaldfroud66
    @donaldfroud66 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Cars that have character ❤

  • @winstonelston5743
    @winstonelston5743 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've always been partial to the '66-'67 A-body Skylark.
    I'd seen the Roadmaster and Century based Skylarks, and the early sixties compacts.
    My Mom's first cousin worked as an executive in Buick's Atlanta transmission facility, and one day he came over in a '64 Sport Wagon, the one with the raised roof and front facing rear seat with sky-view windows, and it was the second-coolest wagon in the world (at the time my Mom had Buick's captive import Opel Kadett Caravan 1000, subcompact, but it had four-on-the-floor).
    The first A-body Special-Skylarks, except for Fred's wagon, didn't impress me, but the major restyle for '66 was a revelation! The tri-shield division made its A-platform models look like a worthy member of the Buick family.
    To me the '67 GS340 was the best Buick ever.

  • @curbozerboomer1773
    @curbozerboomer1773 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That nailhead engine, by 1966, could put out 325hp! For 1967, a re-designed V8 was offered...a hunky 430ci 4bbl V8, giving 360hp. Buick took the muscle-car thing very seriously, during the latter half of the 1960s! The Stage I cars were blisteringly fast.

    • @cdglasser
      @cdglasser 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      There was even a 360 HP version of the nailhead in 1966 called the Super Wildcat that was 425 cubic inches and had two 4-bbl carbs. It was a factory option on the Riviera and Wildcat GS cars.

  • @davidmanley9437
    @davidmanley9437 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I enjoyed your newscasting I enjoy this series of car videos Thank you Very much I look forward to more

  • @mikeweizer3149
    @mikeweizer3149 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Love me some 1953-54Buick Skylarks but to me my favorite Buick of all time is still a 1965 Riviera Gran Sport!!!!!.

    • @rickdebruhlcars
      @rickdebruhlcars  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Mid to late 60 Rivieras were awesome!

  • @Digital_Photog1995
    @Digital_Photog1995 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My first car was a 1952 Buick Roadmaster RiveraModel 76R e/w power windows, power steering (no power brakes until 1953) Dynaflow transmission, two tone paint (Green/gray) it was pretty well loaded as it was our family Doctors car before he sold to us.

    • @jamesbosworth4191
      @jamesbosworth4191 หลายเดือนก่อน

      1953 was supposed to be the first year for power brakes on a Buick, but I once test drove a 52 Buick with power brakes. They were super-sensitive. Just looking at the brake pedal threatened to throw you threw the windshield!

  • @tinyb69
    @tinyb69 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Best Buick ever? Maybe. But. All Buick's are awesome.

    • @mikeweizer3149
      @mikeweizer3149 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @tinyb69 Not anymore today but when your talking the old school days HELL YEAH!!!!.

    • @winstonelston5743
      @winstonelston5743 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mikeweizer3149 My Mom scored a nicely maintained '70 Estate Wagon previously owned by her boss, and it was a very special Buick: one of two bakers-dozen Estate Wagons with factory three-on-the-tree behind the 455-four-barrel.
      You doubters, check the production figures. 26 stick shift wagons among about 140 stick shift big Buicks for 1970.
      I wish I could find that car today.

  • @jamesmisener3006
    @jamesmisener3006 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Certainly a valid suggestion that the 54 Skylark is the best Buick ever but of course it's all in the minds eye. The 50s Buicks were right in the sweet spot of performance luxury and price. Not so much price for this beauty though. Cheers 🇨🇦

    • @jamesbosworth4191
      @jamesbosworth4191 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Also, the 54 Skylark cost more than the much bigger Super/Roadmaster, and in the 50s and 60s, an expensive car was supposed to be big!

  • @vincecolananni9158
    @vincecolananni9158 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Excellent video. Thanks…

  • @MostlyBuicks
    @MostlyBuicks 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The 1953 Special still used the Straight Eight. In 1954 the Special had the downsized Nailhead at 264 cubes. All other Buicks got the 322 starting in 1953, until the 364 came out in 1957.

  • @stevenfromer3816
    @stevenfromer3816 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Beautiful automobiles.

  • @TheJagjr4450
    @TheJagjr4450 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There was a Debruhl family in my home town of Greenville SC, perhaps you are related. Lots of car collections in the upstate of South Carolina.

  • @freddiecarr7602
    @freddiecarr7602 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    National Automobile Museum in Reno has a dedicated exhibit for its 53. That and the Thomas Flyer are worth the trip!

  • @ricksaint2000
    @ricksaint2000 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank you Rick

  • @winstonelston5743
    @winstonelston5743 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The major differences between the '53 and '54 Skylarks were that the '53 was based on the Roadmaster C-body platform and the '54 was based on the B-body Century model.
    GM redesigned the B and C bodies for 1954 (A-bodies were redesigned for '55) so buyers comparing the '53s to the '54s would notice the '54s were a lot like the '53s only better (if you liked knocking your knees on the A-pillar).

  • @d.b.1858
    @d.b.1858 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    🎶 "Wouldn't you really rather have a Buick, a Buick, a brand new Buick" ?
    Wouldn't you really rather have a Buick, this year" ?

  • @jmcd3970
    @jmcd3970 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    They should have never eliminated the Venta ports Jerry Mcdonogh

  • @steveplunkett6753
    @steveplunkett6753 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Rick.I really enjoy your videos. Excellent and professional.

  • @matrox
    @matrox หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Do another video with the 53 and 54' side by side.

    • @rickdebruhlcars
      @rickdebruhlcars  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The person who donated the 54 to the museum also has a 53. If he donates that one we'll definitely look at them side by side.

  • @jamesbosworth4191
    @jamesbosworth4191 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember the 53 and 54 Skylarks. The author missed the fact that the 54 Buicks, all of them, were brand new from road to roof, whereas the 53 Buicks were rehashes of the 1950 Buick, so they felt different to drive. The 54 Skylark was actually more sporting than the 53, but wasn't very well received because of that - it was based on the smaller B body Special/Century, while the 53 was based on the bigger C body Super/Roadmaster, which shared their C body with Cadillac. The 54 was far and away the most expensive 54 Buick, but it was no bigger than a lowly Special. The 54 Roadmaster, and the cheaper Super, were much bigger cars, and in the 50s and 60s, an expensive car was supposed to be BIG.

  • @matrox
    @matrox หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Its really a matter of opinion which looks better between the 53' and 54' cuz that 53' looks damn good.

    • @rickdebruhlcars
      @rickdebruhlcars  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I definitely like them both. The 54 has a slightly more modern look without the step down front fenders.

    • @jamesbosworth4191
      @jamesbosworth4191 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The 53 is a heavily customized almost hand-made car, just like the 53 El Dorado and the 53 Fiesta, whereas the 54 is much less so - different tail and modified fenders only.

    • @jamesbosworth4191
      @jamesbosworth4191 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rickdebruhlcars The 1954 GM cars, with the exception of the 54 Chevy and Pontiac, were brand new from road to roof. Their Tri-Fives were 54 - 56. The Tri-Five Chevys were 55 - 57. The 53 was the final re-hash of the 1950 models.

  • @matrox
    @matrox หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Late 60s early 70s Skylark were stylish and sporty, then you had the Buick GS 455 muscle car based on the Skylark.

    • @rickdebruhlcars
      @rickdebruhlcars  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      We have a GS in the museum that we'll do in the future.

  • @MostlyBuicks
    @MostlyBuicks 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    1967 Buick went to the 400 and 430. 66 was the last year for the Nailhead.

  • @thomastoler2397
    @thomastoler2397 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Boy, I hate to be a contrarian, but I disagree that this is a better looking car than the ‘53. Also, you failed to mention that even though ‘53 Skylark was built on the Roadmaster’s platform, it was a shortened wheelbase.

    • @rickdebruhlcars
      @rickdebruhlcars  หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's always fun to debate what looks best!

    • @jamesbosworth4191
      @jamesbosworth4191 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Correct. But it is wider than the 54 and looks it. I think that fact is what killed demand for the 54. It was and looks like a smaller car, and in the 50s and 60s, a smaller car was supposed to be cheaper, not more expensive.

  • @pfflyer3381
    @pfflyer3381 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If you took the tail lights off,(having just a curve), add chrome to the trunk, make it smaller,. Looks like 58 corvette.

  • @danschubring7957
    @danschubring7957 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’m surprised to see a Century IP was used instead of the Super/Roadmaster

    • @rickdebruhlcars
      @rickdebruhlcars  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      53 had the Roadmaster, 54 the Century.

    • @jamesbosworth4191
      @jamesbosworth4191 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rickdebruhlcars And that was the 54's downfall - it was way more expensive than a Roadmaster, but it was smaller. Taboo in the 50s and 60s.

  • @CorkVanDenHandel
    @CorkVanDenHandel หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tried to buy a 1953 in the early 70's, but the guy could not produce a title. As a high school kid, I had no clue how to go about fixing that issue. I still wish I'd found a way to buy it.

    • @rickdebruhlcars
      @rickdebruhlcars  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Would have been a great car. Although they are more complicated to restore.

  • @johnlilly2991
    @johnlilly2991 หลายเดือนก่อน

    56 Buick was my favorite

  • @tomfaz4193
    @tomfaz4193 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Those were the days Buicks were made in the US, now most models are made in China and South Korea. Good luck with the new tariffs.

  • @richardcline1337
    @richardcline1337 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I learned to drive on a '58 Buick Special and I'll always be partial to that year of Buick's. Later on, I owned two 2008 Buick LeSabre's (the first was traded in because mice had all but destroyed the wiring in it). I now proudly own and drive a 2017 Buick Enclave SUV. Frankly, I have NEVER owned a bad Buick. Cadillac's are fine for those that like them but for me I just think Buick does a better job.

    • @rickdebruhlcars
      @rickdebruhlcars  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Buicks were designed to be a cut above.

  • @raylewis3073
    @raylewis3073 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That 56 Buick would run over 100mph and you wouldn’t know it because it was so heavy

    • @rickdebruhlcars
      @rickdebruhlcars  หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm just not sure I'd trust the brakes to slow it down in an emergency!

    • @jamesbosworth4191
      @jamesbosworth4191 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rickdebruhlcars People managed OK.

    • @jamesbosworth4191
      @jamesbosworth4191 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I had a 56 Buick Special once. It was a great performer, but being a Special, wasn't all that heavy. Not like a Roadmaster would be.

  • @mariateresaventresca7096
    @mariateresaventresca7096 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    no mention of the unique troublesome hydraulic seat slave units

    • @matrox
      @matrox หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This car was manufactured long after slavery.

    • @jamesbosworth4191
      @jamesbosworth4191 หลายเดือนก่อน

      All 53 cars, except for Chrysler, used hydraulic cylinders for the windows and seats, not just this one.

    • @jamesbosworth4191
      @jamesbosworth4191 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@matrox He is talking about the power seats and the power windows. They used hydraulic cylinders and springs instead of electric motors. The 54 might have had electrics, not sure, but the 53 was all hydraulic at GM and Ford. Chrysler was electric though.

    • @matrox
      @matrox หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@jamesbosworth4191 Yep...slavery ended in 1865...hydraulic slave units began to be troublesome in 1866.

    • @jamesbosworth4191
      @jamesbosworth4191 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@matrox We are talking about cars here.

  • @jimmieroan9881
    @jimmieroan9881 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    the 1953 was a beautiful custom job from the factory, much better and more special than the 54. i like the 54 ok but it was just a regular buick with a few made over touches, the 53 was special, like something from a custom shop. especially the windshield and top.

  • @The_R-n-I_Guy
    @The_R-n-I_Guy หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love 50s Buicks. But I don't think I would want to own one because of the suspension and rear end design being so hard to get parts for. I need a car with more generic parts so it's cheaper to repair

    • @jamesbosworth4191
      @jamesbosworth4191 หลายเดือนก่อน

      But they were extremely durable and reliable, so if everything is right, AND you regularly lube the chassis, you won't have a single solitary problem, whereas some cheaper cars will, no matter how good you care for them, suffer from front suspension and steering linkage problems.

  • @gregkretchmer3588
    @gregkretchmer3588 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As I remember, early Buicks could be ordered with a three speed standard tranny, but normally came with the Dreaded DynaFlow. Front seal leaks happened all the time, crippling the car. Miserable acceleration. Olds of the time had the Borg-Warner hydramatic which actually had clutches that locked, four speeds and got better mileage with great takeoff. Buick Was a Fantastic looker, just had a horrible transmission. The DynaFlow actually was not an automatic transmission, It started in high gear with manual down shifting, which didn't help. The one u-joint driveline made adapting a different tranny extremely unlikely. My neighbor has a 54 Buick hard top, with a front seal leak, it has sat for 25 years.

    • @jamesbosworth4191
      @jamesbosworth4191 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I had 4 different Buicks with DynaFlow. IF flywheel runout was near zero, they didn't leak at the front seal, but, were VERY sensitive in that regard. Acceleration? More like oozing forth. The HydraMatic was a GM unit. It was excellent.

  • @matrox
    @matrox หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    14:30 He said Buick had something special with the Skylark. Get it? "Special". 😁😆🤣As in Buick Special.😋😂😉😁😛😅

    • @rickdebruhlcars
      @rickdebruhlcars  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That line was a "Century" in the making...

  • @MostlyBuicks
    @MostlyBuicks 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I actually like the 54 more than the 53. Anyone who likes 1964-72 Malibus should not balk at 1964-72 Skylarks.

  • @joshuas8258
    @joshuas8258 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The 53 is more beautiful than the 54

  • @Atomwaffen-y3s
    @Atomwaffen-y3s 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    In the real world, the "Best Buicks" are the 3.8Litre FWD Century and Lesabre. Of course it's hard to embellish them and make up foklore stories about them like social media users do.

  • @MostlyBuicks
    @MostlyBuicks 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Not quite as expensive as a 1956 Continental MKII at $9995.

  • @joe-hp4nk
    @joe-hp4nk หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The front bumper weighs as much as some cars today.

    • @rickdebruhlcars
      @rickdebruhlcars  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      True, but modern bumpers are so much safer.

    • @joe-hp4nk
      @joe-hp4nk หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@rickdebruhlcars Who's talking about safety?

    • @matrox
      @matrox หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@joe-hp4nk Eff Safety! Styling is what counts!!

    • @joe-hp4nk
      @joe-hp4nk หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@matrox The bumper still weights a shit load safety or no safety.

    • @jamesbosworth4191
      @jamesbosworth4191 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rickdebruhlcars Not so. The bumpers of the 70s and early 80s - 5 MPH - were the safe ones.

  • @clintonsmith9931
    @clintonsmith9931 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The 55 were neet to

  •  หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Total over hyped nonsense. I was there and this ugly piece of crap was disrespected by all who ever saw one, especially anyone who loved the 1953s. Just a Century with the Venti-Ports torn off and the standard 200hp engine. Wait just one more year and you could have had a beautifully styled Century with 236hp, variable-pitch Dynaflow and so much more. This thing was an expensive failure in the marketplace and they should have crushed every one of them.

    • @jamesbosworth4191
      @jamesbosworth4191 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I like it, but the problem is that it cost a lot more than the much bigger Roadmaster, and in the 50s and 60s, you didn't make your highest-priced model smaller. It just wasn't done.

  • @Ron-b7g
    @Ron-b7g หลายเดือนก่อน

    I LEARNED TO DRIVE IN A 1953 BUICK SPECIAL ,TWO DOOR HARDTOP, WITH THE V8. IT WAS MY MOM'S CAR, NEXT SHE HAD A INVICTA DOOR HARDTOP, WITH A 401 NAILHEAD . HER NEXT ONE WAS A 65 GRAND SPORT, BOY THAT WAS FUN. JESUS LOVES YOU ❤❤❤

    • @rickdebruhlcars
      @rickdebruhlcars  หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm jealous. I learned to drive on a 71 VW...

  • @gregorymalchuk272
    @gregorymalchuk272 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The best Buick ever was the A body Buick Century from 1982 to 1996.

    • @winstonelston5743
      @winstonelston5743 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A-body Special and Skylark in '66-'67. Make that a GS340.

  • @wespotter6985
    @wespotter6985 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Vacuum wipers? 2 speed auto. No biggy.

  • @matrox
    @matrox หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Brute T Full...Its Brutiful.🫵😁.

    • @edalexander6155
      @edalexander6155 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The front bumper was a bomb shell .😁( + )( + )