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Some changes seem to be needed, although I haven't had time to research them out completely.

I think I remember that the '68-'72 Skylark had 400 and 455 V8's available. And I wonder if it was actually full-size by the EPA standards? This car was much, much smaller than the LeSabres and Electras of the day and sat on the same chassis as the intermediate Chevy Chevelle and Pontiac Lemans.

The name came back in '75 as part of the Apollo line, which it shortly supplanted altogether, and there was a radical redesign when it went front-drive in '79. These two cars are not mentioned at all.

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[edit] Buick Somerset rechristened Skylark

I see to remember that that when the GM compacts went to their smaller body in mid to late 1980s, the Somerset was introduced. Slow sales promoted Buick to add the name Skylark to the cars, which eventually replaced the Buick Somerset name. But I'm not sure of the dates that this occurred. user: stude62 user talk:stude62 21:50, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

My mom had '82 and '85 Skylarks, so it wasn't late 80's, that's for sure... --SFoskett 02:32, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)

I found a source, listed it on the Buick Somerset page. user: stude62 user talk:stude62 15:59, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Custom job

The writer seems N to know, so let me say it: the '53 'lark was a Roadmaster chopped 3". As I recall, she was sectioned some, too. That's why she's sometimes called the first factory custom. Trekphiler 11:04, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

As the article says, the 1953 Skylark was absolutely based on the 1953 Roadmaster/Super convertible. It was not sectioned in any way. Put a 1953 Skylark side by side with a Super or Roadmaster of any model and it will become apparent that the basic body is identical, except as noted.

Although the factory and period sales literature never said so, history now confirms that this was the first of the factory special bodied cars post-WWII.

BuickGuy 03:45, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Buick Iran

Although I am rehabbing a 1975 Chevrolet Nova into an art car, not much is known about GM moving the 75-79 X-car stamping equipment to Iran although U.S. production of RWD X-cars ended in December 1978. There should be a website for X-bodies produced outside the U.S. and Canada.