1969 Buick Skylark Sportwagon on 2040-cars
Victoria, Texas, United States
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Typical night out as I ease up to the red light. The driver's eyes are blooming in the rice burner buzzing next to the big Buick. The looks on their faces' are something, staring in awe, you've got to see the confusion, and disillusion in their beady eyes to believe. I snick the column shifter into low gear -- depress the brake and adjust the accelerator to the floor. The front end of the Buick rises a foot, I take the foot off the accelerator and bear down on the brake. The car hangs high in limbo, then I pat the dash . . . ease off on the brake and the front end of the car drops like a rock and assumes it's eat me stance. The rice burner pilot and his passengers stare through pin prick pupils. I'm not much into this new age of drifting, but the big Buick's got several tricks up her pipes. Brakes on, accelerator down, the TA Radials sand off rubber and a nice cloud of smoke drifts into the Mitsubishi's windows. Now that's drifting . . . The exhaust pipes conveniently exit right behind the wheels pointed like shotguns. The smoke's bad, but I tach her up, and the noise drowns out the rice burner's buddy's latest rap song. Green light, hammer down, the big Buick blasts away. At 40 miles an hour I snick her into to second and the tires bark. Bye, bye rice burner. Wouldn't you really rather have A Buick. Never had anything like this. Nine passenger muscle car with air shocks. 455 high performance motor turning a turbo 400 linked to 3.42 gears. Car is extremely clean, needs a dash pad, and a little polishing up top. Rust free Arizona car. I've had many muscle cars. This car brings people in droves. It's a big block ground pounder. If you want a little peace and quite it's not for you. You might never find another car like this anywhere. Most of the station wagons have been crushed, sent to China, and are sitting on Harbor Freight shelves in the form of tools and nick knacks. The car is fast, spacious, to say the least it, is an absolute riot. I truly believe, as it is equipped. It might be the only one in the US like it. It has a tilt wheel featuring a sport steering wheel and a nice cd, iPod, USB compatible deck. Glass is perfect and everything's there. People come to it like hyenas to ham. Runs cool, high volume oil pump, and great documented history. DRIVE ANYWHERE . . . 7K worth of motor work. And Yes -- It's a 455 . . . |
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