gal

I stumbled upon this one in my neighborhod. I love the 66/67 skylark, but I dunno about this four door 65. Seems like a good price though; engine suspension and the underside looked good. Any thoughts?

belkins

$950 seems a bit high. I would offer $650 and see where it goes from there.

Scorps

thats cheap.....if she runs good and no rust you got yourself a deal, but you can beat him down!



P.S. take them ugly ass bumber stickers off

gal

The car's in good condition but does need some work, especially the interior but also some bodywork. If I'm gonna put any effort into refurbishing a car I want to be more enthused about it. I think this '65 is the only 60s Skylark I haven't fallen for.

tec-9-7

That's nice to know! There's a 67 post-coupe sitting in a garage on my mom's property in North Carolina that's just begging for the TLC of a total restoration... Even have a bunch of spare parts!

gal

Uh oh I don't have a garage nor tools to do much myself, so I'm kinda steering away from the total restoration projects.

belkins

Why haven't you fallen for this one? That's telling you something right there!

Gitmo

My first car was a 72 Buick Skylark. I beat the hell out of that thing, I’m surprised it went as long as it did. As for this 65 I think you could talk him down a little

BadNick

Like any used car purchase, I would do some online searching to find out what that car is worth.

I guess the price of almost everything has gone up except for gasoline In 1973 I bought a '65 Buick LeSabre, 300ci small-block Wildcat V8, in near perfect condition, still smelled new, from the original owner a protestant minister, it had low miles about 38k if I recall, for $600. That was typical price for those at that time. It ran perfectly until I gave it to my brother when it had about 175k miles on it.

gal

I've been searching around, but I've not been too serious about it since I'm not in the states for another four months. Prices wary a lot for these cars, and it's hard to compare without having a look at them. Most of the ones I find online are mint condition showcars from $20k upwards. I just want a car that I can trust for longer road trips. What I really want is a descent muscle car from this era, but I realize I can't afford one in working condition. I've also been looking at Chevelle, Roadrunner, Barracuda and Challenger; basically the smaller 2-door cars.

DDDDave

When you are doing your online searching be sure to check out the sites of enthusiasts. I hang out at www.chevelles.com . It is great and there is a lot of general mucsle car info.

Here is a link to a page about how to buy an older car. You may know all this info but it is a good refresher. http://www.chevelles.com/shop/buying.html

The classified ads on these sites hold a lot of cars. It can give you a better idea of what is out there.

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THGL

I'd say it has potential.

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gal

Haha! Awesome

Thanks for the links DDDDave. Good tips on the buying guide.

Scorps

LMFAO

But no to the yellow headlights

IanSturgill

Could be done, but it would be a ton of money. I would keep looking.