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1964 Buick Skylark ( Sport ) Wagon W/ Olds Vista Cruiser Style Skylights on 2040-cars

US $5,995.00
Year:1964 Mileage:87000
Location:

Sherman Oaks, California, United States

Sherman Oaks, California, United States

 For sale is a 1964 Buick Skylark 4 door station wagon--9 passenger, 3 seats!....this was the very first year of production of the Buick and Oldsmobile A-body models that featured skylights in the roof...the emblems on the 64 read "Skylark"...the name was changed to "Sport Wagon" beginning with the 65 Model year and continuing for many years to follow.

This car has been in California it's entire life....still has it's original black and gold plates....and has been driven only 87,000 miles since brand new!...that's less than 2,000 miles per year...kept inside so that even the outside rubber around the vent windows in the front doors is in very good condition

The body is very straight....the floors, bottoms of front fenders, bottoms of doors, bottom of quarters, bottom of tail gate and drip rails on roof are all solid...frame is very clean..there is a whole through the door skin at the lower bottom corner of each of the doors about the size of a large green pea...have shown the areas in the pictures...extremely easy fix....this body and all it's stainless and aluminum trim is in very nice condition....even very few tiny dings in the belt line stainless trim where car doors would normally damage it....as pictured, there are 2 very small dents, 1 on the side of each of the tail lights...about the size of a tangarine....and a tiny crease in the lower rear most quarter panels, probably from rubbing against something while backing out the garage...all in all a very nice body with no evidence of bondo.....there were a very few pin holes in the front floors...we laid cloth and resin to seal them

There has been considerable restoration labor and new part installation to this point: beginning at the front....brand new ($450) A/C capacity radiator...the motor has been cleaned and has a new water pump, fuel pump, distributor, plugs, wires, alternator rebuilt....the power steering box was just rebuilt....the master cylinder, brake shoes, hardware kits and wheel cylinders have all been replaced as needed

The entire front suspension has been replaced with new ball joints, upper and lower control arm bushings, inner and outer tie rods, center link, front shocks and new alignment-this car is so sweet to drive....smooth, quiet, steer with 1 finger, has power when needed....idles like a fine watch

New GoodYear thin radial whitewall tires were installed, along with a new windshield, new ignition switch, new aftermarket dash gauges

The original tri-tone deluxe interior can be easily restored....the padded dash has no cracks, all door panels and arm rests are excellent.....the rear 2 seats show very little wear..the front seat has seams that have split but the seat could definitely be stitched after new padding was installed and look very presentable if you are trying to keep the maximum originality...originally an A/C car, but it appears it was never installed...the dash end vents are present, but the vent above the radio was never installed....we were going to install an aftermarket underdash unit-they work so much better.....the original radio is there and should just need servicing to perform well again

All glass is good, electric rear tailgate window works great...will include the correct Buick emblem tissue dispenser and, if full asking price is met...I will include a nearly NOS set of front and rear floor mats, correct for this particular interior that say "Skylark" and have the 3 shields embossed

Easiest running restoration project you can find....go back to original white paint or choose a color that blends beautifully with the deluxe brown tone interior...there is a small leak from the transmission rear seal...likely from sitting in storage....condition may improve with more usage but want to disclose everything you would want to know...the new water temperature gauge on the dash leaks a little for some reason-I purchased the same gauge with an electric sending unit for the new buyer to install

the car is currently registered in Calif until new Spring, clear title in my name

Proceeds from this sale will be used to purchase items of warmth and comfort for those who are served by the homeless ministry at my church

Thanks for reading-this is a rare model that should prove to be an excellent investment-so much time, work and money already spent to this point

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