1968 Buick Skylark Custom Junkyard Find 

I'm gonna have to apologize again for my camera losing it image stabilization half way through the video. Looks like I'm going to be getting a new one soon.

I think the paint reference is the paint code. I think it reads "Paint No (number)". Also, the original owner appears to have been from Terre Haute, Indiana. I believe he was born around 1911 and died in 1994 if I have the right person. That would make him about right to buy this type of car in 1968. He would be one year younger than my grandfather, so by 1968, he would have been in his late 50's and this type of Buick would have suited an owner of that age. I think those other notes are for a tractor that Mr. Waldon owned, as there appears to be references to gray paint colors for an IH tractor. On that same paper, reference is made that it was bought at Mark French Buick in Brazil Indiana if you look close at what Mr. Waldon (??) wrote. Mark French and Son was a Buick, Cadillac and Pontiac dealer in that town in Indiana. VIN is 4 for Buick, 44 for Skylark Custom, 39 for 4 door hardtop, 8 for 1968, H for Flint, MI (later called "Buick City") and the rest is the production sequence. I agree with the others that this was some sort of "oddball" order. I wonder if someone removed the power steering or it never had it. Can't tell, looks like it was an original car at one time and then it had a lot of hands in it.

First car I ever drove was my aunts 1969 Buick Skylark that was a very nice classy car built like a tank compared to the cheap plastic ones of today.

good that it was sold as a whole car. great video as always

Car was probably a mistaken order (someone forgot to check the auto trans box) & original owner got it cheap. A Buick, fairly loaded, 4 door hardtop (more expensive than a sedan), A/C in a northern climate, uplevel trim, vinyl top, optional v8 with optional 4bbl and dual exhaust. Even in the late 60s, most cars with manual transmissions were stripped 6 cylinder loss leaders.

Still a $1,000 car.The Buick motor is worth that.Rare 3 on the tree too.With a hopefully good replacement drivers door.

4door manual shift. Rare car

Good candidate for a 4speed rock crusher 455 stage1 3.42 rear posi, talking about a sleeper.

Nice car. Definitely worth the time & effort. Someone needs to put it back together.

Ok I’m confused about people saying the value is in the a/c. I have a 74 Chevy nova that a 4 that that also had factory ac. I ripped the ac and heat out to fit the 454 in. Did I mess the car up? Most 4 doors I see don’t have value plus interior parts are hard to find like seat covers and door panels

its fixable. some up north would consider it a fresh start lol

My friend was watching this and said " One mans dream is another mans junk". He got pissed because I was laughing so hard but then he thought about what he said.

Glad you shared this 1. In '94, I dated a gal who's best friend had a yellow on white 70 custom sedan, 350 2bbl, 3 on the tree, with p/s p frt discs, and a/c. She bought it from a 94 yr old lady who's husband bought it new. The car was supposed to be an automatic, but according to her, the salesman didn't check the box. After many arguments and a threatened law suit, the Buick dealer dropped the price $1,000.00 and he decided that was good enough. When my girlfriend's friend bought it ( for $300.00) it had just 88k on it and needed a clutch. Her boyfriend and I wrestled a clutch into it, and she drove it 2 more yrs before it was stolen from a KMart parking lot and never recovered.

3 on the tree with factory air conditioning and they stripped out the entire A/C system. If it still had the complete A/C system it’d be worth every penny to restore it right.

I hope somebody buys it. That three on the tree is super rare. I have an old Chevy with three on the tree.

Definitely got good bones to it. From a distance it looks a clean car even without the door It’s worth saving I bet it runs and drives

I have a 68 but mine is soo different from the interior. Mine is a skylark Special. Besides the interior idk what else makes it different frame/chassis wise.

I had a 4-door ‘68 Skylark Special, so I notice these cars... I’ve never seen a 3-on-the-tree pillarless 4-door!

Definitely a rare car, dunno if they bought it just to rob the running gear off of. Maybe those alone are worth the $1300. Or maybe they were gonna restore it to some extent, although I could see that there could be some $$$ in keeping a numbers matching car with a rare combination.

Waiting on that AMC video brother 🤙

Engine/wheels worth it alone, at Least on the east coast.

Cool car, hope it's saved. Don't see many four doors anymore

Even though it's a four door. It has a lot of potential. 💯✌🏾

Well, I guess it's two door, if it only has two door on the car, right??

1,300-😄 You'd half to put three times that into it just to have a decent ride.

Are you in Dallas tx and were I want that car?

Definitely savable. Won't stay nice being exposed to the elements like that with door off

make some videos of the big sale this weekend. vehicles are getting stripped quick

Rescue her she's worth the time n money to rebuild the Buick from the chassis up n a new engine n a paint job silver for the base n Aztec gold color n new chrome

If you you like something it's worth the effort

I’m getting a 68 2 door!

SELL ME THE UPPER FENDER TRIM!!! I NEED IT!!!

500$ if that

Naw. No where near 1300 dollars. Maybe 500?

I have never really cared for that body style. Junk it!!!👍😳

Maybe 150 dollars

A $500 parts or donor car at best. Too many doors.

No it’s only worth 500 to much salt damage

Nope....parts car only...

Even in a 4dr shes a beauty too bad about the rust thats Indiana for you

Too much money for a parts car.

WHATS WITH THIS 2 COMMERCIAL BIT ALL OF A SUDDEN.AS IF YOU TUBE ISNT RICH ENOUGH. DISTURBING.