1962 Buick Skylark

1963 Buick Skylark â?" Red on Red Hardtop with the Aluminum V8 Why This Car Is Special The 1963 Buick Skylark sits at an interesting crossroads in American automotive history. It was the final year of the first-generation Skylark, a compact built on the Y-body platform shared with the Oldsmobile F-85 and Pontiac Tempest. Buick positioned the Skylark as the premium offering of that trio, giving it more standard content and a higher price point than its platform-mates. What made the 1963 Buick Skylark technically significant â?" and what separates it from almost every other compact of its era â?" was the engine under the hood. The 215 cubic inch aluminum V8 was a genuine engineering achievement.