midwestxt6’s 1969 Buick Skylark

This is a 1987 Trans Am GTA with the LT1 350 that I bought just out of HS. It was in perfect shape and still had the factory warranty on it. That was a good thing because I went through 2 trannys. The second one didnt even last a week. The torque converters in these were quite week and we finally put in a heavy duty converter. The car was pretty much stock but was a lot of fun and handled awesome. It was a very pretty dark brown with gold metalic. I have always loved Trans Am's and think that they look so much better than the plain looking Camaro. I ended up having to sell it because the insurance was a killer for a kid my age at the time and they were not worth a damn in the winter time. Sure wish I still had it!

This was my latest project, an 81 Turbo Trans Am with T-Tops and the WS6 package with 4 wheel disc brakes. These are perhaps my favorite cars and I was very lucky to aquire this one from a friend after he just bought it and the engine blew up on him. These are quite rare cars especially with a 301 turbo still in them. Many people swapped these out for a 400 or 455. I had a very hard time finding engine parts for this car and almost everything had to be custom ordered. It has a 301 big block which was bored .060 with new turbo pistons. I also ported and polished the heads, rebuilt the turbo charger and added a shift kit. It has high flow exhaust and open air cleaner so you can really hear the turbo whine. With the modifications the 301 was around the 250 hp range. The car had been fully restored sometime in the 90's so all that really needed to be done was the engine work, which I would much prefer to do than body work. Once again total cost did not exceed $3500! $1500 for the car and about $1400 for parts.

This is a 1969 Buick GS California that I restored several years ago. There were only a little over 2,000 built. There was under 80,000 miles on it when I bought it, unfortunatly the South Dakota winters were hard on some of the body panels. They had the California badge on them because they were built and distributed locally out of the Buick plant in California. This one spent most of its life there until the early 80's when it was bought by someone from Sioux Falls SD.I repainted it in 69 signal red and rebuilt the engine. The engine was a high compression Buick 350 (NOT A CHEVY, big difference) and had for the first time, functional ram air induction. Modifications included bored .060, forged pistons, Comp Cam, reworked heads, super coil, rear spoiler and shift kit. It was putting out around 310 HP and 395 ft lbs of torque.This car was very fast as it was running on 14" rims and had a 3:23 rear. I blew away my friends 70 Ford Torino GT so I get to rubb that a little, sorry Casey lol. This was my first restoration poject and it turned out very well considering I spent less than $3500 for everything. I also did a 67 Sport Fury with a HP 440 and recently a 1981 Turbo Trans Am. Look for them on my next 2 pages.

This is a 1967 Plymouth Sport Fury which was my second project car after the 69 Buick GS. It originally had a 383 V8 but was upgraded to a 67' HP 440 magnum engine. Modifications included bored .060, Keith Black pistons, Mopar 285 cam, 316 closed chamber heads with the big valves, Edlebrock Performer intake, Edlebrock 750 carb, mallory coil, hilborn air scoop, beefed up 727 trans and a 3:91 posi rear end with ladder bars. Horse power was around the 420 range and it had lots of torque!I repainted it the orginal color and had to find a few new body parts, mainly a door and another hood to cut open for the scoop. The interior was in super condition and needed nothing.You can see here the work that needed to be done when I got it. The motor was pretty much fresh and I just added some more goodies for looks and performance. Once again the total project was under $3500 since I did most of the work myself.

This is a 1967 Plymouth Sport Fury which was my second project car after the 69 Buick GS. It originally had a 383 V8 but was upgraded to a 67' HP 440 magnum engine. Modifications included bored .060, Keith Black pistons, Mopar 285 cam, 316 closed chamber heads with the big valves, Edlebrock Performer intake, Edlebrock 750 carb, mallory coil, hilborn air scoop, beefed up 727 trans and a 3:91 posi rear end with ladder bars. Horse power was around the 420 range and it had lots of torque!I repainted it the orginal color and had to find a few new body parts, mainly a door and another hood to cut open for the scoop. The interior was in super condition and needed nothing.You can see here the work that needed to be done when I got it. The motor was pretty much fresh and I just added some more goodies for looks and performance. Once again the total project was under $3500 since I did most of the work myself.

This is a 1969 Buick GS California that I restored several years ago. There were only a little over 2,000 built. There was under 80,000 miles on it when I bought it, unfortunatly the South Dakota winters were hard on some of the body panels. They had the California badge on them because they were built and distributed locally out of the Buick plant in California. This one spent most of its life there until the early 80's when it was bought by someone from Sioux Falls SD.I repainted it in 69 signal red and rebuilt the engine. The engine was a high compression Buick 350 (NOT A CHEVY, big difference) and had for the first time, functional ram air induction. Modifications included bored .060, forged pistons, Comp Cam, reworked heads, super coil, rear spoiler and shift kit. It was putting out around 310 HP and 395 ft lbs of torque.This car was very fast as it was running on 14" rims and had a 3:23 rear. I blew away my friends 70 Ford Torino GT so I get to rubb that a little, sorry Casey lol. This was my first restoration poject and it turned out very well considering I spent less than $3500 for everything. I also did a 67 Sport Fury with a HP 440 and recently a 1981 Turbo Trans Am. Look for them on my next 2 pages.

This is a 1987 Trans Am GTA with the LT1 350 that I bought just out of HS. It was in perfect shape and still had the factory warranty on it. That was a good thing because I went through 2 trannys. The second one didnt even last a week. The torque converters in these were quite week and we finally put in a heavy duty converter. The car was pretty much stock but was a lot of fun and handled awesome. It was a very pretty dark brown with gold metalic. I have always loved Trans Am's and think that they look so much better than the plain looking Camaro. I ended up having to sell it because the insurance was a killer for a kid my age at the time and they were not worth a damn in the winter time. Sure wish I still had it!

This was my latest project, an 81 Turbo Trans Am with T-Tops and the WS6 package with 4 wheel disc brakes. These are perhaps my favorite cars and I was very lucky to aquire this one from a friend after he just bought it and the engine blew up on him. These are quite rare cars especially with a 301 turbo still in them. Many people swapped these out for a 400 or 455. I had a very hard time finding engine parts for this car and almost everything had to be custom ordered. It has a 301 big block which was bored .060 with new turbo pistons. I also ported and polished the heads, rebuilt the turbo charger and added a shift kit. It has high flow exhaust and open air cleaner so you can really hear the turbo whine. With the modifications the 301 was around the 250 hp range. The car had been fully restored sometime in the 90's so all that really needed to be done was the engine work, which I would much prefer to do than body work. Once again total cost did not exceed $3500! $1500 for the car and about $1400 for parts.

This was my latest project, an 81 Turbo Trans Am with T-Tops and the WS6 package with 4 wheel disc brakes. These are perhaps my favorite cars and I was very lucky to aquire this one from a friend after he just bought it and the engine blew up on him. These are quite rare cars especially with a 301 turbo still in them. Many people swapped these out for a 400 or 455. I had a very hard time finding engine parts for this car and almost everything had to be custom ordered. It has a 301 big block which was bored .060 with new turbo pistons. I also ported and polished the heads, rebuilt the turbo charger and added a shift kit. It has high flow exhaust and open air cleaner so you can really hear the turbo whine. With the modifications the 301 was around the 250 hp range. The car had been fully restored sometime in the 90's so all that really needed to be done was the engine work, which I would much prefer to do than body work. Once again total cost did not exceed $3500! $1500 for the car and about $1400 for parts.

This is a 1969 Buick GS California that I restored several years ago. There were only a little over 2,000 built. There was under 80,000 miles on it when I bought it, unfortunatly the South Dakota winters were hard on some of the body panels. They had the California badge on them because they were built and distributed locally out of the Buick plant in California. This one spent most of its life there until the early 80's when it was bought by someone from Sioux Falls SD.I repainted it in 69 signal red and rebuilt the engine. The engine was a high compression Buick 350 (NOT A CHEVY, big difference) and had for the first time, functional ram air induction. Modifications included bored .060, forged pistons, Comp Cam, reworked heads, super coil, rear spoiler and shift kit. It was putting out around 310 HP and 395 ft lbs of torque.This car was very fast as it was running on 14" rims and had a 3:23 rear. I blew away my friends 70 Ford Torino GT so I get to rubb that a little, sorry Casey lol. This was my first restoration poject and it turned out very well considering I spent less than $3500 for everything. I also did a 67 Sport Fury with a HP 440 and recently a 1981 Turbo Trans Am. Look for them on my next 2 pages.

This is a 1967 Plymouth Sport Fury which was my second project car after the 69 Buick GS. It originally had a 383 V8 but was upgraded to a 67' HP 440 magnum engine. Modifications included bored .060, Keith Black pistons, Mopar 285 cam, 316 closed chamber heads with the big valves, Edlebrock Performer intake, Edlebrock 750 carb, mallory coil, hilborn air scoop, beefed up 727 trans and a 3:91 posi rear end with ladder bars. Horse power was around the 420 range and it had lots of torque!I repainted it the orginal color and had to find a few new body parts, mainly a door and another hood to cut open for the scoop. The interior was in super condition and needed nothing.You can see here the work that needed to be done when I got it. The motor was pretty much fresh and I just added some more goodies for looks and performance. Once again the total project was under $3500 since I did most of the work myself.

This is a 1967 Plymouth Sport Fury which was my second project car after the 69 Buick GS. It originally had a 383 V8 but was upgraded to a 67' HP 440 magnum engine. Modifications included bored .060, Keith Black pistons, Mopar 285 cam, 316 closed chamber heads with the big valves, Edlebrock Performer intake, Edlebrock 750 carb, mallory coil, hilborn air scoop, beefed up 727 trans and a 3:91 posi rear end with ladder bars. Horse power was around the 420 range and it had lots of torque!I repainted it the orginal color and had to find a few new body parts, mainly a door and another hood to cut open for the scoop. The interior was in super condition and needed nothing.You can see here the work that needed to be done when I got it. The motor was pretty much fresh and I just added some more goodies for looks and performance. Once again the total project was under $3500 since I did most of the work myself.

This is a 1967 Plymouth Sport Fury which was my second project car after the 69 Buick GS. It originally had a 383 V8 but was upgraded to a 67' HP 440 magnum engine. Modifications included bored .060, Keith Black pistons, Mopar 285 cam, 316 closed chamber heads with the big valves, Edlebrock Performer intake, Edlebrock 750 carb, mallory coil, hilborn air scoop, beefed up 727 trans and a 3:91 posi rear end with ladder bars. Horse power was around the 420 range and it had lots of torque!I repainted it the orginal color and had to find a few new body parts, mainly a door and another hood to cut open for the scoop. The interior was in super condition and needed nothing.You can see here the work that needed to be done when I got it. The motor was pretty much fresh and I just added some more goodies for looks and performance. Once again the total project was under $3500 since I did most of the work myself.