1954 Buick Skylark
With its elongated, contrasting-color wheel cutouts and chrome-finned taillights rising above the rear quarters, the 1954 Skylark wore a profile unlike anything else in the Buick lineup.
The rear deck sloped into a semi-barrel form, and the taillight nacelles (a styling cue taken directly from the Wildcat II show car) gave the car a fin-forward look that the rest of the industry wouldn’t catch up to for a few years. Kelsey-Hayes 40-spoke wire wheels filled the open wells.
For 1954, the Skylark moved from the larger Roadmaster chassis to the shorter Century platform, trimming the wheelbase to 122 inches and reducing overall length and weight.
Power came from the 322 cubic inch “Nailhead” OHV V8 producing 200 hp through a four-barrel carburetor, paired with the Dynaflow automatic transmission. Power steering, a power convertible top, power windows, and a power antenna were all standard equipment.
The 836 Skylarks produced for 1954 represented roughly 0.16% of Buick’s total output that year, marking the final run of the original limited-production series and today ranking among the most sought-after postwar American convertibles.
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