1967 Buick Skylark GS400 Funny Car my dad constructed in 1966 in his shop Brooklyn Speed & Machine.
Only 2 of these body's were ever known to exist (the other being Ron Pellegrini's Super Bird) but his was Chrysler-powered,this is the only one that was Buick-powered making it the World's only Buick-powered Buick F/C ever constructed.
The chassis is a copy of a Logghe Stamping Co chassis,the one to have in the day and is constructed from chrome moly tubing and features a TH400 prepped by Vitar and a Buick Wildcat rearend with 3:90 gears & Wildcat axles.
8:71 blown & injected on gas,it ran a best of 7.79 @ 191 mph and had several drivers including Bruce Bohan,"Coney Island" Ralph Landolphi,"Rapid" Red Lang and Freddie DeNane.
I should have the car within 3 weeks and am looking forward to reuniting my dad with the car...stay tuned for further developments
1968 @ Englishtown Raceway:
Magazine stills shot by noted east coast photog Bob Beattie:
Magazine articles:
Action shots:
Remember this day like it was yesterday,I was 10 years old,car took out Doug Nash in the first round (he broke),Dyno Don & Mr Norm were there too!
And yeah...I have a VERY understanding wife!
