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1979 Buick Skyhawk [
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So I called them Sunday afternoon when they opened, it was still there, we drive in, test drive it, looked it over, talked about it, and John drove it home! His first time solo on the freeway as well! A day of milestones. The following are our "before" pictures. This is the state of the vehicle as brought into the dealer from the owner and before we started cleaning and detailing it. As you can see, there is not a heck of a lot to do! This car looks like it was driven off of the lot in February of 1979 and it is now February of 1980! Crazy. Hard to imagine this baby has been taken care of like this.
October, 2007
- First thing we did was to take it to a local shop
and have it inspected and a lube, filter, and oil
change done. He also changed the fuel filter but
said that other than that, it looked great. We
ordered and got new shocks, ordered a speaker to
replace the crappy stock one in the dash, and ordered
a stereo system. Speaker in the front is a direct replacement made by Custom AutoSound. It consists of two 50W coaxial speakers riveted into a frame that is the same form factor as the original mono speaker. The cloth covered speakers feature large cobalt ferrite magnets, high-performance tweeters and foam bases. High frequency response. I originally saw this at J. C. Whitney but found it for $17 cheaper at Mac's. I saved the speaker boxes that I had made at the cabinet shop I worked at in 1979 which held Jensen Tri-Axial speakers from my old 1975 Starfire. They still sounded good so we used them. This is the rest of the system purchased from Crutchfield.
John did the installation over a few weekends when we had time. It turned out clean and nice. FINAL UPDATE: The plan was to keep this "vintage" but clean it up and maybe make a few aesthetic changes. Nothing that could not be reversed. But alas, as a new driver, "Mom" wanted John to be driving a newer car with modern safety features so the car sat. I would run it from time to time but we never put more than a few hundred miles on it. I just did not feel like I wanted to "wear it out" on Oregon back roads so decided to put it up for sale. It sold to a fellow H-Body enthusiast in Minot, North Dakota in May of 2016. I sold it for about $2,000 less than I think it was worth, but it is going to a good home. Of the stereo system above, we left everything intact but I kept my speakers and the subwoofer with the amp installed. Based on the sticker on the door jam, our VIN and the above chart, our Skyhawk was made in February of 1979 at the Lordstown, Ohio plant. Technical Information:
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