1966 Buick Skylark drag car

[Daryl Romain]

I bought a '66 Skylark dirt track kit, because it still has many stock parts in it and I was using it for donor for a stockish annual I was restoring. That's the one with the wavy side chrome trim, without the AW decals. I'm building this from the leftovers from that build. I swapped motors with the annual, because it had a Powerglide transmission. Both had Nailhead V8s. The dirt tracker had a 4 speed that I wanted to put in the stockish one. I cut the wheelwells out square and grafted Chevelle wheelwells into the holes. The chassis is from an Amt 'Petty' Dart. I converted it to a unibody with rear and front (late model Camaro) subframes. Twin turbo setup came from my friend's 3D printer. Fuel injection unit came from the same (2015?) Camaro. Tubs are prescription pill bottoms. Cowl scoop is my old debit card. The annual was supposed to be its tow car, but Iike it too much to put a trailer hitch on it, as originally planned. Black out the grille, some paint details and touchups and polish left to do.

 

Edited May 30, 2024 by Daryl Romain

[deuces wild]

Lookin' cool so far....??