1972 would be the final model year for the third generation of Buick's midsize Skylark. In fact, it would be the last model year before the Skylark nameplate itself took a couple year hiatus, with its midsize job taken by the Buick Regal. When the Skylark moniker returned to the Buick catalog for the '75 model year it would be hung on a Chevy Nova-derived compact.
The Muscle Car Era was singing its swan song and the Malaise Era was in the on-deck circle, if I may mix my metaphors. Horsepower was now advertised in net rather than gross terms, and compression ratios were slashed across the board to prepare for unleaded gas. You could still get a 455 in a Gran Sport, but for regular Skylarks the biggest mill on offer was a 350.
The Skylark for '72 came in three trim levels: The base Skylark, the Skylark 350, and the Skylark Custom.
The Skylark Custom could be had as a convertible, a pillared sedan, a hardtop sedan, or a hardtop Sport Coupe, like the Fire Red example in the photos.
The base motor would have been Buick's 350 small-block with a two-barrel carburetor rated at 145 SAE net horsepower, with an optional four-barrel 350 making 180 ponies.
This one was photographed in May of 2026 using a Canon EOS R with an RF 24-105mm f/4L IS zoom lens.
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