By: gary fancher

gary fancher — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:54:50 +0000

wow your car really brings back old memories. My dad owned Fancher Buick in Fredonia, N.Y. from 1953 up to the early 70,s. I was 16 years old in 1964 and was driving a 57′ chevy 210 2dr. ht. when my dad said I could order a new 1965 Skysark. I sat in his office and ordered a red convt. white inside & top 4speed. Before the car came in my dad got a letter about the new G.S comming out mid year. Dad called the factory and changed my skylark order to a G.S. over the ph. I probley had one of the first gs built, who knows maybe the first. I waited about a month for the car to come in and only had it one day when the cops cought me going (what they said was 100miles an hr.) come on me. Well dad took the car and told me to walk. He put it out front and it sold the next day. About 2 weeks went by and dad started to feel bad about selling my car. He said ok you can drive the car the guy traded in on your gs. It was a 1963 split window coupe, red 4 speed. I had many more gs buicks after that. A 66′,67′, 68 convt. 70′.71′ and now I have a 72′ 455 car. I never had a 69′ cause I got drafted and went in the Army. But that 67′ with the new 400 was a car I will never forget. It was gold with black vynel top & 4speed. I won several trophys with the car at wattsburgh drags in Pa. and no one could touch that car. Hell I missed a second geer on the trophy run once against a cuda and still beat him by 3 car lengths. Hope you liked the story. I got a million of them. the cars we had and my older brother had a 67, 340 white with all those red stripes. We could not sell that car till we took all the stripes off. Have a good one, love your car.

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By: gary fancher