Beginning life as an option for the Buick Special, the Skylark trim package was popular enough to merit its own model beginning in 1964. Sitting on GM's A-Body architecture, the base engine was a 225 cubic inch V6 with two versions of Buick's 300 cubic inch V8 were optional.

Creates a considerably hotter spark that lets the flame expand more rapidly in the combustion chamber and a more complete and efficient burn of the air/fuel mixture