1970 Buick Skylark Special Convertible with a wiring harness that was a complete mess from someone that had worked on the car previously due to a slow electrical leak. For the past six months it has been pretty much sitting at a mechanics shop and I know I am being taken advantage of (really annoyi…

Like @VOLVO_V70 said, you need a custom or restoration shop to address this. Search on Google for shops around the Orlando area. But don’t limit yourself to JUST the Orlando area. Sometimes to find the right shop requires travel. You DO want this fixed correctly, right? There ARE replacement harnes…

What I think you should be writing off at this point is that car. Its too old to be reliable, was never a particularly good car, and it needs the equivalent of a new spinal cord. For far less money then it would cost to fix this car, you could buy a newer more reliable replacement.

A clean 1970 Buick Skylark Custom Convertible is a classic and could be a rare car that would be worth some money to the right buyer. There were less than 5,000 of these built. Unfortunately, a chopped up harness is not a rare situation. The good news is that these cars were not very sophisticated. …

I just checked Hemmings. Four 1970 Skylarks listed, no convertibles. And the only Skylark I’d associate with the word “classic” is the one from 1953.

Convertible could easily be worth twice the coupe value. And like it or not, the GM intermediates (Skylark, Tempest, GTO, Malibu, Cutlass) are considered classics by many, as are most pre-'73 cars.

If someone has a car like this one, they know it’s not a transportation vehicle. They know it’s a hobby or a precious possession, and they have a serious question. What business is it of ours to debate the value of the car or the owner’s wisdom? If you can help, then help. If you want to vent y…

I bet there are classic car shows and clubs near you with folks who know shops that can help you.

I’m in favor of contacting a local car club. Odds are someone in that club can sort it out or they will know someone who can. My sister had a '69 Skylark and it was a great car as a daily driver. The only reason she got rid of it was because she found a nice GTO for sale. As for paying that guy I…

OK , I don’t agree with Mopar Guy but he just expressed an opinion and did not call Cheryl any names . Maybe she is thinking about this as a daily driver or not and I feel certain that she is able to ignore any responses that don’t go along with her thoughts. It is a Forum for Pete’s Sake.

1970 Buick Skylark - Who can sort this?

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VOLVO-V70 June 12, 2019, 2:38pm 2

At the top of the page there is a Mechanics File button , click on that for shops near you. But what you really need is a classic restoration shop or a hot rod shop and they will just replace the entire wiring system and it will not be cheap.

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