You’ve reached your account maximum for followed topics. Roughly half a century ago, Buick's name was virtually synonymous with the V8, along with several other American manufacturers of the time.

The 1953 Buick Skylark was powered by the new 322 cubic-inch Fireball Nailhead V8 that replaced the Buick Straight 8. Backing the new 188-horsepower Fireball was the Dynaflow automatic ...