58 Buick Special $800 in Ont

66 Grande guy · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

RE: 58 Buick Special $800 in Ont

plaiddreams · Member

I suppose it could be done ... there's a little more reason to do it here than there would be to add it to any car at all, but it would take the same amount of effort.
I guess I'm not sure what I would be gaining, except with the few Buick knowledgables who might be present as it was being started. Would you not have to handle the key to turn the ignition "on" anyway?
Right now I'm debating the vacuum wipers -- planning to go to electric motor in line with the safety and driveability conversation ... but do I buy a manufactured unit or make up my own?
Cheers. Adrian

RacerRick · Addicted!

If that car was a 2dr hardtop, I would have jumped on it. Its nice to see someone doing something with it.

I ended up picking up a 57' Plymouth Savoy instead after selling my rusty pathfinder.

Canadian Poncho · A Poncho Legend!

Show us the Savoy. I like fins...

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427carl · A Poncho Legend!

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beaucarlo · Guru

160 draw knobs.......man you can decorate a few kitchens with that grill ...lol...sorry couldn't help it !

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

my neighbor around corner has a sweet 50 meteor 2 door sedan Its clipped with malibu front and S10 rear and now runs 305 chevy really fast cheap way to update old cars..

plaiddreams · Member

beaucarlo wrote:

160 draw knobs.......man you can decorate a few kitchens with that grill ...lol...sorry couldn't help it !

I'll call you when it's time to polish!
Laugh, but I've actually collected 50s chrome drawer knobs and other stylish hardware over the years (along with percolators and the odd vacuum cleaner) -- Can't promise they would end up any nearer a car than as decoration in the garage, but some of the trim plates that go behind the knobs would look great along a quarter panel -- like Strato Chief stars.

Pontiacanada · A Poncho Legend!

plaiddreams wrote:

Laugh, but I've actually collected 50s chrome drawer knobs and other stylish hardware over the years. Can't promise they would end up any nearer a car than as decoration in the garage, but some of the trim plates that go behind the knobs would look great along a quarter panel -- like Strato Chief stars.

I collect old hardware also.
I bought out a hardware store that was closed down in the late seventies full of '50's & 60's stuff. It cost me a lot of sweat to move it from ON. to PEI. Heavy stuff!

sixtywagon · Uber Guru

A guy on my Facebook has one of these he picked up for a project. Hes more into the hot rodded cars and I think thats what hes gonna do with his. He's in the Ottawa area.

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plaiddreams · Member

Wicked! Looks very familiar. Funny how perceptions change ... I hadn't seen one of these for ?years and now that I have one they show up steadily.
Anybody got any knowledge of colour codes? My firewall plate says "CC-1" ... my understanding is that the first letter should be the upper body colour (C=Glacier White) and the second should be the lower body colour (C-Glacier White) ... but the add-on format of the "-1" is a bit of a mystery: the colour "1" is Green Mist -- could it be that the two-tone was an accessory "added" to an all-white car? Anybody know this stuff? Other than this upper/lower code, I haven't seen anything in advertising or brochures about 58s coming from the factory in two-tone; though modern pictures of cars are out there. Could it have been a dealer addition?

tin indian · Poncho Master!

nice car, and great ideas to keep the cost down and make it a fun and easy to maintain ride. i,m looking forward to seeing more of it in the future.

sixtywagon · Uber Guru

I guess he's gonna sell the 2 door.....He has too many projects on the go, and the motor is seized..

http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-classic-cars-1958-Buick-Century-Coupe-W0QQAdIdZ245208824

plaiddreams · Member

I'm gonna let my welder know about this -- he's already gone through it once! ...Maybe he could do a "gooder" job on the second one with all the experience of the first.
I would highly recommend this kind of "updating" to anyone, after having driven mine around a bit. Handles beautifully -- no sway in the corners.

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

sounds like an american built car

plaiddreams · Member

What am I missing? American built?

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

the canadian ones ive seen have a 4 digit code for the colour, i think the US ones have a letter,do you have a picture of the tag info?

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

these are the ones we have seen

1958
unknown 4437 4003 (431 int.) ontario link
#401539 Special 2dr hrdtp Cay Coral

https://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae36/canadianponcho/100_2428.jpg

unknown 4469 8cyl 4203 (401 int.) ontario link
#403671 Special 4dr sdn BSO 357

https://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae36/canadianponcho/58buickSpecial4drsedan4469c.jpg

unknown 4637 8cyl 4013 (983 int.) ontario no pic
#403698 Century 2dr hrdtp Silver Grey met. Willie

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68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

heres the american Buick colour chart
looks like your right on the colour Glacier white/Green Mist

-- Edited by 68sd on Sunday 28th of November 2010 08:23:38 PM

plaiddreams · Member

Too cool!
Here's my tag. It has no accessories listed, but I have several, so I don't know how far to trust it.

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

yup USA built

cool
black interior

-- Edited by 68sd on Sunday 28th of November 2010 09:26:11 PM

plaiddreams · Member

422 = "Black Pattern Cloth - White Cordaveen"
White door cards with black inserts, no chrome trim strips
padded upper dash, map light, "Speed Minder", brake warning light
White steering wheel (I've only seen black with this package before)

-- Edited by plaiddreams on Sunday 28th of November 2010 11:20:18 PM

DaveJ · Addicted!

Nice job of getting that old girl back on the road and for putting out some good ideas.

I love the '58 Buck wagons and regrettably sold my '58 Century convertible (went to Sweden) and a rusty Limited 4 door parts car a couple years ago. No parts left, but I do have a lot of '58 Buick literature - shop manuals, parts books - both Cdn and US.

Let me know if you need anything and I'll see if I can help.

plaiddreams · Member

Thanks, DaveJ.
I'm sure I'll need to know something, sometime, as I get into it.
What are your suggestions on winter storage preparations? The car is in an unheated modern barn/garage over plastic sheeting on concrete. I went with cedar-flavoured mothballs and Bounce dryer sheets inside. I didn't fog it, but I put a little steel wool in the tailpipes as I heard it keeps critters out. I closed the windows to keep the mothball miasma in, but I wondered about condensation ??? Battery is out, conditioner in gas tank. Am I off track or missing anything?