1958 Buick Limited Convertible
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- čas přidán 16. 05. 2013
- Here is a 1958 Buick Limited convertible. This is a very rare car all totally original. Is currently in the Tune Up Shop in Costa Mesa California for some minor repairs.We are making the throttle activated starter switch functional and overhauling the numbers matching carburetor. It will be perfect when we are finished. Directly following our repair it will be in the Balboa Island Parade.
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If you wanted all the glitz that your money could buy, you had it all right here! No doubts about it!
Imagine sitting behind the wheel, top down and driving it around town or on the road in 1958 when it was new wirh the top 20 tunes of day playing on the radio and your steady girl sitting beside you. 👍🏻😎
Breathtaking!!!! Absolutely an amazing automobile. Beautiful color combination, stunning padded dashboard. Absolutely stunning!!!
My father owned a NEW '58 Limits hartop, Silver interior and exterior. I polished the car as a child. I took my first turns behind the wheel as a teenager.
My father had one that was mint green. He loved it and he was actually late to his wedding to my mother because he was washing and hand waxing it! lol My mother always joked about it. ❤️
I have seen these in other videos and pictures but never in person-this is one of the best looking cars of the 50's and beyond...
This BUICK Limited is simply INCREDIBLE!!! There is no word to describe BEAUTY and SHINE and SHAPE and.....Thanks for video, Grant - and enjoy your Buick, Martin
That is one of the best-looking cars I've ever seen!!!
Beautiful... the expression of 1950s American industrial and social confidence in steel and chrome.
I love this era of automobile art- this definitely would *not* fit in my garage but I'm more than glad to admire it from afar (UK).
Just have the garage enlarged! Life is short. ENJOY it!
I think the 58 limited is the best looking buick Ever made 😍
One of the best. There were so many .
Nice video Grant. It just popped up as suggested video today. I saw a silver convertible one at a NY Buick show, as it was coming into the show a senior lady was sitting atop in a yellow poodle skirt waving. The year was 1992 and it was an amazing scene.
Absolutely the most beautiful car General Motors ever made.
I love this car, so pretty. And chrome for miles.
BEAUTIFUL, beautiful car! They sure knew how to build them back then. Lots of style!
TexasDog3 You're right the cars of my childhood were unique . Not like today's cookie cutter , look alike cars I'm 69 and my first cars was a 1964 falcon 2 door hardtop Sprint ,4 speed
Wow SO rare.. I've wanted to see one of these since I was 15 and still haven't been able to actually see one in person.. And 15 was many many years ago for me.
ABOVE & BEYOND GORGEOUS !!!! What a land yacht !! Buick at it's FINEST !! Even the size of the steering wheel is massive !!! This car HAS to be valued in excess of over 100k !!!
I saw one of these at a dealer in Falmouth,Mass. on the very day they were first shown to the public. I loved it then and I love them now. Beautiful.
Thanks for the comments, Norman. These were truly a unique vehicle. Still are.
Absolutely gorgeous! TY for sharing.
They drove and rode really nice.
The color is absolutely spectacular, and so is every square inch of this rolling piece of art!
About one of the best cars of the 50s! Thank god it has survived!
Gorgeous, Dad had a 61 curve and a quarter about that color.One sweet restoration!
Absolutely Beauuuuuutiful!!❤️
Wouldn't you really rather have a Buick?
Was Buick's slogan sometime during the late 60's, early 70's I believe. I remember seeing a couple of these when I was a kid in the early 60's.
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General Motors elegance comes shinning through on this baby. What a beautiful Buick and a spectacular color to show it off with. They have been labeled as chrome overkill, but in the Limited edition the side chrome is minimal and provides a beauty of lines to this wonderful car.
It actually has less than the lesser Buicks that year.
Love the soft metallic blue paint
That car should be the center piece in an Art Gallery.
My brother had a 58 Buick Wagon, was a nice car!
What a magnificent Buick! The car is just stunning!
+michael cerza Thank you, Michael.
In many Ways America's too!😁👍
My brother owned a '58 Roadmaster 2 dr htp. It had a coral painted body and a copper roof. Harley Earl was quite the designer.
Great looking car ! I've always wondered why all of the auto makers went to similar huge aggressive grills for 1958 only.
This Buick Limited has the MOST Chrome than any other GM or maybe any American Auto ever built. I purchased a highly optioned 2 dr Limited coupe from Pick and Pull in Stockton CA back in 1988. All it needed was a new radiator and battery..!! All the Buick collectors went crazy for it after an add in Hemmings MN.
Buicks always have had the most chrome and still do. ✌
As a kid of 13, when I first saw this car in the showroom I went crazy ! At the time it was unbelievable. No car had as much chrome on it as this one. It was a one of a kind ! Still quite beautiful ! Cars during this period were all steel. No fiberglass, or aluminum. They weighed a ton, but were solid ! It was during Detroit's hey day .👍
The Chrome King!
And that's the most perfect example I've ever seen.
You look at cars like this and wonder how they can get away with producing the crap they do today! Cars of this era were works of art!
+kdm71291 works of art? yes, they were pretty. they also rusted out in three years, had to have something adjusted, rebuilt or replaced every 3,000 miles and would kill you instantly if you had a wreck. but they sure were pretty.
chieftp
A can agree, in part, with what you are saying, but there needs to be some context applied to your statements.
The rusting you mention (which I feel may be an exaggeration) would generally apply to vehicles in areas where salt is applied to roads to keep them from icing in the winter. Even in warmer coastal southern California, unless you drive and store your car consistently within a half mile of the ocean, you are not likely to suffer from excessive early corrosion.
I feel that having to adjust, rebuild or replace parts every 3,000 miles is probable also an exaggeration. This depends greatly on driver tendencies and behavior, and when such work DID need to be done, many owners could do much of the work themselves or when they DID take it to a shop, the costs were comparatively low due to the relative ease of labor.
"kill you instantly"? Well, that may actually be a blessing, in some cases. But this also depends, to a large degree, on what you hit! ;-) (and if you're wearing a seatbelt, which are a requirement today, even in classics that didn't originally come equipped with them).
kdm71291
cars in the 50s and 60s rusted out the second you drove them off the lot, even in the south. they were engineered to turn to crap as soon as possible. they wanted you to buy a new car every 2 years. brakes, tires, plugs, wires, hoses, radiator flushes, transmission service all had to be done 6 times as frequently as newer vehicles. the cars were designed 100% with "style" and power (lack of efficiency) in mind. safety was at the absolute bottom of the list. the cars didn't have crumple zones or structural integrity to protect you in a crash like newer vehicles. but they sure were pretty and shiny back in the old days.
@@chieftp There's no such thing as a dangerous car, it's a dangerous driver. Rust depended on what part of the country you lived in. Rebuilt or replaced every 3000 miles is a bit of a stretch.
@@chieftp I'll still take one over a new car.
Absolutely gorgeous, simply dripping with chrome and 10" longer than a regular Buick to boot! Rear fin and taillight assembly quite fascinating. Very modern kind of futuristic styling that stands the test of time and only gains in appreciation with the passing years.
I agree. Even though these cars went quickly out of style, it remains as a timeless representation of the era.
Yes and in those times ugly interiors were almost unknown. Everything is black, gray, brown interior today. Beautifup exteriors were great. But where live is in the interior, why in most choices would I want those ugly colors? I prefer Red or Blue or white. etc. The cars of the fifties and sixties made feel good and proud.
Suprised that this car has roll up windows
I thought power windows and 2 way power bench seat came standard on these cars.
It has power windows. The crank on the door panel is for the vent window. The power window switches were located below the A-pillar, just in front of the door.
@@JohnALane-hx4ke The 50s and 60s were the heyday of great styling. Even those that were flops style-wise, like 49 - 52 Chrysler products, are far better looking than today's horrors.
Yes the bean pod like cars of styling in colors of your choice today of either black, silver or white, is a complete and opposite departure from this era of form & function. To appreciate this era and truly appreciate this car is to fully understand it as an art form of craftsmanship. Excessive .... compared to what and in what measure? This car is in this day and age of monolithic monotones, for today an almost incomprehensible manifestation of creative unique possibilities of open minded styling and function should be viewed and and appreciated as such.
Very stunning, just flat beautiful. Thanks for sharing, sweet.
STUNNING
Stunning. Never heard of or seen (saw?) this car before. Art on wheels.
Now, THAT is a Buick, not that stuff they're making now.
Agreed
I'll say!
Opel's ain't Buicks!
THIS CAR IS THE BADDEST METALLIC BLUE BUICK CONVERTIBLE EVER
Love those old cars style colors trims
The amount of chrome is hysterical Jay Lenno described gm as putting chrome on with a trowl in the late 50s and I would say this car sums that statement up pretty well
Look at that gorgeous chrome those tail finns are stunning this is when you got more car for less money this car will turn some heads they make nothing today even close to this work of art
Stunning. great post. thanks
Thanks my Friend. Very nice you car!
No one word to describe its beauty
This shit is artwork . Incredible . I grew up Motown . Awesome . It's in my blood ....
A work of art!
Extremely rare I don't think I've ever seen one in person
Good for you but apparently so have I. Did my first one in 1964 as well. Have owned over 5 different 1957 Buicks since then and own 2 1957 Roadmasters today. It is a matter of course of disassembly, cleaning and sourcing parts if and when needed. But quite frankly, it is the old grease and the moisture that causes most of the problems. But now, let us not condemn the fine Buick engineers for the drum instead of the needle. Cheers
Love those tail fins!
I remember seeing a pink one when I was a kid.
Beauuuuutiful Car!!💕
Fantastic Car! I LOVE IT!!!
In the My Car Stories videos, the host visits a private collection in Newfoundland. Other cars from the collection have been in videos. In the first video the host, who has sees the best in classic cars, saw a triple black, 1958 Buick Limited convertible in the collection. It was a beautiful car. The host remarked he had not seen one since the '50s.
I doubt that Lou Costable was on thi earth in 58.
A work of art!!
Thank you Chester. I always thought so too. I was working for Buick when they were introduced.
Such a gorgeous car, Beautiful restoration, but It doesn't even have power windows.
Beautiful, indeed!
love this car
That's Class plain and simple
The only thing that would have made it better would have been to open the hood.
And show us the interior better especially the dash
I saw so many of these beautiful machines on the streets & roads as a kid. By the time I could drive, so many were gone..... 😢 If only today's so called engineers could build reproductions with modern technology.
They easily could, but the yuppies and techies, the bulk of the car-buying public today, would refuse to buy it. But modern technology? HECK NO! A car that you can fix in your driveway is way WAY better than one that you have to bring to a shop and spends thousands to fix.
AWESOME CAR... IT'S CUTE...
Sweet with a double e for enormous bumpers.
Muinto show esse carro, simplesmente lindo
piece of art
What a beautifull car!!!
beautiful car 👌👌👍👍👍
Very beautiful car however, IMHO the prettiest 1958 GM car was Oldsmobile. Gorgeous! Thank you for the video, I enjoyed it very much.
FANTASTIC
Beautiful
My dad owns one its beautiful
Love it!
Beast!!!
I had a 1957 Pontiac Starfire convertible in high school. Green and cream.
You mean a Pontiac Starchief. Starfire is a top of the line full sized Oldsmobile designation.
this gem was created before those wussy dorks in Detroit ever thought of rubber bumpers, and plastic headlights! this was the Brontosaurus of the Chrome Age!
I always loved the 58 Buick, especially this model, but they were not all that well received. People were mad that the "Cruiser Line Ventiports" were gone. They felt that it didn't look Buick enough. Ditto the 59, so they were back for 60.
The car has the face of a Lion!
They still got pictures of the fins on this car in the modern Buick dealership
i have seen at least one of these cars years ago
Seeing the engine and trunk would have been nice.
Beauty
If I understood correctly the 1958 Buick Limited sported the most chrome ever apparent to any pristine auto body to come out of Detroit.
DetroitLove4U and then, the following year had 'crosseyed' headlights- go figure !!!!!
you are 100% correct.. the most chrome ever put on a factory build
@@MrGTO-ze7vb Just an aside, my father's first official year as a Buick dealer was 1958, and....his initials were GTO! I'm not sure we ever had one like this car, it's absolutely gorgeous, but I do remember the limiteds, they were the tops!
@@dougoverhoff7568 Very cool... he should of opened a Pontiac Dealership..!
@@MrGTO-ze7vb Funny you should say that, because he was offered a Cadillac/Pontiac dealership, but turned it down, so he almost was a Pontiac dealer. Big mistake, I always thought. Anyway, I always thought those were cool initials for a guy in the auto business. Some people even called him by his initials, those who knew him personally, at least. I always loved the car, btw.
It Speaks For Itself : I AM A LUXURIOUS ROAD MASTER !!!
An extremely rare car. I've searched on the net, looking for the engine size and options available for this beauty, and can't find them, most articles I've found talk about the unique exterior of the car and not much else. Does anyone know about the car's engine and it's options?
This car came with a 364 cube "Nailhead" V8 with a 4 barrel and dual exhausts. 300 horsepower. The Special, the "small and cheap" Buick, had a 2 barrel and a single exhaust for 250 horsepower. That Special is still a big, heavy, fairly pricey car.
Sweet
My brother had a 5 Buick wagon, great car! He had the ribbon speedometer like this one, is it stuck at 30mph?
I really miss those color-keyed interiors. My father's 1962 Impala was white with a red interior, as was my 1989 Dodge Spirit. Now all of the interiors are neutral-colored and bland.
You dont need to look futher, check out Sweden we have several in show conditions!
Beautiful! Interesting that there are no portholes.
That was one of the things that cost Buick sales that year. 59 also.
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869 Limited Convertibles were made. It was the most expensive GM vehicle!
Silly comment. Of course it wasn't. In 1958 that honor would have to go to the Cadillac Eldorado Brougham.
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Quite the head turner, alright.
My family has one in Cuba, it is a special 1958 Buick with a hardtop, it is still a beautiful car and we are missing a chrome for covers the front passenger headlight, which is the same as that car, where could I find it, thanks.
How I wish I could go to Cuba.
Absolutely stunning, but in my humble opinion they didn't use quite enough chrome. 😀
There wasn't any more left.
The lesser models had more.
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Did you mention something about the carburetor on this car I can't imagine having to work on the carburetor it's probably a four barrel and it's probably got about 150 gazillion nuts bolts and washers can you imagine trying to keep track of all that stuff while you're trying to repair the carburetor on a 57 Buick it is a beautiful car if it was a wagon there would be more to love that would probably be about 20 ft longer than another car other cars you could put an entire apartment complex in the 1957 Buick wagon
I rebuilt the 4 barrel carb on my Chrysler New Yorker. I didn't lose a thing.
I love bel-air & chevy but I rather drive an classic Buick, Oldsmobile or Cadillac.