The cord across the back of the front seat is a for a lap robe...a throwback to before automobiles had heating systems. Luxury cars had a place where a blanket or lap robe was hung so rear seat passengers could stay warm.
Very interesting....I always thought those cords were for older (not so nimble) folks to pull themselves forward from sitting all the way back in the seat, to help enable to position themselves to more easily exit the car :)
My grandmother had one of these we lived in Oakland California. I was 7 years old and we drove it back to Lincoln Nebraska on Route 66 then up. The car had a warning buzzer that alerted you if you were going to fast that you could set. I remember him saying a few choice words because he kept setting it off so he turned it up all the way. I have a 1966 Buick Skylark convertible I just had a frame off restoration. Maybe we’ll meet at a show somewhere. Thanks for the memories.
You are right about that, I had a Corvette Restoration business for 20 years and Chevys are super easy compared to this. 3500+ man hours! You have to be nuts to do this, but, I could not buy one like it so I realized the only solution was to build my perfect idealized tribute memory of my dads car. Certainly not a money making scheme 😝
Wonderful sir! Your dad would be proud. The strap on the back of the front seat is intended for ladies garments or blankets to hang so as not to sit on them. Back when we dressed to the 9s and not sweat shirts and hoodies. Anyway this has got to be a showstopper!
My Mom had a ‘58 Buick Special 2-dr coupe very much like this car, only in powder blue. So I road in the back seat of that regularly from the time I was five ‘til I was fourteen. Good memories. Very large car!
Hats off with regards to the workmanship that went into the 58 Roadmaster both by GM and the restoration team. That level of build was gone by the early 1960'ies. Well done.
Absolutely stunning car that I have never seen, or known to be restored to such condition. The amount chrome is amazing & an absolute work of art that you get to drive. Thank you for taking the time to create & share your video on UA-cam.
Noice!!! Loved all that chromed out dashboard! As a kid I sat in my father's Buick and just gawked at that dash for hours. Then I discovered the cigarette lighter,.......dad was not happy..lol R.I.P. Dad....
My dad had a 58 Super. Loved that car. I remember you started it by pushing the gas pedal to the floor. It also had cloth interior but it had very narrow stripes in it.
Unbelievably beautiful! What a labor of love! Absolutely love the car and your personal story makes it so much better! What an American treasure, the car and your dedication as well! 👍👏
beautiful. I think the entire '58 GM line is in a class by itself, and this one is at the top of the heap. Senior Buick with same body as senior Olds and Cadillac. I own a '58 Fleetwood, and it's the same roof, and even makes the same squeak when opening the hood! spectacular effort in restoring this 'ol girl...thx for showing.
The belt on the back of the seat is a holdover to Old Coach working days that would hold a blanket that would go across the knees of the people in the backseat
I am fortunate. Also, I am old, I rode in my 1958 2dr hardtop when it was new. My aunt and uncle bought it in Flint Michigan where it was made. They put 4700 (47 hundred) miles on it and uncle saw the 1959 and had to have a bright red 59 convertible. So my mom bought the car in 1959 and decided it was too big due to a couple parking near disasters!! It got parked in the back of my dad's service station and a couple sheets put over it. Once a year dad would start it, drive it maybe a mile away and a mile back and park it. In 1964 it was given to me as a birthday present. I still have it and it now has 11,872 miles on it. The rear seat still has the plastic covering over it. The air cleaner on my car is different from yours, it is called the "batwing" type, has two inlets and is the same as what Oldsmobile and Cadillac used. It runs and drives great, never been in the rain that I am aware of. Dark blue body, light blue top and a blue and blue interior. Built to last back then.
I sat here with a stupid grin across my face for every minute of this fantastic video. Thank you! A wonderful car from a positive and confident time that won't be seen again any time soon.
I learned to drive in a '58 Buick Special. White with a brown top (top was painted because owner didn't like a solid white car back then). I loved that car even though it wasn't "cool" by the teen standards of the day. To this day the '58 Buick is my favorite of all the cars ever built.
Absolutely gorgeous. What a work of American automotive art. The interior dash is museum quality. Good deal on your steering wheel re-cast. A/C? Yes please. Nice kleenex box. This is a beast of a beauty. Thanks for sharing your fix.
I can see why Chrysler products were popular in 1958. This car is extravagant and was cleaned up for 59, possibly in response to the forward look from the Chrysler stable.
The first '58 Buick I saw, and it sticks with me, was Champaign color and belonged to the owner of the apartment buildings across from my house in Chicago.
All the GM full size cars were very unique, one year only designs in 1958. Too bad the country was in a recession that year which greatly reduced the numbers produced. That’s a good thing if one is a collector… as the rarer the better. This is the best example of a ‘58 Roadmaster restoration I’ve ever seen! Thank you for sharing it. 👍👍👍
Nice and clean and those Buick doors shut like a bank vaults too. Fabrics courtesy of EMS by chance ? When I was a boy in the mid 50's to about the late 60's MY dad would buy Buicks about every two years too. But having 5 kids and a pocket change job he had to get his Buicks from salvage yards and keep them running until they had to be towed away when the next one arrived to take it's place. I also learned that just because a non radial bias tire was almost bare of tread just how far one could run a tire down to until you absolutely had to have it replaced as most defective tires go bad in their first few months and if the tread goes 1/2 to 3/4 they most likely will go to the threads. Sounds stark to you ? Well, having lived or existed thru the depression era he did what he could to get by and was a good man of solid character.
My father bought 1957 Olds 98, I could not take my eyes of all that chrome on the dash board. You are so lucky to have your Dads car, just like it rolled off the show room floor. Enjoy it for sure!
Beautiful 58 ! That is my favorite Buick followed by the 59. One thing to note though, the 57 Buick had the exact same dash as the 58. My father had 2 of the 1958’s and just like you it was a rough job polishing the grille in them. Once again just want to tell you it is an absolute beautiful 1958 Buick.
I thought the same thing about the 57 dash. They were about the same but not as much chrome in the 57. The gauges were changed slightly, too. Their denotation was silk screened on the speedometer face in 58 but on the gauge face in 57. Otherwise, the gauges would interchange.
It's great to see 4 door cars restored, and this one is beyond perfect. I always loved '58 Buicks, we had an aunt and uncle with a black and white Special 4 door sedan. They traded it in for a '65 LeSabre Custom 4 door sedan.
White is perfect white for the hot tropical sun. Want to relocate it to the US Virgin Islands? Pay the cost of transportation and a storage unit and I’ll have it all washed and ready to fo when you want to do some very scenic short driving trips. An excellent retirement plan, isn’t it? You only live once. 😄 I’m Rob Kunkel, St. Thomas, ready, willing and able.🌴💐
From the era when a country's economic confidence was written in steel and *chrome,* lots and lots of chrome. A new Buick every 2 years? The dealer must've been rubbing his hands! *Love* these pieces of American art- love to look at them and tip my cap to the dedication needed to restore and run them. Thank you.
Or instead of a blanket, you could use it as a bookmark when stopping for gas on cross country trips. But back in the 50s the heater was lacking in heating the back seat very well, so a blanket was handy
Superb shape...museum piece. I remember riding in friends' parents' cars back in early 60's where the manufacturer had "Power Brake" boldly displayed on the pedal exactly like that.
A cool post. Memory: Christmas, 1957, on my brand new bicycle, the first time I ever saw a new car “in person”, it was a 58 Buick in the neighborhood. I looked at the beauty and seriously asked myself, “how will they ever improve on this styling?” I thought car design could never get better.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Our dad was a salesman so we never had a car too long but he bought a ‘58 Roadmaster and we kept that for ten years. I just took it for granted. It was just a car to me because we kept it until it was done. I think mom got $150 for it.
Congratulations - you must be very pleased with the results of all your efforts (and expense!!). I knew the '58 Buicks were the all time record holder for quantity of chrome but it's still incredible to see just how much they used and the contracts to the '59 models which had hardly any chrome by comparison.
A fellow that lived on a street not far from my home, bought one of these for his wife. It was pink button and had a white roof. Great riding car. I was only 12-13 y/o but I had a great appreciation for the cars of my youth. It didn’t have a needle in the speedometer, it had a red ribbon that came out of the left to the right to indicate the attained speed. And since everything back then, had a break in time,it had a small knob under dash to adjust the speedometer speed. So you couldn’t forget the break in speeds.
OMG! Just gorgeous! Wait……no infotainment screen, no Appleplay, no computer to run everything, runs on gasoline so no waiting for batteries to charge (10-12 hours), before you can continue your trip……things worked well; why would anyone want to change? Don’t fix what ain’t broke!
What a marvelous autombile...as an 11 yr old in 1958, it always blew me away, to see a car which had power windows, power seats, and built in factory installed a/c...especially on anything but a Caddy...They were wondrous, and were the talk and star of the block/neighborhood :)...You must get a million comments from Boomers when out on display...Thanks very much for posting the vid...made my day!
58s had transmission problems in the big series so a lot of them were converted from Flight Pitch Dynaflow with "G" instead of "L" to Variable Pitch Dynaflow, as this car appears to have been. It's impossible to get parts for the Flight Pitch these days. GM offered a kit to do the job back in the day, but now you'd have to find a parts car. Part of the conversion involved changing the steering column and shift quadrant. Big series cars were also noted for braking control arms.
Beautiful automobile. My parents bought a 1950 Roadmaster not long after I was born. I learned to drive in that car. It was not as nice as this one but we made many trips in it and it was very smooth.
I read some of the other comments about the cord across the seat. Long before 1958 Detroit was making no effort to pay homage to old open cars and their need for blankets. This cord was intended for people to store their coats, to keep from having to hold them. People who could afford a Buick also could afford heavy wool coats that became a burden as the car warmed up. As for needing blankets, probably not so much. Car heaters were common by then and worked well. I had a neighbor who had a 1956 Pontiac with rear heater ducts.
I believe you’re correct. I don’t know if all of 58 Buick‘s had a rear heater, which was mounted under the driver seat and blew air to the rear, but Roadmaster’s did for sure.
just need the trunk mat for being perfect. In my madness of collecting among other cars, in the 1970's collected 17 1958 Buicks, 3 Limited's (conv, 2HT, 4HT), 3 Roadmasters (conv, 2HT, 4HT), 2 Supers (2HT, 4HT), 5 Century's (conv, 2HT, two 4HT and Caballero), Special (conv, 2HT, 4sed, 4HT Estate). All in near new condition (I owned an auto restoration shop) in my long lifetime have owned over 180 Buicks, more than any other car, currently have two 1963 Electra convertibles, '64 and '65 Riviera Gran Sport, plus IMPERIALS, '57 Plymouth's, Dodge and DeSoto fin cars. My flagship is my '63 Electra with 400,000+ miles in near new condition, the most reliable car I have owned through the 48 lower states, Mexico, Canada, and Alaska and 55 years (bought in '66.) Enjoy your '58.
@@scottmarshall4840 I just gave my last '58 to my best friend, my Caballero Estate in Warwick blue (also my '53 Roadmaster Estate), cut my collection down to 14 cars. Imperials from '64-65-66 in convert, 2dr ht, 4dr ht, '64-65 Buick Riviera's, 'two '57 Plymouth Belvederes 2ht and convert, '56 DeSoto Fireflite, and two '63 Electra Limited converts, others. I don't have pics of all in my computer, but have the '58 Limited convert and some other '58's. If you send your email address to I'll send pics, I'm going through thousands of my old car pics to add more at present, I had my restoration with detail section over 50 years and owned over 1000 cars in my lifetime, the oldest being a near perfect 1938 Buick Century dual sidemount, rumbleseat convertible in black with red interior and wheels, with tan top, ten years older than me.
The 58 Roadmaster was more attractive the Cadillac of that year. I think all the 1958 GM models were the best of the 50s decade. All were tricked out with chrome.
@@machtschnell7452 … yes, and the famous “fully finned” Cadillac was next year. Then, early 60s, GM went long, low and lean. Ford followed suit but Chrysler Corp cars did not. The early 60s GM cars were my prettiest, for me. I had a red 61 Chev Impala Convertible, grey/white interior. I never was more eligible but I still couldn’t land a girlfriend. That took a Nash Rambler. Another day. 😊😇 Be blessed, all.
The cord across the back of the front seat is a for a lap robe...a throwback to before automobiles had heating systems. Luxury cars had a place where a blanket or lap robe was hung so rear seat passengers could stay warm.
Thanks, I had never heard that!
Very interesting....I always thought those cords were for older (not so nimble) folks to pull themselves forward from sitting all the way back in the seat, to help enable to position themselves to more easily exit the car :)
Very good. I checked the comments before posting what you had said. Well done Sir.
100% correct.
@@daniellack3559 I think some were used for that thus they're broken! :-)
Scott, you did your father proud!!! Absolutely gorgeous!!
These cars had a level of workmanship that you will never see in modern vehicles. You can't put craftmanship into plastic.
A work of automotive art. Thanks for posting this Buick classic.
My grandmother had one of these we lived in Oakland California. I was 7 years old and we drove it back to Lincoln Nebraska on Route 66 then up. The car had a warning buzzer that alerted you if you were going to fast that you could set. I remember him saying a few choice words because he kept setting it off so he turned it up all the way. I have a 1966 Buick Skylark convertible I just had a frame off restoration. Maybe we’ll meet at a show somewhere. Thanks for the memories.
Absolutely beautiful !
Can’t wait to see the trunk completed .
Remarkable restoration 😍
Just stunning in every way!
In the 30s the cable/pull on the back of the front seat was used to hang a blanket to keep rear seat passengers warm.
That’s exactly what it’s for and was very handy in cold climates
This is one of, if not the, most difficult cars to restore. Hats off for such a great job.
You are right about that, I had a Corvette Restoration business for 20 years and Chevys are super easy compared to this. 3500+ man hours! You have to be nuts to do this, but, I could not buy one like it so I realized the only solution was to build my perfect idealized tribute memory of my dads car. Certainly not a money making scheme 😝
Wonderful sir! Your dad would be proud. The strap on the back of the front seat is intended for ladies garments or blankets to hang so as not to sit on them. Back when we dressed to the 9s and not sweat shirts and hoodies. Anyway this has got to be a showstopper!
Cars back then were works of art. The attention to detail is amazing.
My Mom had a ‘58 Buick Special 2-dr coupe very much like this car, only in powder blue. So I road in the back seat of that regularly from the time I was five ‘til I was fourteen. Good memories. Very large car!
Hats off with regards to the workmanship that went into the 58 Roadmaster both by GM and the restoration team. That level of build was gone by the early 1960'ies. Well done.
The strap going along the back of the front seat was to hold a blanket, which was a luxury item, a throwback to the horse and carriage days.
Very well done, and just a beautiful car.
Absolutely stunning car that I have never seen, or known to be restored to such condition. The amount chrome is amazing & an absolute work of art that you get to drive. Thank you for taking the time to create & share your video on UA-cam.
Thank you so much for not restomoding this great Buick Roadmaster! Your dedication is monumental…as was your investment in time and dollars.
Noice!!! Loved all that chromed out dashboard! As a kid I sat in my father's Buick and just gawked at that dash for hours. Then I discovered the cigarette lighter,.......dad was not happy..lol R.I.P. Dad....
The "rope"across the back of the front seat is to hang blankets on and is a holdover from when heaters were sketchy or nonexistent.
Heaters were fine by the 30s, The rope is for all the kiddies in the back to hold on to especially around corners. Remember, no seat belts.
@@reglook1 nope. Try again.
@@styldsteel1 what? You some kinna authority???
@@reglook1 it's called being educated Sam.
@@styldsteel1 Your education is lacking you never offerd an answer to the rope.
Absolutely gorgeous car
My dad had a 58 Super. Loved that car. I remember you started it by pushing the gas pedal to the floor. It also had cloth interior but it had very narrow stripes in it.
Breath taking
Unbelievably beautiful! What a labor of love! Absolutely love the car and your personal story makes it so much better! What an American treasure, the car and your dedication as well! 👍👏
beautiful. I think the entire '58 GM line is in a class by itself, and this one is at the top of the heap. Senior Buick with same body as senior Olds and Cadillac. I own a '58 Fleetwood, and it's the same roof, and even makes the same squeak when opening the hood! spectacular effort in restoring this 'ol girl...thx for showing.
I think the 58 Fleetwood might rival the 58 Buick for chrome.
“Body By Fisher” had done its best for all GM brands for ‘58, which is the 50th anniversary of the corporation😊👍
Cars did have different sounds. Mercedes was most obvious but the whole GM line was very similar in basic structural design.
The belt on the back of the seat is a holdover to Old Coach working days that would hold a blanket that would go across the knees of the people in the backseat
Looks gorgeous in white.
IT'S A WORK OF ART!! Thanks for sharing.
I am fortunate. Also, I am old, I rode in my 1958 2dr hardtop when it was new. My aunt and uncle bought it in Flint Michigan where it was made. They put 4700 (47 hundred) miles on it and uncle saw the 1959 and had to have a bright red 59 convertible. So my mom bought the car in 1959 and decided it was too big due to a couple parking near disasters!! It got parked in the back of my dad's service station and a couple sheets put over it. Once a year dad would start it, drive it maybe a mile away and a mile back and park it. In 1964 it was given to me as a birthday present. I still have it and it now has 11,872 miles on it. The rear seat still has the plastic covering over it. The air cleaner on my car is different from yours, it is called the "batwing" type, has two inlets and is the same as what Oldsmobile and Cadillac used. It runs and drives great, never been in the rain that I am aware of. Dark blue body, light blue top and a blue and blue interior. Built to last back then.
Wow! That’s awesome do you have any pictures? Is it a roadmaster?
I sat here with a stupid grin across my face for every minute of this fantastic video. Thank you! A wonderful car from a positive and confident time that won't be seen again any time soon.
Ever...
NICE, Dad had a 58 Roadmaster convertible, all white with blacktop..
I learned to drive in a '58 Buick Special. White with a brown top (top was painted because owner didn't like a solid white car back then). I loved that car even though it wasn't "cool" by the teen standards of the day. To this day the '58 Buick is my favorite of all the cars ever built.
Absolutely gorgeous. What a work of American automotive art. The interior dash is museum quality. Good deal on your steering wheel re-cast. A/C? Yes please. Nice kleenex box. This is a beast of a beauty. Thanks for sharing your fix.
I drove many miles in one of these. It was a very pretty light turquois paint andmatching interior.
I can see why Chrysler products were popular in 1958. This car is extravagant and was cleaned up for 59, possibly in response to the forward look from the Chrysler stable.
The first '58 Buick I saw, and it sticks with me, was Champaign color and belonged to the owner of the apartment buildings across from my house in Chicago.
All the GM full size cars were very unique, one year only designs in 1958. Too bad the country was in a recession that year which greatly reduced the numbers produced. That’s a good thing if one is a collector… as the rarer the better. This is the best example of a ‘58 Roadmaster restoration I’ve ever seen! Thank you for sharing it. 👍👍👍
In 1962 my father had a Buick Special with 3 on the tree. Not too many had stick shift back than.
The beauty, luxury and style of Cadillac at 30% less. I am plain jealous!
WOW UPON WOW!!! JUST AMAZING!!!
Absolutely beautiful . I'm almost speechless, thank you for sharing.
Nice and clean and those Buick doors shut like a bank vaults too. Fabrics courtesy of EMS by chance ? When I was a boy in the mid 50's to about the late 60's MY dad would buy Buicks about every two years too. But having 5 kids and a pocket change job he had to get his Buicks from salvage yards and keep them running until they had to be towed away when the next one arrived to take it's place. I also learned that just because a non radial bias tire was almost bare of tread just how far one could run a tire down to until you absolutely had to have it replaced as most defective tires go bad in their first few months and if the tread goes 1/2 to 3/4 they most likely will go to the threads. Sounds stark to you ? Well, having lived or existed thru the depression era he did what he could to get by and was a good man of solid character.
Gorgeous.❤️😳❤️😍
Outrageously brilliant car, so glad it's preserved and loved so well!
The factory air configuration is exceedingly rate and gratifying to see.
Fantastic! Superlative restoration, and done out of love for your Father. Still a magnificent automobile to this day. Thank You!
Just fantastic!
Over the top, but georgeous IMHO.
Absolutely gorgeous. We had one similar back in early 60's. It was like a house on wheels. Riding 8 deep.
Nothing exceeds like excess!
Magnificent machine. Brilliant renovation.
Thanks for sharing ☺️.
My father bought 1957 Olds 98, I could not take my eyes of all that chrome on the dash board. You are so lucky to have your Dads car, just like it rolled off the show room floor. Enjoy it for sure!
Beautiful 58 ! That is my favorite Buick followed by the 59. One thing to note though, the 57 Buick had the exact same dash as the 58.
My father had 2 of the 1958’s and just like you it was a rough job polishing the grille in them.
Once again just want to tell you it is an absolute beautiful 1958 Buick.
I thought the same thing about the 57 dash. They were about the same but not as much chrome in the 57. The gauges were changed slightly, too. Their denotation was silk screened on the speedometer face in 58 but on the gauge face in 57. Otherwise, the gauges would interchange.
Anyone remember the Perry Mason episode where District Attorney Hamilton Berger shows up at a crime scene in one of these?
Nice restoration-a work of rolling art
It's great to see 4 door cars restored, and this one is beyond perfect. I always loved '58 Buicks, we had an aunt and uncle with a black and white Special 4 door sedan. They traded it in for a '65 LeSabre Custom 4 door sedan.
White is perfect white for the hot tropical sun. Want to relocate it to the US Virgin Islands? Pay the cost of transportation and a storage unit and I’ll have it all washed and ready to fo when you want to do some very scenic short driving trips. An excellent retirement plan, isn’t it?
You only live once. 😄 I’m Rob Kunkel, St. Thomas, ready, willing and able.🌴💐
Kudos, Scott! Your respect for these cars shows in your insistence on originality and dogged attention to detail.
Congratulations, Scott!
👍
A beautiful lady and member of your family. Bravo.
Stunning...my parents had a white super (one under the Roadmaster) in white....gorgeous work of art!
What a beauty! Nice '58 Roadmaster.
Beautiful Roadmaster
From the era when a country's economic confidence was written in steel and *chrome,* lots and lots of chrome. A new Buick every 2 years? The dealer must've been rubbing his hands!
*Love* these pieces of American art- love to look at them and tip my cap to the dedication needed to restore and run them. Thank you.
That interior is a work of art.
Or instead of a blanket, you could use it as a bookmark when stopping for gas on cross country trips.
But back in the 50s the heater was lacking in heating the back seat very well, so a blanket was handy
What a beautiful car, great job, love it.
Superb shape...museum piece. I remember riding in friends' parents' cars back in early 60's where the manufacturer had "Power Brake" boldly displayed on the pedal exactly like that.
Must have cost a fortune to restore. Very rare car and parts are scarce. Thanks for preserving this piece of American history.
totally amazing ... thanks for the video
A cool post. Memory: Christmas, 1957, on my brand new bicycle, the first time I ever saw a new car “in person”, it was a 58 Buick in the neighborhood. I looked at the beauty and seriously asked myself, “how will they ever improve on this styling?” I thought car design could never get better.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Our dad was a salesman so we never had a car too long but he bought a ‘58 Roadmaster and we kept that for ten years. I just took it for granted. It was just a car to me because we kept it until it was done. I think mom got $150 for it.
Absolutely beautiful!
Absoluetly beautiful.........
Congratulations - you must be very pleased with the results of all your efforts (and expense!!). I knew the '58 Buicks were the all time record holder for quantity of chrome but it's still incredible to see just how much they used and the contracts to the '59 models which had hardly any chrome by comparison.
A beautiful car you have there.
I had a '58 Cadillac sedan back in the day and it wasn't nearly this nice. You did a wonderful job on this!
A fellow that lived on a street not far from my home, bought one of these for his wife. It was pink button and had a white roof. Great riding car. I was only 12-13 y/o but I had a great appreciation for the cars of my youth. It didn’t have a needle in the speedometer, it had a red ribbon that came out of the left to the right to indicate the attained speed. And since everything back then, had a break in time,it had a small knob under dash to adjust the speedometer speed. So you couldn’t forget the break in speeds.
OMG! Just gorgeous! Wait……no infotainment screen, no Appleplay, no computer to run everything, runs on gasoline so no waiting for batteries to charge (10-12 hours), before you can continue your trip……things worked well; why would anyone want to change? Don’t fix what ain’t broke!
Beautiful
He's great!
love it so much!
Great. Congratulations.
What a marvelous autombile...as an 11 yr old in 1958, it always blew me away, to see a car which had power windows, power seats, and built in factory installed a/c...especially on anything but a Caddy...They were wondrous, and were the talk and star of the block/neighborhood :)...You must get a million comments from Boomers when out on display...Thanks very much for posting the vid...made my day!
58s had transmission problems in the big series so a lot of them were converted from Flight Pitch Dynaflow with "G" instead of "L" to Variable Pitch Dynaflow, as this car appears to have been. It's impossible to get parts for the Flight Pitch these days. GM offered a kit to do the job back in the day, but now you'd have to find a parts car. Part of the conversion involved changing the steering column and shift quadrant. Big series cars were also noted for braking control arms.
I think it was the 58 Olds that had a removable radio, chrome faced as well.
@@TooLooze It was call a "Transportable Radio" offered by Olds in '57 and '58. It even had a handle.
@@skinnerhound2660 Thanks!
Beautiful automobile. My parents bought a 1950 Roadmaster not long after I was born. I learned to drive in that car. It was not as nice as this one but we made many trips in it and it was very smooth.
Beautiful car. U did well
Nice one. One thing’s for sure.
super
the world needs your kind of dedication
If you have one, be sure to bring it to La Canada Flintridge on a Saturday morning!
I love it! Nice Car👍🚘
I read some of the other comments about the cord across the seat. Long before 1958 Detroit was making no effort to pay homage to old open cars and their need for blankets. This cord was intended for people to store their coats, to keep from having to hold them. People who could afford a Buick also could afford heavy wool coats that became a burden as the car warmed up. As for needing blankets, probably not so much. Car heaters were common by then and worked well. I had a neighbor who had a 1956 Pontiac with rear heater ducts.
I believe you’re correct. I don’t know if all of 58 Buick‘s had a rear heater, which was mounted under the driver seat and blew air to the rear, but Roadmaster’s did for sure.
That's beautiful.
just need the trunk mat for being perfect. In my madness of collecting among other cars, in the 1970's collected 17 1958 Buicks, 3 Limited's (conv, 2HT, 4HT), 3 Roadmasters (conv, 2HT, 4HT), 2 Supers (2HT, 4HT), 5 Century's (conv, 2HT, two 4HT and Caballero), Special (conv, 2HT, 4sed, 4HT Estate). All in near new condition (I owned an auto restoration shop) in my long lifetime have owned over 180 Buicks, more than any other car, currently have two 1963 Electra convertibles, '64 and '65 Riviera Gran Sport, plus IMPERIALS, '57 Plymouth's, Dodge and DeSoto fin cars. My flagship is my '63 Electra with 400,000+ miles in near new condition, the most reliable car I have owned through the 48 lower states, Mexico, Canada, and Alaska and 55 years (bought in '66.) Enjoy your '58.
What a great story, Larry!
Do you still have the 58’s? Any pictures?
@@scottmarshall4840 I just gave my last '58 to my best friend, my Caballero Estate in Warwick blue (also my '53 Roadmaster Estate), cut my collection down to 14 cars. Imperials from '64-65-66 in convert, 2dr ht, 4dr ht, '64-65 Buick Riviera's, 'two '57 Plymouth Belvederes 2ht and convert, '56 DeSoto Fireflite, and two '63 Electra Limited converts, others. I don't have pics of all in my computer, but have the '58 Limited convert and some other '58's. If you send your email address to I'll send pics, I'm going through thousands of my old car pics to add more at present, I had my restoration with detail section over 50 years and owned over 1000 cars in my lifetime, the oldest being a near perfect 1938 Buick Century dual sidemount, rumbleseat convertible in black with red interior and wheels, with tan top, ten years older than me.
What a beautiful automobile !!!!!
Nice Job!
As beautiful as this car is, the true greatness is in how it drives - smooth, quiet, strong. Bet it has a tube type radio ...
Not only is the WonderBar radio a tube radio, it also has a special tube that operates the signal seeking feature.
Beautiful.
My dad had one of these and traded it in for a 1959 Pontiac Star Chief.
love all that chrome on the dash
The 58 Roadmaster was more attractive the Cadillac of that year. I think all the 1958 GM models were the best of the 50s decade. All were tricked out with chrome.
Even the 58 Vette!
@@lisa_houstongir1895 sure, but the Vette was unique from it's inception. I wasn't thinking of them as they were a unique market.
58 was the first year of the Impala with its 6 tail lights. Pontiac was pretty Baroque, also. The the caddies were nearing maximum fin size, too.
@@machtschnell7452 … yes, and the famous “fully finned” Cadillac was next year. Then, early 60s, GM went long, low and lean. Ford followed suit but Chrysler Corp cars did not. The early 60s GM cars were my prettiest, for me. I had a red 61 Chev Impala Convertible, grey/white interior. I never was more eligible but I still couldn’t land a girlfriend. That took a Nash Rambler. Another day. 😊😇 Be blessed, all.
Nice car !
1958 to 1960 were the most garish years from Detroit. 1957 was a fantastic year, and in 1961 cars were sleek and low.
Chrome makes a car.....period!
That's what's missing with new cars even the luxury cars don't have it if you see one with it it's rare or it's a after market add on too bad
Oh Man chrome is my favorite color!
I loved the ride it was a good one
I typically don’t like American cars, but this is amazing! Thank you for sharing your beautiful car with us.