Field Find! 1950 Buick Super Riviera Hardtop!

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  • @brianblair8160
    @brianblair8160 6 років тому +2

    Oh boy, what a super special find! A 1950 56R Riviera with the massive bucktooth grill and a rare manual trans! This is definitely worth hanging on to!

    • @coldwarmotors
      @coldwarmotors  6 років тому +1

      Hey, thanks for the note and for checking out the Buick... A real treat to have a hardtop, for sure! Cheers.

  • @daviebaggins
    @daviebaggins 5 років тому +1

    I love the sound of the car being lowered off of the trailer. Like an ancient shipwreck being dragged from its watery grave.

  • @rayt1590
    @rayt1590 6 років тому

    i just love how, no matter what condition the cars are in, those guys always find something positive to say about them. True Gearheads!

  • @dougrobison1156
    @dougrobison1156 6 років тому +2

    Love your Albertian dead pan... you had me going for a minute aboot leaving the Riviera!

  • @philipdecatanzaro1822
    @philipdecatanzaro1822 5 років тому

    I watch this for the 3rd time. Please bring this one back. Such a cool car!

  • @XLordLeamingtonX
    @XLordLeamingtonX 6 років тому +6

    Seeing that thing roll off the trailer was like watching a WWII battleship being launched out of drydock! Hahaha

  • @ustinman8446
    @ustinman8446 6 років тому +40

    You Gotta bring this one back! 1950 straight *8* with a 700 lbs. grill. Outrageous!

    • @edwardalamo2507
      @edwardalamo2507 6 років тому +3

      The cats meow , looks like its haunted

  • @johnweeks538
    @johnweeks538 5 років тому +1

    Glad you got that Buick because now it will be saved and brought back to amazing shape

  • @meangreen7322
    @meangreen7322 Рік тому +2

    Cool Cool adding to the collection 👍absolutely love the 50 Buick styling. It's my favorite of them all. Cheers from Michigan. See you Saturday

  • @Thetrpm7
    @Thetrpm7 5 років тому +5

    Now this is an amazing car/piece of history. Straight 8 buick engines are legendary. If anyone can bring that back to life, its Cold War Motors and the usual gang of suspects. :)

  • @Shane-Singleton
    @Shane-Singleton 6 років тому +1

    That Buick is so complete she deserves the slight structural and sheet metal rebuilds and restoration. straight 8 with a 3-speed column shift. Love it. all of it.

  • @rickgreene4258
    @rickgreene4258 6 років тому +1

    Looking at a car, flashlight in hand at 2pm. Of course! That’s what life is all about.

  • @mendalyoho5273
    @mendalyoho5273 6 років тому

    This is not SOS. Y'all win by miles, or kilometers, or whatever. This is so cool!!!

  • @craigmajoros2607
    @craigmajoros2607 6 років тому

    There's always room for one more.... absolutely ... Great car.

  • @michaelcuff5780
    @michaelcuff5780 5 років тому +1

    I really love the old buiwreck

  • @skipstein744
    @skipstein744 6 років тому +1

    Another classic. Like that front grill

  • @catzepplin
    @catzepplin 5 років тому +1

    This would fill the bill for many videos to come after the Fury gets finished. That rusted away door pillar will be an interesting fix to watch.

  • @markpope5423
    @markpope5423 5 років тому +1

    That car is baaad-ass! Love to see you get it going. That grill looks like it came out of an old monster movie. Fantastic.

  • @70charger13
    @70charger13 6 років тому

    Great addition to the family, imagine it painted jet black, chrome rims, all that trim and body lines, so very cool.

  • @Davidhuggar
    @Davidhuggar 6 років тому

    Please build it and get it running! I love the waterfall grill on this car! So cool!!!!!!!

  • @peterhinsf
    @peterhinsf 6 років тому +8

    I did some research! (Which I love to do.) 1950 Buick Super Riviera. Model 56R, in what looks like Cirrus Green. The first thing I'd like to know is if it still has Buick's (in)famous accelerator-starting feature, which Buick used from the mid-30s through 1960. My understanding of its operation is this: Stepping on the accelerator pedal pivoted a tube near the carb, which caused a steel ball inside to fall to one end of the tube, shorting out contacts to engage the starter. Once the engine was running, a vacuum fitting at the other end of the tube provided suction that drew the steel ball away, and held it there as long as the engine was running. As a fail-safe backup, the starter motor was grounded through the generator; if the generator was producing current, it switched from a negative to a positive ground, further preventing the starter motor from operating if the engine was running. Pressing the accelerator pedal down about 1/3 of the way opened the throttle and engaged the starter, firing these cars up with what was called "the Buick roar." However, many Buicks with this system were later molested with add-on starter buttons that bypassed this system. What that gains in simplicity costs it costs in authenticity. It also removes what today could be a great anti-theft feature. :-)
    Buick pioneered turn signals ("Flash-Way direction signals") in 1939. At first they only operated in the rear; the "BUICK EIGHT" badge on the deck lid was modified with red lenses, the "BUICK" side for the left signal and the "EIGHT" side for the right. In 1940 the front parking lights were wired up as well, so the Flash-Way signals showed both front and rear. That "4 o'clock" steering wheel position for the control lever was the original location. I'd thought that, by 1950, they'd moved it to the present-day 9:00 position, but I guess that came a year or two later. (Chrysler already was using that position for its turn signal lever.)
    While this was not a four-Ventiport Buick (only the Roadmaster enjoyed that privilege for 1950) it was a GM C-Body (luxury sized) car. Add in (as others have noted) torque-tube drive, coil springs in back (no Hotchkiss setup for Buick!), the Fireball Straight-8, and a grille that could consume dawdling, hesitant Priuses like hors d'oeuvres, and you've got a great new addition to the Cold War Motors fleet. Congrats!
    Here's the original brochure:
    www.oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA/Buick/1950_Buick/1950_Buick_Brochure/dirindex.html

  • @kennethmason7159
    @kennethmason7159 5 років тому +1

    hey Scott Kenneth here just now seeing the 50 Buick video wow don't know how I missed that and you can't have too many cars especially with your skill the old Buick is worthy of your skill

  • @MY50CC
    @MY50CC 6 років тому +1

    Excellent video ,Scott ! The way it bounced after coming off of the trailer reminded me of the way these old heavyweights used to glide down the highway back when I was a kid in the late 1950's. I wish I could go back to those days for a visit . In one respect , I do ,when I watch you rebuild these babies. Yours is a wonderful endeavor that preserves important pieces of our history that would otherwise be forgotten and left to decay and disappear. Just love the Ms. Frankers "But there's a big cat right there , can't you see it? " . It is oh so cool that you have Ms. Frankers in all of your videos .You make great videos ,Scott ,with people making great comments. Your work is very much admired and appreciated !!!

  • @michaelheiser861
    @michaelheiser861 6 років тому +1

    i like the sound of it coming off the trailer

  • @waynegouin939
    @waynegouin939 5 років тому +1

    Man this old buick is awsome! When they say lead sled theyre talking about this baby. One of Detroits finest, straight eight! What a find! 1950 Rivvy, fantastic! revved up yooper

  • @jaywon555
    @jaywon555 6 років тому +1

    She's a keeper, something to compliment the mighty Nash.

  • @erikturner8687
    @erikturner8687 6 років тому

    One of the most iconic front ends ever !

  • @markpirateuk
    @markpirateuk 6 років тому +14

    Great old car, looking forward to "WILL IT RUN?"

  • @michaelcuff5780
    @michaelcuff5780 6 років тому

    I drove one of these when i was about 8 yrs old. Im 58 yrs old now. Cool cars!

  • @angussutherland4401
    @angussutherland4401 6 років тому +2

    I really appreciated the Hitchcockian twist at the end. I actually laughed out loud.

  • @joelmccoin9727
    @joelmccoin9727 6 років тому

    I Love that old Buick...so sweet. Another worth while find, I wish I was with you guys, my wife says I am nuts, and if you were around she would see, there are lots of us. She says I should seek professional help, I told her that would just take bucks away from the stuff I need to buy for no reason.

  • @72Disco1998
    @72Disco1998 6 років тому +1

    One of Harley Earl's amazing talent to design.

  • @marvinwilliams3295
    @marvinwilliams3295 5 років тому +1

    This is one of the coolest cars you got

  • @bossdog1480
    @bossdog1480 5 років тому +1

    I used to not particularly care about the early '50's cars but since I've been watching your program they are really growing on me. There was an eccentric pair of old music teachers who used to live in my hometown back in the early '70's. They basically had kept every car they had ever owned in their backyard and an early fivety's Buick straight eight was one of them. They were driving at the time a '59 Impala. They refused all offers of buying their cars. I'm sure that they could have used the money as they were pensioners when I knew them. I used to load their grocerys into the '59 Chev and it had about a quarter inch of dirt on the back seat and a square spot where the grocerys went each fortnight.

  • @debonairecatalina6570
    @debonairecatalina6570 6 років тому +4

    GET THAT SLED RUNNING DUDE!!!!! THAT WOULD MAKE A BADASS PROJECT!!!

  • @jiminycricket2230
    @jiminycricket2230 6 років тому +2

    Nice save and what a cool old girl!! I can't wait to hear it run and take the tour around the yard. Another great video by cold war motors, thanks Scott.

  • @AlanG58
    @AlanG58 5 років тому +3

    As much as I love the Frazer I'd make this Buick a daily driver in a second. Sure motor's stuck, floors aren't really there but what a gorgeous car.

  • @michaelcuff5780
    @michaelcuff5780 6 років тому +1

    This IS my favorite! Cant wait to see it run! Thanks guys!

  • @ron9840
    @ron9840 6 років тому

    What a survivor! So nice, would love to hear that straight 8 running.

  • @MrHeadbanger366
    @MrHeadbanger366 6 років тому

    I can imagine a bunch of gangsters riding around in that beast.

  • @havnofear2764
    @havnofear2764 6 років тому

    Scott , you have a beauty there ......floors are shot .......worth saving for sure

  • @snoopu2601
    @snoopu2601 5 років тому

    One of my favorite car's the 1950 Buick

  • @ScottHenion
    @ScottHenion 6 років тому +18

    Regardless of the styling or how many cars you have, you NEED a straight-8 daily driver!
    Looking forward to the will-it-run episode.

  • @waltschannel7465
    @waltschannel7465 6 років тому

    That Riv is unbelievable!! Great video as always.

  • @joshfear6038
    @joshfear6038 6 років тому +1

    What a great find! I’m going to be waiting for the “ Will it Run” episode on this one.

  • @robinmackenzie7935
    @robinmackenzie7935 6 років тому

    What a great find ! Looked amazing in the dark and even more so in the light of day ! I really enjoy seeing all your collection not many like that this side of the Pond !

  • @KEVRPH
    @KEVRPH 6 років тому

    What a beauty! You had me laughing out loud when you joked about not getting the car!

  • @marshalldillion2835
    @marshalldillion2835 5 років тому +1

    What a beautiful car

  • @erwinpierce1136
    @erwinpierce1136 6 років тому

    Great old Buick , waiting for the Will it Run episode , i bet she will sound great as she looks . Thanks for saving her .

  • @steveo3002
    @steveo3002 5 років тому +2

    hah was feeling all WTF when you said you left it lol....that thing is awesome

  • @nzsaltflatsracer8054
    @nzsaltflatsracer8054 6 років тому

    50 Riviera's are the coolest. You had me with the "I left it there" thing! I'm like 100 other people...Hang on I'm hookin up the trailer!!

  • @rtchrg440
    @rtchrg440 6 років тому

    Super cool - love 1950s Buicks, especially the grill. Great find!

  • @rdsledge
    @rdsledge 6 років тому +1

    The Buick is a fine addition to the fleet! I will look forward to future videos! Thank you and Frankers so much.

  • @tonino5113
    @tonino5113 6 років тому +12

    a simple but sincere thank you, for sharing video.

  • @derrickrees8895
    @derrickrees8895 6 років тому +6

    PLEASE get this one back on the road ! It's an amazing looking old survivor with the kind of wonderful trim detail and unique period Look that we'll never see again ...and that easy bounce is just showing you that Buick's 'Boulevard Ride' is still working as it should !

  • @robertkollasch2473
    @robertkollasch2473 6 років тому

    This car is so awesome.... The 50 Buick is a dream car of mine.. NICE find

  • @DeadReckon
    @DeadReckon 6 років тому +2

    Your yard looks like a used car lot of the apocalypse. It's great!

  • @beatglauser9444
    @beatglauser9444 6 років тому

    What a great classic Buick! Being a fan of classic fullsize cars of the golden aera, let us say from 1940 to the late Sixties, I get really exited and I cannot help but grinning all over my face.Specially the pre 55 cars are still kind of underrated. Never ever cars were built as solid and reliable as during this period. Although i must admit that seeing finned monsters of the later Fifties make my heartbeat speed up even more!Thanks for sharing this wonderful find with all of us! Cannot wait for your next update!

  • @kellyfinney7381
    @kellyfinney7381 6 років тому +10

    Night videos leaves so much to the imagination...
    Loving it!
    OMG be careful!
    Look at those tail lights, they look like ancient Christmas candy YES but those seats, where’s the fabric?
    No shocks AHHHHHH!
    50 Buick, Thumbs WAY up!!!!
    POST SCRIPT:
    No split windshield is so cool for a 1950!
    Love this car!!!

  • @donlahey1734
    @donlahey1734 6 років тому +6

    That grill is wicked!!!

  • @pappabob29
    @pappabob29 6 років тому +10

    Yep!! Harley Earl at his finest. Anxious to hear that old straight eight start up and purr. Those old Buick radio's sounded pretty good. I swapped one of them into a 48 Ford Construction pickup my dad used to drive back in the late 50's. Sounded pretty good with just its internal speaker. This will probably be a pretty nice to drive car with the eight and the stick. Let's see how a pro fixes that floor and rocker/post.

  • @timstimpson5476
    @timstimpson5476 6 років тому +1

    I love this car

  • @jakespeed63
    @jakespeed63 6 років тому

    Pops would definitely have given this one TWO thumbs up. He was a Buick-Man through and through, although garden variety 4 door models. Once again, God Bless you fellas, for saving these heaps, from the crusher. This one truly deserves a sympathetic restoration and to be back on the road.. Can't wait to hear that straight 8 purr. Video editing seemed to get kind of messed up this time around. No worries, I'll keep tuning in.

  • @mikegoodman4133
    @mikegoodman4133 6 років тому +4

    The tune she was strumming on the winch cable as you were letting her down from the trailer sort of reminded me of your intro music. Looks like she just rolled out of looney toons. Didn't "want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon graveyard" so she came to Cold War Motors. I think you should call her Betty. Wonderful.

  • @mowler8042
    @mowler8042 6 років тому

    The front end looks insane

  • @rond5661
    @rond5661 6 років тому

    Love this old Buick, one of the coolest that I have seen you bring home. Hope you fix this one up, it will be very cool to see it on the road again.

  • @S4G3ANDP1N3
    @S4G3ANDP1N3 6 років тому +40

    Hah! you almost threw me for a loop when you said you didn't take it! I always look forward to seeing what you've found next. This Buick, along with that '60 Fury seems like a car that deserves to be put back on the road for how well (most) of it has survived, original paint and all. That grille though with that rust is some next level Jeepers Creepers type stuff, can you image seeing that thing coming for you late night on an empty road, 6V headlights and all? damn.
    Cheers from BC!

    • @jeffryblackmon4846
      @jeffryblackmon4846 6 років тому

      I was temporarily disappointed as well! That's a nice "front row" addition, a Frankers-approved car.

    • @manfredschmalbach9023
      @manfredschmalbach9023 6 років тому +1

      The sqid's catchin' up QUICK .... !!!

  • @trevillyan5515
    @trevillyan5515 6 років тому

    That car has a lot of character

  • @michaelreece458
    @michaelreece458 4 роки тому +1

    Excellent once again sir.....your cars are more interesting and enjoyable than Jay Leno's collection!

  • @jasoncloutier4182
    @jasoncloutier4182 6 років тому +2

    Very cool. Love your collection of cars.

  • @paulz250
    @paulz250 6 років тому

    I'd love to watch you bring this beauty back to life and get an MOT , It. deserves to be driven and enjoyed 😎😎😎😎😎

  • @PorscheRacer14
    @PorscheRacer14 6 років тому +5

    That is one wild looking car with a sweet straight 8! Can't wait to see more of it :D

  • @richardrickmason6456
    @richardrickmason6456 6 років тому

    What an awesome find, you've gotta get that up & running

  • @princessHeidi
    @princessHeidi 6 років тому +14

    That is a gorgeous car ... you again have done so well ... but please fix and drive 😁😁😁😞

    • @edwardalamo2507
      @edwardalamo2507 6 років тому +2

      50's when men were men and ladies were ladies

  • @moparcasey3135
    @moparcasey3135 6 років тому

    That a cool one for sure! It needs to be a runner!!

  • @VintageTexas59
    @VintageTexas59 6 років тому +4

    What a sweet find and such good condition, a little bit floor pieces, fix up the interior & fresh gas.
    Congratulations !

  • @arbalt
    @arbalt 6 років тому

    What a beautiful car, please bring it back to life :-)

  • @beealzebub4338
    @beealzebub4338 6 років тому +1

    This is a dream car. Straight Eight and that killer grill. back in the late fifties and early sixties (and beyond) they used to use GM straight eights in fuel dragsters. Talk about a unique sound !! These are tough engines. This has got be restored for the road. You should make a daily driver out of this - please !!!

  • @StevenJeNova
    @StevenJeNova 6 років тому

    Gorgeous! Hope you'll get her running. Would make a nice project.

  • @Jauntyxombie
    @Jauntyxombie 6 років тому

    love those 50s cars hello from Vancouver island

  • @brettsalter3300
    @brettsalter3300 6 років тому

    Wow, for some reason, this is one beauty I especially wish to see you work your magic on. Best of luck!

  • @roosty6
    @roosty6 6 років тому

    Beautiful Buick! That floor is pretty bad but if anybody can fix it, you are the man. I'd love to have one of these just for yard art but driving would be even better. Now you have me wanting one for myself.

  • @michaelcuff5780
    @michaelcuff5780 4 роки тому

    I love the look of this car! This is one of my C.W.M. favorites! The other is the black and white 57 Plymouth Plaza!

  • @NorthRiverTV
    @NorthRiverTV 6 років тому +6

    That grille was always a love it / hate it styling thing, but from the hood on back, that car was gorgeous from any angle. I always liked the 50 & 51 Lincolns just a bit more, but only by a a very small bit. Heartbreaking to see the floor & rockers like that, but still a great addition to the hoard :)

  • @1977jed
    @1977jed 6 років тому +2

    Amazing find! LOVE IT! I have a 49 Buick Roadmaster Riviera....

  • @craignehring
    @craignehring 6 років тому +5

    When I was a kid I would sit out on the steps outside of our home waiting for this one Buick in particular.
    Slightly newer than this one... one could tell because it had round Pseudo vents on the side. This Buick that was the object of my attention had, aside from the wonderful straight eight sound coupled to that dynaflow® transmission... This Buick that graced my neighborhood had BLUE lights fit into the "port holes" or pseudo vents on the side. This was in the days before star wars films, but it might as well been a starship "gurgling" past. That is the sound these straight eights made, somewhere between a outboard motor and no other engine quite like it.
    So glad you got a hold of this rare emerald in the rough... Cheers

    • @MY50CC
      @MY50CC 6 років тому +1

      Hey Craig Nehring , me too. I was fascinated with those "port holes" on each side as well as the stainless and chrome they'd use. I loved those days . My Dad had a red 1954 Pontiac Chieftain that had an amber Indian head on the front of the hood ornament that had a small bulb inside of it that would illuminate when you put the lights on at night . It was a flathead straight eight. Cars from those days sure had personality , didn't they.

    • @craignehring
      @craignehring 6 років тому

      @@MY50CC Oh yes, the Pontiac's we're the only car that had an illuminated hood ornament that I knew of. About once a month our family would drive from Milwaukee to Chicago, the trip back was usually at night so l kept a keen eye out for Pontiac's and if I saw one, I would urge my father to pass it so as to see that cool hood ornament lit up.

    • @4thstooge75
      @4thstooge75 6 років тому +1

      The Buick Dinosaur transmission probably the worst feature of old Buicks. Nice that this one has a 3 speed manual!

  • @SteveTheFordGuy985
    @SteveTheFordGuy985 6 років тому

    I love this car, it is so complete, worth doing a little work to see if she runs.

  • @pjbth
    @pjbth 6 років тому

    Can't wait for the will it run!

  • @timothynewkirk2654
    @timothynewkirk2654 6 років тому

    This car is AMAZING ! I look forward to the "DEAN" reaction! Newk from Kentucky

  • @BruceBoschek
    @BruceBoschek 6 років тому

    I had a friend back in high school in the late 1950s with one just like that, except Dynaslow. Nobody argued with Terry when he aimed for a parking place. What a tank! We had a lot of fun with that car. Hope you can save this one. It does seem to have some "issues."

  • @MrCarGuy
    @MrCarGuy 6 років тому +2

    That is one high quality machine.

  • @mikejohnson5837
    @mikejohnson5837 6 років тому +1

    Despite the issues on the inside this ol Buick is pleasingly a solid ride. The fact that it's a straight 8 only sweetens the deal. They are really great sounding engines and truly hope to see a Will It Run episode soon! And a little Classic Tire is always satisfying as well. Hopefully Frankers will reform from chasing the kitty's so she won't have to be incarcerated anymore. Poor Baby! Hope to see you again real soon. Cheers!

  • @frankdieckman9934
    @frankdieckman9934 6 років тому +2

    Love 50's Buicks, very cool find,

  • @reijerlincoln
    @reijerlincoln 6 років тому

    Very cool. This deserves to be brought back to life.

  • @weaselman24
    @weaselman24 6 років тому +11

    My wife and I bought a 47 with a straight 8 and restored it and used it as our wedding car. Great old tank of a thing. Coach work by Holden for those aussies that lurk on here.

  • @bgdady4269
    @bgdady4269 6 років тому +4

    Love the Buick!! I have a 55 Buick special riviera. Very nice cars 👍🏼👍🏼

  • @lanceadams2136
    @lanceadams2136 6 років тому +3

    You HAVE to put that back on the road !

  • @DanaTheInsane
    @DanaTheInsane 6 років тому +46

    How many cars do you need? ALL OF THEM!

    • @LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC
      @LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC 6 років тому +1

      I'm just "stalking" waiting around for coldwarmotors to go into hardship "sell-mode"....then I'm going to pick up restored bargain basement $ cars. Problem is CWM operates their business in hardship.

    • @JB91710
      @JB91710 6 років тому

      How much Room do you have?

    • @manfredschmalbach9023
      @manfredschmalbach9023 6 років тому

      Nah, not all of 'em, just the unbuffed, hardly cared-for dirty ones who deserve all of a mad'n slightly grumpy beard's love at a time ...

  • @johnnysmile01
    @johnnysmile01 6 років тому

    Man I love this car it’s beautiful

  • @glenbo2464
    @glenbo2464 6 років тому

    Looking forward to the next "My classic tire" about that drivers front bias ply on the Buick ! lol!