Customs 1956 Buick Century Convertible

I have a couple of 1950’s Cadillacs, one nearly back on the road. I’ve always wanted a mid 50’s big convertible. I had been watching this car up for sale on Facebook for two years. I finally bought it Friday. It has been in storage for 35 years. It started its life in Lubbock Tx. It made its way to Austin where the current owner had it in storage. It has a set of re-chromed bumpers and grill with it. With a fresh battery and poured some gas down the carb and it fired up straight away. It is missing its original electric front seat and has a manual seat installed.
Gets delivered to me on May 3rd.

 

Well that's damn cool!

 

Love it, I've always wanted a convertible from this era as well. And nice to start with a solid Texas car that runs, too.

 

Hard not to dig a convertible

 

I love the 56 Buick.

 

Cool! The massive tail lights and the continental kit are a natural fit on those cars.

 

I had a 54 Special convertible. Loved it. First thing I did was remove the continental kit. Made a huge difference in how it handled.

 

Had a 55. Loved it. Drove like a couch.

 

Continental kits just work with convertibles, I don’t know what it is.

Do you know what kind of shape the transmission is in?

 

I don’t know about the transmission. The owners son remembers riding in it around the neighborhood before it was put into storage. It gets delivered to me Saturday. I’ve already purchased a new gas tank for it as I know he said the old one leaked.

 

Nice and solid floors and trunk.

 

Stripped off all of the trim.

 

Quite cool. What's not to love about a big rag top form the 50's?

 

Nice project car! Solid!

 

Rebuilding the brakes today. I had to remove the seat. Floor pans are perfect. Had some work done in the past.

 

Was a pain getting this out. Mounted under the toe board. Is it a Delco Moraine unit? I replaced all of the wheel cylinders and shoes today as well as rubber lines. The master had a bad reservoir on it so need to find a replacement for that.

 

Was a Delco Moraine unit. I rebuilt it today.

 

Nice progress. I saw this kicking around on Facebook. Glad it went to a good home.

 

Looks solid, I seen this 56 Special pop up on marketplace recently, neat cars

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