Testing the waters and will entertain trades. I'm selling my 1955 Buick. Everything is original except for headlight upgrades. Runs and drives great. Manual steering and brakes. Like new radial tires. Overall, a really good driver quality car. Paint is old and needs to be redone--but looks great from a distance and in pictures. It has two rust spots down low in front of the rear wheels. NO RUST in floors or trunk. Speedometer fuel gauge quit working.
Home made lower patch panels were installed in the front of both rear wheels 20+ years ago. These panels have rusted thru. The car was also painted at that time and needs redone. The paint looks great in pictures and from 10 feet away but up close it is in poor condition. I bought NEW patch panels (paid $500.00 and had to wait 8 months) to properly fix the rusted areas. There is a small bubble in the front rocker on the passenger side. Other than that, there is NO RUST in the car. Floors and trunk are all solid. Even the spare tire hole isn't rusted. The body isn't perfect and has various dings. The chrome isn't perfect either with some pitting and peeling. The tires are Coker Radials and have plenty of tread left. The spare tire is not a Coker Radial but has a matching white wall. The Speedometer went crazy on a trip back from Salina, KS and quite working. And the gas gauge doesn't work. Radio turns on but no sound. It has 2 heaters, one in the dash and one under the seat. The dash heater fan doesn't work but the under seat heater will burn you out of the car. It doesn't have power windows or locks. It has manual brakes and steering. No A/C. I have lots of original paperwork and the original bill of sale. I also have a repair manual that covers this car and a lot of other makes of it's era. I installed an inline fuel pump on a toggle switch to prime the system. The car runs off of the mechanical pump. I got tired of the extended cranking when the car would lose prime from sitting. This saves the battery and wear on the starter.
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