About 1957 I bought a '50 Buick hardtop from a used car lot for 75 bucks. It was my first car. I never got it driveable and eventually junked it. It was actually a nice car but I pulled the engine to put a Olds V8 into it. At some point I realized there was no way to hook everything up and I had no money. Fast forward 60+ years and here's it's twin sister just waiting. Think it's too late though.
Very admirable nostalgic project. I hope you figure a way that works for you. Best wishes 1 more car I promise, Rex Winter Dry n windy Lubbock Tx
Many years ago I had a '52 mordor. Built like a sherman tank and that fireball straight eight was bullet proof. I got rear ended by a lady in a '60 Desoto who said she had no brakes. That ol' Buick took out her grill and shoved the rad into the fan........damage to the Buick, a broken tail light and a snapped rubber to carb fuel hose. Looks like you have some work to do on it but a two door hardtop.......cool!
It seems as we get older, we still have the desire but the drive starts to wane. Good Luck, i’m Pulling for ya!!
Saved one of those just a few years ago from setting out in the weather for years. Three speed with the big 8. needed way too much work for this old guy so I sent it on to a younger fella who had the "vision". That old 8 fired right up with a little encouragement and we moved it under it's own power around the yard. Those were great cars! Hope you can see your way thru the project. it certainly looks much better than the one I pulled out of that field.
Cool that you even own it, just to make it run and drive would be more awesome now than it would have back then! I like it!
If you still feel like workin on em and still want to, or have the money to hire it done then there ya go. Ive heard it said that seeing the project done isnt really the goal, It s just having the project that makes it fun. Different strokes? I had a older friend a while back that wanted a old car like he use to have when younger but he wasnt really all that mechanically inclined, even tho he worked on em back then some, It would be more of a restoration now than the general stuff that he did back then to the same car/project so he decided to put his efforts towards the money part and just buy one that was already done, so...? again, Different strokes... So I would say Whatever is the closest thing that you can make work for you Ive been without a old car for about 6 years now but family first, kids school/college their cars etc.etc. life. I want another but just thankful to be getting by and be able to help them get through good, and get through myself with the least amount of worries is also pretty nice too
The first car I drove was Dad's 1950 Buick, but it was a 4dr. One time the neighbor tuned it up and when I got home from school he left the keys with me. I must have 9 or 10 years old because Dad traded it for a '59 Plymouth wagon in 1960. So I was driving it back and forth on the driveway and when I went to put it back in the garage I dented the right front fender. Garage doors were way narrower back then. I didn't say anything and my older sister got blamed for it. As an adult when I finally admitted scraping the fender, Dad and my sister didn't remember. When I turned 16 I abused that poor baby blue Plymouth wagon. They built some tough cars back then. A couple of years later when I got a '57 Chev wagon I broke countless trans and axles.
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