56 boy

hi i am looking for trim for a 56 century 4dr hard top. anyone know where i can score some good, new even better, trim? im looking for all around the car since the person who had my car felt that the time needed to be screwed on.... thanks for the help

hi, so i bought 4 stock wheels from the buick bonery in sac. I went to go get my tired mounted and they said that it would bead. Does anyone know if the 56 wheels are tubeless or not? im pretty sure they are tubeless but not 100%. If they are, can anyone think of why the tires wont bead? let me konw. thanks

Do anyone know where i can get good original wheels (rims) for a 56 century? let me konw. also what other years and make used them? thanks-

hi, does anyone and know where i can get from wheel hubs for a 56 century? all my lugs stripped straight out of my driver side, good thing i wasnt moving fast! anyways. let me know. thanks!

thanks everyone for the reply. tomorrow before class i will play with all those and see what happens. to fill everyone in, i have rebuilt everything, from the frame off to each bolt and nut on the car, including the carb and the distributer. and the the paint question, i get most of my new production- old parts from bobs automobilia in Atascadero Ca. most of there stuff is good and i like it, not to many problems, and since i like 15 min away, and its easy to drive there, if you bring cash they give you a discount and its usually no tax about about 10-15% off there price. cool people, talk to them all the time. there phone number (which is on speed dial on my cell) is : 805-434-2963 and there web site is : www.bobsautomobilia.com. check them out... thanks again everyone

one more question. so i know/heard about the dwell, and i was smart enough to go buy an rpm gage that had a dwell meter on it also, but the thing i dont know how to do is check/adjust the dwell. help?

thanks for the reply. i will try those things. yes i am checking the right #1 plug. also i rebuilt everything and im pretty sure that i did it correctly. ill check everything once more just to be sure. thanks again

so i finally started my 56 century after four and half years rebuilding her. the engine started right up with no major problems. but now im trying to dial her in and the issues start. so i tired to follow the manual and take the steps they say but there is no way i could get the car down to 450rpms! i asked around with some of my hot rod friends and they said get her to about 700 rpms and start from there. so i did that but the car sounds like crap. i tired to check the timing and adjust it to 5 deg like the book said, but once again it sounded bad so i was playing around with the timing and got it to a spot where it sounded better, which was way off the mark. i disconnected to advance and i am pretty sure i have no air leaks. the car is 30 over and i was wondering if anyone has any suggestions or had a simialar problem when they put in a freshly built engine. let me know, anything will help. thanks

hi thanks everyone for responding, what im looking for is the platic over the speedometer with the numbers engraved on the back. also for the plastic that goes over the odometer, temp, and amp gages. they are two seperat peices. the care does not have air and there is no color on them either, i think... ill try to get a picture of them from my gage guy and post them. thanks again. and yes im still looking....

im pretty sure that they are all the same for 56, but if you can find it i will take it! thanks

hi i have a 56 century and i am getting my gages rebuilt. the only problem is that my wonderful gage guy that can make them look bran spankin new cant find a place to get a new face plate. so... i was wondering if anyone knows of a place that makes new platic faces. thanks roei-

sure can i get it, at least i can use it to compare places. thanks

hey does anyone know a good place that rebuilds gage clusters around central calif, paso or san luis obispo area?

hi, i am trying to redo my wiring in my 56 century, and i was wondering if anyone knows a place that sells all the connecters and plugs. if someone can help that would be great. thanks roei- ps. if anyone needs hoods or driver and pass. side doors for a 56 century 4dr hardtop, i have some. i need to get rid of them so make and offer and they prob yours.

bobs does have a bunch of rebuilt stuff. i have bought a couple of parts from them and im sad to say that they were not the "best". the guys at bobs are really cool (met them because i live 20min away) and they have no problem exchanging the parts if they are wrong or defected. but it turns out to be a big hassle. the water pump i bought from them (the first one)for my 56 century was build compleatly wrong and the impeller was compleatly cracked. the second one i got, the impeller was shaft was too long and had to be fixed. so from my experiences, there rebuilt parts are not the best. i would recommend to look for someone else frist before buying rebuild parts from them.

hi, i have three 56 hoods for a century or a special. also i have front two doors for a 4dr hard top. email me if interested at firebuyer7@aol.com. name your price and its yours. roei-

i have two 56 century hoods and a set of front doors for a 4dr hard top. im in california. make an offer.

hi ya, that would work. do you have a door too? also can you email me pics and a price. my email address is firebuyer7@aol.com thanks a bunch

hi im looking for a driver door and a hood for a 56 century 4dr hardtop. if anyone knows of one or has on in california please either reply or email me. thanks. the sooner the better because im on a tight time line. thanks again

i have a 56 century 4dr ht and i am wondering if a driver side glass would fit it if it comes from a 56 super or roadmaster 4dr ht. does anyone konw? thanks

i have a 56 century 4dr ht and i was wondering if the front driver window would fit it if the window is from a 56 special or road master 4dr hard top. does anyone know? thanks

Once again im back on hoping that someone can recommend a body shop for my car. i tired a couple in the bay area but no luck there. so now im looking for some down south. anyone know of names of good body shops in Paso Robles,ca area? i figure there should be some good shops there becuase of all the hot rod shows and meets. so if anyone can name a few, it would be very very helpful. it also works if shops are in san luis obispo, ca area because i go to school there. thanks again for looking and trying to help.

hey thats a bunch. ill try that

I am wondering if anyone one knows and can point me to a good body shop for my 56 century in the greater bay area. (san fransico, san jose, fremont, etc) it would be nice if the body shop does good paint also, but first things first. please help, need to get my car on the road. thank.

hi, i am wondering if anyone knows a good quality place that knows there stuff about body and paint in the bay area ca. if anyone knows of a really good place that they can recommend further then the bay then that is fine too. i dont want to take my baby to some cheep place that would just mess her up. thanks for you time