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Thanks for the arrows. Hard to spot otherwise. This photo had to be taken with a high power telephoto lens, as evidenced by the compression (essentially the phenomenon of background elements appearing larger than they actually are – hence the scene becomes “distorted” since those background elements appear closer and larger than they are in real life.).

If you have not already done so, post your query in the Buick section here on the forum. ==> http://forums.aaca.org/forum/10-buick-general/ I am sure you will get a helpful response.

Was thinking myself: "Did they have seat belts in 6V cars?"

The short answer, as already stated, is YES! Some guys have been known to do the restore themselves. There are plenty of YouiTube vids out there on this. I am certain that a google search on automobile steering wheel restoration will yield more info than you care to/can read!

Could it be a vacuum problem?

I like the stance of this Olds.

Goes to show what I (don't) know! Right?

Will someone else answer definitively, hopefully. Shall opine that I would be very surprised if Buick/GM used different sized radios for different models in 19 and 6.4

I do not believe present day one may park were shown in the 50s era photos? Too bad!

If you are willing to broaden your options, I do have a 1962 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 convertible available. ==> http://62olds.atwebpages.com/

Looks like a bug deflector to me. Remember them very well. A popular 50s era aftermarket add-on item. Most were colored (orange) as I recall?

I was a "young whipper snapper" back in fifty & eight. All of GM's 1958 offerings were not viewed kindly at the time. Why? They represented a very radical change from the 55 through 57 models. The earlier ones had straight, clean, crisp lines to them. The 1958 models appeared heavy, bulbous and curvy. Then there was the fact that in 1958 they went berserk with regard to chrome trim. Wherever it could be done chrome trim was installed. The level of public acceptance for 1958 designs is attested to by the fact the body styles were a 1 year only design. I have to admit that a mere 60 years later I do find the 1958 GM offerings to be more appealing than they were at the time.

I have to say, IMHO virtually every continental kit I have seen detracts from the lines of the car. Not so here, it looks pretty good!

Pic #1 has to be circa 1938 and was taken at the Arrow Brook Golf Club: Arrow Brook Club Becomes NYC' s Summer Cit y Hall T H K old Arrow Brook Country Club will house New York City'a city hall this summer, according to a recent announcement by city officials. Negotiations for purchase of the property have been going on for several months, and was decided on because of its proximity to the grounds for the New York World's Fair next year. The building, a three-story wood and stucco structure built nine years ago, stands on a rim of a bluff with a view of the entire fair grounds and Cedar Grove cemetery. An 18-hole golf course adjoining the building will later be graded and added to the World'H Fair parking space. The grounds and golf course occupy 100 acres in area, with a 3,600-foot frontage on the fair grounds. The Mayor's office and a room for the Board of Estimate meetings will be located on the second floor, and the ground floor, which is now chiefly a large locker-room, will be set up as a reserve police precinct. http://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/golfd/article/1938jun40.pdf ==> I have been advised the pictured Buick in Photo #1 is a 1940. That being so, the photo cannot be circa 1938. Duh!

On our block when I was a kid, and even into the early '60s, there were two brothers who lived next to one another who both drove Ford Model A's. One also had a Kaiser. The Kaiser was always garaged, whereas the Model A was always parked on the street. Our house was always nothing but Oldsmobile; from 1948 through 1967.

I agree, but would also point out that, at least in the 1962 Oldsmobile horn button/ring section, I did find some discrepancies. So proceed with caution.

For whatever use it might be, here is Hagerty's opinion as to value on the '49 Series 61 4-door sedan: #2 Excellent$21,400 #3 Good$15,300 #4 Fair$9,500

Andrew, thanks. I sort of suspected such, even though I had never before heard the term.

Could someone please educate me, what is a "Coronado deck"? Tx

As a kid my second car was a turquoise & white '55 Bel Air 2-Door Hardtop with the 265. The powerglide was yanked in favor of a 3-speed manual with a Hurst floor shift. It sported a 59 Chevy Steering wheel, lake plugs, a mean rake and 1955 Pontiac station wagon tail lights. Ah, those were the days!

Is it not true that in terms of sales Ford out sold Chevrolet by a very wide margin? However, today one sees far more 56 Chevys than they do Fords.

Is that a 2-post asymmetric lift bolted to a wooden floor, I see? What size beams comprise the flooring?

I am constantly surprised to learn of the number of cars that have what I call a "rolling ribbon" speedometer; like on the '59 Electra, above. Oldsmobile used it from 1959 through 1962. Oldsmobile called it the "Safety Spectrum" speedometer. At one time I thought it was unique to Oldsmobile. Ah, naïveté! I wonder how accurate they are? I suspect not very.

I see a bunch of Allen Electric equipment and literature on ebay quite regularly.

Eldon, any modern day replacement headlight will be an improvement over the 50 + year old ones. I see someone else has provided a pic of the long, narrow, rectangular CAUTION sticker that goes on the middle of the radiator bracket. I seriously doubt that there would be an oil related decal from the factory in the spot you indicate; though the shape is indeed similar.