1958 Chevrolet Bel Air Restoration Video 1 of 12
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- This is the intro video for my most recent project, a 1958 Chevy Bel-Air 4 door hardtop. In the video I describe how I got it, and the plans for the car. Keep checking back for updates!
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the reason the radio takes so long to start is because its a tube type and it has to "warm up"
Oh! Boy that sweet sound of turn signal blinking. Radio sounds sweet.
Man, that is one heck of a find! This car deserves to be brought back to life!
Old tube radio! the tubes have to warm up before it plays that's why there was a delay...also the extra tires and rims were probably for snow tires back in the day the didn't have radial tires.
+fishbone856 Being from Missouri, it is possible!
I'm impressed that the vibrator in the radio wasn't stuck! That's a real plus! A really beautiful car. When I was a teenager we had it's bigger cousin, a '58 Buick Special. It wasn't extremely fast but on the highway it was hard to beat the ride.
I'm not a 4 door guy when it comes to classics, but, this is a cool find. Enjoy.
I had a '58 Pontiac back in the mid '70s. Getting clips to reinstall the chrome trim as quite an ordeal. Hopefully, someone makes them now. Nice car!
One of the best looking Chevys ever built and I never could figure out why Chevy only made that body style one year.
SO glad you ended up with car. It is far too nice and original to modify! Survivor cars are becoming more and more rare and as has been said, they are only original once! Beauty!
I had the same car,a 1958 Bel-Air,4 door hardtop,2 tone green. It was a very beautiful car,when I had it in 1963. It ran very well with its spunky V8.
for god sake keep this one its lovely regards mick from the uk
Nice solid care with V8 and AC! Nice pumas too...
Astounding how well the interior held up!
I know it's before your time, but the tubes in the radio have to warm up to work. Back in the day when you turned your tv on, it would take 15 to 20 seconds before the picture came up. The tubes had to warm up!
awesome find! And great plans, keeping it original with the paint! :)
Very cool! Like Others have said, it's good to see young fellows like you carrying on out old car tradition. Good luck with all your projects.
I notice at 6:00, you had the key on the "on" position. Use the "acc" position to the left of "off" when you want to listen to the radio when the engine is off, otherwise it may harm your ignition system. "On" is only for when the engine is running.
+Marshall Curtis > If you turn the ignition on and the points are closed, they'll burn out.
I normally don't care for 4 doors except for the '58 Chevy. Yours looks very nice. I bought a '63 Pontiac Grand Prix which has 67K miles. It came out of a Pontiac Collection. The owner pssed and the widow sold the collection. I had to fix a valve in the A/C and 2 weeks later, the trans took a dump. Got an adapter and installed a 350th. The motor was rebuilt to GTO specs 3K miles ago
That old tube radio sounded nice and warm when it fired up tho. Audiophiles still love tubes for a reason
Awesome,even as a more door!!! I would upgrade the master also!!!
I dont know if it was mentioned already here but that black primer you see on the fender is original, its not a replacement, gm back in those days the bodies were in red oxide primer and all the parts from the front clip were in black primer from factory before they were painted
badass car original color and everything😀👏🍻
im jealous your 58 is better condition than mine lmao i gotta redo the whole thing basically trunk pans and floors my brakes are cracked lol i got the assembly manual so this up coming summer im taking the whole thing apart maybe drop something bigger but mines a 2 door biscayne had a radio took it out has bel air interior. nice videos i will be looking back to back on yours when i start my tear down as references
Was surprised it had air conditioning from the factory. Have always quite liked the 58 Chevys.
Two spare tires: one for snow and one for summer!
Thanks for a reply Ben I know your having fun with that Chevy theres a lot of other things you could be doing but none as rewarding as working on a 1958 Chevy.I guess now I need to watch the other Video's Keep up the good work.Kenny in WV.
Yes! and dont forget to watch the videos on the 1956 Cadillac as well!
très belle restauration et voiture :) , vivement la suite
heureusement qu'il y a des personnes comme toit qui s'occupe des c'est anciennes ! :)
Fix the rust on the passenger side fender so that it matches the driver side.The floor pan and chassis are very solid and it was never driven North of the mason Dixon line or the road salt would have caused extensive rust damage.Great car and should make an awesome cruiser.
That silver spare wheel is a correct original '58-only wheel. Bumps for the full wheel cover and 4 narrow 1/8" slots. Fairly hard to find these days.
That thing is fucking gorgeous!! Damn I love it !
Cars like this are hard to find and should not be fitted with "upgrades". Keep it as is with maybe a respray. the chrome looks great as does the interior. Drum brakes are fine. You wont be doing 80mph and doing emergency stops in her so not necessary.
look after her you lucky guy. Paul from UK
Fully agree....ruins the historical value of the car. Especially of he's not keeping it.
Ben... the radio in the 58 Chevy...perhaps someone else has mentioned this but exactly as expected, it took a minute for the radio to come on...they were tube radios just like old tv sets..."instant on" came years later!
Amazing Car ....
I would have an ipod in the glove compartment playing 1950s songs through the radio speakers.
We put an I-pod in the glove box of ours and play it through the Retrosound Radio. Plays 60 rock and Motown.
i love old cars!!
very rare factory A/C and in a 4-door hard-top at that .... I've been fixing & restoring cars since 1950 guy and have never seen one on any '58 Chev. Has the early Harrison Freon compressor first seen on early Cads. Car does have the more common PS with the pump on the back of the generator which when it freezes-up, shears-off the back of the armature shaft and it is now junk. Probably has a Turbo-Glide trans which should be changed out and a reliable Power- Glide installed. Nice find.
Power steering that works by the generator center rod...nice.
Eu desconhecia esse modelo da Chevrolet. Uma pessoa da minha família teve um Biscayne 1958, e praticamente é o mesmo carro que vc apresentou no vídeo. Se está escrito o modelo Bel-Air acredito sim.
I'd like to see this in person once you get finished with it!
I just bought the SAME car! JUST DRIVE IT! PATINA is Cool!
you have a great car
My very first car was the same but white with aqua accents. I was 15 and was ecstatic. The car LOOKED flawless - cherry and paid $50 from a dealership. I drove it home (no problems) and parked it in front of our house and ........it never ran again.
I had my sister's expert mechanic boyfriend check it out and he said the compression was shot and there was sawdust in the transmission.
I decided to save my meager wages and replace the engine and transmission but never got that far.
My mother got tired of it sitting in front of the house for three months and, after I flatly refused to get "rid' of it, she put it in neutral, rolled it down the hill and smashed it into a stone retaining wall.
She really LIKED my second car though - a 1960 Black Sunliner convertible with red leather interior and every bell and whistle. She ended up driving it more than me!
my dad said these were the worse chevys at that time, when fairly new you could get them dirt cheap, less than a ford or dodge the same age. all most all of them had bad engines or transmissions
t4705mb6 I would have raised all kinds of hell
Given the age of this car. It is damn good shape!!
Super nice '58. You will have a lot of fun driving it, and it won't need much to be a fun driver. IMO, you really don't need to change to disk brakes. As long as you remember it is not a newer Corvette, and drive it like Chevrolet engineered it, you will have no trouble with safely stopping. The original state of the car is what will be the most fun. I have a number of cars with drum brakes and have no issues, just leave a little more stopping distance. I'm not really a Chevy guy, even though I have an all original 1973 C 10 Cheyene Super that is a great truck and only sees summers, but I have always really liked the '58 Bel Air's and Biscaynes. Great find. Post more videos of the old girl!!
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Wow, this is an oldie! I was going to click off this video as I didn't think it was you! hahaha... You have been getting fed well. ;)
1 of 12... guess I'm binge watching now
Nice :) in sweden we love these old american cars :) i have one myself, i will check all your GM 58 videos :)
We love them down here in TX too!
As Dinah Shore said on The Dinah Shore Chevy Show: "Don't Be Late for 58!" Yes, I am old enough to remember that...
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Dope find!
When I was awfully young My father brought home one of these with the new car smell. It was coral and white. No AC. I thought it was a very cool car.
I had a 58 Biscayne 4 door 1968-70 when I was in college. It was also coral and white. None of us had any money (poor students), and we all drove 50s "beaters". If it died, you just got another one (usually for less than $100). My roommate had a 59 Ford Galaxie that was so bad on gas he called it Captain Pig. At the time, nobody thought to restore those old beasts. Today, they are art on wheels. Nice to see young guys like Ben taking automotive history seriously.
The radio is a Tube type . it has to warm up a moment to get sound . there will be other 58's . Ray in Pa.
RayinPa U.S.A. I wish the one in the caddy worked
Fix that gas filler door and have fun with your friends trying to find where you put the gas in.My brother had a 58 two door when I was young,348 six pack nothing could touch it 13's at the track that was fast in 1964 3speed on the floor.Paid 700 USD for it. Back in the day.He used a 4 speed at the track! Good Rock N Tonight! Old Chevys never die they just get rebuilt.
Very true. They do never die. This one will be on the road for a long long time I think.
In 1970 a friend of mine was working in a gas station and told the owner he needed to buy a used car. The owner told him about a "Little old lady that used her car to go to church and the grocery store". Really. It was that color and had Very low mileage on it. The Original tires still had the little "Hairs" on them from the mold and the cardboard in the truck had never been touched. He got it for cheap and drove it for a long time.
that is a tube type radio.the Transistor did not come out until a few years later.
the tubes have to warm up before it will play but if you notice they have a richer sound to them than the newer radios do.
congrats on such a cool car.what engine does it have? a 235 6 or a 283 or 348 in it?
sweet!
I am curious what you paid for the 58 ... It is amazing to find a car like this in 2013 Glad to see it is in good hands.Cheers
I envy you. One of my favorite cars
Even now years later it has been one of my favorite cars to date.
My grandpa has this series 62 1948 Cadillac that I plan to work on after
college (although I'm just a freshman). The problem is that it's been
sitting since the 80s so it will need a complete redo and I just know
that the transmission will be an expensive pain in the butt.
+MARCHINGBANDtbone it will all be worth it
Hermoso Bel Air cuatro puertas mi sueño
combien de voitures aviez vous restaurer ? parce que j'ai vu deux de vos restauration :)
Good car, good video. They don't all have to be 2doors.
interesting enough, barely any rust on the floor pans amazed to see that since my 64 dodge custom 880's floor pans are gone same thing goes to the trunk.
Vanboneio \ | GTA 5 and other games channel | / That is the difference between cars that are stored inside for decades ad ones that are stored outside.
Yeah when i bought it, it was outside. :/
Still have the bel air?
Do you still have this car it’s pretty nice
I am subscribed me and a whole lot of my friends watch your show but we all agree that taking the Chrome off that 58 would be a huge mistake it's the old Crone that makes the car all the old trim is a matter of fact it needs all of it needs to be put on the cars that's just my opinion and a couple of hundred others
where in the heck did you find this amazing condition car? it looks like its only a couple of years old !!!
and my Biscayne was manufactured in saint Louis
Nice car! I just picked one of these up today. 58 4 door sport sedan with the 348. Mine has a lot more rust since it was stored outside for awhile before being moved into a garage and the drivers door window was left down so unfortunately the interior and floor pans on passenger and drivers side are rusted through and will have to be replaced. The trunk is also pretty bad. But I got the car to turn over today with the ten year old battery that was in it, so I am confident it will start with a new battery. If you don't mind me asking, how much did you spend for this one?
***** original purchase price was $3k
Nice car, I have a 55, 4 door all Orig :) looks as if you live in Frisco or plano? Do you still have that Caddy
Yes I am in Frisco. I do not have the Bel Air anymore, but I still have the Caddy
58 is nice as I seen around here...What's the pricing on those in Texas?...Thanks
I honestly dont know as I have never seen another 4 door hardtop for sale...
man, that car was well taken care of over the years.
congrats for your find, you have reason to be happy.
how many miles?
I talk about the miles in one of the other videos. Maybe nine or ten
yes, I saw that today.......79,900 or so.
Thanks.
I live in missouri
Radio tubes has to warm up
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The radios take a while because they are tube radios, not solid state
Keep the 2 bbl carb if it's working ok. You won't get any better performance around town with a 4 bbl unless you are doing a lot of fast hwy driving and need passing power. Trust me...you will just burn more gas.
Factory or dealer installed air conditioning?
It is factory air. There are two ways you can tell. First it says AC on the firewall tag. Also most aftermarket systems had a huge ugly box installed under the dash, looking like an afterthought. The vents on the dash as you can see look like they belong.
TheCorvetteBen Cool. I drive a '66 Corvair 4 door hardtop which has the Fisher body code and engine suffix indicating factory air. These old A/C Chevys are very rare. Keep in mind that people bought hardtops so they could open all the windows and get convertible-like ventilation, so such cars with factory A/C are RARE! Enjoy your car, it looks like a real beauty :-)
How do you find all these good deals
Antiquetractorsetc Craigslist
+Antiquetractorsetc you can find alot on craigslist i got my hands on a 1954 bel air for 2500 only thing needed was rebuilt starter generator and brakes droped the tank replace the lines brake and gas. still a 6volt never changed it but yea look on craigslist.
Leave it original...that 283 doesn't need a 4 bbl. It will run just fine
Powerglide transmission.
Family car? :-)
My mom and dad had the exact model when I was in high school I drove it all the time, it was white/aqua green, 283/2 barrel carb, duals, glasspacks, 4 speakers, Quadrasonic radio, whitewalls, baby moons, wore the back seat out at the drive ins. Really nice car for a high school kid. It had a turboglide transmission. I kept it perfect, polished it about every 2 weeks, wish I had it now, enjoy yours, I have a 63 1/2 Ranchero now, you can check it out at thatladycarguy-trucktuesday#9 I think you might like it! Dave
How much did you pay for the car
I believe it was $3250. Years ago
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Bonjour tu peux me la vendre merci beaucoup
I hope u don't ruin it with spray can primer like alot of young ppl even old ones that just cover the original color when it still looks nice
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I just don't see why people don't care for these cars anymore! The newer generation cars don't even have wings like these cars do, such a shame to see these cars rusting away in junkyards.
i love em, i even love 4 doors too now, and no i wouldnt consider converting then to 2 door anymore. theyre getting so old and rare, that 4 doors are looking almost as beautiful as 2 doors, and are waay too old to just hack up, especially when theyre as nice shape as this one.
Yeah these cars are just WAY to cool I got a 1964 dodge custom 880 361 cu. big block V8 4 door hardtop. and i did some searching and it looks like cops used these cars for highway patrol! :) here's the picture of the car or what it looks it's the white car at the top
www.curbsideclassic.com/curbside-classics-american/curbside-classic-1963-dodge-custom-880-sedan-the-one-that-got-away/
Vanboneio \ | GTA 5 and other games community channel | / wow, thats a pretty rare cool looking car man. they just dont make em the way they used too. cars used to have elegance and style,but now they are just appliances.
Exactly! but since the auto industry didn't sell many of them. (don't know why) they just cancelled the entire project and started making newer cars with more Tech and low style. And i did more searching and according to the sale's list and factory line-up only 3673 Of these were made! so definitely these are RARE :D
A lot if people bitch and say to destroy all 4 doors. Those are the people who for one, are not real car enthusiasts, and two will be the death of classic cars. 4 doors are still just as badass as a 2 door in my opinion, especially on a belair
BEN???????????? is this actually you???????
Esse veículo chevrolet não é um Bel-Air, e sim, um Chevrolet Biscayne 1958.
It is a Bel-Air, says so on the rear fenders and on the glove box. Look at the video.
Do you still have this car ??? And is it for sale ??? ....
I'm curious I had to sell my car and anything of value to bury my wife and daughter during this pandemic. I need a car ? How much would you sell a car $$$
Sold years and years ago for $11k
@@TheCorvetteBen yeah well that's the kind of luck I have , sitting here all alone and depressed. With no family anymore ... thanks for responding back to me.
Old cars beter