1/7/2025....Beautiful Buick! That car is 4 years older than me. 75 years old in 2025! I'm 71 years old in 2025. My neighbors had one parked in front of their house, in 1977. Same year, model and color. I love that color! When I began my Art career, I was a print maker, and one of my earliest prints was a stylized example of the Iconic Buick "engine ports",....a feature common to old Buicks, for years. They were fake, as they were never open ports. They didn't work and were not venting or cooling the engine, but they "looked" really cool. Its fun to ponder how heavy those cars were, so much steel in their bodywork, compared to today's modern cars. They were almost bullet proof, like army tanks. I hope your's found a new owner, or if it yours, its a "keeper".
Sorry it took me so long to come across this video! In 1985, I bought a 1950 Super Tourback sedan in this color in Oklahoma City. Like your 56R Super Riviera hardtop, it also had a stick shift and not Dynaflow transmission.
Thank you for sharing. It's good to see a car original, unrepainted. We can see that there's no perforation rust. I'd like to imagine it with whatever mechanical repairs necessary to original specifications for safety, and just polish the original paint. The car is a treasure.
Love the awesome sound of your cool Buick. A person can easily start loving old classic cars. They are ALL beautiful individual pieces of art ! I have had about 5 different classics in my lifetime, am now 77, and I enjoyed every one of them and I would gladly take any one of the back.
My father had a '50 Super like this, but the colour was gray. It was in 1953 when he bought it. I was 7 years old. Happy memories 😊 Thanks for this video
Beautiful car...love that killer-looking grill! Reading in the comments, I see the new owner is in Brazil...hope she's loved and looked after there! Cheers from British Columbia, Canada😊
Just ran across the video and hope you got your price for it. Hope who ever got it restored it factory.Yours is one that looked unmolested. Best wishes to you and good luck.
My dad picked one up for a song in 1952 . Every previous owner could not start it LOL . Easy to flood the engine if you were in a hurry on a cold day . We had it years until a drunk t-boned it .Thanks
literally my dream car, sadly they basically don't exist in my country.. and if you do find one is so expensive that you could never afford it awesome car !
So whenever you get your carb freshener up, here's a good way to fine tune her. The first thing you'll wanna do is get her warm. Then, before you even mess with the carb, check and adjust your ignition timing. A lot of people blame drivability issues on the carb that are actually due to improper ignition timing. Use a timing light! You hear guys say "I can set timing by ear" the fact is no they can't. They can maybe get close, but together it spot on, you need a timing light. Once your timing is verified to be correct, then it's time to start playing with the carb. Get yourself a vacuum gauge. It's gonna be your best friend. First you'll plug your gauge into ported vacuum. This will be a source that comes from ABOVE the throttle butterflies. Such as the vacuum advance to the distributor. Or any port that is high up on the carb. This is gonna help you make sure that your butterflies aren't open too far. You wanna see about 1/2 to 3/4 on the gauge. But never over 1. This should result in a warm idle of approximately 550 to 600 RPM. I'm betting if you have a service manual, that's what it's gonna say. Then to adjust the mixture screws, hook your vacuum gauge to direct manifold vacuum, or a port below the butterflies. To establish a baseline, turn em in until they just stop, then turn em out 2-1/2 turns. Then with the engine running, just start turning em in 1/4 turn at a time, alternating between the two, watch the vacuum gauge. Find the setting that gives you the most steady needle. You should be somewhere around 14 on the gauge. But you're more looking for a good stable needle on the guage. At that point, she should be purring like a kitten, and you're done. Make sure to reconnect any vacuum lines you removed to plug your gauge in. And drive er like you stole er!😂
You can still get a "dwell meter" at places like harbor freight, or some auto parts stores. These will generally have a tachometer feature you can use to set the idle as well.
He's really good because he doesn't only tell you how to do your tuning he really kind of gets into the technicals of why you're doing what you're doing
Another thing I'm noticing about your Buick is that because you have a manual transmission you likely also have solid lifters meaning that you might want to run through and adjust your valves. She sounds a little ticky to me
So everyone knows that the starter circuit was built into the carburettor and when it started and the vacuum came up a little piston moved and broke the circuit!
Thanks for the memory, I am 77 years old and my father had also a 50 buick dark green.The engine had a great sound. Do you have any history on the car?, the body looks straight
I believe I discussed it in the video, but sometimes pushing down on the throttle won’t work to crank the vehicle so that is why it requires the jumper. Hope this helps
Where is the windshield wiper control knob. Not shown on the dashboard. Also, I noticed the Dyna-Flow sign on the trunk. This car shown has a 3-speed manual transmission. Why would that Dyna-Flow be on the trunk?
@@rayfridley6649 I don’t see a dyna flow on the trunk. Could be the BUICK EIGHT on the truck where the key hole is. I don’t remember where the wiper control was to be quite honest.
Cool old comfy car. My dad knew a guy who had one and would haul us boys around to the local swimming pool in it as a favor for helping him with his taxes. Years later an old service station had six of these Buicks parked around it and me and my brother asked if they were for sale. The guy replied NO! , now you pin head bastards GET LOST! We did as he asked and and shortly the gas station was bulldozed away to make way for a K Mart. As for the Buicks, my brother was told by his girl friend they were hauled off so their engines could be used in dirt track racers. How she knew that I never found out.
The 1950 Buick grill was a one year model with the stainless waterfall bars or teeth "outside" the front bumper. This proved to be a bad idea as the first thing to dent or outright flattened were those bars as they were just hollow tubes. B 4 1950 and after 1950 the bars were placed "behind" the steel bumper. Made the1950 E Z to spot and know the year though.
Your right about that grill. The 50 had a wider stance. It was not one of the better designs. The 49 had a nice flow, especially the Sedanette. The 50 was the only Production model with the ventiports in the hood. 1950 was not one of Buicks big sellers.
Sorry to hear that. I had two '50 Buicks when i lived in arizona. A 2-door and a 4-door, both fastbacks............both went cheap, i know how you feel.@@jesriproductions
I think you have a vacumn leak. Not a huge one, but a vacumn leak none the less, and it shouldn't crank that slow. Are you using 1 gauge battery cables with molded on clamps? Modern auto parts store 4 and 6 gauge cables are too small, as 6 volt starters draw twice the amps as 12 volt starters, which means thick battery cables are mandatory.
@@DeuceBoyBilly Also, get the correct Group 3 battery. Do NOT try to use a Group 1 battery. Just too small for 8 cylinders, even 6 cylinders. OK for a Jeep or a VW.
@@michaelbenardo5695 that also might be a part of the problem. I got mine from Sweden. Original style battery was replaced by a Red Optima 6 Volt battery. Its about half the size of the original one. Now I know that size does not always matter in some occasions
@@DeuceBoyBilly If your Optima is a replacement for a Group 3, no problem, but if it is a replacement for a Group 1, then it is a problem. It may test fine as far as Cold Cranking amps - for your 248 engine, you want at least 400 amps of it - but will run down to soon if, for example, you are trying to clear a flooded condition. But remember, if you are not using 1 gauge battery cables, no amount of tinkering will fix the problem.
1/7/2025....Beautiful Buick! That car is 4 years older than me. 75 years old in 2025! I'm 71 years old in 2025. My neighbors had one parked in front of their house, in 1977. Same year, model and color. I love that color! When I began my Art career, I was a print maker, and one of my earliest prints was a stylized example of the Iconic Buick "engine ports",....a feature common to old Buicks, for years. They were fake, as they were never open ports. They didn't work and were not venting or cooling the engine, but they "looked" really cool. Its fun to ponder how heavy those cars were, so much steel in their bodywork, compared to today's modern cars. They were almost bullet proof, like army tanks. I hope your's found a new owner, or if it yours, its a "keeper".
Sorry it took me so long to come across this video! In 1985, I bought a 1950 Super Tourback sedan in this color in Oklahoma City. Like your 56R Super Riviera hardtop, it also had a stick shift and not Dynaflow transmission.
Thank you for sharing. It's good to see a car original, unrepainted. We can see that there's no perforation rust. I'd like to imagine it with whatever mechanical repairs necessary to original specifications for safety, and just polish the original paint. The car is a treasure.
Love the awesome sound of your cool Buick. A person can easily start loving old classic cars. They are ALL beautiful individual pieces of art ! I have had about 5 different classics in my lifetime, am now 77, and I enjoyed every one of them and I would gladly take any one of the back.
Que hermoso coche ! Un auténtico sobreviviente! Felicidades al poseedor de esta maravilla.
My father had a '50 Super like this, but the colour was gray. It was in 1953 when he bought it. I was 7 years old. Happy memories 😊 Thanks for this video
Beautiful car...love that killer-looking grill! Reading in the comments, I see the new owner is in Brazil...hope she's loved and looked after there! Cheers from British Columbia, Canada😊
I knew I would recognize this. My Mom had one of these back in the day.
Just ran across the video and hope you got your price for it. Hope who ever got it restored it factory.Yours is one that looked unmolested. Best wishes to you and good luck.
This particular year and model color Buick brings back some very vivid memories for me as a kid.. that I rather not share!!!
Uh oh! That’s not good !
Nice ride just needs a good cleaning inside and out including the engine area thanks
for sharing!! 👍😎
That's a beauty. With a little TLC it will be a great cruiser.
初めまして、私は日本人ですが、アメリカの自動車文化は素晴らしいと思っています。
1963ワーゲンバスを21年間乗っています。アメリカのクラシックカーも大好き💕です。
THANK YOU SO MUCH, SHE IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL CAR. GREAT VIDEO AS WELL. THANKS FOR SHARING. I LEARNED A LOT.
My father always referred to the ‘50 as the “Bucktooth Buick”. I had an uncle that had one in his yard that had been a driver until the late 70’s.
My dad picked one up for a song in 1952 . Every previous owner could not start it LOL . Easy to flood the engine if you were in a hurry on a cold day . We had it years until a drunk t-boned it .Thanks
literally my dream car, sadly they basically don't exist in my country.. and if you do find one is so expensive that you could never afford it
awesome car !
That "Warmer" knob is for the hot water going to the heater. To the left shuts it off.
Heat riser tube was always a problem back then. A little TLC and she will be a great cruiser.
It's very similar to the neighbor's car from the game "Hello Neighbor 2". Even the colors are the same 🤩 I love old cars!!
Sorry you had to sell it, but, it certainly is a GRAND piece of History to have, so cool, I was born in 1951, and, saw many of these grand old cars!!!
Very cool car. It was my first car too, I bought it my sophomore year, so now two years ago. I regret selling it every day
Might wanna turn down the high idle, that's way too high. And maybe adjust the choke a little
I agree on the idel but it's a beautiful Buick, still wish i had my 53 4Dr V8 again
Step on the gas pedal, again! It'll lower the idle 😒the color is Niagara Green / Verde Green(top) 😬
Definitely get the carb rebuilt. She's a beautiful car!! 😊
So whenever you get your carb freshener up, here's a good way to fine tune her. The first thing you'll wanna do is get her warm. Then, before you even mess with the carb, check and adjust your ignition timing. A lot of people blame drivability issues on the carb that are actually due to improper ignition timing. Use a timing light! You hear guys say "I can set timing by ear" the fact is no they can't. They can maybe get close, but together it spot on, you need a timing light. Once your timing is verified to be correct, then it's time to start playing with the carb. Get yourself a vacuum gauge. It's gonna be your best friend. First you'll plug your gauge into ported vacuum. This will be a source that comes from ABOVE the throttle butterflies. Such as the vacuum advance to the distributor. Or any port that is high up on the carb. This is gonna help you make sure that your butterflies aren't open too far. You wanna see about 1/2 to 3/4 on the gauge. But never over 1. This should result in a warm idle of approximately 550 to 600 RPM. I'm betting if you have a service manual, that's what it's gonna say. Then to adjust the mixture screws, hook your vacuum gauge to direct manifold vacuum, or a port below the butterflies. To establish a baseline, turn em in until they just stop, then turn em out 2-1/2 turns. Then with the engine running, just start turning em in 1/4 turn at a time, alternating between the two, watch the vacuum gauge. Find the setting that gives you the most steady needle. You should be somewhere around 14 on the gauge. But you're more looking for a good stable needle on the guage. At that point, she should be purring like a kitten, and you're done. Make sure to reconnect any vacuum lines you removed to plug your gauge in. And drive er like you stole er!😂
You can still get a "dwell meter" at places like harbor freight, or some auto parts stores. These will generally have a tachometer feature you can use to set the idle as well.
There is a guy on TH-cam that does some really great tuning videos. He goes by the name thunderhead289
He's really good because he doesn't only tell you how to do your tuning he really kind of gets into the technicals of why you're doing what you're doing
Another thing I'm noticing about your Buick is that because you have a manual transmission you likely also have solid lifters meaning that you might want to run through and adjust your valves. She sounds a little ticky to me
Marvel mystery oil and Hy-test in a glass mason jar; the ideal way to prime the upper cyclinders for a cold start!
Big old in line eight, side opening hood. We had a new 49
So everyone knows that the starter circuit was built into the carburettor and when it started and the vacuum came up a little piston moved and broke the circuit!
Another thing is these cars ( 1953 ) had a heater core in the dash and one under the front seat and as I remember had about 18 feet of heater hose!
Ahhhh, the good old days when status was determined by how many ash trays you have!😂😂
In 1950 they had turnkey push to start cars? WOW mind blown
Thanks for the memory, I am 77 years old and my father had also a 50 buick dark green.The engine had a great sound. Do you have any history on the car?, the body looks straight
Easy. On rpm. Young man you kill the motor. Damn. It’s cold. Hello. ??
My 50 does the same thing with the starter switch hanging up once in a while thus the patch cord to jump it out if needed.
If you're inside the car pushing the accelerator cranks the car, if under the hood push the throttle to crank. You don't need the jumper wire.
I believe I discussed it in the video, but sometimes pushing down on the throttle won’t work to crank the vehicle so that is why it requires the jumper. Hope this helps
Where is the windshield wiper control knob. Not shown on the dashboard. Also, I noticed the Dyna-Flow sign on the trunk. This car shown has a 3-speed manual transmission. Why would that Dyna-Flow be on the trunk?
@@rayfridley6649 I don’t see a dyna flow on the trunk. Could be the BUICK EIGHT on the truck where the key hole is.
I don’t remember where the wiper control was to be quite honest.
Cool old comfy car. My dad knew a guy who had one and would haul us boys around to the local swimming pool in it as a favor for helping him with his taxes. Years later an old service station had six of these Buicks parked around it and me and my brother asked if they were for sale. The guy replied NO! , now you pin head bastards GET LOST! We did as he asked and and shortly the gas station was bulldozed away to make way for a K Mart. As for the Buicks, my brother was told by his girl friend they were hauled off so their engines could be used in dirt track racers. How she knew that I never found out.
Love these cars 🚗
Lovely, leave it just as it is.
I love classic.
The 1950 Buick grill was a one year model with the stainless waterfall bars or teeth "outside" the front bumper. This proved to be a bad idea as the first thing to dent or outright flattened were those bars as they were just hollow tubes. B 4 1950 and after 1950 the bars were placed "behind" the steel bumper. Made the1950 E Z to spot and know the year though.
Buick claimed that 50 grill wouldn't hook on another bumper in parallel parking, which used to happen
Your right about that grill.
The 50 had a wider stance. It was not one of the better designs. The 49 had a nice flow, especially the Sedanette. The 50 was the only Production model with the ventiports in the hood. 1950 was not one of Buicks big sellers.
very tidy an original looking
Holy crap!! Don't let it idle that fast cold. Fix her up bruh... vac leak.
Dad had one just like it.
We’ll, if you’re trying to blow it up, you’re well on the way, it’s cold , warm it up slowly
Near identical to the one I used to car pool with a college pal, circa, '61, '62
That color on the carb tells you it needs rebuilt and some tuneup is in order them use to have a oil bath cleaner on them
Sold! Wrap it up and ship it to me.
3 years too late ! In Brazil now!
Ha! I figured that. Is it a secret how you got?@@jesriproductions
how much you got, sorry.@@jesriproductions
@@martitinkovich4489 sold it too cheap, that’s all I can say 😃😃
Sorry to hear that. I had two '50 Buicks when i lived in arizona. A 2-door and a 4-door, both fastbacks............both went cheap, i know how you feel.@@jesriproductions
I think you have a vacumn leak. Not a huge one, but a vacumn leak none the less, and it shouldn't crank that slow. Are you using 1 gauge battery cables with molded on clamps? Modern auto parts store 4 and 6 gauge cables are too small, as 6 volt starters draw twice the amps as 12 volt starters, which means thick battery cables are mandatory.
Thanks for the info. I have a 1950 Special which also cranks that slow. Still have to get a few tiny bugs out.
@@DeuceBoyBilly Also, get the correct Group 3 battery. Do NOT try to use a Group 1 battery. Just too small for 8 cylinders, even 6 cylinders. OK for a Jeep or a VW.
@@michaelbenardo5695 that also might be a part of the problem. I got mine from Sweden. Original style battery was replaced by a Red Optima 6 Volt battery. Its about half the size of the original one. Now I know that size does not always matter in some occasions
@@DeuceBoyBilly If your Optima is a replacement for a Group 3, no problem, but if it is a replacement for a Group 1, then it is a problem. It may test fine as far as Cold Cranking amps - for your 248 engine, you want at least 400 amps of it - but will run down to soon if, for example, you are trying to clear a flooded condition. But remember, if you are not using 1 gauge battery cables, no amount of tinkering will fix the problem.
@@DeuceBoyBilly Could we see pictures of the battery and cables?
Bro, your Buick sounds like a wood chipper
Where are these old Buicks located, i had a 53 super V8 in 1975 paid $200 needed shocks and window wipers, love to have another one
How much are you asking
@@clydedahler9542 sold for $11,500 and was shipped from Kansas to Brazil.
That's idling why to high in the beginning, my 89 Toyota is like this but I turn the idle down soon as she turns over
did it sell? how much were you asking for it?
It sold for cheap 3 years ago!
I'm looking at a restored one for $24k just wondering if that's fair. It has a 350./TH350 drive train and complete paint frame off.
@@jesriproductions
Super🤩🥳👍👍👍👍
Put a 1953 nailhead in it.
A great coupe. It needs to be restored and repainted again. And adjust the carburetor. It has increased engine idling
I personally liked it being all original!
I am not sure what the new owner has planned for it though, as they are an automotive restoration company!
A car is only original once.
Why is it screeming its head off? Can't be good for a cod motor.
Is this video yours or did someone share it and if so who's site did it come from just curious
My video of my car that I sold!
do you want to sell it?
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I must get tat car away from you. ASAP. Before you distroy it. Damn
What? No Dynaflow.
Are you selling this car ????
Sorry Jim, it was sold when I posted the video!
@@jesriproductions no problem thanks for replying 😀👍
Dear Friend is she for sale?!
Hello Mark, no. It is now in Brazil with its new owner.
Hi do you sale this car ?
Hi Ramon, the car was sold at the time of posting the video.
I hate these classic killers. Damn it.
It feels like it should have a nuclear reactor instead of a engine=)
Is it for sale?
No it is not. It is with its new owner in Brazil.
She needs exhaust work, a Buick shouldn't be barky like that, it's just not right! Maybe cracked exhaust manifold.
Slow the idle down,way to high
Way to high Idle setting for a cold motor.
BICK..YEP..BICK..THATS NOT HOW TO SPELL BUICK ..THY ONLY THING MISSING IS YOU !! LOL 😆