Tim, does this look OK?

Dave

 

Kinda cool in spite of it being a Chevy....!

tha red one looks way better  than what i started with i likem red

davelacourse wrote:

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Tim, does this look OK?

Dave

 

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 Wondering why there is so much black spray-bomb paint under there.  Covering something up?

Tap all that black stuff gently to see if it sounds like metal or bondo, that rear pumpkin looks a bit lumpy, but that could be the pictures. Frames go bad in the area from in front of the rear axle all the way back to the bumper. 58's have a different frame than the 59-64 x frames and the 58's have a lot of unique one year only stuff.

Look under back seat to check inside of wheel wells and trunk area, all these cars were prone to a leaky back window. Remove the aluminum door sill covers and check floors under whatever carpet you can peak under.

Nice looking car, fairly rare model. The bodies rusted in similar places to the tri 5's, over the headlights, inner and out rockers, etc.

What drivetrain? Take lots of pics, what's the asking price? IMHO, if the body is solid and the drivetrain is good, no driveability issues, worth $10-15,000?

Don

DonSSDD wrote:

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One thing I forgot, what is that welded into the tailpipe passenger side in the first pic? Sensor?

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 spark plug with coil attached....

Thank everyone for your very helpful "what to look out for" - I did go 350 miles round trip today to look at the car. The 58 Bel Air was OK. Paint job had a with nice shine but was a only a 10 footer, interior white tuck and roll looked very good but had a number of small rips/stains, one spot on top of rear fender was dented and (per my trusty magnet) filled with bondo and starting to bubble all round the edges (i.e. rust coming through), most chrome/stainless trim was very good, a few flaws. Car drove OK, steering just OK, not what I would call smooth, trans shifting a little off, motor ran good. All around, an acceptable driver but at first the salesman said thats a reasonable offer and then after talking to the boss they would not meet my price so I did not even have to crawl under the car or pull up any of the interior to check on what you guys pointed out as problem areas. AND, my wife found a 'post-purchase inspection check list' in the back set when we took if for a test drive, that said:

"Under Carriage Issues? RUST NEEDS PAINT" so you guys were spot on!

So, not this car, maybe some other one.

By the way, where is the windshield wiper motor located on the 58's? The car had no wiper blades, just those little bullets over the knurled parts, I looked where the wiper motor is on a 55-57 and there was a trim plate instead, no wiper motor in engine compartment I could see?

Dave

-- Edited by davelacourse on Tuesday 31st of May 2016 06:33:47 PM