'59 Plymouth Forum

Hi Bob,

That is one of the first websites I found on the web. He sure has some great classic cars! And he seems to know a lot about the Pontiac, and fortunately I have a friend who has a 58 Pontiac Starchief in excellent condition. The only problem with his car is that he lost oil pressure last fall due to a sloppy repair job. His engine seized and was rebuilt during the winter, total cost exceded 11.000 euro so far and it still isn't running perfect But he will be a big help for me since he knows the car inside and out. Oh btw he is also a nice GM guy and so is my son Dennis who is the owner of a 1958 Oldsmobile 88. His car is shown on his website www.oldsmobile1958.com

Ron

A short update,

We picked up the car last Wednesday with a trailer and took her home. Then Thursday we tried to get the engine running, first thing to do was replace the battery. After a quick check of all fluids we disconnected the power from the distributor and made the engine turn a bit to get the oil through the engine. Fuel was everywhere because the line was broken just in front of the fuel filter. Replaced the fuel line and decided to start the engine and it started right away and immediately ran beautiful

There are some minor problems that we have to take care of, the exhaust leaks a bit between the manifold and the pipe (no gasket?), the parking brake on the right side doesn't work well, we need an electrical wiper set up and that's about it. When these things are done we can have the car tested and drive it legally. Of course we didn't wait for the test and took her out to the car show last Monday

Yes, the car is ready to drive. And we finally have a decent picture of the whole car.

Oooooooooh, those wide whites.....