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I'm 53 and own two 1958 LIMITEDs: model 750 and 756. My first, I've now owned for over 10 years, was a 25th wedding anniversary gift in 1958 to the wife of a furniture company owner in Hickory,NC. She named her new Buick "LANA" after ...

I heard the Air Poise system was standard on LIMITED models only from a discussion with Wayne Meadlin and Gene Reynolds. I have, however, never seen any such literature. Both my LIMITED models had the original air suspension system. Has anyone ever seen a Limited without remnants of Air Poise? I ...

Six months ago I was greeted by a group of uniformed gentlemen who were admiring my 58 Limited in the parking lot of a restaurant in south Alabama. Much to my surprise one man asked it my car had a Flight-Pitch transmission. I suddenly realized they had an unusual amount of Buick knowledge. I told ...

Recently I enjoyed a short ride across a street in Georgia paved in cobblestones. I was riding in the front seat of a 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham featuring its original Buick-type air suspension. Its belt-driven compressor worked simply and quietly. As we drove over different types of streets in ...

I have two 58 Limiteds one of which I drive often. I've had this Riviera sedan for over ten years and after everything I've tried, engine vibrations upon acceleration from a stop are very loud. Both LImiteds have this problem but the closed-cabin model 750 is by far worse. After adding heavy ...

I have converted to an alternator after much difficulty. The system I chose is called a GENER-NATOR which uses your original generator housing to look standard. The workmanship by Don Allen is top quality. To retain the original Buick starting system an additional cut-out switch was added which uses ...

I'm looking for the crossover support beam for a 1958 Flight-Pitch dynaflow, with the shift levers and kick down lever attached.

Thanks,

Tom Helms