1956 Buick Century Part 1 - Will It Run??? - Engine Bad??? - Extremely Well Preserved!! - UNR 171 

That's a real beauty... It'll clean up incredibly well! If you get the chance, BEFORE you change the oil, dump a couple cans of transmission fluid in the engine. Fire it up and just let it idle for a couple of hours.... Then do your oil change. That "tick" is probably just a collapsed lifter, and the little bit of smoking is probably from some stuck rings. The transition fluid should free everything up... Just DON'T REV IT while it's idling with the transmission fluid in the engine. Oh... The clock. Pull it out of the dash, be careful of hitting the dial... But shoot a bit of electrical contact cleaner down the set knob hole. Let it dry out, reinstall it and see if that didn't fix it.... They're usually just gummed up from sitting. Buick went to 12v in 1955. Very reliable, even then. Don't worry about the oil bath air cleaner being a fire hazard... Just make sure you never overfill the thing. Those old oil bath setups are actually the best filtration system anyone could ever want. Oh... And the Dynaflow .. Make sure you service it BY THE BOOK. There are a couple band adjustments to be made every so often... And if you keep it in tolerance and the fluid is clean, it'll run reliably forever. The 1956 version of the Dynaflow was the toughest and most reliable of the whole lot. Cheers!

Wow, this 56 Century is stunning, a car is only original once & this is a real time capsule. All the chrome & glass is good & the body is straight. You got a good one here!!! 👍👍🙂

Great car the 1956 Buick Century, 2 door hardtop, as driven by Broderick Crawford in the TV series ''Highway Patrol'' (1955 - 1958).

I dig that car. Looks like it will be back on the road in no time.

We had a family friend when I was a kid that owned Buicks of this era,a '56 white over red Special four door and a '57 Special two door sedan mostly white with a red lower panel,I loved those cars then and still do today, that's a sweet Century you have there.

Nice ride.buick and Oldsmobile and Pontiac are my favorite brands. The body lines are art

That ‘56 Buick has been very well preserved,interior looks great too.

This was my mother's favorite car. I would love to have one

Classic cars never die

Used to have one when I was 17 in 1967. Memories. Thanks. Mine had a broken trani mount. Engine shifted. Would start in gear and go. Great joke on my friends.

Wow!! What a great find I wouldn't have been surprised if the clock worked lol beautiful my favorite colors on these cars just amazing!

What fun, I wish that I could have been there, I have always had a good time. Getting old cars running again and on the road.🇺🇲🙂 20:51

Great car. Looking forward to follow the work on it. I have a a 56 Century 2 dr Riviera as well.

I know every nut and bolt in this car from front to back. I owned more 56 Buicks than I can count. Not much aroudn these days, especially untouched originals. It seems to be in the hands of people that don't know too much about it. I hope it's a good home. I wish I had found it.

Have you heard of Mortske? He likes those flex-hoses a lot for some reason. ha ha Great car.

Good chanel 👍🏻, greetings from Spain

Just beautiful !

If it backfires through the carburetor with the oil that close in the bath filter you could have a nice fire.

love it

Have you checked an oil level before cranking the engine? Does it have a manual hand start lever, so you could at least try to turn it by hand? No oil check, no coolant check. Very brave man. 😮. Anyways, very nice car😊

I suspect a stuck exhaust valve, a bad cam lobe, a bent pushrod or a bad lifter. Good oil pressure is however a good sign.

Always wanted a 55-57 buick for a restomod...

My father had a 56 the same color only the bottom was white also.

Wow! That 56 Buick brought back a flood of memories, of my dad's 56 Buick back in 1960. What I would give to own that beauty! Are you in the United States, or Canada?

I always thought that the Century had only three ports on the front fenders . The Roadmaster had four . Guess I was wrong .

Great car are you going to make it a daily driver ? Some transmission fluid in the carb may quieten the lifters

I had a 56 super

Bello

Just a question are you going to sale this Buick at anytime let me me know thanks

When did Buick ditch DynaFlow and go to Hydramatic?

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The interior green is great but I'd repaint the exterior as (an original 1950's Buick color) a more or less dark green. I really think it would have set things off with this car to begin with had it been done so from the beginning. Then again, I guess someone wanted that sea-green color. The paint job IS in great condition though.

How much

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322 timing chain likes to go at about 70 to 90,000 They were great cars though!!