1956 Buick roadmaster four-door hardtop Riviera 

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Love dat kine 100% Timeless!!.

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Totally agree =)

That car was unbelievable I wish my light didn’t die. The car interior was incredible. Everything about that car looked brand new, windows had a slight tint. The weird thing was this car wasn’t too tone, but I kinda like how all the stainless contrasted the color it was an epic car in person.

Awesome choices 56 was such a great year for cars. I figured to have three scenarios today. We play cards just about every single night. She’s growing up too fast.

@@What.its.like. You are so right, 56 was just "one of those years". I'm glad you two get to spend time together, those are wonderful times and memories.

First of all, I vote for the 56 Chrysler. I chose the Chrysler because at the time Chrysler was known for their superior engineering, and introducing new ideas and features that were industry firsts that would go on to become industry standards. From the late teens to the mid-60s, my family only drove cars from the Chrysler Corporation. My second choice would be the 56 Mercury Monterey and Montclair. The Mercury was a design icon of the 1950s. I do like the 56 Buick Roadmaster. A huge car that was luxurious and comfortable. When I was a little kid in the early 60s, our neighbors that lived across the street had a gray and white 2 door hardtop Buick Roadmaster. (I always thought that was a great name for a car. Our neighbors would drive that Buick to Las Vegas once a month to gamble. They would praise the Buick for its road manners, it's powerful engine that was great for the open road. They loved the comfortable ride and the it's massive car styling. I remember it being the only car that had it's name and year written on the body. I thought that was rare and very cool. In the mid to late 50s, most GM cars had very creative taillights. Designs that would make you wonder how they came up with some of the weird but stylish looks. If you look closely at any of the 1950s Big Three brands, you can see the detailed and elaborate styling. The attention to the tiniest details resulted in brilliant works of art. The two-tone paint, the miles of chrome trim and custom interiors you can see just how Detroit spent the money in the fit and finish. The mechanics of the cars were pretty much all the same through all the Big Three brands. It was the styling, and the interior creature comforts that met what the buyers wanted, and nobody wanted better gas mileage and better efficiency, they just didn't care about those things because they didn't have to. I have always thought it's unfair to criticize American cars for their poor quality and mileage. They didn't build cars like the foreign manufacturers because that's not what the American buys wanted. Looking back, I would say most of us Gearheads are glad we have those beautiful machines to look back on with fond memories. That's even more true now based on the dull and boring cars of today. I feel sorry for the kids of today because they won't have fantastic memories about the cars in their past. I hardly think they will have such passionate feelings for cars that look like used bars of soap.

Thank you so much for sharing all of that information. Awesome choices. I’m right there with you people nowadays have no idea what quality feels like most every time I get in a packard from the 30s I get kind of watery eyed because to me that’s a car that you have once you make it. Everything feels great. Really hoping to get the drive a packard this year. I’ve been told that they are the best as far as balance goes. Everything is very balanced. At one point in time I owned a 67 mustang and my brother owned a 2013 mustang and it was cool because both had the same almost the same dashboard. My brother was way faster but in regards to more fun the drive I think mine was because you definitely had to be you were part of the driving experience , there wasn’t any traction control or anything like that. my brother recently told me that he wants to look for a Mustang. We both don’t have Mustang anymore. I sold mine and got married. He sold his and got. It’s a long story. lol

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Thank you so much for sharing all that information and insight greatly appreciate it

You bet thank you so much for watching glad you dig this one =)

Last year I worked at a Classic Car dealership where we had a century four-door hardtop. We didn’t have that car for more than seven days and it was sold. It was so nice I remember Driving it to start it you had to make sure it was in park and then you turn the key on push the gas down and it fired right up. The starter was on the gas pedal.

My Mother had a 57 Roadmaster two door, it was a great car. I don't know why people hate on the Dynaflow transmission, it was amazingly smooth.

I saw this car a couple times ago and really dipped. It wanted to review it but couldn’t get in it the last time it was there. It wasn’t there. They must’ve moved it somewhere. I was so happy to see it next to Studebaker. It was no lie the nicest four-door 56 Buick I’ve ever seen And I just thought it was funny that it wasn’t too tone which seems to be pretty rare

Olds did the green/yellow/red line.

My dad had the same car! Blue and white Century coupe. Loved it!

Thank you so much for sharing your dad’s car with us. We will do a 55 one day. This is the second 56 Buick we have done for the channel the other one was a century four-door hardtop that I got to drive.

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You bet love covering these cars so many details to see in design that never get shown =)

Whoever buys this car is going to love it. I didn’t see anything wrong with it. It was perfect and well optioned and in the advertisement piece on classic automalls website, it won senior at AACA =)

There’s a 63 GP in the pipeline I was on the fence about which one to do tomorrow but I think tomorrow’s episode is going to be 66 charger. I’m actually halfway done with the script.

@@What.its.like. Awesome.

Thank you so much for sharing those memories with us. Really appreciate it.

You bet this car was absolutely epic in person

Awesome choices. Glad you dig this episode. Lots of cool detail in this one. Everything goes great 66 charger tonight.

Awesome thank you so much for sharing that memory with us

Great choices. I totally agree with you as well. This is beautifully proportion, the century ease seem all that proportionately, correct

It was unbelievable in person

Awesome thank you so much for sharing all of that

Awesome happy you dig this episode =)

It was a stellar Buick maybe the owner wanted something different 50s cars are hot now.. classic car market is like the stock market it’s always fluctuating

Thank you so much for sharing that added information. Great choices too =)

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Great choices totally agree

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Those doors were heavy

Thank you glad you dig this channel =) i’m surprised you haven’t gotten up to Classic autumn all beings. It’s only 90 minutes from you. I wish it was only 90 minutes from me. I’d go up there once a week it’s 5 1/2 hours for me one way so it makes quite a long day. lol

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Me too. And yesterday was my birthday. 68!

Happy birthday =) 02chevyguy Charleshamilton9274 I didn’t know you were born in 56

@@What.its.like. Dude, I am old. 😎

@@02chevyguy - Happy (belated) birthday! The only Chevrolet I ever owned was a ‘78 Nova Concours I received when I graduated college. Dependable. After that, I only bought Oldsmobiles until they went out of business. Now, I have a (my third) Lexus RX.

I’m trying to find that fine line between seeing enough and something just don’t need explaining a lot of the newer episodes. I show a bunch of lines of cars and I don’t really say anything. I think it’s a good balance, or at least trying to find a good balance.

Something unique about Buick was that they had their year written right on the car. It was something they did up til 1957, But not sure if they started this trend in '54 or '55.

The ‘59-‘61’s did it for me …

1956 was a stellar year for cars. I figured we could do three. =)

How do you like your 66 Riviera that’s a car that I’ve always loved stylewise very sweet car. If you’re on the Facebook group share a picture of it, I’d be interested to see it.

I wonder what the horsepower is on this car?

​@@02chevyguy225 HP stated in the specs.

@@stephenholland5930 I'll have to rewatch. Thanks.

56 was a stellar year for American cars

Great choices. I would also wonder that after doing this for a little while one starts to ask questions like that. When did they start doing this or when did they start doing that? lol

Sweeet choices thank you so much fir sharing that insight =)

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Great choices Dynaflow is super smooth just not very fast and has decent pick up between 40 and 60 I got to drive one last year. I didn’t see a problem with the transmission but I’ve gotten it a lot in the comment section that transmissions kinda eh

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It was generally called the “Dynaslush” back in the day, but many of us called it the Dynashit transmission. It was a two-speed planetary unit with no provision for automatic shifting, so normally took off in high (D), instead relying on a super-duper 5-element converter (this changed a couple of times over the years) for its gear-reduction/torque-multiplication. It was smooth, and that’s about all. It was a gas-hogging thing, and generally slow unless you pulled it back into low.

Happy you dig the channel Chris Brown =) Thank you so much Clyde for explaining it way better than I could =) I got to drive a 56 century last year with dynaflow 322 v8 was torquey But you almost need another gear. It was really smooth just slow.

I got to drive a century last year it was a sweet car =) What body style and colors was yours

Totally agree =)

Great choices Carl I totally agree. I would rather have this 57 Buick and any 57 Chevy. =) but as far as 57 General Motors goes I think I like the Pontiac the best but don’t hold me to that. I haven’t been in a 57 Cadillac yet or It’s been a long time.

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I think so radio tires on these cars make them handle so much better in a lot of ways but one thing needs to be said about the biased tires they get rid of anything finicky in the suspension. I think this car would be a great candidate for radial tires. The other thing is if you put radios on it, they have a fatter, lower appearance than the tall bias tire does.

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Awesome choices I’ve driven a couple cars with the dynaflow it’s not terrible it’s just not fast

@@What.its.like. A little slow off the line unless you used L. How fast is your Truck, Prius? Hmm? Having owned a 60 Buick Invicta Custom, I can say tis a little slow out of the whole but at a rolling 40-45, left many the friend in the dust.

It wasn’t supposed to say enough at the end. I updated my phone and it seems to want to put things in sentences that I didn’t want in there lol not everything’s not about speed. I’m totally OK with that. The century that I drove last year was a four-door hardtop and it was a really cool car very torquey My truck isn’t fast either per se it will go 80 it does all right for what it is the Prius I race somebody in a Mazda speed three the other day. And beat them my favorite thing to do with that car is the past trucks on the highway specially new F150 because they governed at 75 so even if you’re going 80 they can’t catch up and they absolutely hate it.

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Great insight and information. Thank you so much for catching that on the power seats. This car was loaded. It had a lot of options as well as the aftermarket air-conditioning system. I don’t know if this car had factory air and it went bad so they put a new compressor on it the only reason I say that is because, when getting in the car there was vents like it always had air-conditioning. That was another thing that I forgot to point out that I wish I would have

www.classicautomall.com/vehicles/5542/1956-buick-roadmaster-riviera-4-door-hardtop

=D awesome choices. I’ll give you the address. You show up with a time machine and we’ll go get them together man.

Awesome guess it’s not that song or band

Gerry Rafferty

@@What.its.like. BUMAGE,,,LOL

It’s a super smooth transmission, but don’t expect it to be fast. The engine is very torquey but out of the hole it’s not fast unless you shift it manually. It has decent passing power between the speeds of 40 to 60 mph A lot of times referred to the slusho matic

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Great choices none the less 56 was a great year for cars

Thank you so much for thank correction

One small correction. Century was actually a step below the Super. The Century was the Special body with the RoadMaster drivetrain. The Special used the 264cid v8 while the other series used the 322cid RoadMaster v8. The original banker's hotrod.

It’s after market very tastefully done could pass as stock for someone not familiar with how those units are to look

Haha me two love that song 🎶 love music in general Great choices

The Century had 4 portholes in '56--there was porthole inflation.

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