I had a haunted 1958 Plymouth in college (1970-72). I was with my dad at 6 when he bought it brand new and I acquired it from my Grandpa. The headlights would go on or off whenever they wanted too. They would never go out in town when it did not matter, just on dark mountain highways. Once they strobed and another time turned on or off whenever I moved. While visiting Grandpa's grave years later I noticed the reason I got the car... he had died! Well to this day I have bulbs blow on me all the time, like when I think they are going to, a split second before they do. There was a street light one block from my house that would go off when I rode my bike under it and back on again as soon as I passed... for many years!!! Well Grandpa and I were buddies and he was quite the prankster, so I just figure he is letting me know it is still on or off.
@@Gr504-l1u No, it had that miserable 2 speed tranny and a winter at 40 deg. below killed it. Love the 318 Poly though and still have one in my '64 Dodge Town Wagon Power Wagon.
They sold the 58 Belvedere locally here in Australia as a 4 door hard top with 318 motor. The right hand drive dash here was a different style to the US version.
Wow! That looks like one a person would see on the 1960 used car lot. Even the interior Chrome somehow escaped the normal bubbling usually seen. Congrats.
She’s beautiful man congratulations. One thing I would consider is rustproofing the hell out of it, and finding or making an inner front fender liner to keep debris from kicking up into the tops of the fender.
She's a real beauty , I'm so jealous 😢 The Plymouth furys from 1957 to 1960 (00==V==00) They were my favourite American cars of all time. I'm so glad she's not red with a white roof.
I’m dating myself here, but as a young lad I vividly remember changing the color of the tail lights on dad’s ‘58 Belvedere convertible which was only a couple of years old, from red to Krylon blue... the discomfort in my rear end was very similar to sitting on the vinyl seat in summer with the top down.
Phenomenal find! What a beautiful '58. I'm a bit surprised though with how many guys want to convert to disc brakes. I've had multiple vehicles over the years with all drums, and never had any issue with their stopping ability.
@@9c1_forwardlook_mark Fair point, and it's your car to do with as you see fit. I guess knowing what I do now about these cars in regards to how much they leaked water into hidden areas, (or not so hidden) mine has been relegated to fair weather use only.
Spectacular back in the day wouldn't have looked twice at a sedan but now digging em, esp the forward look cars...so much more metal than the hardtops and coupes. Jealous. A well adjusted drum is safe...got several with me...just don't ride em going downhill...
I had a Belvedere that looked like this in New Zealand around 78-79. The speedo was very different though, it was a pod that sat on the dash and was a bar graph style. Was this a feature on export models? The transmission buttons were round and it was a 2 speed. It was a right hand drive too. The brakes stopped working at 90 MPH, no power booster on them. Nearly got into serious problems sometimes with this.
youth. I Have a 1960 plymouth 4 door belevedere. Mine isn't that nice but mine is a work in progress. And her name is "AT LAST". Named after etta James song by the same name
@@9c1_forwardlook_mark My great Grandpa Padgett had a plymouth belvedere he bought brand new in 1958 she was Red like Christine she was a four door like yours I don't know what happened to the ol'plymouth after he gave up driving from his strokes this was a few years before I was born They are good old cars your '58 is really a very sharp car a real cherry all original 👍
Holy crap is that nice! It's got to be the nicest one in existence. These cars were especially rust prone so it's even more amazing that you found a rust free one. Did you drive it from Kansas to Florida? The manual steering is the icing on the cake.
Bueno bueno belleza de auto pero automático y V8 eso es como para volverse loco lleva 1pipa de gasolina detrás de ella y si presenta un problema lo tienes que dejarlo botao no se puede remolcar por ser automático ... saludos.👍
She's beautiful. Congratulations. I'm in Australia. I have a factory black 57 4 door I found my Plymouth in Alabama. She's also rust free. And as original as your 58. I'm interested to follow you. Can I ask where did you get carpet?
I suggest that you rethink the disc brake changeover. I don't think you're taking this on the track. The new word now, is if you're going to be driving it as it's intended purpose don't bother with the disc conversion. The benefit is so minimal that it isn't worth the money or ruining a low mileage OEM car. If you were doing a hot-rod, yea go ahead with it, but not for a nice old girl like this that you're going to be driving respectively and sensibly. What will make a huge difference in safety is modern steel belted radial tires. That's the best thing you can do that will make a significant difference. I get my vintage car white wall tires from, Diamond Back. Unlike Coker, they use the most up to date tires that are currently on the shelves. And they have a special method of attaching the white wall that adverts the problems you can have, one of those being, black bleed through. I think their web site is dbtires.com. If not, search, Diamond Back tires, in one of the Carolina's. And good luck with your beautiful new Plymouth Belvedere.
Cars are ment to be driven and this one hasn't seen enough. In 2 weeks of owning it I've put 650 miles on it. And I already had a wheel cylinder go out and kill all the brakes. Making the car safe and daily driverable like all my cars.
@@9c1_forwardlook_mark I should have suggested an upgrade to a dual master cylinder. But certainly, keep a check on things and start out with new brake parts and hoses, after that your drum brakes are completely fine.
