1958 Pontiac Bonneville Convertible Black & Tri-Power Engine Sound My Car Story with Lou Costabile 

Great Car, and back story! Funny to me because my Father caught me by marking the tire with chalk and knew when I took it out for a spin at 13 and ge also gave me the keys with no license and said just take it easy..... we had great times back in the day that most won't ever have again! Thanks Lou for another Great Vehicle with a wonderful story and a trip back to better days!!

NICE !!!! The story about his taking his mothers car for a rip while under age cracked me up. It's a wonder how any of us lived ....

The old Balzekas Chrysler Plymouth dealership on Archer Ave! Stanley, the son of the founder, is still around, although now elderly. I grew up in that neighborhood and the dealership was an anchor for decades on a busy business strip. Huge neon signs on the building and another across the street on the used car lot. Looked spectacular at night. Great car, nice owner and good video. Thanks, Lou!

Another 50's dream machine!! We're so lucky to have enthusiasts keeping these beautiful cars for all of us to enjoy! Thanks Lou.😉

The trim work on this car is outstanding! All perfectly placed and proportional as well. Never run out of pieces to look at. What a beautiful piece of automotive history. Great discovery, Lou!

That car is beautiful nice in black & white sounds goods that horn sounds awesome.

Another winner, Lou! The sound and looks of those late 50's GM V-8 engines is freaking fantastic! Thanks to you and this gentleman, we get to hear and see them!!

Beautiful Pontiac Bonneville.. Timeless machine.

Nothing makes a Saturday morning better than Lou, Coffee and beautiful cars! Have a nice day!

Gorgeous car Lou. I just filmed an injected one, cant get enough 58 anything ha

Hi Les & Lou: Very cool store with the teenager behind the wheel.Hey: I taught Drivers Education in Michigan for over 36 years and there are a lot of stories like Les, going for a joy ride. • A very fine ride 😎 • Cheers from The Detroit & Mackinac Railway 🚂

SWEET ride Lou! The 1958 Bonneville most definitely had the LOOK and STYLE of class! And just sitting still, it looked like it was running an 100 mph. It just looked fast! And it was fast! In 1960 my Dad was shopping for a car to replace that old, green 1950 Plymouth we had. One saturday morning he drives up in a white with red interior, 1960 Pontiac Bonneville Convertible, I fell in love with that car immediately! And I thought he'd bought that car. Only to find out that he hadn't a few minutes later that he was just test driving cars. It was such an upgrade from what we had too that I just knew he was going to buy that one. A little while later he drives up in this UGLY brownish/gold-toned body with a white top, 1960 Pontiac Ventura, hardtop, with a brown interior. I remember thinking to myself, "I hope he doesn't buy that ugly, ole car." He leaves again and is gone for about 2 hrs. Upon his return he comes in the front door and says, "Come see the new car I just bought!" Hoping with all my heart that it was that BEAUTIFUL white Bonneville ... but instead, it was that UGLY ole Ventura he'd brought home before! Needless to say that I was very disappointed. And they drove that UGLY, ole Ventura until 1986 when he replaced it with an blue body - blue interior, with a black vinyl top - 1986 Buick Electra Park Avenue. He passed in 1989 at 62, and my Mother drove that car until she was 89 yrs old. I stopped her from driving it because, she was just too old to be on the road and drive safely. She had a Pacemaker, and was legally blind in one eye. But she kept passing the driving test every two years to get her drivers license? Go figure! But when I found out that she couldn't tell what color the traffic lights were that was it for me. I figured I did everyone a favor by taking her off the streets, lol. I still have that car, as I inherited it in 2018' when she passed away.

With all due respect to the '59 Pontiac, I think this is even better. Really striking! And that dash...wow. Love the deep, wide scoop along the rear quarters!

The back up light doubling up as a fuel door is one of my personal favorite styling touches about this vehicle.

Wow. Another Incredible Pontiac Bonneville Ragtop. These Pontiacs are true treasures! Thanks for sharing Lou. Love it as always! Rudy.

Lou what a beautiful Pontiac! Pontiacs were always my most favorite general motors car. Sad they are no more. Love the rag top and the two tone paint. I like it with out the continental kit better. Of course I am partial to anything 1958 as I was born that year. Thanks for sharing Lou Andi love the owner too a great guy!!

Classy car with a class act owner.

now THAT is classy, i appreciate your videos so much lou, thank you!

What a beautiful car, thanks for sharing Les!

Thanks Lou, you are the luckiest guy to get to see all these wonderful cars up close, great job as always 😁 Greg

Great video, as always, Lou !!! You do such a wonderful, thorough job !!! Les is one heckova Blessed guy, to have such a gorgeous, like brand-new Pontiac like this !

Holy mackerel! That is an mazing car. Thx as always Lou & the owner for sharing. Looks awesome in black.

the entire '58 GM line, long maligned by many, is my favorite, the Bonnie is the epitome. they are everything that you can no longer get...style, bling, size, weight, power. It was the last year for Harley Earl styling, and his team went all out...the most chrome and stainless brightwork on any American car line...Harley believed that that was what Americans wanted. Maybe so, maybe not, but glad we had them! I think the '58's are now ascendant, as people realize what they are. I have a '58 Fleetwood, which is amazing car, loaded with bling and power, but the Bonnie is my favorite '58. thx Les and Lou for showing!

Ohhh Lou you are such a lucky dog to be showing a unique Pontiac as this !!! What a wild car , LOVE IT !! 👍👍

Really enjoyed the show. Love the Pontiac. :-)

One year later, Wide Track Pontiac debuted in 59.

Les, the speed demon.😆👏The “rocket” concave side moldings on the ‘58 Pontiac’s were magnificent.🤗And bucket seats!

Another beautiful vehicle Lou thanks.

Gorgeous., timeless beauty. There still a few of these around when I was a kid growing up in 60's. Didn't see very many convertibles. I'm surprised she doesn't have pwr windows. But the bucket seats sure are neat! Enjoy it in good health Les !👍🏻🇺🇸

What an absolutely beautiful Survivor. My brother lives in Chicago and his birthday is August 17th. Just a cool coincidence. As we are both old car lovers

I love the GM 58's. This is a beautiful example. All the GM brands for 58 share a lot visually to me, yet they are so different too. I guess that what makes them so desireable. 58 was THE year for GM to me. Thanks for the video. I'm loving your videos. Again, the detail with which you film is exellent.

Totally AWESOME!

Bucket seats were virtually unheard of in an American cruiser, so this was a new super-premium feature. Being in the top of the line Bonneville made a statement. Within 5 or 6 years buckets were the rage. Witness the G-T-O's etc. Beautiful car, great video!!

Stunning car Lou!

Beautiful color combination,elegant car! Luxurious!!

Congratulation yo Lou. I miss my old Buick Riviera 1958. But happy for Lou.

I love 1958, anything, especially GMs, with all of their gadgets, styling , well, everything! It's just beautiful! Thanks for bringing us these cool cars! BTW, I subscribed.

Beautiful Thanks for sharing!!👍😁😎

What a cool car. Thanks Lou. 🚗

Love this car. Nice and beautiful. A hit.

As a follow up, Weber 2bbl carbs are not a direct fit on a stock Pontiac manifold. Also the bolt pattern is different from the Rochester 2bbl carbs and an adapter is required. If you look closely there is nothing changed under the hood of the Pontiac. I find it hard to believe he would opt for a much pricer carb change and not up grade anything else. All in all and no matter what is or not is on the car it is a clean survivor and pretty rare. Myself I owned a 58 Pontiac Starchief 2dr coupe that was stick shift.

How sweet is that ride! Gorgeous!

Very, very beautiful car!

The details on the trim is about the fanciest I've ever seen but then that was the hallmark of all the GM top of the line models in 1958. It works well on this sporty Pontiac.

Be still my racing heart! Beautiful!

Beautiful

Thanks Lou all l can it's a beauty thanks for sharing

I love PONTIAC Bonnevilles. I worked for GENERAL MOTORS South Gate assembly plant, that was closed and tore down but, I got in trouble burning the 455cu off the line to park them. My Dad owned a 59 Bonney and it would cruise at 110mph on wide open freeways. Just loved the PONTIAC BONNEVILLE POWERFUL CAR and comfortable in cross country drives. BUY AMERICAN CARS THEY GOT THE MESSAGE TO DOWN SIZE AND BE THE BEST FOR YOUR MONEY.

this is when they made cars. very nice car Lou. I had a 69 2 door Bonneville, 428. these Bonnevilles were great cars👍

Nice guy...great car and his teen story.........Thanks Lou.

My first car was a 58 Pontiac TriPower. Right after I turned 21, I am 75 now.

Always will love Pontiac first car was a Firebird great car thanks for sharing had to move over to Moeur Park want to Pontiac went all way

The engine sounds cool man

Pontiac has always been a cut above Chevrolet , in my opinion . GM made a mistake shutting that division down .

People don't know about Pontiac? I guess that is going to be more and more true as time moves forward.

That's a Bad Bonnie! The four place bucket seats make the interior as unique as the exterior and I like that he has seat belts front and rear. Pontiac only offered buckets on the convertible for '58. The '58 T-Bird had them standard up front, but used a full back seat upholstered to look like buckets like other manufacturers. You always do a fantastic job of focusing on the dashboards. The behind the wheel vantage point is worth tuning in and tha Speed Reminder is cool. Thanks for posting.

Beautiful car!

What a beauty!

Very nice!

thanks Lou purrs like a kitten love the tri power thanks for your service GS out

I love that color black and white I love these old automobiles I loved pontiac

Another great video love your channel. I have never seen one in a convertible. I have only seen one so far in my life and it was a 2 door hardtop and it had the same engine setup except the owner told me that it was converted to the three carburetor system at the dealership when new and not the way from the factory. They must be rare cars.

Great car and video

Lou....That was a Generator we were looking at under the hood instead of an Alternator. I remember when I was a kid if you got stuck in traffic in a vehicle with a Generator and the Engine wasn't idling fast enough for the Generator to charge the Battery completely the Engine would drain it out and eventually the Battery would go dead and leave you stranded. I remember that happened to my Dad's 1955 Pontiac Chieftain with the Straight 8, Illuminated Indian Head Hood Oranament and Power Windows. Yes Power Windows in a 1955 Pontiac. Absolute Luxury. LMAO!

GREAT! A buddy had a Pontiac convertible with bucket seats in the early 60's and I've been trying to figure out what year it was.... now I know. Thanks

Those license plates really threw me off! I was hoping this beauty didn’t have an LS6 under the hood. Good to see it’s done original!

Great car So similar to the '58 impala. Gm . Style. Always pleasing to the eye I personally like this style '58 Pontiac. In 4 door . My uncle had the 4 Dr. Blue ...all trimmed out. ...what a beauty 😊

Thank you Lou. You schoww us the Pontiac Bonneville as the wonderful that it is. Please, I am loocking for an Edsel 1958 .Horacio, (Argentina ).

Love that car 😎👍

That’s one beautiful car♥️💕❤️💕♥️

Really cool.

These were still around when I was a kid growing up in the 60's. Mostly the hardtops as I remember. Beautiful machines nonetheless. 😍👍🏻

Spectacular 😉

Very cool. My Grandparents had a red & white one. I don't know if it had the 3 2-barrel carbs, but it had plenty of power - especially for 1958.

That's one classy convertible, owned by one super classy guy, I'll say!!!!

I love the 1957-58 Bonneville. The fuel injected 57 Bonneville's were the first real performance cars ever made by Pontiac and also one of the fastest cars you could buy in 1957. I love the 58 Tri Power Bonneville's too. I believe they still offered fuel injection in 58 but they are extremely rare because the late 50's fuel injection wasn't very reliable and many injected cars got switched back to carbureted induction

Time for a beer after all that hard work eh.

Beautiful 58 pontiac

Story and great car I love that one as a special place for my me as well my uncle had one exactly the same well near Enough exactly the same

Yet another orphan winner! 👍. So interesting bucket seats. Only downside was so many of these older drop tops didn't have power windows...

cool car!

I have a 1968 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Holiday Coupe and some neighborhood kids were walking by when I was doing some maintenance on it and they asked what kind of car is that. They never heard of Oldsmobile or Cutlass. I told them to find an old car and fix it up and to cherish and preserve some history. They just looked at me like I just escaped from the insane asylum. So much for history.

Weber carbs were an aftermarket set up. From Pontiac, original tri-power was 3-2 bbl Rochester carbs made by General Motors. The center carb was slightly smaller and was the primary carb. The two end carbs were slightly larger and came into use at about three quarter open throttle. This setup was used until 1965 when the center carb was changed to have the same cfm as the end carbs.

Sweet car.

I'm in my 70's and I've never seen a vintage Pontiac with bucket seats. It must be extremely rare! Thanks for showing this car!

In 1961, my Dad test drove a 57 Bonneville convertible offered for sale by a local Dodge dealer (I was along for the ride). Just repainted, looked great. Price, as I recall, was only $1100. On the drive, Dad gave it full throttle a couple of times. I was too young to know the difference, but Dad said, this isn't right. Got back to the dealership and popped the hood. Instead of the fuel injected motor it was supposed to have, there was a lonely two barrel carb (with no air cleaner). He passed.

Been there, done that. But I was 16 years old and I had keys to all the cars. Just remembered I did get caught . Driving a 67 Jag 420 SS . I was doing 95 in a 35. Just so people will not think I'm insane it was still 35 mph but it was quite few miles out of town nothing around you but Grapes. The Officer was kind enough to make it 85 in 35 zone. Otherwise he would have had to take me to Jail. Fine was $25.00. The next ticket was less speed and a much HIGHER fine.

Nice

RARE!

Awesome Bonney Lou! Love these vintage Pontiacs!

If I had to make a top 10 of 50's cars, this would probably be in the top 5.

Lou & Owner: Thanks, a great Video! Interestingly, the Dealership Building looks like the Bledsoe Buick & Pontiac DEALER SERVICE SHOP, in Warsaw IN , where I ordered my 1977 TRANSAM Spec ED IN 1976: also Dad bought at 1952 Buick ( Yellow/Black) from the Bledsoe’s Dad( Building 1952 ,same though updated sometime to this Video look alike, to me), REALLY DEJA VU!!!!!!!!! ANYWAYS, THESE Ponchos were in High demand ( and the OLDSMOBILE Rocket versions) if one could not get 57 FUEL INJ CHEVYS, ETC.... IN MY High School years 1961-65 at Wolf Lake IN , ETC....

Nice, very complete car. The bucket seats are really cool. Personally, I think '50's cars look a whole lot better without the continental kit.

like the new hair bro!!!

Well Lou, All i Have to Say is Les has more..... LOL......... AWESOME CAR... i am a Major Pontiac guy, i had a 73' Grand Prix, a 74' Grand Prix and a 76' Grand Prix, and you don't See any at Car shows in the Detroit area if you do its Rare... Pontiac's Rule..

Beautiful Tuxedo, and you would look stylish stepping out of that in a tuxedo also...

Chief Pontiac of the Ottawa Indians may well have approved .

I believe another nice feature was the trunk light was on a reel and could be pulled out to sit near a flat tire that was changed at night.

That a beautiful Car 58 Cars were like tanks. The body style between the 57 Chevy and the 58 Chervolet. The 58 was like a Tank with a body that big body. They stop making Pontiac's the Catalina was a nice Car. The Bonneville was a super car. The GTO was a sharp Car.

In other models this seat combination was called,2+2 and usually reserved for the sports or super sports line.