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Not one, but two 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air sedans together 

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One of my Canadian subscribers, Martin Beneteau drove his 59 Bel Air four door sedan over, from Windsor, Ontario so we could check each others car out. His Bel Air is a super clean solid Arizona car. A few years back I saw it on the news that was covering the Dream Cruise. I though, wow, what a nice Bel Air sedan. I finally got to see it in person.
Windsor is just across the river from Detroit, so it's not far at all. Canada and the U.S. just removed all covid restrictions, so crossing is much easer now. Next summer I'll do a video of going to Canada, maybe one way through the tunnel, the other over the Ambassador bridge, of course videoing it, to check out some car events in Windsor. I'm sure we..... myself and my viewers.... will see some new cruisers I never have seen or videoed, to video.
No doubt Martin will respond to your comments if you direct the question to him..... so ask away in the comments.
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@Martin48964
@Martin48964 Год назад
Thanks Howard for showcasing my Belair. It was great to see the "girls" together. I've wanted to do this for a few years now but covid got in the way with boarder restrictions. Hoping this is the first of many where we can get together. I had a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon with you. Maybe we could go out to Big Boy for lunch next time. Take care my friend.
@stephenholland5930
@stephenholland5930 Год назад
That's a beautiful car you have, Martin. Is it a 327? Cheers from the UK.
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley Год назад
Yes, I throughly enjoyed the day too. Sounds great, there is a Big Boy not far..... they use to have a really good cruise night there, until covid.
@martinbeneteau309
@martinbeneteau309 Год назад
@@stephenholland5930 thank you. It has a small V8, 283.
@caryd67
@caryd67 9 месяцев назад
Big Boy? As in a Hudson Big Boy?? Man I hope you make a video on my favourite truck ever….
@williamschoemann4209
@williamschoemann4209 Год назад
That was fun. My first car was a beige '59 Bel Air four door sedan. It had the 283 with four barrel, three-speed with overdrive. My Pop bought it for me for my high school graduation '68. He got it inexpensively because it was dented. I picked a bumper from a junk yard, and installed it myself. I had the dents repaired, and the whole thing painted, at Earl Scheib. That was back when the paint job was $29.95. I bought seat covers, and had them installed, at Sears. I was very happy and proud.
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley Год назад
I remember those Earl Scheib paint job's.... and their TV ad's. A friend of my dad had his car painted back in the day. It was a decent paint job too.
@miketaormino6761
@miketaormino6761 Год назад
I love this video ! My great aunt had an identical Bel Air in that bronze color that she bought new and kept until she passed away in the nineties ! It was absolutely a mint original that she had garage kept the entire time she owned it ….. sadly no one really was interested in buying a four door sedan in the nineties …… my grandfather sold the car for $700 dollars ! Thanks for posting this it brought me back to some wonderful memories ….
@nonelost1
@nonelost1 Год назад
For shame! Your great aunt's car in that same condition today would be worth closer to $7000 dollars today. Four door cars are underrated IMO. Just ask anyone who always rides in the back seat.
@winkeemanley1820
@winkeemanley1820 Год назад
My late dad had a 1958 Bel Air. Greetings from Cape Town South Africa.
@xfhghe
@xfhghe 11 месяцев назад
The 1959 bronze Bel Air was my Dad's car and what I grew up with. It had a distinctive sound and I knew when he was driving in.
@bradhoward9055
@bradhoward9055 Год назад
Great to see Martin’s Bel Air and to meet him, what nice gentleman. Thanks for sharing the experience.
@martinbeneteau309
@martinbeneteau309 Год назад
Thanks Brad for the compliments. Howard is a great guy and his car knowledge seems to be endless. I could listen to him all day!
@Gogos05
@Gogos05 Год назад
I would love to know how you installed the carpeting on the lower door panels as my 59 has the same issue you did as the lower door panels are in bad shape, but the upper is is great condition.
@kjchicago1
@kjchicago1 9 месяцев назад
Very Interesting 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air Sedans
@majorpayne5289
@majorpayne5289 Год назад
👍Good stuff H! Beautiful day for the video as well. 2 sweet old rides that are loved, ya can’t beat it. Thx H!
@jamesfox2579
@jamesfox2579 Год назад
Incredibly Beauuutiful Cars!💕
@bobpierce115
@bobpierce115 Год назад
Even though these are Bel Airs midway between the Impala and Biscayne, they seem (to me) to still be closer to the Impala. I love both of them--especially parked together!
@slavagerganov-eh2ve
@slavagerganov-eh2ve 8 месяцев назад
stern of the ship - masterpiece
@portlandon
@portlandon Год назад
Both handsome cars. That copper color looks beautiful.
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley Год назад
The paint just glowed, it looked amazing!
@martinbeneteau309
@martinbeneteau309 Год назад
Thanks Don.
@davidbush5323
@davidbush5323 Год назад
Sisters from another mother love them both ❤️
@martinbeneteau309
@martinbeneteau309 Год назад
David, I chuckled at your comment!
@waynegood9233
@waynegood9233 Год назад
I had a 59 copper colored 2 door Belair sedan V8 3 on the tree in late 1966 and until May 1967 when I went into the Navy and had to sell the car
@mr.classicalmusic5607
@mr.classicalmusic5607 7 месяцев назад
My grandparents had a 1959 gray with a white top and trunk.
@eutimiochavez415
@eutimiochavez415 Месяц назад
Love the cat eyes .
@nerradnosnhoj5122
@nerradnosnhoj5122 6 месяцев назад
Wicked Cars here , thank you for the video
@robfmas
@robfmas Год назад
Two really nice BelAirs. Great cars guys
@hendrikaoneill3191
@hendrikaoneill3191 Год назад
i just love the old Chevys,the 55 is beautyful,but the 59 is still my favourite although I never owned one.
@commandertopgun
@commandertopgun Год назад
Beautiful '59 cars wow, incredibly Stunning
@legrandyaka2013
@legrandyaka2013 Год назад
wow they are beautiful
@rextownsend5101
@rextownsend5101 Год назад
My uncle drove a 59 Biscayne as a company car and then bought it from the company when the fleet was upgraded. I have many happy memories riding in that 59 and I loved the look of the 59 IP.
@roberthastings6270
@roberthastings6270 Год назад
GREAT video showcasing the 2 cars together Howard !
@klonols
@klonols Год назад
Absolutely fantastic Cars. I own my 59 Bel Air for 33 Years now. Love it
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley Год назад
Thats awesome! Are you near Detroit? Martin wants to cruise Woodward with the two 59 Bel Air's this summer. A third 59 would be fun.
@klonols
@klonols Год назад
@@OldCarAlley No, sorry. I live in Germany
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley Год назад
@@klonols Yea that would be a bit of a drive to get here LOL.
@loubrandi
@loubrandi Год назад
Thanks Howard! Great video, great cars. What can I say.....
@IowaClassicCars
@IowaClassicCars Год назад
now those are some nice 59s!
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley Год назад
Yes Martins Bel Air is super nice..... It was a fun days of 59's!
@josephferreira4917
@josephferreira4917 Год назад
This was charming video to watch thanks for the memories.
@daviddeborde2542
@daviddeborde2542 Год назад
Wow, talk about selling a 60s car to buy a 70s small car, my dad sold a 61 Impala and bought a Pinto wagon. Your videos always bring back memories, haha!
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley Год назад
Gas had gone up to a whopping dollar a gallon in the early 80's, so everyone was buying economy cars..... All my friends got rid of their "first car", most were 60's tanks, to get a more economical car.
@dcformee123
@dcformee123 Год назад
My first car was a 1971 Cadillac sedan DeVille 472 engine that was not a gas sipper by no means.
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley Год назад
@@dcformee123 My friend Tom had the same car..... it was a white one..... though his "first car" was a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz convertible. He bought it in 76 for a few hundred dollars. His dad thought he was crazy, with gas prices headed toward a dollar a gallon.... it was maybe 70 cents a gallon in 76. He sold the car in 78 for $700. It's still around. It sold at an auction a few years back for over $150,000...... Tom has always owned and driven Cadillac's as long as I have known him.
@iansaddington6057
@iansaddington6057 Год назад
Good for you both Howard and Martin. So pleased that you got together for this one. The cars are both looking great and I take my hat off you you guys for not only preserving these beauties but more importantly documenting them out in the world to display what “real” cars really are. Thanks again.
@martinbeneteau309
@martinbeneteau309 Год назад
It was a pleasure to be a part of this video. Someone really took care of my car before I bought it. Usual for a 4 door to be in such good shape for never being a frame off restoration.
@paulsheehan5010
@paulsheehan5010 6 месяцев назад
The Bel Air, was also called a Pontiac Laurentian, which wasn't a wide tracking U.S Catalina, Catalina, came std. with a 389 c.i.d, with a three speed manual, or a four speed automatic, three speed in later years.
@josephackeret7911
@josephackeret7911 Год назад
1959 Chevy was the most exotic full size car they ever made.
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley Год назад
Yea, the styling is wild!
@bobwilson758
@bobwilson758 10 месяцев назад
Nice cars gentlemen ! Thanks -
@HoglyStevenson
@HoglyStevenson Год назад
two beauties
@JONMEREDITH
@JONMEREDITH Год назад
Nice video, Howard! I am frothing at the mouth in anticipation of a new project car soon. After watching a plethora of great videos on the Galaxy, I can't hardly wait! I really love your videos. Thank you for hours of entertainment !
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley Год назад
I'v been keeping my eye out..... I did like the 67 Ford wagon, but it needed more work than I wanted to put into it. If I was planing on keeping it, I would have bought it. I did look at a car yesterday.... it will be in a future video. I didn't buy it.... it's not really the type of car I want to work on (1976 Buick Electra 225 Limited two door coupe), but you never know. If it was under $1000 I might have bought it.
@hughmackellar7941
@hughmackellar7941 Год назад
That was neat. You'd enjoy the Bothwell Auto Show. Roughly 1500 cars and trucks show up. Hope to see you there next year.
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley Год назад
I have seen RU-vid videos of that show. I dose look like a good show. I'm not really into entering shows, but do enjoy walking threw them, to see all the cars. I can't make a commitment now, but hopefully can go next year.
@martinbeneteau309
@martinbeneteau309 Год назад
Hugh, were you at Bothwell this year? Boy was it hot! You can't beat the 50/50 draw! Hopefully Howard can make it to the show next year. He and his subscibers would love it. There's so many cars he's going to have to make more than one video!
@bigmountain7561
@bigmountain7561 Год назад
I would love to see a modern mechanic know what a hydrometer is used for. Lol!!!
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley Год назад
They wouldn't have a clue, with the batteries being sealed for decades now. I have several battery hydrometers. I should do a "do you know what this tool is" in some of my videos.
@paulsheehan5010
@paulsheehan5010 6 месяцев назад
Beautiful Car!
@al-mansoural-sharif8576
@al-mansoural-sharif8576 Год назад
Definitely beautiful
@nonelost1
@nonelost1 Год назад
Howard, when you fix your window washer, if you remove your single chamber master cylinder in order to access your window washer, you might want to think about doing what your friend did with his '59, install a dual chamber m/c. It ain't fun to have your brakes go out on you on the freeway, like I did once. Lucky for me I had a dual chamber m/c.
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley Год назад
I just installed a new master cylinder. It been a trouble free single system for 63 years now, because I maintain it and keep an eye on the system, so I doubt I'll ever change it. The parking brake works well as an emergency brake. I have used the parking brake to stop cars I have bought with zero brakes in the past.
@dietersmythe9649
@dietersmythe9649 Год назад
Hi Howard, Martin’s ‘59 was just featured in the recent Hagerty Drivers Club magazine, nice but yours should have been featured!! Just as nice.
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley Год назад
Yes, he stated it would be featured.... I need to check my issue out.
@davids6533
@davids6533 Год назад
Very nice cars! Thanks for posting this video! It brought back some great memories.
@user-jp5di2gu9x
@user-jp5di2gu9x 5 месяцев назад
Красотки !!!
@DCR52
@DCR52 Год назад
Awesome video !! I'm not a fan of fender skirts. Lol
@bobpierce115
@bobpierce115 Год назад
I really hate them too, David. See them on '57 Chevy convertibles and they're hideous. Also the front and rear bumper guards, and dorky fender mirrors. These shitty monstrosities apparently were "official options" offered to really ruin that car's appearance. Uggghk.
@TigerDominic-uh1dv
@TigerDominic-uh1dv Год назад
I'll take the 59 over the 60 any time ❤it
@nicholas790
@nicholas790 Год назад
Well Howard, at least Martin's car doesn't have those dice on the mirror....hint hint! Looks like a perfect padded dash too! How is that even possible? I think you need to get that chrome trim for those "cat eye" tail lights. I must admit they do look nice! One thing you have on Martin is your exhaust, it sounds much better on yours.
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley Год назад
Martin stated he needs new exhaust. He wants to put duels on it. I don't think he had a dash pad.... it was finished correctly in a dull paint so it docent reflect on the windshield in the sun. Mine is original paint, and is a little glossier, due to waxing it over the years. I keep my fuzzy dice just for my dice haters.... lol.... No really I keep them there, as my mom bought them, from K-Mart, and hung them there back when I purchased the car in 1978, so there is no way I will remove them.
@martinbeneteau309
@martinbeneteau309 Год назад
Hey Nicholas you're really pulling Howard's chain about his Dice! Lol. (If you notice I have my little traffic light hanging from my rear view.) You know his Mom gave them to him and he will never take them out. I had to put the bars on the tail lights. They looked empty.
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley Год назад
@@martinbeneteau309 I love my dice haters..... thats one of the two main reasons I leave them hanging from the mirror. A couple friends always threaten to rip them down and throw them out the window too. I tell them my mom will haunt them if they do! lol.
@martinbeneteau309
@martinbeneteau309 Год назад
@@OldCarAlley LOL! I thought you might have a love/ hate relationship with them. Just for the record I like the dice. I remember when I had my '68 Belair I wanted to buy a pair for the rearview mirror but I never got around to it.
@johnskogman5623
@johnskogman5623 9 месяцев назад
Beautiful death traps.
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley 9 месяцев назад
Yes they were built before government regulation making automobiles safer. I plan on installing seat belts in my Bel Air this coming winter.
@davidbush5323
@davidbush5323 Год назад
Ryan from Iowa classic cars would be in his glory if he were with you two .
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley Год назад
Yep.... he's a 59 Chevy nut just like us!
@martinbeneteau309
@martinbeneteau309 Год назад
David, next video Ryan puts out I'm going to make sure he's seen it. I'm subscribed to his channel too.
@davidbush5323
@davidbush5323 Год назад
@@martinbeneteau309 every Wednesday I look forward to see what he's working on next, I'd like to see him work on a 59 el Camino, either they're hard to find or he just doesn't like them.
@martinbeneteau309
@martinbeneteau309 Год назад
@@davidbush5323 Howard looks hard to find just the right project. I'm sure if it ended up being a '59 El Camino he wouldn't hesitate to buy one. After all it is a '59 Chevrolet which is his favorite vehicle.
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley Год назад
@@martinbeneteau309 Years back I was trying to buy a green and white 59 El Camino. It sat in a yard next to a big old farm house. It was in overgrown grass. There was a 46 Ford convertible and a 69 Bonneville convertible sitting in the barn, both solid but dirty and on four flats. He wouldn't sell any of them. They ended up rotting into the ground and being bulldozed in to a pile with the farm house when the property was developed into a subdivision in the early 2000's. The El Camino was in great shape when I was trying to buy it.... in the 80's. It was a six, three on the tree.
@Gogos05
@Gogos05 8 месяцев назад
How did he do the carpeting on the door panels as mine have rotted at the bottom, but the rest in good shape?
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley 8 месяцев назад
That you would have to ask Martin, as I wouldn't have a clue how he did it.
@lt.frankdrebin3317
@lt.frankdrebin3317 Год назад
Gorgeous gorgeous cars! I love that bronze color, but it needs to have original components. I'm more about originality. Too much "stuff that doesn't belong" on that otherwise fantastic car.
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley Год назад
Me too.... but he did save all the original stuff, so it could be put back to original easily.
@wiiambarnarx8485
@wiiambarnarx8485 6 месяцев назад
Why do the tires on these cars look like they are to small for the car? I think someone made a video and answered the question but I dont remember what he said about how the size of the wide body was a little to big for the wheel size or the chassis or something but I dont remember.
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley 6 месяцев назад
I think its the way cars had there tires and wheels tucked into the wheel wells making them look small, unlike todays cars having huge wheel well openings, often with the wheel almost hanging out from them. Both cars have the correct size tires and wheels that the GM factory used.
@paulsheehan5010
@paulsheehan5010 6 месяцев назад
What engines do these Bel Airs have, 283, 348?
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley 6 месяцев назад
The Black and White one is a 250 hp 348, the Copper one is a 190hp 283..... it has a the 4 barrel power pack on the 283.
@peters8583
@peters8583 Год назад
I thought dis is a impala!!!
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley Год назад
Nope, both are Bel Air's.
@joserafaelgrangefuenmayor7744
Me gusta el carro; Chevrolet Bel Air Sedan 1959; mi abuelo tuvo uno así; pero negro con el techo blanco está muy bonito; cuando se estabilize todo en Venezuela mi país; cuándo pueda si Dios quiere; voy a traer un carro así; para aprender a manejar y mantenerlo; es un excelente automóvil; mi abuelo tuvo uno así hace mucho tiempo; mi abuelo tuvo uno así; pero del lado derecho; están muy bonitos los dos carros; están conservados con el paso del tiempo; me gustan los dos carros; son muy bonitos; cuándo pueda si Dios quiere; voy a mandar a traer un carro así; pero con Aire Acondicionado; para aprender a manejar y mantenerlo; para no tenerlo cómo carro por puesto,ni taxi; tampoco para hacer viajes; solamente para sacarlo de vez en cuándo; para sacar a pasear a mis amigas; es un Chevrolet Bel Air Sedan 1959; saludos y buenas noches.
@dcformee123
@dcformee123 Год назад
When I was a little kid me and my dad went to Nelson Pontiac in El Monte California and my dad traded in his 1969 Cadillac coupe DeVille for a 1975 Pontiac Astra GT Safari station wagon on November 13th 1974 we bought that talk about a piece of junk that aluminum engine it had problems in the car with 6 months old when we took a trip from California to Oklahoma it broke down overheated which warped the block that engine was never the same my dad traded it in 3 years later for a Granada much better car love the videos weird that you had the same kind of car just to Chevy version I'll talk to you later you hopefully you're feeling better and I see you got your tooth replaced right on looking sexy lol
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley Год назад
Yes, I had a partial denture made, as I was missing a few upper teeth, so it was hard to chew. It fits good, so I ware it most of the time..... that way I don't feel like a pumpkin....lol.
@dcformee123
@dcformee123 Год назад
Yes I have some issues with my teeth too this covid thing messed it all up trying to get it done for it already 2 years now it's been a nightmare.
@dcformee123
@dcformee123 Год назад
🎃👻
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley Год назад
@@dcformee123 I had to wait a couple years to get the needed dental work done and the partial denture made, due to covid. Covid messes everything up! Covid is the reason I skipped my physical back in 2020, missing a chance to find my prostate cancer in the early stages, when it might have been more treatable.
@dcformee123
@dcformee123 Год назад
@@OldCarAlley please tell me you're feeling better and that cancer is not getting a hold of you cuz that was just ruin everything I enjoy your video so much. now that I've moved to Oklahoma there ain't much to do. I don't have any friends here or anybody and I've been having problems with my foot I have an ulcer so I have a wound VAC on the stupid foot so I have to carry this bag around everywhere I go and then not to mention a couple teeth missing as you know so it's just a wonderful thing can't go out can't find anybody to hang out with or whatever LOL so a little boring and depressing.but you keep hanging in there!
@plymouth491
@plymouth491 Год назад
Ugh, what did I do to deserve this? These are absolutely hideous.
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley Год назад
LOL.... no one made you watch it!
@johnskogman5623
@johnskogman5623 9 месяцев назад
They lasted around 3 to 4 yrs. Bad quality.
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley 9 месяцев назад
If they're bad quality, why did they last 45 years? Most cars of that era would go 100,000 miles with ease. My Bel Air has over 200,000 miles. Lets see your Toyota last that long!
@Wixom2200
@Wixom2200 Год назад
I have had maybe 35 classic cars, flipped some did almost complete ground up on some. This year Chevy to me is not that sharp. We all have to stop trying to make every 60 year old car a classic. Does the Edsel come to mind? There were some ugly cars put out over the last 80 years. Not all are classics. These cars ARE NOT sharp. Sorry. Peace.
@OldCarAlley
@OldCarAlley Год назад
Everyone likes and dislikes certain types of cars.... styling is in the eye of the beholder. Thats what I enjoy abut all the different cars made. I have done over 50 cars now, and loved e'm all. The 59 Chevy is "my" favorite all time car, as I love the wild styling.... but thats just me. Funny you mention the 58 Edsel.... I love them too. What's your favorite car? Everyone has one.
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