Buick 1950 - 1954 custom and mild custom galerie

Beautiful two-tone paint in a satin green under a beautiful metal flake aqua gloss top! Custom hand painted pinstripe and murals.
Very nicely detailed engine bay with custom pin-stripping on air cleaner and valve covers! Cadillac air cleaner.
Crate 350 Chevy engine from Pace Performance that runs strong with 300HP!!!
Under 5000 miles on the engine.
700R4 automatic transmission with lockup converter.

74 Nova sub-frame complete with Power Steering and Power Disc Brakes. The sub frame was grafted to the original frame with perfection in the metal fabrication. Looking underneath at the frame where it was grafted together looks flawless. The frame shows no weld marks where grafted together and was completely smoothed to look factory.

Ice cold Vintage A/C and heat!
FLAME THROWERS that look awesome!!! Just rev the engine and push the button under the dash! The highlight of every cruise in!
Frenched Headlights.
Classic Instrument Gauges.
The frame and undercarriage are rock solid!
Runs, drives, stops, handles, and steers outstanding!
High end Sony stereo/CD Player.
Newer tires with Porta-Wall wide whites.

From the Golden Age of customizing, this survivor 1950 Buick Special was purchased new by John Dahemi of Brentwood, CA. The custom metalwork and design was by Gil and Al Ayala of Gil’s Auto Body Works (East Los Angeles, CA) in 1954-55. Dahemi retained ownership of the car until 1990.

This car was featured in The Rodder’s Journal No. 53, Winter 2011, Page 10.

Some of the Custom Features
The chop is almost 5 inches at the windshield.
Blanked handles
Doors are triggered by pressing in the ‘50 Ford tail lights.
Corvette grill
Boltless bumpers
Frenched headlights and antennas
Fender skirts
Wide whites with Cadillac hubcaps
Air conditioning (not operational)
Buick’s signature portholes were kept as identity markers.

Engine and Transmission
This car has is 350 Chevrolet V8 and a 350 transmission. It appears to have a Chevelle positraction rear end with rack and pinion steering. There is oil seepage from the engine and transmission. Seems to run well.

Body
It had a cosmetic restoration in the 1980s. Since then the car has spent many years in storage, and as a result it is showing signs of deterioration. You can notice in places where the lead is cracking and bubbling, especially on the hood and top. This car shows great patina, but to bring it back to its original glory, it would have to be repainted.

Interior
The interior is very nice and looks to be period correct.