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BUICK SPECIAL HEMI CUSTOM COUPE, 1956

Buick Special II Facelift 2

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$60,500 USD | Sold

This Buick HEMI Special received a professional ground-up build. It is powered by a 5.7-liter HEMI engine mated to a 5-speed automatic transmission with overdrive and matched Chrysler computer system. Has 1,700 miles since the build. The body was stripped to bare metal inside and out, firewall and fender wells smoothed, meticulously blocked and primed with epoxy primer inside and out. The frame was sand-blasted and epoxy-coated, and it's finished in PPG Viper Red and Chardonnay with three coats of clear and Carbonite Paint Sealer. Aeromotive fuel rails and BBK fly by wire throttle body. Sports A&M custom radiator with a Lincoln 2-speed fan.

Ceramic-coated Pacesetter headers and MagnaFlow exhaust. Tanks Inc. in-tank fuel pump, with stainless fuel lines. Equipped with Corvette C4 front suspension with C4 power rack & pinion, QA1 adjustable coilovers in front. Corvette front disc brakes. Auburn Ford 9-inch rear with Art Morrison 4-link, 350 gears, Strange carrier. Hydratech Chrome Master Cylinder with 8-inch dual diaphragm booster with Corvette brake control system. Sway bars front and rear with rebushed adjustable Panhard bar. Rear RideTech air-ride system set and balanced to 50/50 weight distribution.

It comes with two matched sets of tires and wheels, Dakota Digital full Instrumentation, automatic delayed interior and exterior lighting controls and a Gen IV Vintage Air and heat system. Sports new wiring harnesses throughout with 50-page detailed schematics included. Balls power windows, with camera button LED power door locks. Wipers have been converted to electric. RetroSound AM/FM radio with power antenna. Ididit tilt column with Lecarra leather-wrapped banjo steering wheel. Has '56 Cadillac seat shells and '61 Cadillac 6-way power seat motors and tracks. Custom upholstery and interior trim. Always stored in climate-controlled garage, with Optima battery and Optima management system.

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222,187 AED

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