Why didn't the Buddy Holly Museum buy it, and restore it? There's nothing wrong with restoring an old car, especially if you can get the original parts. I can't understand the people here saying let it be. It's a piece of history. You'd probably say the same about his glasses .... "oh, they're scraped up and bent and shit, just put 'em in a drawer and let 'em be." I'm glad the Museum wasn't listening to you when they bought them.
@Theunit236 I can't remember the name of the song, but it was sung by Buddy Holly. The song was also featured in the 1983 hit thriller Christine. You might want to look at the soundtrack to that movie. Good movie by the way, if you haven't already seen it.
2:00 "millions of dollars and millions of hours and it can be made new again." This guy obviously doesn't know anything about cars if he thinks it'd take millions of dollars and millions of hours to restore a Chevy.
@me31690 Do you really think he's going to let Buddy Holly's car go for a couple thousand, no matter what kind of shape it's in? I highly doubt it. Millions sounds about right to me.
@Twitch22885 Did you actually read my comment? He was never referring to selling buddy holly's car(of course it would go for hundreds of thousands if not millions). HE SAID IT WOULD TAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND MILLIONS OF HOURS TO RESTORE IT! A Chevy would NOT cost millions to restore, nor would it take as long as he thinks.
this makes me think of the time back in 1981 or 83 me and my cousin took a dark green linclon that his dad just got it was faded but it ran ok so we drove it around the ranch spending around in circles until it started over heating so we parrked it back where it was...we though it was owned buy an old lady named marilin or something like that but it turn out it was JOHN WAYNES old car my uncle is still mad at me and his son about what we did to the car
If that was really and truely Buddy's car, I hope whoever owns it in the nearer future will cherish it. That is a price-less piece of history right there and if only I had enough money to buy it. Goddamn song.. American Pie makes me cry everytime I hear it. Buddy should still be alive, waiting to celebrate his 75th birthday this year...
Have seen pictures of the restored car, and not only is the 58 a beautiful car, this one with the 50th anniversary coral two tone paint and interior, fender skirts, dual antennas, and gold spinner hub caps, was so beautiful- I don't see how it was ever just left to rot in body shop yard. Whomever the Holleys sold it to, must have really wore it out. I read that it was only about 10 years old and about 25k miles when parked/killed. Buddy's car or not, that should have never happened to that car.
This is a car that deserved to be restored! But, keep the original steering wheel, gas pedal, brake pedal, window cranks if at all possible. Priceless!
this isnt his car,ive read everywhere and heard on the news that this isnt buddys car , its so sad to have this guy keep saying that it was buddy's car
Because it had numerous conflicting serial numbers, which proved it to be a fake. The late Bill Griggs (who passed away last month) spent five months researching it before coming to the conclusion that it was NOT the Impala Petty bought with Holly's money.
well you all will be relieved to hear that the car has been restored to as new condition about a year or two ago. this video is quite old. you can see the car if you google it
"A little paint and a little steel wool........and millions of dollars......." Er, yeeahhh sure. The millions of dollars is the deal breaker. By the way, has anyone found footage of the car restored? I'd like to see how it turned out.
@sdparrott720 Yes, I did manage to find a couple pictures of the car. Beautiful coral and white finish and done the way the articles said Holly had it at the time of ownership. Excellent job.
fucking idiot just leaves the car....are you kidding??? if it was a rust pot,, dont matter....its buddies car...wow! imagine today finding that? you couldn't pay me enough...in the millions...wouldnt be enough...so sad to even see that car sitting there. I know today its not but just to know one time it was kills me....ughhhh
Norman Petty is a dog. Rot in HELL, Norman. Norman wouldn't give Buddy the hundred grand of BH money he was sitting on, and Buddy was forced to go on the road to pay the bills...and died because of it. That said...I believe Buddy had a Cadillac when he died. It was TAUPE in color...the name that Buddy was going to give his record label...IF Norman Petty hadn't been so greedy. He told the Crickets, "We'll starve him out." Ya gotta watch what you wish for...unintended consequences.
@kpls72 -Back in those days guys like Petty was absolute thieves. Read Waylon's autobiography, after
Buddy, Richie Valens & The Big Bopper died in the crash, the band members were on their own to get back to Texas. They had a few dollars, and not much else. Criminal behavior by the record company and promoters of the concerts.
@kpls72 I was just about to write that when it got to the bit about Petty buying the car with Buddy's money....it's shocking to think that Holly was broke when he went on that final tour whilst Petty sat on his cash; he insisted on having his name on writing credits as well. The sorry tale of managment fleecing the band was all to common at that time.
After watching the documentary Paul McCartney made on Buddy, I'd have to agree with you. Norman was quick to jump all over them in '57 when they got big. That's probably one of the reasons he moved to New York in '58.
two engine blocks in that car.. 348 available with tri power, and the 283, 170, 230, 250, and 270 h.p. 348 put out 280 h.p. Later became the 409-427-454- and the 502
Why should a piece of american history be left to rot in a junk yard? What a dumb idea that is. If you want to leave it in this condition, at least put it in a god damn museum or something. Dumb TV Host.
"Yeah here's a piece of american rock n' roll history...I think it's in everyone's best interest to let it rot here some more" Dumbest thing I've heard in a while...
What the fuck is this dweeb smoking, I'm glad she's been restored.
The car was restored and Bill Clement of KDAV owns it. Bigham Automotive restored it because Bill tjhought it was too much work. So they asked to restore it. and Bill said ok. I sat in it when the Lubbock music festival Sept. 1997.We used to give Buddy Holly tours in Lubbock then. My wife spoke with Peggy Sue just last month and found out that Bill Clement is now trying to sell the car.
Lubbock city not the people of Lubbock sold out to Maria Buddy's wife just this year.
I say restore it. I wish they would have said which motor was in it. I'm surprised the guy bought it with the 3 on the tree. Probably has the 6 in it too. Nahhh. 348 with the 3 deuces, maybe. Wish I knew.
Funny that parts were taking off this Car by people restoring there 58 Impala over the years not knowing it was owed By Buddy Holly and was a big part of American history. Some Knows now that there 58 has some of Buddy's parts on it .
No classic deserves the fate of rusting down into nothing in some forgotten junkyard, no matter who it belonged to. But on the flip side, no restored classic deserves to sit in a warehouse or on a showroom floor collecting dust, never being run.
@wildbill6976 I agree with you on both parts, but still . . . perhaps the car should be restored to original condition, and perhaps sent to the Surf Ballroom, where Holly performed his last concert, as a memorial to the man, and his music.
@wildbill6976 I totally agree because I used to restore cars. Since I live in New Jersey I would love to go to mid west to buy a nice rust free car to restore for my self.
I do not work anymore because of an accident with a drunk driver who should not have been driving anyway because he was an illegal alien with no license.
@wildbill6976 that, it doesn't especially compared to today's crap that they make, back then they were made good. where everything was made here in america, an nothing was outsourced over seas. Take that car from above, restore it, and get it into a wreck with one of those pieces of crap made today, and that car above would just get a dent in the fender where the other one made today would be half-way if not all the way totaled.
kinda sad thing life is at times, that type of car wouyld never be a classic at all if it wasn't for the fact that 90+percent of them have long been turned into coke cans or steel fencing. If there were an abundance of them around. The 58 model chevy, for decades, was one of the "butt ugly" cars like an Edsel, nobody wanted them, and the body style was doomed from the start, vast changes were made fast when it was obvious the much loved '57' model overshadowed these cars
Kinda like recording artists or artists of any genre. fasmous doesn't happen until after your gone. Do we also treat each other the same? How often does the public disregard so many, then after a tradgety they fawn over a soul? Are we, ourselves, guilty of the same with forgotten people in pour own lives? pray no, and make ammends if so, for time is a fleeting thing, awaits for none. The two things every human acroos time share, birth and passing on, Love Much, lest we be forgotten. TY Buddy.
RESTORE IT. when buddy lent the car out it was a new car. it was in a acedent, they stole parts off from it, it sat in the back of a body shop and rotted. none of that is buddys doing. so to restore it would put it back the way buddy left it. and 58 chevy parts are not that hard to find, ive built 2 of them and never had trouble finding parts.
@rockyrigby duh i HAVE his car in australia and the original bill of sale and i have spare parts from a 58 impala convertible and i restored it to the way buddy left it So i rebuilt the original engine and i put new oil in the engine so i pet a air freshner New Car Smell so please DO not touch this!!!!! car so it will be a part of rock n roll history
@ballsdeep69420 ...What the fuck do you mean don't restore it? Buddy left it in mint condition. The car is now a piece of shit!!!!....It wasn't a rust bucket when buddy drove it, you fucking MORON!
@ballsdeep69420 ....Lol no i never said they should. I said that they should not try to restore it, because the car is nothing but a frame. Also since someone else drove it for seven years after buddy holly, the car doesn't mean anything anymore. The impala should have been preserved immediately after hollys death.
@ballsdeep69420 ....yep you're right..and yes it does happen all the time..just like the old saying goes "one mans trash. is another mans treasure" lol.
@ballsdeep69420 .....LOL we sure did...Oh yeah!, i'm still holding on to two issues of playboy magazines,one with latoya jackson and the other with pamela anderson.lol
That last tour he did, the Winter Dance party tickets were going for $1.25 which is about $10 bucks in todays money. Can you imagine? $10 bucks and you get to see Buddy Holly with Waylon Jennings, Richie Valens, Dion and the Belmonts and The Big Bopper. Oh yes and Franke Sardo. Today $10 bucks wouldn`t even cover parking.
Does it drive anyone else crazy they restored this car!? I know i may sound terrible, but it should have been left like that just to kind of restore history, if anything.
This car has been restored, however it is NOT the real deal. Mr. Clement was mistaken in thinking it was Buddy's from his claims that "... the last four digits of the VIN match the title." While this may be true, the first SIX numbers DO NOT MATCH. This car was scheduled to appear at this year's Barret-Jackson auction under the claim it was the real deal. Once it was learned that this car's VIN did not match the original title, the car was ejected from the auction.
Im glad they restored it(SEE DESCRIPTION) And should go to the rock n roll hall of fame, and in the stars,cars&guitars, which is here in Detroit the past 2 years.
In my opinion, the car is a piece of junk as it sits. If it is not restored some ,the person who owns the car will lose it from rust and detoriation. If it has been restored, then good. I will watch it on SPEED at the BJ auction.
man all those people that got parts from that car have no clue. so if you own a 58 in the southwest you should do research on your 58 and maybe your butt is sitting in the seat taken from that car lol
That poor Chevrolet looks like ass. Regardless of who owned it, a 1958 Impala was a cool car and it's a damn crying shame to see that poor car in such atrocious condition.
Hi everyone, I truly hate to ruin a good story, I really do, BUT...This vehicle has been proven NOT to be Buddy Holly's car. The full story can be found in Bill Griggs' excellent (and sadly defunct) "Rockin' 50's" magazine. In an in-depth interview, Bill Clement admited that he lied about this being Holly's car. It is a great injustice if this vehicle is sold to some unwitting individual at this upcoming auction. Shame on you, Mr. Clement!
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Buddy didn't do what happened to that car. I can't believe the car was allowed to get in that condition. Even Buddy Holly's car meant nothing? I don't get it. Restore the car, no 58 should look that way, even his.
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I've restored cars and hot rodded cars and this 58 needs to be restored. It's worthless as is but Buddy or not, it's worth between 50 and 80K $ when it's done. Ask Jay Leno what he'd pay.!
i disagree with you...theres lots of crazies out there who would pay buck just cuz its buddy hollys car, restored or not...
after resto of course it would multiply on value..
i bet this car in current shape would go for ten times as much as the one you just find, if you can find one that is..so how mny years of resto/selling you got?
Well I'm 61, I spent 21 years in a local classic chevy club here in Danville, Va. I've done some of my own cars, learning as I went, but, I helped a couple friends do there's off frame. I got a close friend with a 58 and just from my experience in our locality, a 58 is rare and worth something just for that but, I never cared for them. I figure that car has some value as is but it would be well worth close to 100k because of it's driver. I'm retired now and just like looking at them.
I would have paid $100000 for it and kept it unrestored.
He used the car and that is how it ended up. Making it like new will not bring him back. It will look just like every 58 Impala that has been restored at every little local car show. Nothing special restored, trust me, I have a collection of 20+ cars and 20+ vintage bikes.
If you haul an unrestored car like that to a show everyone will look at it because they KNOW it is the real deal. Restored people will walk right by it.
The original was never found, if it was it was probably passed off as a fake. As beatlenut007 said, they did make a lot of fake serial numbers.
06kamd 2 days ago
"Norman Petty Buddy Holly's best friend"? Lazy twat, go and do some research before making such statements
Strawberry7Lynn 1 week ago
How bout restore it, and leave the original steering wheel. Reading the other comments, sounds like that Norman guy was a dick.
batmanlooksgood 2 weeks ago
FAKE Clements once sold re-production body ID tags for classic Chevys in Hemmings Motor News years ago & thats why they matched up perfectly
beatlesnut007 2 weeks ago
i,ve restored cars and believe me that car EASILY be restored, it may be rusty but not rotten,
tonupjohnny 2 weeks ago
@tonupjohnny in my opinion it would destroy the value if it was restored. id rather have it original than restored.
ChannelNotFound 4 days ago
all the more reason it should be preserved
sportyghostrider 2 weeks ago
Why didn't the Buddy Holly Museum buy it, and restore it? There's nothing wrong with restoring an old car, especially if you can get the original parts. I can't understand the people here saying let it be. It's a piece of history. You'd probably say the same about his glasses .... "oh, they're scraped up and bent and shit, just put 'em in a drawer and let 'em be." I'm glad the Museum wasn't listening to you when they bought them.
ApocalypsePlough 3 weeks ago
Absolutely right about Petty, screwed Buddy every possible way there was.
mn1fatcat 3 weeks ago
a little paint and million dollars ahh ok..lol
MrYebby 3 weeks ago
FUCK IT MAN!! I'M PROUD TO SAY I CRIED DURING THIS!
psychedlic145 4 weeks ago
She's gone. Put it on display as is.
420Honey 1 month ago
A little steel wool. What the hell is this guy talking about. Certainly not restoring a car.
fiddlerpin 1 month ago
This car was on ebay about a year ago.
lakewood1959 2 months ago
@lakewood1959 did it sell or??.
thehighclass64 1 month ago
"Just a little paint, a little steal wool, and a little ... millions of dollars and it's brand new again!"
vVASuP 2 months ago
I wish I owned this car!
Buddy19591 2 months ago
Yes they should redo the car for future people to see. How long is a chevy going to last out in the elements?
TheGriffdog1 3 months ago
@TheGriffdog1 I total agree it won't last. It will rust and then turn to dust and be lost.
liduv1977 1 month ago
They shouldn't have restored it.
BreakingGlass77 4 months ago
@Theunit236 I can't remember the name of the song, but it was sung by Buddy Holly. The song was also featured in the 1983 hit thriller Christine. You might want to look at the soundtrack to that movie. Good movie by the way, if you haven't already seen it.
jackslater230011 4 months ago
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@jackslater230011 It was "Oh Boy"
chattjedi 1 month ago
I don't believe that some one just want us to think that
hotrodtrucker88 4 months ago
Thanks for posting:-)
MollyAnn2009 4 months ago
MILLIONS lol... I would LOVE to sell that guy a car...
24kLiLCoeTV 5 months ago
2:00 "millions of dollars and millions of hours and it can be made new again." This guy obviously doesn't know anything about cars if he thinks it'd take millions of dollars and millions of hours to restore a Chevy.
me31690 5 months ago 9
@me31690 ur retarded if u thought he was being serious ur a dumbass
sciontcdude 2 months ago
@me31690 Do you really think he's going to let Buddy Holly's car go for a couple thousand, no matter what kind of shape it's in? I highly doubt it. Millions sounds about right to me.
Twitch22885 3 weeks ago
@Twitch22885 Did you actually read my comment? He was never referring to selling buddy holly's car(of course it would go for hundreds of thousands if not millions). HE SAID IT WOULD TAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND MILLIONS OF HOURS TO RESTORE IT! A Chevy would NOT cost millions to restore, nor would it take as long as he thinks.
me31690 3 weeks ago
this makes me think of the time back in 1981 or 83 me and my cousin took a dark green linclon that his dad just got it was faded but it ran ok so we drove it around the ranch spending around in circles until it started over heating so we parrked it back where it was...we though it was owned buy an old lady named marilin or something like that but it turn out it was JOHN WAYNES old car my uncle is still mad at me and his son about what we did to the car
tryby12 5 months ago
Song @ 2:11 please
Theunit236 5 months ago
@Theunit236 Buddy Holly - Not Fade Away
ohiostmarine29203 3 months ago
thanks to this news cast Buddy Holly impala was restored.
soloM81 6 months ago
I just searched for "Buddy Holly impala restored" and wow they did a great job!
jujucaster 6 months ago
If that was really and truely Buddy's car, I hope whoever owns it in the nearer future will cherish it. That is a price-less piece of history right there and if only I had enough money to buy it. Goddamn song.. American Pie makes me cry everytime I hear it. Buddy should still be alive, waiting to celebrate his 75th birthday this year...
ILoveJakandDaxter 6 months ago
"A little millions of dollars, and a millions of hours it could be made new again." Ha!
iRuleUS 7 months ago
Yes the car has been restored and was recently on eBay where it hit a $225,660 bid and the reserve still wasn't met.
meangreen69Nova 7 months ago
Have seen pictures of the restored car, and not only is the 58 a beautiful car, this one with the 50th anniversary coral two tone paint and interior, fender skirts, dual antennas, and gold spinner hub caps, was so beautiful- I don't see how it was ever just left to rot in body shop yard. Whomever the Holleys sold it to, must have really wore it out. I read that it was only about 10 years old and about 25k miles when parked/killed. Buddy's car or not, that should have never happened to that car.
jerywilliams 7 months ago
the car is now restored and looks like brand new.
SIGNALSTAT 7 months ago in playlist JUNK YARD, RACE CARS ETC
it is restored and i recently saw it for sale on ebay
64TbirdLandau 8 months ago
This is a car that deserved to be restored! But, keep the original steering wheel, gas pedal, brake pedal, window cranks if at all possible. Priceless!
carsbyjeff 10 months ago
Maybe its buddys car....., but it might turn out to be jon voights car !
TheMichaelseymour 10 months ago 2
this isnt his car,ive read everywhere and heard on the news that this isnt buddys car , its so sad to have this guy keep saying that it was buddy's car
thegibson57 11 months ago
Why did Barrett-Jackson refuse to sell this car?
PackedFunk 11 months ago
@PackedFunk
Because it had numerous conflicting serial numbers, which proved it to be a fake. The late Bill Griggs (who passed away last month) spent five months researching it before coming to the conclusion that it was NOT the Impala Petty bought with Holly's money.
TheIntruders 10 months ago
well you all will be relieved to hear that the car has been restored to as new condition about a year or two ago. this video is quite old. you can see the car if you google it
livin4the1950s1 1 year ago
What a shame the car was allowed to get in that condition.
It should have been kept up because of who owned it.
Thank God it was restored.
George Vreeland Hill
GeorgeVreelandHill 1 year ago
too bad the junkyard owner was a douchebag
bigbadbronco86 1 year ago
"A little paint and a little steel wool........and millions of dollars......." Er, yeeahhh sure. The millions of dollars is the deal breaker. By the way, has anyone found footage of the car restored? I'd like to see how it turned out.
pedalpunk57 1 year ago
@pedalpunk57 : if you do a google search in images, you should be able to see a picture of the car restored...
sdparrott720 1 year ago
@sdparrott720 Yes, I did manage to find a couple pictures of the car. Beautiful coral and white finish and done the way the articles said Holly had it at the time of ownership. Excellent job.
pedalpunk57 1 year ago
why did berret jacksion auction said its not the real car and dint want to sell it
boji55 1 year ago
why did berret jacksion auction said its not the real car and dint want to sell it
boji55 1 year ago
I wonder how many cars with some historical value have been crushed or left to rot.
I suppose we will never know.
I wish I could get the car that I lost my virginity in back....LOL
hammerogod 1 year ago
@hammerogod RIGHT ON! i wonder if it still has the stains? lmao
bigbadbronco86 1 year ago
@bigbadbronco86
I would want the stains also.
No back seat is complete without them.
hammerogod 1 year ago
@hammerogod yea only if they were my own stains
bigbadbronco86 1 year ago
fucking idiot just leaves the car....are you kidding??? if it was a rust pot,, dont matter....its buddies car...wow! imagine today finding that? you couldn't pay me enough...in the millions...wouldnt be enough...so sad to even see that car sitting there. I know today its not but just to know one time it was kills me....ughhhh
In2TheNiteLife 1 year ago
So what year was Hank Williams Cadillac?
majorporpoise 1 year ago
@majorporpoise Hank Sr's car is in a museum in Nashville Tenn
guitars691 1 year ago
@guitars691 I know where it is, I wanted to know what year it is.
majorporpoise 1 year ago
I grew up in Amarillo, Bill Clemats molested me
wilde4200 1 year ago
Fuck it crush it. just kidding.
woodzo40 1 year ago
@woodzo40 haha..... funny.... dumbass!
chevelleSS396lover 1 year ago
Norman Petty is a dog. Rot in HELL, Norman. Norman wouldn't give Buddy the hundred grand of BH money he was sitting on, and Buddy was forced to go on the road to pay the bills...and died because of it. That said...I believe Buddy had a Cadillac when he died. It was TAUPE in color...the name that Buddy was going to give his record label...IF Norman Petty hadn't been so greedy. He told the Crickets, "We'll starve him out." Ya gotta watch what you wish for...unintended consequences.
kpls72 1 year ago 27
@kpls72 -Back in those days guys like Petty was absolute thieves. Read Waylon's autobiography, after
Buddy, Richie Valens & The Big Bopper died in the crash, the band members were on their own to get back to Texas. They had a few dollars, and not much else. Criminal behavior by the record company and promoters of the concerts.
waltherppk1000 1 year ago
@kpls72 I was just about to write that when it got to the bit about Petty buying the car with Buddy's money....it's shocking to think that Holly was broke when he went on that final tour whilst Petty sat on his cash; he insisted on having his name on writing credits as well. The sorry tale of managment fleecing the band was all to common at that time.
clean3 11 months ago
@kpls72
After watching the documentary Paul McCartney made on Buddy, I'd have to agree with you. Norman was quick to jump all over them in '57 when they got big. That's probably one of the reasons he moved to New York in '58.
toasteroven427 4 months ago
1958-1964 Impala's we're/are the best cars ever made!
XV111silent 1 year ago 2
The car deserved to be restored for crying out loud and I would like to see the pics of it now. Guess I need to google that next. Thanks
TheLisaweber 1 year ago
I want that car. Now.
bigredjew 1 year ago
god i wish i had that car!
fordxbgtfalcon 1 year ago
norman petty was a crook he riped off buddy & the cricketts
darilc1966 1 year ago
Probably another way Petty ripped him and the band off.
thedps1998 1 year ago
two engine blocks in that car.. 348 available with tri power, and the 283, 170, 230, 250, and 270 h.p. 348 put out 280 h.p. Later became the 409-427-454- and the 502
sparwood8 1 year ago
Wish I had it. And restore it to it's luster.
DevildogGarcia 1 year ago
wOw I agree with other posts, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RESTORED, OR PUT IN A MUSEUM!! Glad it was restored :D
MrsDWatson08 1 year ago
WOW I just viewed a picture of the car after it was restored. Beautiful!! Go to Google Images and type in "Buddy Holly car" and you will see it too.
sporto10101010 1 year ago
I read somewhere that the VIN plate on the car is not the original one?
geezersinc 1 year ago
too cool
danodell1980 1 year ago
man aint that something!!
YOUNGCOE 1 year ago
Do you remember the Saturday morning we all hear the news? I do!
46rhutchins 1 year ago
so sad story, i wont forget the day the music died
meuhey 1 year ago
type in Buddy Holly car and see it restored since I can't get my video on here for those who want to see it can do so.
bil56 1 year ago
Why should a piece of american history be left to rot in a junk yard? What a dumb idea that is. If you want to leave it in this condition, at least put it in a god damn museum or something. Dumb TV Host.
"Yeah here's a piece of american rock n' roll history...I think it's in everyone's best interest to let it rot here some more" Dumbest thing I've heard in a while...
What the fuck is this dweeb smoking, I'm glad she's been restored.
SoilentGr33n 1 year ago
The car was restored and Bill Clement of KDAV owns it. Bigham Automotive restored it because Bill tjhought it was too much work. So they asked to restore it. and Bill said ok. I sat in it when the Lubbock music festival Sept. 1997.We used to give Buddy Holly tours in Lubbock then. My wife spoke with Peggy Sue just last month and found out that Bill Clement is now trying to sell the car.
Lubbock city not the people of Lubbock sold out to Maria Buddy's wife just this year.
bil56 1 year ago
God, how cool is this?
I say restore it. I wish they would have said which motor was in it. I'm surprised the guy bought it with the 3 on the tree. Probably has the 6 in it too. Nahhh. 348 with the 3 deuces, maybe. Wish I knew.
naderchaser 1 year ago
Did he really just say "...and a little millions of dollars and millions of hours..." at 1:58 LOL
Audiolaboratory 1 year ago
I want to touch that radio volume control knob. Just one touch. Please.
amosnews 1 year ago
@doomedamerica Wow, you're a prince, aren't you? It's fortunate we're not all subject to your will, though sadly, still your opinions.
This is a great find on someone's behalf. It should be restored and driven, and only Buddy Holly music should ever come from its stereo.
ncc74656m 1 year ago
i hate that fag song.."american pie"..its horrilbe and dumb.
doomedamerica 1 year ago
@doomedamerica You douche bag go die in a hole you Fag thats a Buddy Holly tribute song fucking Kraute.
airsoftloverusp 1 year ago
LOL what a sales man
shikamano 1 year ago
obviously the star of this vid is the ''Buddy Holly'' salesman
mkforever666 1 year ago
Funny that parts were taking off this Car by people restoring there 58 Impala over the years not knowing it was owed By Buddy Holly and was a big part of American history. Some Knows now that there 58 has some of Buddy's parts on it .
1968DodgePolara 1 year ago
No classic deserves the fate of rusting down into nothing in some forgotten junkyard, no matter who it belonged to. But on the flip side, no restored classic deserves to sit in a warehouse or on a showroom floor collecting dust, never being run.
wildbill6976 1 year ago 62
@wildbill6976 I agree with you on both parts, but still . . . perhaps the car should be restored to original condition, and perhaps sent to the Surf Ballroom, where Holly performed his last concert, as a memorial to the man, and his music.
Doug4422 1 year ago
@wildbill6976 Better dust than rust! At least dust won't dissolve it into the ground....
CJurasin 1 year ago
@wildbill6976 that is so true
darkestwolf115 1 year ago
@wildbill6976 I totally agree because I used to restore cars. Since I live in New Jersey I would love to go to mid west to buy a nice rust free car to restore for my self.
I do not work anymore because of an accident with a drunk driver who should not have been driving anyway because he was an illegal alien with no license.
sixtiesforever1966 1 year ago
did they ever restore the car?
TheRealToReal55 8 months ago
@wildbill6976 that, it doesn't especially compared to today's crap that they make, back then they were made good. where everything was made here in america, an nothing was outsourced over seas. Take that car from above, restore it, and get it into a wreck with one of those pieces of crap made today, and that car above would just get a dent in the fender where the other one made today would be half-way if not all the way totaled.
sr71ablackbird 7 months ago 2
@wildbill6976
kinda sad thing life is at times, that type of car wouyld never be a classic at all if it wasn't for the fact that 90+percent of them have long been turned into coke cans or steel fencing. If there were an abundance of them around. The 58 model chevy, for decades, was one of the "butt ugly" cars like an Edsel, nobody wanted them, and the body style was doomed from the start, vast changes were made fast when it was obvious the much loved '57' model overshadowed these cars
THEMASTEROFYOU2000 6 months ago
Kinda like recording artists or artists of any genre. fasmous doesn't happen until after your gone. Do we also treat each other the same? How often does the public disregard so many, then after a tradgety they fawn over a soul? Are we, ourselves, guilty of the same with forgotten people in pour own lives? pray no, and make ammends if so, for time is a fleeting thing, awaits for none. The two things every human acroos time share, birth and passing on, Love Much, lest we be forgotten. TY Buddy.
THEMASTEROFYOU2000 6 months ago
lol@ a lil of paint
TheDJKingKong 1 year ago
RESTORE IT. when buddy lent the car out it was a new car. it was in a acedent, they stole parts off from it, it sat in the back of a body shop and rotted. none of that is buddys doing. so to restore it would put it back the way buddy left it. and 58 chevy parts are not that hard to find, ive built 2 of them and never had trouble finding parts.
flatheadman1 1 year ago
Well, Buddy wasn't driving a piece of shit, he drove a '58 Impala. Why wouldn't you restore it?
rockyrigby 1 year ago
@rockyrigby duh i HAVE his car in australia and the original bill of sale and i have spare parts from a 58 impala convertible and i restored it to the way buddy left it So i rebuilt the original engine and i put new oil in the engine so i pet a air freshner New Car Smell so please DO not touch this!!!!! car so it will be a part of rock n roll history
PeteAndJakee 1 year ago
juck it ,make soup cans out of it
harley1450000 1 year ago
Is the car still there?????
louie817 1 year ago
Excuse me?!?! Why the hell are they playing a John Denver song for this clip?
paperwad 1 year ago
@paperwad ....I didn't hear john denver anywhere..SHUT THE FUCK you AIRHEAD!
porn1978 1 year ago
@paperwad it's don mclean you chowderhead! the song is about "the day the music died" .....ya know the planecrash ...DUH!
64chrisnickey 1 year ago
just put it in the crusher job done
murffff 1 year ago
The government killed Buddy Holly.
TupacAShakur1 1 year ago
They should give it to his wife,if shes still alive.
tomwendel1957 1 year ago
DONT restore that car, leave it how buddy left it
ballsdeep69420 1 year ago
@ballsdeep69420 ...What the fuck do you mean don't restore it? Buddy left it in mint condition. The car is now a piece of shit!!!!....It wasn't a rust bucket when buddy drove it, you fucking MORON!
porn1978 1 year ago
@porn1978 restoring it would mean replacing everything including any origional paint that was left. so FUUUUCK YA-HOOO
ballsdeep69420 1 year ago
@ballsdeep69420 ...Some parts would be nearly impossible to find to.And the total cost to restore it..omfg!
porn1978 1 year ago
@porn1978 Thats even more of a reason to leave it the fuck alone
ballsdeep69420 1 year ago
@ballsdeep69420 ....LOL exactally.
porn1978 1 year ago
@porn1978 What you mean exactly??? You said that shey SHOULD restore it..... Pick One
ballsdeep69420 1 year ago
@ballsdeep69420 ....Lol no i never said they should. I said that they should not try to restore it, because the car is nothing but a frame. Also since someone else drove it for seven years after buddy holly, the car doesn't mean anything anymore. The impala should have been preserved immediately after hollys death.
porn1978 1 year ago
@porn1978 Whoever was driving it for that 7 years could have sold it for alot of money.
ballsdeep69420 1 year ago
@ballsdeep69420 ....Hell yeah!..They would have made a fucking fortune.
porn1978 1 year ago
@porn1978 too bad, Im sure that happens ALL the time. You could get something worthless from an average joe, but then it becomes worth millions
ballsdeep69420 1 year ago
@ballsdeep69420 ....yep you're right..and yes it does happen all the time..just like the old saying goes "one mans trash. is another mans treasure" lol.
porn1978 1 year ago
@porn1978 We took over this comment page lol, but yeah sometimes being a pack rat can be a good thing
ballsdeep69420 1 year ago
@ballsdeep69420 .....LOL we sure did...Oh yeah!, i'm still holding on to two issues of playboy magazines,one with latoya jackson and the other with pamela anderson.lol
porn1978 1 year ago
Such a nice musician wonder why they had to die so early.
lalaken333 1 year ago
The restoration of this car gives hope that the past will live on in some form.
Supergungun 1 year ago
If there just gonna be stupid and not restore the car, donate it to the RRHOF.
PeterCRissKISSgod 1 year ago
I want buy this car .... give the information please ...
Bumbo7288 1 year ago
millions of dollars XD could tell whut he's thinking about@ 2:00
spidez8407 1 year ago
enjoy the music that you knew back then.
rotovac1 1 year ago
That last tour he did, the Winter Dance party tickets were going for $1.25 which is about $10 bucks in todays money. Can you imagine? $10 bucks and you get to see Buddy Holly with Waylon Jennings, Richie Valens, Dion and the Belmonts and The Big Bopper. Oh yes and Franke Sardo. Today $10 bucks wouldn`t even cover parking.
JamesTKirkCobain 1 year ago
@JamesTKirkCobain that is soooo true,,,
carloscion 1 year ago
Good clip and story thank you
ICEELVIS 1 year ago
thers a movie call la bamba at the end buddy holly dies in an airplane crash with ritchie valens
xX2oscar2Xx 1 year ago
Does it drive anyone else crazy they restored this car!? I know i may sound terrible, but it should have been left like that just to kind of restore history, if anything.
218MUSIC218 1 year ago
i hope someone restore the car.
blksabbath65 1 year ago
Dat guy looks like a frekin ped.. i love the dumb ass ''hand'' gestuers he makes when describing the car... lol..
mkforever666 1 year ago
any old car can be fixed if you got the money
banone2323 1 year ago
1:55 a little paint & little steel wool & a little millions of dollars.....what a dum f*ck sales pitch.
punkrockefeller 1 year ago
this car wasn't actually buddy holly's!
NoamChomskyMvp 1 year ago
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orressa 1 year ago
If it has since been restored, where is it?
MrIowa04 1 year ago
This car has been restored, however it is NOT the real deal. Mr. Clement was mistaken in thinking it was Buddy's from his claims that "... the last four digits of the VIN match the title." While this may be true, the first SIX numbers DO NOT MATCH. This car was scheduled to appear at this year's Barret-Jackson auction under the claim it was the real deal. Once it was learned that this car's VIN did not match the original title, the car was ejected from the auction.
DiscoKat 1 year ago
The owner of that scrapyard is weird as fuck haha
JakeEwing5 1 year ago
That car wouldnt be dilapidated if it was put in a garage at least.
SmittyHeWasNumber1 1 year ago
Some jerk took the side moldings off of it.And almost the rest of the interior.Poor car.
SmittyHeWasNumber1 1 year ago
i would buy it
dmc081 1 year ago
Im glad they restored it(SEE DESCRIPTION) And should go to the rock n roll hall of fame, and in the stars,cars&guitars, which is here in Detroit the past 2 years.
wpaschal88 2 years ago
wonder if its a 348
19mg94 2 years ago
I thought Buddy Holley would have driven a Ford! What the heck--we all make mistakes!
TheStubbleking 2 years ago
the spooky thing is that the car turns up a mile from buddy's grave
tonupjohnny 2 years ago 24
@tonupjohnny .....ooooooooooo..Dude SHUT UP!
porn1978 1 year ago
@tonupjohnny
Came back to its owner like man's best friend.
PackedFunk 1 year ago
@tonupjohnny Thats pretty fucking creepy
armandosecondstomars 1 year ago
Buddy Holly's or not its a 58 Impala
worth some nice bucks restored even more so that it was Buddy Holly's . What happened to it?
afvc1980 2 years ago
Somebody help that car
SmittyHeWasNumber1 2 years ago
i would if i had the money and a place to put it at i kno they will ask alot for it
dmc081 1 year ago
In my opinion, the car is a piece of junk as it sits. If it is not restored some ,the person who owns the car will lose it from rust and detoriation. If it has been restored, then good. I will watch it on SPEED at the BJ auction.
jrdill1929 2 years ago
gimme that car
ooSicknesSoo 2 years ago
man all those people that got parts from that car have no clue. so if you own a 58 in the southwest you should do research on your 58 and maybe your butt is sitting in the seat taken from that car lol
rmj575 2 years ago
That poor Chevrolet looks like ass. Regardless of who owned it, a 1958 Impala was a cool car and it's a damn crying shame to see that poor car in such atrocious condition.
that poor Chevrolet.
BeatleBangs1964 2 years ago
Hi everyone, I truly hate to ruin a good story, I really do, BUT...This vehicle has been proven NOT to be Buddy Holly's car. The full story can be found in Bill Griggs' excellent (and sadly defunct) "Rockin' 50's" magazine. In an in-depth interview, Bill Clement admited that he lied about this being Holly's car. It is a great injustice if this vehicle is sold to some unwitting individual at this upcoming auction. Shame on you, Mr. Clement!
buzops 2 years ago
i saw the restored car a few days ago. it's lookin' real good. it's going to be auctioned in the barrett jackson 2010 auction :)
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tassoss1 2 years ago
Buddy didn't do what happened to that car. I can't believe the car was allowed to get in that condition. Even Buddy Holly's car meant nothing? I don't get it. Restore the car, no 58 should look that way, even his.
geejo1976 2 years ago
why they playing mcclean, like a tribute? they should be playing peggy sue or something, reliving the glory of this car instead of tributizing it
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trumpetofjesuschrist 2 years ago
I've restored cars and hot rodded cars and this 58 needs to be restored. It's worthless as is but Buddy or not, it's worth between 50 and 80K $ when it's done. Ask Jay Leno what he'd pay.!
No one wants to see a car that looks like scrap.
AlmashyD 2 years ago
i disagree with you...theres lots of crazies out there who would pay buck just cuz its buddy hollys car, restored or not...
after resto of course it would multiply on value..
i bet this car in current shape would go for ten times as much as the one you just find, if you can find one that is..so how mny years of resto/selling you got?
dmellow45 2 years ago
Well I'm 61, I spent 21 years in a local classic chevy club here in Danville, Va. I've done some of my own cars, learning as I went, but, I helped a couple friends do there's off frame. I got a close friend with a 58 and just from my experience in our locality, a 58 is rare and worth something just for that but, I never cared for them. I figure that car has some value as is but it would be well worth close to 100k because of it's driver. I'm retired now and just like looking at them.
AlmashyD 2 years ago
That needs to be in a meuseum, no a junk yeard.
educatedlime 2 years ago
I would have paid $100000 for it and kept it unrestored.
He used the car and that is how it ended up. Making it like new will not bring him back. It will look just like every 58 Impala that has been restored at every little local car show. Nothing special restored, trust me, I have a collection of 20+ cars and 20+ vintage bikes.
If you haul an unrestored car like that to a show everyone will look at it because they KNOW it is the real deal. Restored people will walk right by it.
funny0000000 2 years ago
theres no reason to not take it back to oem tho, considering your using oem gm parts....just like the day it rolled off the line...
it would be worth more money, but it wouldnt neccesarily increase sentiment
dmellow45 2 years ago