Buying any car sight unseen can be a risk, but when there’s fire damage it’s potentially a whole lot more trouble. Fortunately, this is far from the first time Paul Wells has imported a car for restoration; you may recall our feature on his 1957 Olds 88 convertible in August 2018 where he mentioned buying a slightly burnt 1958: “I just like Oldsmobiles,” explains Paul, “you only see a handful at shows compared to the number of, say, Chevys or Mustangs. Having already owned four or five 1957 Oldsmobiles I’d been to the Big Power Meet in Sweden and started noticing the 1958 versions, they interested me, particularly when I saw one fitted with a Continental kit.”
Paul spotted this 1958 Oldsmobile 98 Coupe on American eBay in 2013, “it was in a sorry state having been in a building that caught fire, most of the glass was gone, the paint was blistered and the
