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Bra bygge kent :) I love it, its very close to perfect :)
If you get them glowing hot then let them cool (important) and it dont work, try "tighten" them as it is probably reverse threads as others have...
Sometimes its the other way around, i have been with drag racers where they have to have some stickers and you dont want them to stick good, just...
I personally would use the T, but its hard to say without pics, its easy to say "use what you like", but i understand that a second, or third...
Really cool car, i guess i am not the only one jealous here :)
I hope you get the chassis to mate with the body, and not extending the body, that would be wrong in my eyes, but thats just my opinion :)
Rusty O'Toole have the most things covered, but i just want to add that some pieces of wood and clamps can be easier for a first time metal...
It was maybe 10 years ago i had my -53, of course some people might have found better alternatives, but i liked the stance (cut springs in the...
I had a -53 special, and just a suggestion on the rear springs for you guys with similar Buicks! I used springs from a -80ies VW transporter...
In sales brochures from the late -40ies and -50ies, you often see the red line outside the hubcap, so it was common! For me personally, i like it...
Really nice pics, i like normal event coverages, but yours are more art than just photos, it gives me ideas on how to make the photos more...
Of course the seller should never pay anything, thats what the scams are mostly about, they don't want to scam you out of your vehicle, they want...
And, great thread, one of the best...
This is my grandpa on the bumper, his brother in the car and my mother in the stroller, should be around -51-52, my mother was born early -50. I...
My first car was a -50 Ford Prefect made to a pickup. It was a A-tractor, in Sweden we can drive those from the age of 16, and they can only do 30...
Great info, also, the Barris car has no door handles, while the other do! Maybe you wrote that and i missed it , oh well...
Nice car, i had a -64, and my plan was lower it, and the Buick GT wheels (like the green one above) and have the black parts (green on that one)...
I think...
But the "B motor" has fuel pump on the block.
Wow, some (most) incredible welds here, i can weld alright, but as someone said before, i´m better at grinding. Does someone have any good pics of...
First, i love your cars, really beautiful! I am not so much a mopar guy, more a mopar owner, i like many cars, each year has a different...
Wow, it looks beutiful, both Jannes drawing and the real car, those zephyrs have been on the top of my want list forever, really good work, cant...
Great pics! Thanks! But i dont understand why people show their cars with an open hood, it totally ruins the lines, close it or remove it! I...
I tried to look for the difference between 140 - 160 steeringboxes on some swedish sites, but i didnt find anything usefull yet, but i now for a...
I´ll keep my eyes open! I just saw that these guys have parted out -57 and -58 mercs, and their selling out all non GM stuff, so there might be...
I think you can find most of what you want in scandinavia, shipping should be pretty cheap, and if it is big parts it doesnt cost much to take a...
I voted too! I guess its like everywhere in europe, they build soccerstadiums for millions, but cant provide a simple straight piece of asphalt...
No there were no overdrive availible as far as i know! I just posted it as a reference of what the 263 likes to get the car moving!
Just for information, in -53 the str8 buicks had 3,9:1 with stick, and 3,6:1 with dynaflow, thare was a 3,2:1 optional, but only for the V8...
Oh, and Hank on that page lives in california so he might be the best one to help you out...
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