The Jalopy Journal
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This Skylark is a rare survivor. It's spent its life being cared for, but does show its age. It runs like a top and I drive it fairly regularly in...
I did the Long Haul last year, in an admittedly not HAMB friendly car. This year, that may change if I can find the time (and money) to swap out...
I think they all used the same floor pan. I'm not completely sure. Some day I'll probably do a 5 lug conversion, but it's not a priority for me....
I'm continuing to dig into the interior and floor of the Skylark. I had to take a few weeks off to complete another project, and get married. I...
Thanks, I'm going to get out there and tackle it again tonight. The seats are actually really comfortable, but I'm taking the front buckets in...
While I have the seats out, I'm going to have the driver's seat repaired. The piping on the edge has worn through from folks climbing in & out....
It's finally time to replace the carpet. Now that I've peeled back that layer of the onion, I've found that there's a portion of the passenger...
Driving it is the goal. I even picked up some good looking blankets for the rear seat so the dogs can come along. There's just about enough room...
Thanks! Yes, you're correct. I need to find a few spares. The overall mechanism is great. My extremely limited experience with clocks is not...
My clock doesn't work, either. I spent a bit trying to figure out what is wrong with it, and came down to the electric motor. The rest of the...
Oh, I've been quite tempted. If I hadn't sold the last straight axles I had I might have already dived in. ;-) But my fiance loves the Buick as...
Of course I forgot to get a good picture of the dash in it's poor condition. But if you look closely at this photo you can see it. [ATTACH]
Here's the dash back from Just Dashes. They also asked me to send along the speaker grill trim, and anything else related to the dash so they...
The lift is a QuickJack set. I absolutely love it. They're great around the shop, and you can throw the up on a trailer if you need to swap tires...
It's up the in air so I can start tackling the list. Overall, the car is super clean. The floors, etc, are all solid. There's a bit of rust...
It's been a while since I provided an update, or anything here. I still have the Buick, but it's been on pause while I worked on some other...
I'm just reading through this in awe. Fantastic work, and attention to detail. That car ended up with the right guy to save it.
Thanks for the advice. I have a MSD 6AL box on a shelf from another project. When using it to trigger, do you retain the original coil, or should...
Thanks for the tips. I did find a cable at Rockauto of all places. I just need the world to get a few degrees warmer. Every year I swear I'm going...
Now, you all have me considering a future paint job. I've been happy leaving it as is since it's still original. This place has the worst...
For now I'm sticking with the generator / points. I picked up an extra regulator, coil, points & condenser to keep in my parts box. The round trip...
That's one gorgeous paint job. Beautiful car.
On the back of my grandfather's farm in Ohio. I can remember these for at least 40 years, so who knows how long they've been rotting away. [IMG]...
I sent the dash out to Just Dashes to be restored. I can't wait to get it back. I also picked up carpet so I can replace the faded-to-pink carpet...
Thanks for all of the suggestions. I've been struggling with what to do with the door panel carpets. I can find the replacement, molded carpet,...
Sounds like a plan. Just ordered new tires to replace the vintage, well weather-checked Bridgestones. For now I'm keeping the spare as-is. I'm...
Thanks, but this is 13" 4 bolt.
Thanks - I appreciate the advice. I'll take a look in detail. There is some old body work near the center / top of the passenger fender. Looks...
That's a great looking Buick. I updated my photos permissions - I hope they're working now. If not, I'll load them somewhere else and then link back.
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