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#2 is a 56 Buick steering wheel center emblem for a car with the deluxe wheel and chrome horn ring. 55's were black, IIRC.
These stories remind me of one that happened to me a few years back. I was in college, away from home without a car. I got a call from my mom,...
These are great. I have a few incidents come to mind: I was reassembling a 302 for an off topic car. Get the drill on the oil pump to prime...
Heh, thanks. This is the add for the flathead. It seems to still be up. For now. http://boston.craigslist.org/sob/pts/1256505381.html...
Just a heads up for New England folks. I spotted this on craigslist this AM. http://boston.craigslist.org/sob/pts/1260957816.html It is in the...
I'm gonna say that's just the rear shot of the car with the tail light lenses removed. Notice one on the seat in another pic.
I hope you don't have to remove the left rear tire every time you want to gas up........
I had an engine built at Miller Machine Shop in Haverhill and have nothing but good things to say about them. Not only did I get the engine, but...
There was a 2 door for sale around here a few months back for under a grand. That got my wheels turning in the same direction as your build....
Search for "Cheetah" Chettah is the kind of cheese we put on our burgers up heah in New England.:D Mike J
The 55 Buick is Isabelle. I gave my daily driver beige-on-beige POS Nissan the Barris-esqe nickname of "The Golden Embarrassment":D
Call it the "Screamin' Mimi".... A traditional, WWII, feminine, rocket reference (without 'rocket' or 'olds' in the name, more tongue-in-cheek...
Did a similar fix to my old t-bird with a length of cable, a piece of PT 4x4, and my mom's Volvo wagon.
Bag up all that rust and scale, put it in a box with some spray adhesive and sell it on e-bay as a "instant patina kit"! :D
Check with the guys at Scarebird.com, they make brackets to bolt up later model discs to your Buick. I'm unsure of the donor vehicles for the...
All, I have a 55 Buick Special. Odometer says 93K. Drove it into the barn last year, now it won't start. Verified timing, spark, fuel both...
I thought we had it bad, but 7 feet high? That's rough. Water got up to and past the barn, but the Buick stayed high and dry. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
What if you can't get the engine to fire? How will not warming the engine up affect the test? I have a small nailhead in my 55 buick that I'm...
Oh, this is great. You can replace several things on your car with this, making it lighter, and therefore, faster. What do I win? Ugh,...
Holy thread ressurection, Batman, but... I was at that same show, same scenario. I'm walking around, see George Barris, and he's sittin there...
Here's my little man, Ziti. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] He's kinda chopper shaped......check out the extended forks.:D Loves to hop in the car. He'll...
Hey all, I should be putting the 4 barrel and intake on my 264 Buick nailhead this weekend, and I need some help ID-ing a vacuum line. It...
Well, Boston is just about in the middle of those 2 places, you might want to spend a day in the city if you've never been there. I don't know...
Here's my 55 Special. 2 door sedan, 3 speed on the column. Solid car, spent the beginning of its life in So Cal. I am almost done with the...
Tell me about it. When i was a kid, there was this group of cars in the woods near these old abandoned fields. We used to take walks down there...
eh, not sure if I'm feeling it. The Mickey's look a little too "ProStreet" to me, not enough Gasser. They don't really fit the look of the car,...
Isn't your plate on that thing gonna say "Live Free or Die"?:D Are you worried about getting pulled over and the nice officer telling you to...
There is quite a bit of idiocy on the bay, and if it concerns a part you want or need, it can suck. But if you're on the other end.... Last year...
I'm a fuel system design engineer for GE aircraft engines. Project I'm working on is the F-35 fighter jet engine. One variant of the plane can...
I picked up a parts car with a 70's gasser type scoop, and the guy had cut the hood skin just inside where the flange on the scoop was. He then...
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