Any buick pics?

Would like to see pictures of buicks. Might give me some ideas on these 53's I'm looking at. Heard those straight eights sounded pretty mean back in the day. any info on these engines would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

hey, any excuse to show mine off!

 

Wow, cool looking car, like the flames, is that a special? Does it still have all the original running gear? Thanks for your reply!

 

Yeah, it's a special.
Still has the original straight 8. I don't know about them sounding mean though. Maybe with a split manifold and dual exhaust. When I got mine on the road and needed a muffler I replaced it with a glass pack thinking it would sound great. Unfortunately, it's pretty darn quiet. I started it without a muffler when I was in the middle of replacing it and then it just sounded like an old tractor!

 

Pics of mine in progress: http://forum.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=messageboard.viewThread&entryID=10980887&categoryID=0&IsSticky=0&groupID=101717096&Mytoken=D4DCD9D2-95E0-14D9-A36110557E2F96AE13852708

and the I-8

 

a few good sites to check out:

http://buicks.net/index.php

http://www.buicks.net/racing/l8_performance.html

http://www.teambuick.com/forums/archive/index.php/f-85.html

http://www.inliners.org/

 

heres some of my new 55 before and after

 

Jdubbya's '60 Lesabre......I lied I don't have a pic!! I'm sure he'll chime in with one or two.

Here it is....I'm a meathead.

 

Here's my '53. The straight 8's great, but as with any other car, if it hasn't been driven or maintained, expect some headaches! But that happens with any car. It's a great looking car though, so I'm powerless against it! Expect parts prices to be a little higher than more common cars. I have a '65 Mustang and a '65 Skylark and was in for a little sticker shock on parts. Mine's a Special hardtop. If you have any specific questions, be sure to post and I can share any experiences I've had with the car to help you out.

Aaron

 

new??? minga!! hey check out the web site luke put more pics of your car on there

 

Here is my 51 special, still got the STR8 converting to 700r4 trans with modern rear end.

 

That looks great, perfect stance. The heavy ass grill laying on the ground looks great.

 

Heres mine over in the UK.
slammed on the floor, waiting for airbags, rewired to 12v, pertronix, electric fuel pump, electric wipers, electric windows, visor just being fitted, lakes to be fitted and then bubble skirted later this year.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=175412&stc=1&d=1143827776front1.JPG

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=175413&stc=1&d=1143827776front2.JPG

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=175414&stc=1&d=1143827776rear1.JPG

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=175415&stc=1&d=1143827776rear2.JPG

 

Here are a few links with tons of straight 8 info. There are more good links within these links too.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=81619
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...light=Straight
http://www.teambuick.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9365

With stock exhaust, the s-8 is quiet as a mouse. I had my exhaust off the other day and started it with nothing but the manifold. It sounded SO good! It's got me thinking.

 

50 Special 4dr Fastback

 

Don't forget the new floor

 

Heres a buddy of ours thats going to get
a subframe very soon.......


.........and heres mine when i
got it delivered. going to get the same treatment soon.