watch ebay, i have seen them pop up from time to time. i plan to convert myself but i have other issues to solve first. welcome to the hamb. it's nice to see more straight 8 buick guys. i am also running the 263. i'll attach a pic.
I personally have never come across a split manifold set or a dual carb manifold set that was anything near cheap. Some folks get lucky, but I am not one of them guys. Of course I have never been at a loss for things to spend money on in place of manifolds either...... If you have any welding ability at all it's really easy to make your own split mainifolds. If not - you could surely find a buddy who is a welder, right? I can't beleive the factory manifold works as well as it does with all of the heat conductivity thinning the intake charge. My car always runs well though so I thought I had better not mess with success. The only thing I changed was the air cleaner. I just couldn't keep running that huge oil soaked filter any longer. I had to get something a little smaller than that 5 gallon air compressor that used to sit on top of my four foot long valve cover....... ......speaking of that four foot long valve cover, would that thing make a good valve cover racer? I always thought that'd be hilarious to line up against the puney SBC covers........prolly get my *** handed to me.
hey buick 8, chub chub has nothing to do with ewoks. it has more to do with the obesity of the 1952 buick special and it's big fat ***! see pic for a look at that ***!
and to give credit where credit is due, i got the name from the simpsons. it was the name of selma and pattys' pet lizzard. i just thought it was a great name for this car.
Welcome stranger! Nice Buwik. Drive the **** out of it! Wouldn't YOU really rather have a buick? (I'm almost too young to remember that) Sparky
I couldn't help but notice that Chub Chub suffers from the typical suburban affliction of "too much **** in the garage". Usually contracted from a person of the opposite *** when they won't let you throw anything away. An illness also known as "my attic can't hold any more ****" or "we are having a baby, now what do I do with all of this extra ****"? One temorary cure is used. It is called "keeping the garage door closed so the naighbors can't see all my ****". There are many popular long term cures, but they are often very dangerous and/or hard to come by. The least harmful but shockingly least used of these is known as "donating that **** to the salvation store". My personal favorite is one that is a permanent cure called "ohh that ****, I burned it all out back", but leaves the door open for an even worse disease known as "when you come back here all your **** will be in the yard". Have a nice day....
hey broman all that **** in the garage is my parents. that is where chub chub is sitting until i get it running well enough to get it home. i had it shipped to their house because i was in spain for my rare vacation. i happen to live very modestly. if it isn't car or music related... i don't own it. i live in the heart of san francisco where you can't just park your car in your corn field while you fix it. if you want to give me any more **** about my "suburban" life, just take your size 12 out of your even bigger mouth and add a post from iowa!
Chub, calm down. I am afflicted with all above illnesses. 'Cept the last one. Perhaps my ribbing would have translated better in person. You shouldn't be so easily bothered if you plan on sticking around here long. I have made a vow to avoid falling for a fight around here - I'm here for fun and for help. This post was supposed to be a "welcome to the garage" - initiation type of joking around, nothing personal and certainly nothing concerning your "Status" in society. I invite you to poke fun at me whenever you see fit - as long as it isn't a personal attack I'll laugh it off. Like the way you made the cornfield crack. Funny. Inaccurate, but funny. And besides internet bullys never worry me anyway..... ...perhaps you'd like to pull your size 12 out of your mouth now.
Perhaps a Pic will set us in the right direction. Here you go Buick8. These pics have worn thin on the OG HAMBers, but they are all I have in my 'puter. Enjoy.
[ QUOTE ] blah, blah, blah... i live in the heart of san francisco where you can't just park your car in your corn field while you fix it. if you want to give me any more **** about my "suburban" life, just take your size 12 out of your even bigger mouth and add a post from iowa! [/ QUOTE ] That was gay as hell. Great way to make friends on this board, though. (That was sarcasm).
hey broman, if i ever meet you i'm gonna kick the s#*%t out of your punk a**... just kidding. i can take and give the **** without offense. i was just feeling kind of surly. i'm not looking to pick a fight either (especially with a guy with a '50 buick). that is one of many things i love about the pre '55 buick, you almost never see them at shows, in any condition. yours is looking good. what's under the hood? original, modified? sorry about the corn field crack, i should have said potato farm, (****! that's idaho, i'm confusing my stereotypes). i'd like to think my size 12 is out of my mouth now, (but what is that funny taste?). keep the buick alive and i'm sure we'll cross paths again.
Can't we all just get along? hehe. I've been asleep at the wheel for the last couple days and just noticed all the post on this thead. Broman, the black with red wheels looks sweet on that car. Need some wider white walls though! I would love to have some super wide whites on mine, but just don't have the green now. Now that I understand that chub chub is the name of the car because of it's large ah.. rear, I was wondering if some more of you guys have names for your cars and if so, what is the reasoning behind it. I named my buick Drusilla Christine. Drusilla after a vampire on Buffy (because these old Buicks have such big teeth) and Christine as a middle name because of a certain '58 Plymouth from one of my all time favorite movies. I know this is kind of ****y and I usually just call my car "the Buick", but I thought she needed a name. Ok, don't be shy, any other names out there. Doesn't have to be a Buick. Any one else buy the book "from a Buick 8" It's got a '53 on the cover, although in the book they say it looks like a '54. By the way, I have a little one car garage that is so messy I can hardly walk around the beast, let alone work on her. I guess I am also afflicted!
Chub Chub, No problem at all, water under the bridge as far as I'm concerned. My sarcasm and dry sense of humor are very hard to translate on a message board and I realize that. There simply is no way to "hear" the inflections of my voice or my tone by written word. And I can't poke you in the ribs when I am saying it so that you know I'm only kidding. Forget about it - I already have. Buick8, I am biased I know but I think the '50 Buicks are the coolest of all. The grill is the meanest looking the bumpers are cool as is (and even better when modified). And the hood-holes are the perfect shape - if you ask me. Sedanettes also are the slickest looking body styles too, guess that makes me perfectly biased. As far as the white walls. I bought the car with them already on it, and they were 0 miles brand spanking new, so they stayed...... I do like all of the other Bufords too, But if money were no object I'd still have a '50 Buick. Of course if money were no object I'd have one of each year too.... I read the novel you speak of as well. In the book it claimes to be a '49(or 8? hard to remember in my foggy recollection) but the cover is a '51(I think)....or did I get that backwards? I forget now, but I read it. So did my wife. And now she thinks my car is going to be something evil...... They openly admit the flaw in the opening pages of the book. Something about the art having already been done before the story or something like that...... I never named my car, I don't know why. I think a car should earn a name and I was never inspired to name it so it just never happened. My '34 PU is getting named left and right (by folks other than me) so it's bound to get one that sticks... And someday a long long time from now, when I begin building my bubbletop It's name has already been choosen - and it's design has already been plotted out both in my mind and on paper. I will do a good (final) rendering someday and post it. But that will be a few years.....sigh......
I'll have to second that on the '50! Of course I'm biased. Buick8... let me also extend a welcome to the HAMB. I just bought a 1950 Riviera "Barn Fresh" essentially... rescued from an auto wrecker. Got a lot of work on her. I'm glad you posted... this has brought all the Buick enthusiasts out of the woodwork so I know I can ask lots of Buick questions.
hey steel pheonix, owning a '52 i must vote for the '52 grille. can you post any pics. of your '50? from wat i can see it looks to be another beautiful buick.
chub chub, I'm going to be putting a web page together with pics... but here's a couple threads where I've posted a few already... I just CAN'T stop GRINNING!!! So... What didja do this weekend? And a couple other shots... Wrong Grille! Same as the avvy, just a bit larger. Hey Buick 8... I name my cars too. I've named every car I've ever owned or driven. I still need to come up with a name for this Buick. I don't think naming cars is silly. They have a life all their own. (Yeah, I'm weird, so what?)
what a big beautiful beast! keeping the grill or changing back to '50? just curious thanks for the pics
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