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  1. Thanks for all the replies so far. The car still has the starting mechanism on the accelerator and all the gauges and dome light still work. Once the weather breaks here in Colorado I will have to take a look at the carb switch. One of the wires looked pretty frayed. I'll try the jumper wire at the carb switch and if that works I'll splice and replace the contacts on those wires. No worries about the brakes as I won't be driving it for a while and definitely not before I have a closer look at them. I just need to get it on a car transport and sent to my new home in the D.C. area.
  2. Forgot to mention, I am still running a stock style 6V straight 8, its not a streetrod. Thanks! Tim
  3. Today I drove my 41' to a friend of mine's garage for storage in order to await transport to my new residence. It started fine today as it has every day that I have owned it since March. As I drove the speedometer began buzzing, making weird noises, and registering very inaccurate speeds. I stopped at a gas station and put gas in it and it started right up with no problems so off I went for another 10 miles. I reached my friends house with the speedometer still acting up and the brake pedal occasionally going to the floor at red lights, but didn't think much of it. I parked it the driveway to wait for my friend to open the garage When he opened it I attempted to start the car and.......nothing the starter didn't even engage. I made sure the switch was in the "on" position and tried it again and still nothink. Not even a whirr, or a click just dead silence. I looked around and checked the starter. I discovered some frayed wires and dirty contacts which I respliced and cleaned but still nothing and could not get it to start. Now I feel pretty darn embarassed and I know transporting the car will cost me much more if it is immobile. Please help, I love my Buick dearly and want to get it on a trailer and get it to my new home without causing my freind any more headaches than he already has with storing my baby. Thanks much!!! Tim
  4. I recently bought a replacement stainless rocker moulding piece for my 41' SSE which supposedly fits 44-44S and 44S-47. When I went to place it on the car I noticed that the bend that is close to the front fender is sharper than the piece that came with the car and that the piece that came with the car is actually longer that the moulding that I purchased. I would have thought that the rocker moulding pieces within the special series would have all been the same length, but that does not seem to be the case. Were the rocker mouldings on the sedanette (46 SSE model) longer than the regular special? Thanks for any help you can provide. Tim Romans BCA#44777
  5. Hello, Although I'm not new to the old car hobby I am new to the world of Buick. Growing up I used to help my dad with his prewar Fords and 50's Fords, tearing apart and rebuilding flatheads and Y-blocks. When I graduated from high school my dad and I restored a 57 Olds Super 88 4-door hardtop, painted red and white which I drove every day while in college. After graduating, I sold the Olds, regretted it, and after two years bought a turquoise and white 56 Super 88 4-door hardtop. I tinkered with it and drove it for 7 years before tiring of it and began to get the "itch" for a prewar car. I initially wanted a 39-40 Ford Deluxe coupe, but kept my eyes open for a good deal on a Buick with a mighty straight-eight. A friend of my dad had (and still has 20 some years later) a black 1941 Buick Super Coupe that I always secretly admired as a child and used to marvel at the shiny dante red valve cover that read "Buick Fireball Eight" whenever he popped the hood at shows. In March after a few months of shopping around and the usual dead ends I ran across a 1941 SSE in Hemmings, called about it, arranged an inspection, and bought it from a very nice and honest guy out in Houston TX. Here's my Buick as delivered in April of this year: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=61450&id=1686137397 http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=61450&id=1686137397 http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=61450&id=1686137397 http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=61450&id=1686137397 http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=61450&id=1686137397 She's an older restoration complete with rock chips in the paint, weatherchecked tires, and tired pot metal (although the grille and bumpers have been replated.) The front end has recently been rebuilt and suspension has been gone through. I'm still in disbelief about bow good she steers and rides, far better than a contemporary Ford, but I won't tell my dad that. My plans? My plans are to keep it stock and finish the restoration that's already been started on it. That, and drive it all over the place this summer (yes, I'll be coming out to the nationals here in Colorado Springs in July.
  6. Thanks Grandpa I appreciate the help and advice. I'll get right on it! Tim
  7. Check that. The part is a brass fitting (don't know why I thought copper) that screws into the thermostat neck on the block and the heater hose connects to it. Any info on reconditioning the part or the name of the part so I can obtain another would be greatly appreciated.
  8. Hi, After years of dabbling with mid-50's Oldsmobiles I just bought my first pre-war Buick about a month ago. Needless to say I'm still learning about the straight eight and about how Buick did things before the war so my apologies for sounding like a moron. So yesterday I was driving around and decided to play with the heater for the first time and everything seemed fine until I got back to the driveway and popped the hood. I noticed a small coolant leak around the front end of the heater hose, particularly coming out of a copper fitting that has a valve with a wingnut. The leak actually seems to be coming out around the valve and still leaks after tightening. The copper fitting itself is greenish like an old penny and I'm considering replacing it. Problem is I couldn't find the name of the piece anywhere in the shop manual. Thanks for any help you all can provide!
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