Paul White

Hi All, I thought I would share a last few photos from the final days of our Buick Club of NSW East Coast Meet. Sunday we had a show and shine day at a local transport museum in Inverell with all 34 Buicks. Amongst the quite extensive museum collection were '18, '24 and '39 Buicks. Sunday night we had our dinner at the local Returned Serviceman's Club and a farewell breakfast on Monday morning. We left Inverell for the town of Wauchope (pronounced 'war hope' - don't ask me how this happened) which was a 200 mile drive through fantastic undulating countryside with the final 35 miles being a steep and very winding descent to sea level which all of our little group ('25, '28, '29, '30, '71 Riv and a '46 Chev) handled extremely well. The following morning we visited a local club member and his extensive car restoration work shop and his collection of several very large Packards, an E-type Jag, '78 Holden Monaro and a '29 Buick roadster. Following a morning tea and a chat we set off south for a night at a sea side area called Tea Gardens and spent a relaxing evening sitting out in the unseasonably warm weather drinking well deserved beers. Wednesday we set off on the last leg home, stopping near my turn off on the Central Coast for a last coffee and chat before the others set off for Sydney and home. Total trip was about 770 miles with approximately 55 gallons of petrol/ gas used resulting in about 14mpg at an approximate cost of about $290.00 US ($5.25 US a gallon). Photos are - '38 sloper, early Buicks at the show and shine, transport museum collection, my '30, view out the window on the way to Wauchope. Cheers Paul

Another great day out on the road, today we visited an historic town with an even more historic general store which up until 1999 had been run by the same family for the better part of a century, we also attended a digeridoo performance and a sign making factory set up by a group of mainly young Americans from a Christian community originally from upstate New York amongst other locations.

More from Australia, we visited a local bloke who owns a farm machinery wrecking yard in Inverell, He also has an acre sized shed containing dozens of historic tractors etc as well as a large paddock of threshers and other tractor related trailers and a bunch of 1930s and '40s Chevy, Dodge and British trucks. The afternoon we visited a pioneer park which featured dozens of historic buildings from the 1830s to the 1920s which had been relocated from their original locations.

Hi All, we are back on the road here in Australia for the Buick Club East Coast meet. we left yesterday for the country town of Inverell in northern New South Wales. we had an over night stop in the little town of Gloucester, some 150 miles north of Sydney. we have another 6 days of driving old Buicks to look forward to. More posts to come, Cheers Paul

I suggest in its original colour(s)

With regard to the missing data plate, have a look on the front left hand side door sill (under the mat/ carpet) and see if there is anything there. I didn't have a firewall mounted data plate on my South African '36 but did find a plate on the door sill, the information was limited but it did identify it as being an export model with other codes that suggested it might have been sold via the Lendrum and Hartman in London. Cheers Paul

Hi Dave, welcome to the forum. I have found the members here to be extremely friendly and helpful over the 7 years I have been a member. Our search for your Buick continues. I am looking forward to the day, you, Michael D. and I can get out on the roads in our Buicks. Cheers Paul

Hi All, Yesterday I attended the 'Shannon's (a car insurance company here in Australia) Sydney Classic' car show at Eastern Creek race track. There were about 2000 cars in attendance of all makes and models. The Buick Car Club of NSW had 20 Buicks in attendance. We also had a opportunity to take a spin around the track. The attached pictures shows some of the Buicks lined up waiting to do their lap, that's my '30 third from the front. It was a 150 mile round trip for me. Cheers Paul

You might also like to subscribe to the free pre-war Buick magazine. All you need to do is go to the Buick Club of Queensland website and subscribe. Cheers Paul

Hi Justin, fabulous Buick, congratulations! I just googled the original owners street address, lovely old house. He must have been worth a bit of coin back in the day. The '29 would have looked great parked in the driveway. Cheers Paul

Hi All, Just returned from a trip out to the south-west New South Wales and a country town called Leeton (Picture 6). The town was founded rather more recently than I imagined (April 1912) which would seem to account for the large number of Art Deco buildings that make up most of the towns CBD and is the home of a number of iconic Art Deco water towers designed by an American architect, Walter Burley Griffin who is famous in Australia as the designer of our national capital, Canberra. This makes Leeton a great location for an Art Deco festival and the reason why my wife and I and eight other friends set off last Thursday for the 1000 mile round trip with me in the '36 and my friend Michael in a '41 Sedanette with others following in modern vehicles (Picture One). The trip took in as many small country towns as we could (Pictures 4 and 5). We broke the journey at the 320 mile point with a stay in a beautiful historic bed and breakfast in a little town called Grenfell which has a small Chrysler museum of all things. The following day we set off for the short 130 mile hop to Leeton. We spent the next few days attending activities around town and dinners and balls at night staying in an historic hotel (Picture 2) up on the hill in the centre of town. We ran into a local fellow who owned a 1934 convertible coupe he had found rusting in a paddock in 1981 and restored it as a restomod with Holden V8 and running gear and '36 Buick front suspension pulled from another paddock wreck. (Picture 3) Monday we set off further west to a small town call Whitton and a recently developed whiskey and gin distillery called the Whitton Malt House. The place processes grain for the attached restaurant and tasting business but also provides grain to most of Australia's beer production industries. We stayed in boutique cabins arrayed around a made-made lake and spend a relaxing evening chatting over drinks and cheese before setting off back to Grenfell again for the night, finding a 1927(?) Buick radiator cap in a local antique store, and then the long trip home on Tuesday. Both Buicks ran well without any problems. I used 90 gallons of fuel at the rate of 12 mpg at a cost of $400.00 USD, Cheers Paul

Hahaha....fuel gauge?

Hi All, An update on the clock situation. Having left it lubricating for some time I gave it a try over the weekend and managed to get it to unscrew. As you can see it has a last patent date of 9th July 1912.

I wish, it would mean a large block of land and with prices in and around Sydney over $900,000US average for a postage stamp property I don't see a sign off!

I agree, you look at the design evolution of modern cars and there is little difference between a 2005 model and the current models

Hi All, I am a little late posting this but the other weekend my two Buicks final got to meet fender/mudguard to fender/mudguard. They both had a run as I have one at home and another at a local storage unit and have started to change them over as they take turns going out for a run. Unfortunately, they cannot be stable mates at this point as all of my efforts in trying to convince my wife to sell her little used Toyota GT86, which has barely covered 15000 kilometres in 7 years, have been unsuccessful...damn! Cheers Paul

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Hi All, I have just arrived back from this run having had a great time. I took my newly resurrected 1930 Model 47 and travelled a total of approximately 950 kilometres or 590 miles without a problem. My wife and I travelled with a four other Buick cars and a '25 Dodge. Having crossed the Blue Mountains located west of Sydney we turned off the main western highway and took the back roads route to the town of Cowra, a town established in 1844 and home to approximately 10000 people. The event was run over three days with runs to smaller country towns and locations radiating out from Cowra. Being Autumn/Fall it was rather cool 18C/ 62F but gloriously sunny presenting perfect vintage driving conditions. The trip home was rather less so with rain, wind, hail, black ice and even a little dusting of snow! There were 134 cars and about 280 participants. To the best of my recollection there were about 12-15 pre-war Buicks, most being Holden bodied models. Enjoy some photos from the event. Cheers Paul

Hi All, My wife and I recently returned from the pre-1931 Autumn Run to country New South Wales. I will post more photos in a separate thread but thought this photo would be best placed here. What a nice pair aren't they?.....the Buick roadster I mean! Cheers Paul

Hi All, No luck with the oil, it seems it will be off to my quirky watch repair specialist. Cheers Paul

I have put the penetration oil on the thread and will give it a day or so to work its magic. I will post again when I get it apart. Cheers Paul

Thanks Emtee and Pete. Having some trouble removing the rim. Do the four screws in the back of the clock need to be removed as you can see in the photo. In saying that I have been able to see the edge of the clock face and can see the name 'Phinney-Walker Co. Inc. Made in USA. No. 72. There are a number of patent numbers I can't quite see. Cheers Paul

Hi all, can anyone provide any information concerning this clock's age. Cheers Paul

Hi All, Took the '30 Buick out for its first Club run last week which was only a 10 mile trip and followed it up with a big test run to the Blue Mountains which is an area west of Sydney and part of the Great Dividing Range which as the name describes forms a geological range that runs north south down almost the whole east coast of Australia. The area is very popular for weekend drives and overnight stays given its much cooler climate. My wife and I are regular visitors and attend 1920s and 1930s events at a number historic hotels there. The second photo is of my friends Colin and his wife Dawn. Colin has been the heavy-lifter in the restoration of the '30 and I have learnt much from him. The photo was taken at the historic Hydro-Majestic Hotel in a village called Medlow Bath. It sits on an escarpment overlooking the Megalong Valley with the most fantastic views. The trip was both a reliability test for the '30 as it has been off the road since 1958 and it ran exceedingly well for the whole 100 mile round trip and to take my friends for a high-tea at the hotel as thank you for their hospitality and help over the 20 months restoring the Buick. My next post is likely going to be a yearly event in western New South Wales in early May, the pre-1931 Autumn Run. This event will see approximately 120 cars from 1908 to 1930 on back country roads for four days. The last photo is a reminder of what the Buick looked like when I bought it in June 2021. Cheers Paul