Serb, I do believe that you were somewhat smitten by this southern belle

Yep!! Glad to see this back on top. How is that calendar coming?

Some of you may recall a thread (and I looked it for but wasn't able to find) that had some discussion about how I misunderstood my dear wife Rita when she said you need to get some old "brick" for the back yard patio. Well I've since been bringing home every old "Buick" I could find and afford. She finally asked why are you bringing all these old Buicks into our back yard and I try to explain that she had told me to. Well needless to say, she didn't quite fall for it so to save my marriage I figured I better go about bringing her some old brick into the back yard. Some of you may have also noticed I haven't been aroud as much as usual. At least two of you did cause you actually emailed me private to see if I was OK. (which btw was very touching). So in case anyone else did notice, this post is to fill you all into what I have been doing for the last three months. I mean every weekend, every evening after work and 2 weeks worth of vacation. Sorry, it wasn't working on "Buicks", but rather 5,400 "Brick". See what I'm talking about HERE

Hopefully it will work and you won't need a password.Go to "The Terrace" and click the millstone and it will bring up a bunch of thumbnails and you can click and view them. IT WAS FUN

and I'm beginning to believe you're serious about the calendar too

Lamar,

I took a fast look at the pics, looks like you did a fine jopb. That ought to keep you in good graces for a long time.

BTW, 2Dec66 - my employment with Uncle Sam and the US Army began.

Very nice...Suzanne was sitting here with me when I hit play...you should have given the camera to Rita more often though if you wanted to give the impression that you actually did more than just the fire pit

WOW!!! Lamar, that is awesome! Now I see why you were so busy. That oughta earn you a lot of kitchen passes from Rita. That was one big Honey Do! Glad to see you got your computer privelidges back too! It got a little quiet around here without you.

Now, about this calender, are you going to find a couple more Georgia Peaches to model with your Buicks or are Terry and Rita going to do all the pics? Inquireing minds want to know!! hehe

Nice job.
I see you work in the trades so I may be giving you information you already know, if I am excuse me.

I looked Athens Georgia up, and you do get snow and freezing temperatures, so I must emphasize...

DO NOT PUT ANY SALT DOWN TO DE-ICE. EVER.

If you do the mortar will fall apart. Turn back into sand. All that fine work for nought.
Your Brickie Buddies probably know this already, but sometimes, what passes for common knowledge just gets left out with disastrous results. I've seen it happen.

No salt. Trust me. It's a beautiful job.

10-4 Oxnard, no salt.I've seen the affects of salt on freshly poured (up to 6 months)concrete. Re working "in the trades", actually I manage roadway construction projects. These were the first bricks I've ever laid. The old mason in the picture I was sparring trowels with came over for a couple of hours every few days and taught me a lot.(and in the picture we were racing to finish the two last rows of bricks...I kept pusing him over and stealing his mud and he still beat me!!)Aside from his help though it was me, my sweet Reet and my son Jordan. Those are cobble stones and Belgium granite curbing pieces from downtown Athens, Georgia. I'm really proud of it. Plus the time spent on that project has bought me 3 months free of honey do's to work on the Buicks. YEEHAA

Lamar,

Being a native Jawja boy, I've got to wonder... Why would there be Belgium granite in North Georgia, of all places? Sorta like taking coals to Newcastle, especially since the N. Ga. granite is known as 'Silver Cloth' and is highly sought after in Europe....

Cheers,
JMC

Ships would deliver cotton to Belgium. The granite was used as ballast for the ships coming back.

It's interesting that they would freight the ballast from Savannah/Charleston to Athens when there is so much native stone there. There must be an economic advantage that's not immediately obvious. The older sections of Savannah, near the river, are paved and constructed from ballast stone, both cobble and cut stone.

Thanks for the info.

Cheers,
JMC

Well done MrEarl, thats a great job you photographed there while the family slogged it out I can't help but wonder though, looking at the size of the terrace if there isn't some sort of dual purpose to the the brickwork....

...It looks to be a large enough area of hardstanding to get at least three more 54's on to me

Can't you tell, that big circle in the middle is actually a turntable for showcasing my girls. not really but the thought did come to mind

I delivered the 56 Special to a good home up in the Raliegh NC area over the weekend and look what managed to get up on my trailer and follow me back home. It is most definitley a parter as a barn roof had fallen in on it and gophers had tunneled under it and piled dirt up to the rockers. So if anyone needs a 264, a Dynaflo or rear end, let me know. I am considering cutting off the rear trunk part,leaving the rear fender area with the bullet style tailights and making a couch out of it.









Man there are more old cars in barns around that area than I've ever seen.When I asked a couple of the owners about this, the typical response was "the d*** dealer wouldn't give me s*** in trade for it so I just kept it". That's cool. I spotted another little bit later year model but I think I'm gonna take my dads advice and "keep it under my hat 'til I got it in my hands".

Dear Mr.Earl,Read the title of your post and i thought you were goin treat us to some more pics of the INFAMOUS Terry .Aw well i can wish can't i.diz

I'd be a dead man if that ever happened

I think it is about time the calendar came out, after all, it is 2006. We have all been waiting for a long time!! I get the first copy.

Here's an idea for you.

Serb you're not givin up on that calendar idea are ya.

I got ya JohnD, just move the grille and headlights back to the front of the rear door,leaving the rear door functional with access through to the trunk area, chop the roof and bring it down and back to the rear of the trunk and I'd have a... a... a... mess. But since Santa didn't make it here with my new welder looks like i'll have to put it off til next year.

What?!?! That damn Santa. What gall!!! Just think of all the extra room you'll be missing now for the trip to Minnesota..

But I don't think you have to go as far as that guy did. Lets see, rear bumper to front of rear doors. Attach the firewall onto the front of the door hinge panels ( that way the doors would work for easy access. Chop off the windshield frame and attach to the firewall, then cut off the front fenders 6 " back from the headlight doors and weld them on. then add the front of the hood replacing the top of the hood with a piece of flat steel so as to meet the width of the firewall, and.. voila... you still got a mess.

Anybody ever do this before? Do you attach the tow hitch to the torque tube? or modify the frame for the hitch?

Did you guys see this one? I know Lamar did not see it but maybe John did. I took this picture at the BCA Nationals in Batavia. http://photos.aaca.org/data/500/235482005_0707_135849AA-med.JPG

Pretty soon you can send an 11 month calendar, January will be done by the time you get them sent out.

Found this old gal only about 80 miles up the road. Story goes that the previous owner had "fixed it up" and gave it to his daughter for highschool graduation. He caught her "ridin around" with a young black guy and took the car away from her, parked it behind the barn and there it sat for the last 14 years. A little teddy bear with a cap and gown found in the glove compartment sorta confirms the story.
I changed the already clean looking oil (the engine appears to have been rebuilt at some point)hookd a good battery to her and the engine cranked right up. After the oil circulated a minute the valves quited down and she didn't smoke a bit. The tranny was full of fluid, it looked clean, and is smooth as any Dynaflow can be.And I still don't believe it but the Dynaflow doesn't leak!!! Power steering squeeled a little til it warmed up but works great. The panels and rockers are pretty solid, glass is good and clear. Only one small problem, the floors are just about totally gone. Never seen one like it. Must say though that this is one of the plainest Roadmasters I've ever seen. NO accessories at all. Just power steering and brakes, the brakes of which didn't work...had to use the emergengy brake when I put it on the road. I drove her around the neighbor hood for over an hour til the gas filter clogged up. Go figure...
I'm gonna try and find out what the young ladies name was and yep, that's what I'll call her. (don't think I'll ask the Dad though)

Crankin her up
hittin the road
made it back
even the wipers work

Dang Lamar! You planning on leaving any 54 Roadies for anybody else?!? Looks like a good one!

She's OK but I really don't know what to do with her. I mean the floors are totally gone. Never seen one where the floors were so bad yet the rockers and panels are decent. I bought her as a parts car but I'd hate to start cutting her up. Not many folks would want to do a frame off on a plain jane 4 door though. There's been a lot of nice 2 doors even being parted out on ebay lately though, and that really hurts. This one met the "Rule of 600" though so I had to go get it. (That's if the price plus the one way mileage doesn't exceed 600, then I can buy it) This one only came in at a little over half.
I don't know..... At least she's among her friends....