39BuickEight

very interesting!

great car!

pics are always welcome!

Do you have the timing hole inspection cover? It covers the hole over the flywheel behind/near the starter.

Great! I plan on writing the gentleman in the NE that owned my car, according to the guy I bought it from, for at least 50 years.

Oh no, you cut it up At least it will be back on the road. I have seen those bumpers somewhere, but I am not sure if it was a factory option of an aftermarket one. Just send it to me

Brakes are done! and here is our current oil pressure gauge

Tell me what exactly you need measurements of. I have it all apart right now.

I know if you take your time the results are not bad at all, I was just saying that a spray gun is the "better" way to go, that's all. I painted the fender on my old Blazer with a rattle can, so I'm no expert

Well, it depends on your expectations. It certainly won't be the best looking car out there if you paint it with either a brush or spray can, but if that isn't your intention, like they say, it's just paint.

Go here: Buick - Pre War - AACA Forums and look for the "new thread" button along the left side

you just click edit, then delete it

Yeah Terry, the rivets are still there. I read that too. The shafts are clearly different between the 2 setups. The 1938 setup can be redone without taking out the rivets, and that's what we did. Either : A. The entire assembly was changed out at some point from a 1938 car (which I doubt based on taking it all apart, it just seems original based on wear, etc) Maybe someone wanted to do some service and realized what was needed with the rivets and all, so they just put a '38 lower inner arm setup in the car instead. or B. It came that way somehow. The 1938 book talks about overlap with 1937. Maybe since the '39 book is so dependent on the '38 book, this note was left out.

Danny, we're gonna need a '39 Buick Cream Team in a few years!

I say paint it the way you want, but you have to have the wide whites on there, they make all the difference!

Yeah, but in taking the car apart, you can tell with almost certainty what has been touched and what hasn't. The front end was completely worn out. I mean completely. If it had ever been changed I think it would have been different. The difference is the lower inner bushings. In my car, you can see a large 6-sided metal bushing that actually screws into the arm, onto the shaft, with a grease fitting. The other "correct" sample shows a simple bolt that actually bolts to the end of the lower inner shaft (must have a longer shaft I suppose), and the bushing is actually rubber. This whole thing came up when Bob and I were confusing each other:D. We were both right. What he sent was for a "typical" 1939, and it did not fit. Danny, it is interesting you found the same setup on one of your cars. That make you wonder too. I am leaning that there were some leftover 1938 parts used here.

There really isn't much to see in photos of what we have done recently. Of course you can see the current status in my thread below. When the brakes are done I'll stick a new photo in there.

nice progress! We were going to start blasting the body on my car yesterday, but the weather went from 55 and sunny Sunday to 25 and snowy yesterday, so we just worked inside on little things.

Thanks for the interest! Yesterday we turned the oil pump with a drill and we have good oil pressure, and the oil made it's way through the maze to the top end! We have just been doing little things lately to get the engine ready to fire and working to get the brakes finished.

Well, after a few different calls to Bob's trying to figure out why the lower inner bushings they keep telling me should fit my car do not, I looked in my 1938 manual and the photo there is what I have on my car. Has anyone else heard of this? I do not have the setup depicted in the 1939 manual with the rubber bushings that go in the eye of the lower inner arm. I have the steel bushings with the grease fittings on them. I recall Dave Corbin saying my car was built in March 1939. Would the factory have been using any leftover 1938 parts at that time? I am not sure when the new year model runs started back then. Everything else about my car seems original, so I am not sure if this is or could be. Judging by the condition and wear is seems to be. here is a photo of mine: and here is a photo of '39 I found with the correct bushing setup: I find a lot of good '39 restoration photos here, not sure if anyone knows this car, but he is a darn good body man! http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/dd295/randyodaniel/1939%20Buick%20Special/

I too prefer the headlights of the pre 1940's, especially the mid 30's. I got my 39 due to price, location, and availability. I could not pass it up.

Merry Christmas! I found some donated money for the cause under my tree!

I've never seen anything but the flexible one on a '39. Mine has the holes for the fender lights, but no lights. I am debating whether to put them on considering the price for "correct" ones. Mine also has a heater, not a Buick heater, some other brand. I am debating leaving it off too. The only issue is that they ran the hoses right through my ID plate. Decisions, decisions.

Neat, so what made the steering wheel flexible? That one looks like every other one I have seen for a '39.

Looks beautiful Barney!!! The mention of "Folding Rear Center Bumper Guards" and the "flexible Steering Wheel" interest me. I have never heard of those before.