marcnoni
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Looking for an air cleaner assembly and filter for my 37 buick special series 41. Also looking for a front grille at this time.
Anyone know where to look for chrome trim pieces???
I had a paint and body shop nightmare. Ended up pulling the car out of the shop permanently. I am hooked up with some car club people now and trying to get back on the right track.
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Bob....................thanks so much. After a little bit of frustration and going back to the shop a couple of times we got it. Your pictures are right on. If you push back the plastic collar the clip is there between the collar and the door handle. I dont know why this ended up being so difficult. I think we just werent prying it back far enough and in the right place. Thanks so much for everyones help and the pictures posted by Bob are accurate for my 1937 Buick Special Series 41.
Anyone have any experience with 12 volt conversions but keeping the instruments 6 volt. I am moving my car temporarily out of the body shop (I am having them do only the body work and body paint) to have a good car club friend detail the engine compartment and work on the rewiring. He is a Buick guy and will probably know but any input here would be helpful.
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Thank you everyone for you responses. I will be making a trip back to the shop here in the next couple days. I will let everyone know the outcome and try to take some pictures. Thanks again.
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My 37 special has a tension spring on the inside of the panel and no clips. Still trying to figure out how to release the tension spring to get the handle off. I really appreciate the pictures but for some reason the way these handles are held in are different. the white plastic piece moves and I am thinking if it is pushed forward it may release the spring or there may be something on the shaft going into the door that needs to be pushed in. Anyone no of something similar.
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I went to the shop today to work on the door handles. I had no problem with the exterior handles and I appreciate the information. I am having problems with the interior door handles. Bob, thank you so much for the pictures you sent me but the door handles on my 37Special series 41 do not appear to be exactly the same. The interior handles on my car have a white ring, then another skinnier ring. Since I am also doing the upholstery on the door panels we ripped it apart and tried to see if their were any clips holding it in place and I am very sure there were not. Any other input out there.
Also trying to figure out how to take the chrome wiper piece off that is attached to the car body. Is there a stud or something attached that we have to get to from under the dash. help....lol.
I can't wait to have all this done and up and running!!!!!!!
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Thank you. I will make a visit to the shop tommorrow and take a look.
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Okay.........so my buick is being stripped down now and prepared for painting. The guy I have working on it is having diffuculty figuring out how to easily get the door handles off of the car. can anyone help here. I am guessing it is not difficult but we are just at a standstill right now. Thanks for any help anyone can give.
Also, I apologize I have had some questions and requests for pictures or info from some people on here and have not been able to adequately respond due to a few reasons. I have had losses in my family this year and more so the car is not with me and clear across town so I do not get over there too often.
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i will work on getting you a picture. I have a 37 special 41 series intact. been busy but will try to get it asap. you can email me at marcnoni@frontiernet.net if you want.
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thank you so much Buick38 80C. Keep the info coming. I am really excited about this project and hope to have everything ready by next spring to enjoy cruising in it. I will go through the links you sent. Thanks again.
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Thank you all for your comments so far. I am very excited about this car.
Dave and suschan..........thanks so much for the information...I will be joining BCA at your suggestion. Also, sushan I would like to hear more about how I can hot rod the engine. I am a novice so forgive me if I am a bit slow in picking things up. Would a dual carb manifold help. Also I will be checking the engine codes you guys are talking about to see what exactly is in there. Thanks for the info on the engine color. I really appreciate all of the input. Keep it coming.
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I have a 37 buick special model 41. I bought it in pretty good shape but am going to do some work on it. I am interested in finding out where I can find all of the pieces to the hood mechanisms. That is the part that holds up the hood. The pieces that go on the hood. It looks like there are metal pieces that fit on the corners at the bottom. Any help or pictures would be great. I am not a professional but just try to plug away at this stuff. Also, I am aware that the engines in the 37 buick special were the the 248 but one guy I took it to thought it was the larger 320. Is this possible. The engine looks like an original Buick engine that someone tried to paint blue then green. Does anyone know what the original color of the engine is as I would like to restore it that way. thanks alot and any help is appreciated. Also interested in knowing what the original interior looked like. the trim style is 300.......Anyone with pictures.
1937 Buick Special
in Buick - Pre War
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My car is finally coming along. I have detailed the cowl and entire engine compartment. Wiring will be next. I have two questions for now.
1. I have been getting many opinions on whether you should do upholstery or paint first. I actually think that alot of the interior pieces that need upholstery can be removed in order to do it. What are your opinions out there. The paint guys tell me paint first and the upholstery guys tell me upholstery first......lol.
2. Does anyone have any pictures of what the original air cleaner on a 37 Special Series 41 is supposed to look like. i am still looking to purchase one and havent tracked one down yet. Not sure if the one I have is what is supposed to be on there.