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And here is few picture of new leather seats for my 1924 Buick Roadster ( Front seat, rumble seat and dors panels.)

HELLO Carl and all others, Carl, thanks for wishes and like to wish you same. Be healthy and happy all the year !!! Concerning re-babbitting - it is done. I take block of engine, piston and tie rod to Serrbia ( one of former -Ex Jugoslavia country) where I found expert for re-babbitting and other job. So, he bore engine block to proper dimension and put new cylinder liner, new main bearings, make new piston rings and more important new camshaft bearings. Picture speaks all. This master is possible to make piston and ring up to size of 900 mm ( 35" ) in diameter !!! In the meantime I finished job with new leder seats. Bigist problem now is to find whitewall tires in size 32x4 here in Europe, because od shipping cost from USA. If anybody know for resor in Europe, please let me know. It could be old stock too. If anybody need anything from here, please let me know. Best Regards Nenad

Hello Herm, Thanks for real precize info. I am waiting finish of griding crankshaft and than I will have start measure for babbitting new bearings. Because I did not found clearince info until Fred and you give me this , we do investigation and colect info from "old guy school" - mehanics who allready repair engine from period as mine is. Conclusion is same as yours. Here in Croatia is few of good small companx who do babbit work on bearings, but I found one real good in Serbia and will give him this job. Plan is, after griding crankshaft , to take piston with connecting rod and block of the engone to this workshop and they will make new piston rings ( they make new piston up to 3 feet in diameter ) , babbit new rod bearings ( becuse we wound that main bearings are good and in starndard celarince which you Herm sent ), and instal new piston liner ( they also produce piston liner with centrifugal tehnic to have composit structure up to 3 feet long ). All of this as main job, beside normal everhaul job as cleaning valve and valve seats, repair oil pump , timmimg... should give good result. I will post proces of the all job. THANK YOU. Have a nice weekend. Nenad

Hello Leif, Yes, I know. But , Thanks anyway. Best Regards Nenad

Hello Fred, Thank you so much for info about clearance. Now, after griding crankshaft on same measure on all position, I can give your info about clearance to man who will do babbitt work on bearings. Will inform you about progres. Thanks one more time Regards Nenad

Hello Herm, Thanks. We come to same conclusion here and allready griding cam on best size. After we finish we will measure and order new rod bearing from expert for babbitt work. Mostly, we are interesting about proposal tolerance on rod and main bearing . Enyway, I will post result and hope that will have final result same as yours on photo. Herm and other folks, have a nice evening ! Your sugestion is very important for me and my tim here. Best Regards Nenad

Also, I am old school and do not know how to instal photo insted of letter N under my name and note that I am Junior member Thanks

Hello to all of you, Last time you help me with top latches for my Buick. Now I have again problem. As I mention I replaced original engine with 1926 Buick Standard six model 207 cu inc. I must replace / made new main and rod bearings and it is Babbitt work - the method of removing and replacing worn bearing material on main bearings and connecting rod bearings. I have good people here who are dooing that, but they ask me for standard size of main and rod bearings. I ordered and today receive 1926 Buick Standard six reference book form USA and hoping that the measurament will bw inside, but this is book of general information/referance, with no detail about what I need. So, hope somebody of you will have this info and also standard tolerance for main and rod bearings whick Buick propose. Thanks in advance.

Hello Hubert ( Hugh ), Brian, Terry, Larry DiBarry and Mark, Thanks to your kindness I solwe problem with top fixation for my Buick. My people here are working of making exact coppy of original latches. If anybody of you need anything from teritory of former Yugoslavia, please let me know. Beat regards Nenad

Hello Hubert, THANK YOU. If you visit Croatia any time in your futur life- you will be my quest. I have nice hotel here. Thanks one more time Nenad

Hello Hubert, Thanks for prompt replay. My Buick was 1924 4 door touringm but I converted him to roadster. I bought BUick without top bows/frame and the friend from USA send me top frame from which he told me that is from Buick. I restored this how I touth is OK, but now do not now how to fix it to front windshield. I will attached few photos of the Buick before and now and hope it will be not to big. Try to make them smaller. If it will not work I can send with email . My email is : nenad@laredoute.hr I upload few photos : first 2 is from Savannah/GA, before transport, other is from proces of restoring ( I have hunderds from this proces ) and last one is my target. Sorry because photos is to big , but I do not know to make them smaller Thanks for helping, because without help from from you - Buick fan, I will never finish my project. Nenad PS: If you be so kind, I will ask you few more question which will help me.

Hello people, I bought 1924 Buick touring project with convertible top ( which is missing ) and now try to restore top . I can not find how top is fixed with two bow from side of front windshield. Is there any laches or...??? In attached photo in red circle is position of fixation for what I am lloking. I bought thic Buick project in USA 2 years ago and imported to Croatia ( Europe - probably you never hear for my country Croatia) and here is no chance to find any answer on my problem. This is first 1924 Buick in my country. Please help with photo of this part if possible ( and we will make this parts here )- or if somebody have this used parts for sale Thanks in advance Nenad