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A line up of 1929 wheel styles at the Denver Meet Disk, artillery, wire. The second and 4th from the left have regular wood spoke wheels.

Check Color Portfolio section of "Buick A complete History" 6th edition 13th page . The photo shown is of the same car which I believe That car shown was for sale here on the forum last year.

It is a 1923 model 41 2 door Touring sedan. It has a rear extension for a travel trunk.

Kevin: Flip the windshield. The side curtain snap studs are on the inside of both of my 1925s. I know it confused me also as I had seem many other cars of that vintage with them on the outside. George's 1925-45 at the 2016 Old Car Festival. The side curtains mount to the inside. Alan's All Original car in Long Island. No studs on the outside.

Thank you for chiming in George. At this time I am waiting for my 1925 Standard engine to be completed at the Reeve's shop in Cazinovia. NY. They finally received the Ross pistons last Friday! (Over 5 month wait) After removing the Standard engine to be rebuilt and hoping to be able to drive my 1925 Master in it's place the Master had developed a good "thump" in the bottom end at the end of September 2017. The Reeve shop is also rebuilding a spare 1925 Master oil pump for me since I was concerned about the low oil pressure (around 5 psi.) I have not yet investigated the Master engine problem since I had too much of the Standard spread out over the garage, the house, a shop doing the head in Chambersburg and of course NY. Once all come together for the Standard I can begin the Master. Depending on what I find, can just one rod be removed and re-babbited? That is without total disassembly of the engine? I removed the rods from my spare 1924, 6 cylinder engine from the bottom of the block. But the pistons had been removed at some previous time.

"The Philion was also driven by Joseph Cotton in "The Magnificent Ambersons".

Lamar: It did look like a repaint to me. I did not investigate too deeply on the door jambs and such. As chapter director I was busy with taking care of things with the car show. But from what I saw the upholstery looked original and was very nice. Including the headliner and door panels. The wheels did not look correct to me as the 38 hubcaps sat in a larger recess of the wheel. Looked like it would be a great driver. Larry

Finally did a long day with our 1937 to the Mason-Dixon Buick show at the Hershey Museum. Our trip home from the nationals last year caused some problem in # 8 cylinder hammering the spark plug electrode closed. Many short drives later and no difference in the new plug we did 140 mile round trip with no issues. Unfortunately that cylinder is down to around 60# while the rest are 90-95#. The car still runs strong keeping between 55 and 60 on I 81. The temp gage did not go above 180 on the drive home as the outside temp here was around 100. We had a great car show with 57 cars registered for this very hot day. Not my car below but a very original 1937-61 that drove up from Lancaster. Our musical guests "The Werner Family Band." When we arrived at 7:00 AM to set up for the show I asked if I could ride in our "Adopted Car" a 1910 Model 10 Surrey when they brought it up from storage. The volunteers said it was not running well and they would probably tow it up. They said we could try to start it. After finding out that the dry cell battery needed to be connected I started it with a single pull of the crank. It seemed to run ok and I had to remind the volunteer what controlled what. He said he had not driven that particular car in 6 or 7 years. We made it half way up the side driveway when it stalled and refused to go again. We still had to be towed. The ID placard on the stand states that it is a 1910 Model 10 Surrey. Also acknowledges that it was adopted by the Mason-Dixon Chapter BCA. But the detailed description after the title is for a BRUSH. No mention of the Buick Motor Company. Later another volunteer chastised me for touching the car while pointing out some of it's features to some spectators. I had felt empowered to do so because of my early morning working with the other men to get the car running. My error, and I did apologize. (He indicated that he had paperwork to fill out any time someone touched the cars). I still wish we could have driven it around under it's own power.

At our June 30th Mason-Dixon Car show at the Hershey Museum this 1938-41 showed up. The owner had a request to have it shown as for sale and the fellow had a small selection of misc.parts for sale. The engine may not be original as it had a dual carb set up. Shabby paint but very nice chrome. Interior and headliner looked original and in good condition.

Hansen227: Here is what I could do for you yesterday. I hope it has enough detail.

Hansen227: Here is one from near me. This car may show up at our Mason-Dixon show. I can then get a close up if you wish. Also I have seen 3 other 1928-58 cars and they all had the dark teal interior and dark teal painted trim. One being an untouched original. Best Regards: Larry

My judging team and I for Class A and B asked (polled) all the participants whose cars were to be judged, those for display and even the modified cars that agreed to be included in this arrangement. Their opinions varied from "we loved it" to "this has been great" as well as "boy, this made great sense". We also asked any spectators what they thought about the arrangement. Their comments were all similar to the participants and all positive. The judging was not effected in the least for us (A and B). I could understand about having to back track to find the modified cars for their judging. My sincere thanks to all who helped make this a reality. Larry

Al: I just returned from the Denver meet this evening. As Roberta confirmed her status. My answer to you is also YES. The intent of the financials disclosure and reporting in the Bugle I had supported with Terry Wiegand. Larry DiBarry

Morgan: I hope you saved a few for your cars unless you are sure your cars wheels/rims are running true. You will not know until you get some miles on the cars. I had several bent rims(over 1/8" out of round). Even with shimming the car had a decided "HOP" until I found "rounder" rims.

I love the "Patina".... Another Buick shows up with some disk wheels!

C Carl: I have not had any contact with them. The Reeve's gave them the piston and the oversize to match up to. Correct compression height offset pin bore etc. But now much lighter in aluminum. I let it up to the shop so I would not micromanage their expertise. (Usually slows down the process). I just wanted the correct application for the engine. Still, it did not matter as it has taken more than 5 months to get the pistons. The engine has been out since last September. My Master developed a knock right after we pulled the Standard engine. I have refused to investigate until I have the Standard driving again.

Midman: I spoke with Patrick Reeve today. He said that ROSS will be shipping my pistons by the end of this week. So they will be probably be getting them back in my engine by the time we get back from the Buick nationals. I mentioned your push rod issue and Patrick indicated that they have a source for just about any push rod.

Dave: I did the spray gloss black and then wipe with lacquer thinner on my hub caps and the trim areas. They have lasted for 6 years so far.

Kyle : I have gone thru the copies of the Master Book of Parts and have not found any thing that looks like the serrated piece and the long bolt. All the other items are familiar door hardware. I made new bumpers from softer rubber I got from Hugh. It works great.

Gary I here you... The machine shop in New York has my 1925 Standard engine done except is waiting for pistons from ROSS. That was a month ago. The have had the engine since mid September last.

Philipp: The 1923 4 cylinder Book of parts show a somewhat different set of top holders. Part #s 45868 and 45869 for model 35. The set you show would have the top set up unusually high.

McCragar: Thank you for posting this. It looks as though the car had gone thru some restoration/fix up prior to it going to being hot-rodded. Repainted parts of the engine, newer tires. Unfortunately as you noted Vancouver BC is a bit out of the way for many. I have a friend with a 1924-34 roadster who would love to have the disk wheels and hubs alone. I am pretty sure they would not fit my 1925-25 or else I would go for them. If he has a number for "Cheap" in mind please send me a Personal Message so I can forward his information. What does the finished "Hot Rod" look like?

Kyle: Yes that is the striker plate. Remember the door handle shaft goes through the door and has a spline to accept the inside handle.

Anyone out there looking for any of these items? The seller has said that there have been no inquires.

Stian: Yes there were many options for wheels in 1931. Most prefer the wire wheel option. But the steel disk wheels you have are very rare to find on these cars in the USA. When painted and properly striped to me they look as impressive as the ones on a Packard. Bill McLaughlin's 1929 Roadster on the 2013 Pre-War after tour.