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My experience is with my (2)1925 Buicks. My evaluation was tempered with my experience with my 1937 100 HP Buick sedan after 10,000 miIes of driving. With several long term 2,000-3,000 mile round trips. Truly as Ed indicated this era are more like the technology up thru 1970. I am still sorting out my car after 12 years of ownership. Only untill the components are united as a whole can one adequately evaluate. The 50 HP 191 Cu.In. rebuilt engine has (after much tweaking) finally seems to perform as intended. My recient 300 mile round trip to our BCA Tri-Regional provided what still needs to be done.
While leading a tour It powered up a steep, switch back Dureya Drive outside of Reading PA. in high.
At the Pagoda overlook. Also on a 55 mph section of route 30 pulling a 3 mile hill west of Gettysburg at a consistant 45 MPH without losing power. The vacuum tank kept up nicely. This cannot be done with a quick tour around the block or a Veterans Day parade. Power now seems adequate but the transmission feels worn and the rebuilt multi-plate clutch chatters badly. Double clutching technique is somewhat opposite of some other accounts. Double clutching on up shift (Buick still had the reverse shift patern) when cold and not needed when warm. Ususally a count of 2 will assure a silent shift. Once in a while I can effect a good Quiet down shift.
The 4 wheel brakes are a bit more assuring if properly set up. But being external bands it got exciting in the rain on my way home from the meet. An exciting moment came when I was holding back in 3rd gear going down a 3 mile hill into Reading. The transmission popped out of 3rd gear! The brakes got a workout for the last mile or so to the bottom. Going downhill in high I now rest my hand on the shift lever.
The split rims are not as round as they should be and the car has a slight "hop" at speed.
Steering is light and faily responsive. Although I will need to replace a kingpin soon. All under 5 mph turning is a chore in non power assist cars. Driving the car for over 3 hours with out stopping in a variety of conditions. Highway, innercity stop and go hills, rain and unconcerned drivers (Not all drivers give "Thumbs Up") gave me a new perspective on my "Beulah" driving experience.
Driving on the old Lincoln Highway from Columbia to Wrightsville. Heading toward rain clouds near York PA.
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Saturday was a great 80 degree day here in South central PA.
An overnight cooling off and rain brought down most of these leaves.
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80 degrees yesterday here in south central PA. Last good day with fall colors.
Leaves are falling fast today.
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Morgan
Try driving any open vehicle in the snow belt below 40 degrees and one readily will find out. Modern fabrics and themal linings were well into the future.
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Hugh:
It looks like I will have to redo the bowdrill on my Master since all they did was tack the seam on the top of the bow. Those nail heads from 1980 are wearing into the inner linining of the top material.
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Hugh:
I turned them out of hex stock, drilled and tapped them as you note.
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Kevin:
My retaining springs were also against the backing plate. The Manual does show them on the outside though. i agree with Don. They are bear to install.
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Hugh:
I had to make extension shackle nuts for the mounting of the 1927 Wolverine bumpers on my 1925 also.
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Kevin:
I know when I did the E brakes on my Standard I had to use a belt sander to get the 5/32 thickness. I bought my new woven brass lining material from Chicago Brake and Clutch at the time. I did acquire a roll of 5/32........ but it is very old and made of ...........the other stuff.
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22 hours ago, MetroPetro said:
Possibly late 1924/early 1925 Buick Model 45A Using 1924 style top (Enclosed Touring) permanent top and glass curtains. Runningboard kick plates are 1923-1924 style. Looks to be balloon tires which would be 22" for 1925.
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Tom:
Since I had the face bars powder coated I removed the end pins/bolts. Then the brackets are ferr.
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Mel had also made the sockets for my 1925 Buick Standard Touring.
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My 1925 Buick Marvel takes about 1 turn back after needle has seated.
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Our spot is at the end of chocolate field north near the car corral entrance. My friend and I have 2 spaces. He showed up Monday evening and set up his tent then his sleeping tent on his trailer. He had simply piled up all the 1940s Buick parts he had in boxes in front of his sleeping tent about 8 feet away. He went to sleep in the tent. We were going to set up the parts for display when I arrived Tuesday morning. While doing this a box marked Maine Radiator was found to be missing. In the box were (2) recast 1940 or 1941 Buick steering wheels and a driver quality original. Someone had to root though the boxes to find something worth stealing. While he was asleep a short distance away.
He is to the left in shorts and still did not look very happy about this theft.
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On 10/7/2023 at 1:27 PM, Hubert_25-25 said:
Vin is at Hershey. He sent me these photos of the rear section of a 1925 Buick model 45 rear tub that he has for sale. $400 Nice details on how it was originally upholstered. Not sure what the top assembly behind it came from. Also noticing that curvature of the body line along the armrest is almost a straight line, which would indicate maybe not 1925.
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Vin took these photos after I polished the section around the top pivot bolt. That looked to be the place where the paint was in the best cond. The cobalt Blue showed up quite well as did the original striping.
I checked the black top on the ground and the front bow was not like the way our tops are made with the upholstered visor and the clamps were different
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Thank you to all who responded I will forward the information.
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My friend had just aquired this from a farm sale. He thought it was from an early Buick which I told him it was not. But, it has a 1920s Buick Oil and amp gage on a makeshift mounting plate as the only labled item. Looks like a truck application to me. He is planning on brinnging it to Hershey.
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I just found the photo of one of the copies Roger made of my original from my 1925 Master.
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12 hours ago, arcticbuicks said:
number 3 is a buick......several more there of same vintage.......pic on my trailer is marquette
The #3 Buick looks to be one of the early big 6 model 54 roadsters. 1916 Model D-54 or the smaller 6 1916 D-44.
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Wayne: The 1927-55 Sport tourings were available in the Courier Brown over Courier Cream as shown below. I have large format ad from Christmas 1926 showing the 1927-55 in the Partrol Green over Patrol Cream.
An ad for the 1926-55 Sport touring. Ching Blue upper. Bambalina Blue lower. Ad notes "Duotone in Duco" color.
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Great work chistech:
These have been reproduced by Roger McGinnis in VA. He has done several Buick variations. Very accurate done in copper. I had bought a 1924-25 6 cyl varient form the person who was doing these in Stainless from Europe. It looked beautiful but was poorly made and I had about 6 hours in cleaning up the interior welds. The head bolt locations were a bit off and the SS was hard as glass to drill and grind.
Also the 3 foot port pads were about 1/8" out of plane. I gave my old patched example to Roger and he has since reproduced it as well.
Also the SS example front down tube was 5/8" short. Notice profile in compaired with the original in the back.
Well I have it installed and will use it since it was suposidly the last one made and to get a refund from Europe was to be a real hassel along with the cost and agony of reworking it. I wish I had waited for Roger to duplicate my old one.
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It will be an interesting identification. Low cut body looks somewhat sporty. Webster is a town across the Monongahela river from Donora PA. where United States Steel had a plant there. Look up "Donora Killer smog of 1948". On the bus ride going to first grade at St.Charles school in 1961 in Donora. The Webster hillside had not a bit of green left from the polution of the steel plant. My 1925 Monongahela Valley Bell Telephone directory only lists The Webster Garage as servicing all makes of automobiles. Across the valley there were many different auto dealers. One in Charleroi sold Lexington and Cleveland. A Monessen dealer sold Stutz and Columbia 6. Many of the other makes listed do not look close to what is shown.
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My friend Peter told me last night that the 1932-91 was sold and is going to Texas.
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Someone came up to our space at Hershey 2021 and mentioned about a "Barn Find" 1938-41 sedan for sale nearby. He had several photos and I believe these were the photos since it had the American Leigon Post 182 front plate. The price asked at the time was about half of the current $6,500. I would think they could have at least washed it since then.
He is to the left in shorts and still did not look very happy about this theft.
Also the 3 foot port pads were about 1/8" out of plane. I gave my old patched example to Roger and he has since reproduced it as well.
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Yes Gary the One Shot was expensive. The ivory for my 1925 Buick Master wheels was $39.00 here in the US plus it was shipped it in a box 40 times the size of the 4 oz. container. That added anothe $14. in shipping.
I used the Beugler Striper for the felloes and made templates for the spokes.