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The person never responded to me, no worries...thanks guys

Hi neighbor! I see your in Charlotte as well.

I figured as much...and honestly i'm not going to drive it in the winter. I'm totally not gonna worry about it. Winters here in NC are like 45 degrees.

The ones I'm looking for are smooth...here is a pic

Holy cow what a day. We got up at 7:30 and cleaned out the trunk all the way to the metal (the PO had left a bunch of crap back there and it was all NASTY) The carpet had literally disintegrated. Anyways got all that done, headed to car quest, got them to match the paint on her and picked up some sandpaper to hit some of the touch up spots. Picked up a bunch of wax and a buffer (on sale for 15 bucks) and various other cleaners. I was able to shine and refinish the runner plates that I found in the trunk from the PO that got all the carpet secured down, shampooed all the interior carpet (prolly pulled up 40 years of ick) We washed and waxed the car 3 times in all, sanded and touch up painted the few bad spots we had, and I was able to buff out some scuff marks from the PO. It's 8:03pm and we're stilll working on her, but all in all I've very pleased with today. We got to drive her over 45 miles with no issues whatsoever. Her paint looks 100x better and I even got to shine up the chrome. The carpet is clean and the trunk is empty, the musty smell is totally gone now and I swear to god the car runs better. I think she knows we're trying to get her back in fighting shape. Carpet washing! The runners are in All done for the day (if you look at my earlier pictures you will notice she had a boo boo next to the I, if you notice that is now all gone!)

Quick question, I noticed a water leak in the passenger side so I think my heater core is shot. I'm not really worried with that as I'm a guy that will have the air on in the winter. That being said I also noticed that my water control valve under the hood is pretty much frozen solid in place. And the control cable for it is well rusted and broken. My question is, in the meantime I have just bypassed the valve all together with no water running to the heater core. Is that going to f' anything up? Where can you buy those control cables? My gut tells me that the valve is pretty simple if i can get it apart to fix, anyone got any tips? And should I worry about that heater core, does a leak always mean the core is shot or could it be something else? I was reading the manual and it looks like to get that core out is going to be a MAJOR undertaking.

Thank you very much for the post I got her title tag and registration today. So look out!!!! Any fun stuff you can share about a 64 would be awesome Tomorrow I'm heading to car quest to see if they can match her paint so I can touch up a few bad spot until I can afford to have her repainted. I wish I knew someone local that had a paint booth I'd love to learn how to do that

1956 Buick Special What do y'all think?

It came in the mail today and I got her installed. Thanks again for the help. Now to find some wheel covers! And Control push covers.

The new washer knob came in today... Before After! Thanks for the help guys, I was only alerted to this piece being on ebay by a fellow member and I would have never known that a 64 Rivera was the same knob.

Got to drive some more tonight downtown. Finally got the chance to goto Sonic! Hopefully this weekend we will get brave enough to drive her to the drive-in movie about 30 miles away.

There is a music on main event tonight in Monroe NC where they play beachy type oldies music, so it will be her grand debut. I'll see if I can take her downtown and park her right on main street...hehehe

I've not posted any pictures lately, just put this on last night. Behold! the best looking $5 dollar and 92 cent Autozone tail pipe you will ever see!

New exhaust pipe is installed, got to drive it around the town tonight just cruising around. Had a great time.

Do tell?

Thanks guys for the words of encouragement. I know I worry ALOT about everything.

Thanks for the reply, my antenna problem is not the motor however it is the mast is broken. I need to find a replacement power mast and mine will be good as new. I was however able to find the antenna service door and remove the assembly with no issues. I picked up a fixed mast antenna at autozone for 5 bucks to test the radio at least. She does work, although its a bit limiting being only am haha I'm not sure if they made an fm radio for that year but maybe I can stumble onto one eventually.

Thanks for the tips. Realistically how hard is the 64 to keep on the road when compared to a 50s? I'm not talking about the accessories, i mean just pure road worthy? Obviously I want something I can enjoy and drive. I worry about the size of the car and the gas mileage. I really wish i had a buick guy local that I could just get 10 minutes with that could look at the car and tell me if I'm about to drop a tranny in 3 months, or if it sounds like the headers are about to come out of the engine. I'm not a big engine guy and this thing is by far the oldest car I've ever worked on much less driven. I'd love to be able to drive her to my parents house which is about 100 miles away, but I guess I'm just scared of it as a whole.

Hooray got my BCA card today in the mail. I'm number 46718

Thanks for all the tips!! I really like working on the car but I really starting to wonder if it would be worth it to try and sell her and get into my "dream" car. I'm about to hit the point of diminishing returns with some big purchases (like paint and an interior redo) My dream car is a 1950s area car. I love the 50s curves especially the Buicks. While I really like the Electra I'm just not in love with it. Would it be more advantageous to try and do a trade? or sell her outright? What would be a decent price for it? Just thinking out loud before i get too involved financially in this thing. Thoughts? I'm looking for some feedback.

'bought it...

Hi guys, I need to find the mast that goes into the power antenna housing. I have the motor and it works fine, I got the motor assembly out and i was able to remove the old mast. The way it works on this car is the antenna mast has a twist connector at the bottom that turns and when it does the mast goes up and down. Nothing remotely modern fits this thing, it has to have the mast that fits it. The mast will be yellow at the bottom. I've looked online and I was able to find the fixed mast replacement the whole assembly replacement, but I only need the power mast.

Roberta with the middle name Buickracer

Got the antenna out, nothing local you can use as a replacement I will need to find a NOS part....BUT I was able to pick up a 8 dollar fixed mast and it works great. So now I know the radio works.

I will name my first child after you.