46 woodie

I agree with Joe and don't think that the top rail is removable. I would think removing H-4188 might be the key. Can you provide a couple of pictures of the ends of H-4188?

By the prints that you have posted it looks like the riser mechanism and latch are attached to the interior panel. I would remove the perimeter screws and gently pull it out and see how part number HA-4339 connects to the glass PN HA-4382, it probably slides into a track. There might also be some sort of escutcheon on the rear edge of the door that might hold in the lock assembly.

It is different than 41-48 Ford as the Buick window riser mechanism is attached to the door panel, unlike the inner structure as in a Ford. After you remove all the perimeter screws you will need to dis-engage the window lift arm from the track. You might also need to remove the window tracks that hold the window in place or the H-4184 door top to remove the glass. I have never done a Buick before, but it doesn't look hard.

I can't imagine Buick or any other manufacturer building a car that you can not replace broken glass. If you can post a few pictures we might be able to help. My '46 Ford Station Wagon has several pieces that are screwed together that must come apart to replace the glass and I suspect your Buick is the same.

The wood on that Chevrolet is a "Country Club" conversion kit, available for 1946-1948 Chevrolet coupe's and convertible's to try to compete with the look of the '46-'48 Ford Sportsman. They were available from many Chevrolet Dealerships.

31plymouth, as for the "banned nickels", when I found out that the 2020 HERSHEY flea market and show was cancelled, I decided to have 2020 HERSHEY wooden nickels made, only to keep the tradition alive. I have every nickel from 1980, the first year, to the present. They are almost an exact copy of all the other years, but with no A.A.C.A. copyright infringement. Well, it got some people in the Hershey Region upset and I was banned from advertising on the A.A.C.A. web site and in the Magazine. The thing that I couldn't understand is that after two phone calls and one E-Mail, no one could give me a reason why they were being banned. I sold hundreds, mostly to A.A.C.A. members and none could understand why the A.A.C.A. banned them. The people that collect wooden nickels love them and everyone thanked me for keeping the tradition alive. If I knew how to post pictures I would show you a sample.

On June 11th we attended a car show at the Heritage Museum and Gardens and you couldn't ask for a nicer venue. Woodie Station Wagon's were the featured vehicle's and the Yankee Chapter of the National Woodie Club was well represented. I for one would like to see a Woodie section every year.

Absolutely. As Terry points out, many car shows now require all car's to have one. It makes common sense. Think about a large car show and a car on fire in the middle of the field. Getting a pumper close enough to extinguish the fire could be an issue. As a retired firefighter I can remember a car fire in an enclosed parking garage that was too low for an engine to get in. We had to hand stretch about 300' of hose and it took forever. Buy an extinguisher!

I tend to agree with Bryan especially because they are tubed tires. Tubeless might be a different story.

Pfeil, the one for the Beetle is the tank I have.

Four years ago I was in my driveway detailing my 1946 Ford Station Wagon for a car show. I was kneeling down on the drivers side when I heard "help me, help me, he's going to kill me". When I looked up a 13 year old boy saw me and ran past me into my garage and was hiding behind my '32 Ford. I saw a man walking up my driveway and told him to stop where he was and to not come on my property. With that, he raised his arm and I saw him brandishing a 10" Bowie knife. I yelled at the teenager to run into my house and I quickly followed him and when I got to my front porch, I told the knife holder that I was calling the police. With that he said "this is what i think of the police" and smashed the windshield of my '46, slashed a tire and snapped off the original cowl vent mirror, denting the cowl, $3700 in damages. The people from Grundy had adjusters at my house in two days and issued me a check for all my cost's. Turns out the attacker was a mental case that was off his meds and attacked several teenagers playing lacrosse at the school field, two blocks away. He punched the kid that ran into my garage several times and when the kid fell the attacker said "now I'm going to kill you". The sad part is that the charges went from "Attempted Murder With a Deadly Weapon" to "Assault With a Deadly Weapon" to "Simple Assault" to "Menacing" and then all charges were dropped. Needless to say the 13 year old's parents were livid. Grundy was great!!!

Well, I hope I read this wrong but those so called "Electric Car Charging Pod's" that are being installed everywhere, aren't too environmentally friendly. From what I have read they are rated at 350KW and use 12 gallons of diesel fuel per hour. If it takes 3 hours to charge a car to get about 200 miles of cruising range that equal's 36 gallons (12 gallons X 3 hours) for the 200 miles. Is this correct?

Next Saturday, June 11th, at the Heritage Gardens and Museum located in Sandwich Mass. will be a car show with "Woodies" as the featured vehicle.

Nice job Shootey, I don't think those brackets are going anywhere!

Tom, it's something I once read about in a woodworking magazine. I use a wood thread lubricant from a company called Lloyd's by the name of "Akempucky" (don't ask me) and it works great on maple.

Tom, I once read that one should not use wax or soap as a thread lubricant on steel screws. The reason given was that wax and soap are both hygroscopic and will cause rust stains on the wood. Indoors is not an issue, wax and soap are ok, but not for outdoor use, such as on Woodies. Can anyone add to this?

N.O.W. on your test of holding power of wood screws. That's exactly why I mentioned that most people use screw's that are way too long. I was working on a "Woodie" once and removed a screw from a door handle that was about 2" long. It was phillip's head so I knew it was replaced at one time. I started using a screwdriver and switched to a drill after about an inch. The stock screw was 1" so I guess the previous owner thought "the longer the better".

I used Epifanes on my '46 Ford Station Wagon and it's holding up well after about 50K miles. As far as mounting the mirrors, I'm always leery about drilling holes in any Station Wagon, but this is what I would do if it was mine. As other's have suggested I would use stainless steel, slotted, oval head, wood screws. McMaster-Carr has any size you need. I would drill a pilot hole first and use a thread lubricant made for wood, especially if you are going into wood such as Maple. The size of the screw is governed by the thickness of where you are positioning the mirror's and the size of the hole in the bracket, most people tend to use screw's that are too long. Thank's Tom, I'm with you as far as generating topic's for this forum, sometimes it's dormant for week's.

A little sidebar about Suburbans. The August 2021 issue of the "Woodie Times" had an interesting article on license plates for Woodies and Suburbans. Two states, New York and Maine issued license plates for especially for Woodies and Suburbans. They started in the late '20's and ended in the "50's. In New York the plates started with a "SU" or "SUB" prefix and in Maine the plate's had a circle before the numbers, not a zero but a circle. So if you have a '20s to '50s Woodie or Suburban and you want to use New York or Maine Y.O.M. plates, the correct plate should be a hard to find Suburban plate.

If it's orange it's probably Dex Freeze. The other types are "Inorganic Acid", that is bright green. "Organic Acid" that's red, blue or dark green and "Hybrid Organic Acid" yellow, purple and pink. Every new vehicle is now "anti freeze vehicle specific" and you can actually void your warrantee by using the wrong anti freeze. Others do not mix and will turn into a jelly like substance and can cause all sorts of congealing and clogs. Gone are the day's of picking up a gallon of anti freeze for your garage or trunk, to be used on all your cars.

There is a company called Energy Suspension Part's, 888-406-2330, that has just about any suspension bushing you could want.

Leo, there is no excuse for a vendor giving you an attitude. However, I do know that anytime you mention the word "custom" it changes everything. You are asking someone to fabricate a one of a kind product. Materials must be ordered, tooling must be made and there are labor costs. Who "eats" the cost if you suddenly decide that you don't want the part that you ordered. You don't mention the part or cost but the vendor needs to be protected somehow. Perhaps the best thing would have been to have a contract drawn up that covered you both.

Rodney, at the very least I would hire someone to do a professional, documented appraisal of any car. True, Florida is located in the hurricane belt, but car's from Florida also are affected from a mix of salt air and high humidity. My friends in Florida are constantly having to maintain their cars almost on a daily basis.

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I have used Jesser's Classic Key's, 330-376-8181 several times and they have always helped me.