CHAD THOMAS

John2dameron, The warm up for the Hoosier tour goes to one of the local grade schools. They have September has their state history month and since all the ACD cars were made in Indiana what would a better hands on lesson be? Don't remember if it was the 3rd or 4th grade but it was quite a sight. Some cars were hands off, others were jump in and hit the horn button. The kids really enjoyed and the owners stood by their cars either assisting kids in and out or answering questions. Great way to involve the younger kids.

The fact that taking a plasma cutter to it is weighing heavy on your mind means you know the right thing to do.... Don't do something you will regret. replacing wood has to be don't either way, just a little more to keep it a sedan. but the extra wood work will be less than the metal work involved in cutting off the top and finishing it.

They produced the V12 thru 1934 and later the engine was licensed to American LaFrance. The cars with the V12 will cruise all day 75 with no worries. I have to admit it is fun looking at expressions when you pass people on the interstate. Most cars of the era were putting out 12.5 HP per cylinder which put that 12 running 50% more than most upper end cars with straight eights and you can do the math to figure out what the smaller 4's & 6's were doing.

I would think long and hard before converting the sedan to a touring..... I have see it done. refer to my post under AMC, Nash 1070. My father did it with a sedan that had already been chopped. You have a good sedan and honestly, you don't see those at shows. I know I learned a lot in HS shop classes and we worked on boring GM sedans donated after being flooded. They were not bad but no one took the time to change the fluids and eventually the transmissions went out since a mix of water and trans fluid does not do it any good! Keep up the good work and keep inspiring them.

Auburn In has several museums. well worth a stop. Yellowstone better than grand Tetons IMO. Take some time at Yellowstone, lots of good sights. We spent two days and did not come close to seeing everything. Glacier is also a must see. The Bad Lands and Rushmore are a must, Crazy Horse, not so much. You can see all you need to see from the road without paying for it IMO.

Does anybody know of a master size listing for pistons? Not looking for an interchange as they will match number of rings and pin size exactly but I want one that lists bore, compression height and pin size. Anyone?

Sorry to disappoint but I don't own a J. Didn't mean to mislead anyone but I keep one car at a friends house and this is the picture of his shop. A LOT cleaner than mine. The KB & J both belong to his father, the rest are his. Sorry no pictures of what is hiding in the basement. Oh, and that J is mighty fun to drive.

It irritates me to spend time money and effort to do something only to find out later I have to redo it all..... This past spring replaced the electric fuel pump which is only used for priming the carb to find out it no longer works. nor does the accelerator pump in the carb. Spend one morning fixing the carb, not a big deal but I did rebuild it 10 years ago and have not driven it more than 50 miles since. The next Saturday morning I spent testing the electric fuel pump wiring connections and then bench testing the pump and the only thing I can assume is it is a mis-labled 12 volt pump..... oh the aggravation. But at least it is up and running now and in good company. look to the back left with hood open.

OK, sorry for the delays but the home computer died while I was away in Auburn over labor day and I did not get in a hurry to fix. but it is fixed now. Hopefully I can recover the data from the old hard drive so I get my pictures back but digress. Spent time last weekend surgically removing the firewall from the body. Cord used a different one than Auburn and I did not want to hack it all up so spent 3+ hours drilling out spot welds and it came out pretty good. The body once again showed how well it was taken care of as the mating surfaces were still bright and shiny bare metal. Was able to drop the block of also to have it bored and sleeved and then will be ready to reassemble the engine. Water pump is still in need of rebuilding as well as the clutch and I have sources for that, just $$$ and mail them off.

Have you checked the volume of posts on the Buick section? compare that to the AMC site........... Trust me, I am all for Nash only section as it would make my life easier, but the traffic is just not there. Personally I am happy with the number of Buick forums as I can go straight to the pre-war and see what I am interested in. I personally would like to see a forum for 1932 Hupmobile's series 226 I, But I am afraid I would be talking to myself!!!!

Here in the Saint Louis area we missed it by about 3 days, but we loaded the Buick up and went on about a 100 mile tour thru three counties stopping in Kimmswick for a late lunch at the Blue Owl. car performed perfectly. Sadly, no good pictures to post. all the two lane was too winding and narrow for a good picture.

First car was a 1959? Berkely I purchased before I turned 16 just so I could have my own project. Never did get it running though, so I sold it later for 3 times what I paid for it. This was followed by several throw away vehicles ( bought cheap, rode hard and sent to pasture ) .

age wise I probably fall right in the middle of this forum (47) and I remember these cars when new as we owned a few. Would I want to own one as a collectible? No, not on your life. Ours sat in the driveway as daily drivers as the garage was reserved for the collectible cars ( all 1930's ) and personally they all look alike. I wont discount there merit as a good driver and if need be I would consider one for a daily driver and drive it until the wheels fell off. But with the large amount of plastic they had plus the problems we had with our not sure I would ever want to "restore" one.

Mine will not work. wood rim and spokes.

Do you have pictures of what it should be? I have two complete columns with wheels from large cars with wood steering wheels. Wheels are in very good shape and may work for you.

Took the Limited out for about 50miles friday, preformed a little TLC on it Friday night and then out to wine country. Had a blast withit.

I had the wrong spoke count, this on is 80 and from a Lincoln.

What is the spoke count you need? I know of one for sale, 60 spoke I believe.

I have heard but cannot verify as I am not that far with my project yet, but 33-34 Ford will interchange.

took the 40' Limited to local farm and home about 10 miles away over the weekend. Nice cool morning and I realized it obviously does NOT have a thermostat in it. Barely made it to 150 on the gauge. Plan on taking it out a lot this weekend between the rain drops.

Keiser, based on the ribs in the middle, maybe Pontiac Silver streak???