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  1. Check NAPA. They have fuel strainer gaskets for at least two sizes: #730-9506 (regular) and #730-9510 (large). I have a photo somewhere showing both sizes, but I can't get to it.
  2. There are period-looking glass AC filter setups available with paper cartridge filters. Check with one of the usual Buick parts suppliers. My Carter setup has a ceramic strainer. It has worked well since 1949, but may be hard to come by, yet they are available.
  3. Here's my setup. Stromberg carburetor and Carter fuel strainer. Typical parts bin. Original to the 1949 Super model 51. The strainer should be painted red. (A recent rebuild took off the paint.)
  4. 1939 Roadmaster or 1940 80 series Limited.
  5. Here's a photo of my 1949 Super model 51 with the 760R15s. Speedometer is accurate. Car is original unrestored with 70k on the odometer. Three-speed manual. I installed rebuilt shocks all around. I'm the second owner. I've had the car since 1978.
  6. My 1949 Super 51 originally had US Royal 7.60x15 blackwall tires. I am now using 760R15 America's Classics. These radials have the same dimensions as the US Royals. The whitewall width corresponds with the sidewall width on the US Royals, too.
  7. The side mount covers on the 1940 series 80 are much more formal than those on the 1939 series 80.
  8. It could have a three-speed manual transmission. The trunk handle plastic inserts are gone, so we don't know if they said "Dyna flow" or "Buick Eight" (for manual transmission). However, I don't see any holes in the rear fender where the "Dynaflow" script would mount. Only 15 percent of 1949 Supers had manual transmissions. They are great cars. Had my 1949 Super sedan with manual transmission out for a ride yesterday.
  9. I believe the owner who showed the car at the national meet in Portland in 2014 later sold the car through Matthews Memory Lane Motors in Portland, Oregon. I heard that the car went to someone in eastern Washington. You should check with Dale Matthews and his staff. Maybe they can connect you with the current owner. I recall that the car scored 400 points at the national in Portland! Nicely done!
  10. The canister and its lid look correct. It appears to be the same as the original AC canister on my 1949 Super, which takes a P-127 canister. (I've owned the car since 1978.) There should be a conical spring inside the cap to hold down the filter. The Baldwin Filter P26, available from Bob's Automobilia, fits. I found that the cross-referenced filter from NAPA (I believe it to be a Wix filter) ended up being too tall, either because of shaft clearances or something else. Years ago, Fram had the correct filter, which could have been sourced from someone other than Wix. I am puzzled, though, with your measurements. The Baldwin P26 appears to roughly measure: 4-3/16" diameter, 4-5/16" length, 1/2" shaft.
  11. My 1949 Super takes a Baxter P26 filter cartridge. It is the same as a P-127 filter cartridge that was OEM. NAPA sells a filter cartridge that supposedly is correct, but it is too tall. I recall that it is a Wix filter. I use the same P26 Baxter filter cartridge for my 1939 Roadmaster, which has a postwar replacement engine and has a postwar filter set up. Bob's has the cartridges.
  12. Move the plug wires on the distributor one hole over and see what happens. Maybe someone got them off one hole. Don't ask me. I know on my 1949 Super. It got me right in the morning middle of the timing band.
  13. John, he just needs the knob. The tone control ring is still on the car. Thanks. Bob
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