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A few more Buicks from the Concours d'Elegance of Texas on April 23 in Arlington, TX. These were in the Car Corral. Chuck

Well, the Concours d'Elegance of Texas last weekend was a great success starting with a tour on Friday, auction ofno reserve 44 cars private collection, cocktail party Friday night for a preview of second auction to follow on Saturday, then Sunday the big event, the Concours. Concours site was an awesome grass covered park with tree canopy located in an a larger linear park with stream and lake between the Texas Rangers Ballpark and Dallas Cowboys AT&T stadium in Arlington, TX. Had about 120 vehicles in the Concours. Cadillacs were the featured marquee this year. There was also a Car Corral with 150+ very nice cars and several Buicks which I will follow up with another post. www.concoursoftexas.org Lucky me, the 1932 67S won Best of Class which made for a great day! A few photos but I have many more of the participating cars. Perhaps I can figure out how to post them to a storage software and share. There were a few other Buicks. A 1957 awesome Buick was in the modified class and several nice modifieds in the Car Corral Chuck

Hi Barney, yes the first year of Concours d'Elegance was the same weekend of Keels and Wheels and we had our car at K&W which is a great event in itself. I think CDETexas has a better chance of attracting quality cars in the D/FW Metroplex area over Conroe and especially at the Rangers/Cowboys venue. There are a ton of things going on in that setting with the Rangers and Cowboy stadiums as well as Texas Live! a tremendous new entertainment/shopping/hospitality venue under construction and Six Flags next door. I am missing the Bluebonnets in Brenham because of this event in Arlington. This may be the last year CDETexas allows non-Classic Car Club of America standards as show cars. I had someone on the Board of Directors of Amelia Island encourage me to enter the 32 Buick there until he found out they go by CCCA standards and only 80 and 90 series Buicks are allowed. Bummer, but we still get to show and tell elsewhere and that is what makes it fun. See you in Brookfield, WS. Chuck

This coming Sunday April 23rd the Concours d'Elegance of Texas, www.concoursoftexas.org, will be held at the Texas Rangers Globe Life Ballpark in Arlington, TX, a stone's throw from the Dallas Cowboys AT&T Stadium. For its first five years the Concours was held just north of Houston in Conroe, TX at the La Torretta resort. The organizers are from the D/FW area here in North Texas so they decided 18 months ago to move it here. There is strong organization and financial resources and they hope to grow the Concours to number three after Pebble Beach and Amelia Island. I entered our 1932 Buick 67S in 2013 at La Torretta and won Best of Class. I thought why not enter it again and let friends and folks in North Texas get to see it for once. Looking forward to nice weather and a fun time. Chuck

Thanks for all the comments guys. I think I will clean up the walnut a bit and find a special place for the hawk in my garage or study and show it with the car once and a while. Chuck

A friend sent me a text last week while he was at a swap meet and found the Buick Hawk below and was I interested in buying it. I said yes and now it is mine. I am guessing it is some sort of dealer service award as there was evidence of adhesive along the front as if there was signage, plaque etc. Nice walnut base and the letters and hawk are in excellent condition. I played with it in front of the 1932 Buick Anybody have a guess about its purpose or age?

I am looking for a nice drivers side exhaust manifold for the 1967 GS400 big block engine. Thanks,, Chuck Nixon

The writer of the description of the car was very creative so I copied the description and put it in my WORD files so I can use it the next time I want to sell a car and will adapt it to what I am selling Chuck

In a couple of weeks I am going to get working on some sort of contact list of 67 owners working with National and see what interest there is. Plus will contact 2017 BCA Meet planners and have dialogue on what is possible. Thanks for the email and suggestions Bill. Chuck

Mr. Earl, Bill and Bryan, I agree with your thoughts and will start with the organizers of the 2017 meet but begin a ground swell (populist?) campaign to recognized the 1967 Buicks. I am swamped right now for a couple of weeks but will get after it in mid February. I will start with the Riviera and V8 Buick web sites as well as this BCA site. Any other organizations I should be tapping into IE: Wildcats, etc? I could always to to the BCA directory and look up who has 1967 Buicks and contact them but that could be a monumental effort. Advice and recommendations welcome. Chuck

Well, I will join the 67 crowd and post photos of my three 67 'A' bodies. Sportwagon fully loaded with options including A/C, power windows, power front seat, AM/FM, three seat, and a Vista Cruiser. GS 400 Convertible is a rare 4 speed since they only made 400+. Finally the GS 400 hardtop is a complete frame on restoration. All new or rebuilt drive train, suspension, Vintage Air, white bucket/console interior, Switchpitch auto, Since I graduated from college in 1967 it was a great year! Chuck

Thanks for moving the post. Since 2009 I have brought our 1932 Buick to every BCA National Meet except 2014 in Oregon due to a death in the family. We have been fortunate to have won the Senior Gold and Spirt of Buick award and on the way back to Texas after Allentown 50th anniversary meet my wife said " why don't we drive the Sportwagon to Wisconsin in 2017" I said great idea and it has forced me to get busy with upgrades to the interior and engine/drivetrain. The wagon is in wonderful condition for a 50 year old vehicle and it will look and run like new in 60 - 90 days. our 1932 Buick larger photo

I did a search and did not find any discussion on celebrating the 50 years of 1967 Buicks at the BCA Meet in July in Brookfield. Any plans anyone knows about or perhaps we start a string here for those of us who are bringing 67 cars. I plan to bring my 1967 SportWagon I am turning into a GS400 clone (which was not made in station wagon models). If for some reason we don't bring the wagon then I will bring the 67 GS400 4 spd convertible. Thoughts/comments?

I am looking for a nice 1967 floor shift tilt steering column for a 1967 Buick GS400. I have also posted this in the AACA section. Let me know what you have and price. You can use PM if you prefer. Thanks, Chuck

I am looking for a nice 1967 floor shift tilt steering column for a 1967 Buick GS400. I have also posted this in the Buick section. Let me know what you have and price. You can use PM if you prefer. Thanks, Chuck

Jeff I wanted to offer my congrats along with others. We traveled 3500+ miles round trip from Fort Worth, TX with the 1932 Buick in the trailer and had a great time. Your willingness to take me to the trailer parking area in your SUV on Wednesday just indicated how helpful you were in the midst of trying to keep the event moving along. Dianne and I really appreciated your leadership skills especially at the BHA Banquet and the Awards Banquet. You know how to move the evening along and stay on time. Thanks for all your hard work and planning for the last four years and the success of the event in spite of the rain starting at 1:00 PM on Saturday. See you in Wisconsin BCA 2017 Chuck

I am in need of a 1967 Skylark/GS400 rear bumper in good shape or re-chromed. I am going to Allentown for the 50th celebration if you have one and are going. If not let me know what you have and we can discuss. Thanks, Chuck Nixon 817 233 1470

I took a few photos of cars for sale at the meet so I have downloaded a few. This was my first Chickashe Pre-war and was surprised on the volume of Model T 'stuff'. Must be a great place to find anything you need for a 'T'. Lots of Model A stuff also. Nice restorable Lincoln Zephyr V12, nice running light blue 1911 Hudson, and a pair of 1932 Buick headlights and parking lights for only $1000, I shoulda picked them up for spares Chuck

Looking at attending my first Chickasha, only 3.5 hours from the house. Update: I am in Duncan, OK tonight about an hour away and will arrive at the swap meet about 8 AM or sooner tomorrow morning. Looking forward to it and meeting the guys at noon at Steve's Chuck

Leland I was going to tell you that my 1932 67 is just under 16' with trunk in place. I have a 24' enclosed trailer that I use and it has cabinets in the front and I still have plenty of room. I have a spare tire in a floor box at the front and the car does not come far enough to block it. I use a combination of the 'basket' type tie downs on the rear of the car and they are connected to floor strips I installed. In the front while I have the baskets I use the standard tie downs cris-crossed and this arrangement has worked well on trips all across the country from Colorado to the East Coast and Texas to Iowa. I have been going to BCA National meets since 2009 and have worked my way up the AACA ladder to the National Senior Award. I did install an electric jack and that is the smartest thing I did since us old guys don't need to be cranking on a trailer tongue with a 5000# car in the trailer. I have a battery in the trailer and it is tied to my tow vehicle when the lights are connected and gets charged by the tow vehicle when connected. I also use a load leveling hitch on a Ford F250 Super Duty Diesel pickup.

I will take the third one Chuck

Thanks and let me know if you find it in the next few months. Chuck

My hood hinge strap on my 32 67S was literally ripped open by the force of opening the drivers side of the hood a while back when we did not realize the front stop in the hinge strap had come loose. I had the strap brazed and rechromed but it is not looking right ( the chrome is already peeling off) and the repair was not that good. I am looking for an original hood strap with or with the interior stops in place that I can have rechromed. I have a repro strap but it is not the quality or correct profile of the original and I am afraid the hood would not operate correctly if I tried to use it. I believe an 80/90 series hood strap could work if cut down in length as the strap tapers from front (narrower) to back (wider) and perhaps I could shorten it for the 60 series. I would consider any option including a strap still attached to a hood which is not salvageable but the strap is, Let me know what you might have . Thanks in advance for options, suggestions etc. Chuck Nixon chucknixon67@email.com 817 233 1470

Beautiful car and really happy the gentleman committed to the restoration. Chuck

Thanks Dave, you have a PM Chuck