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The Long Island chapter is having our 44th All Buick car show. It will be held at the Wantagh train station commuter parking lot, same as prior years. Judging is Driver Popular Choice Hours are 8am to 1pm Trophy presentation, Sunday May 26th Rain date is June 9th CHANGES FOR 2024 All Cars Classed in 11 Classes (Special, Skylark & GS class and Turbo, T-type, GN class) Opel cars will be accepted in decade classes Trophy's to be Awarded at 1pm (Earlier ending of show) New Trophy Design same as 2023 These changes were put in place to make the show more enjoyable for all participants! For more info or day of show contact Marty 516-606-4620 or visit website libuickclub.org WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE

the fuse box is under the dash on the left above the parking brake it is on a slide bracket to make it easier to access items around it. the battery size is a 60M i believe but that was only being handled by the antique battery companies a group 27 can be used but it might be a little difficult using the original retainer very nice 60 looks like its in beautiful condition, i do miss my 60 some of us really appreciate the sedans, good luck with it Marty

i will take the 6 window Electra please

I only had the opportunity to meet Brad Conley once at a national in upstate NY. as with any GS fan/collector i was in total awe of his ProtoX, i approached him and asked if i could shoot all around pics of the X which he allowed me to do, while i was doing it i asked if i could open the door for some interior pics, he said sure you can sit in it if you want. I could not bring myself to sit in this car it was way to special of an automobile. after the pictures we had a wonderful conversation about the car, just one of the car owners you meet who was so pleasant and made you feel like you had known each other for years. I know that this is a huge loss for the GS and GN community, everyone i spoke to that knew him or met him spoke very highly of him and what a great guy he was. My sympathies go out to his family and close friends may God hold your hands as you go through this difficult time. Marty

Not quite the weekend but this evening totally by accident the owner of a 70 Plymouth GTX (pretty much a race car) and I turned the gas station back quite a few decades and turned quite a few heads. Sometimes it's the small things!!!!!! Marty

Sorry but I would need a little more to go on. I know it wasn't Reese in Mineols because my friend and I got the neon letters from that one. And Shore in Brlmore another friend got those but there have been so many changes with the corporate looking buildings. If you could try to get the town or county would help Marty

The Long Island chapter used to have our car show there until they closed down. building is now gone supposedly a new building being built for a tech company. not a huge lot but we had a lot of fun there. Old Country rd., Hicksville NY

now that is one good looking automobile

Grace and I spent most of Sunday at the Yankee chapter show with the 68 Electra in Wallingford Connecticut. Very nice show run very well and it's always nice to see friends and meet new ones. The last pic has 40 years of friendship in it.

This weekend ended up being a double header. After getting caught up on the outdoor chores, Saturday a local Catholic Church had its yearly cruise in that drew about 40+ cars. It was 10 min away so Grace drove the Reatta and I drove the Electra. The best part was my daughter and her boy friend brought her 22 Camaro convertible and hung out with us. The next generation is on their way. Then Sunday the Long Island chapter had their picnic with about 35 members, family and some friends from other clubs we visited The LT Michael P. Murphy Navy Seal Museum, dedicated to the history of the Navy Seals. Mr. Murphy was one of the Seals who lost his life in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban in 2005. A new beautiful museum that we were proud to visit. We realize over and over again we are able to enjoy our family and hobby because of people like Mr. Murphy and all those protecting us.

John thanks so much for this thread it is great that you were able to do this with this car and yes they do run better the more they are driven. i think this shows we should be a little more confident in our old cars. your pictures also showed how beautiful and varied this country is. glad you had a safe trip. sorry to hear about the covid hopefully it will be a quick mild case Marty

1 agree with NTX5467 that choke plate needs to be closed on initial startup and as he said the choke pulloff and coil will do the rest dont let the ambient air temp fool you, the motor needs a rich mixture upon starting, this has to do not only with the air fuel mixture but atomization of the fuel in the intake manifold with the warmer mani temp as it warms up. with the plate open you are also not on the high idle cam which is needed because of what you are experiencing. ask any one who has a race car with no choke what their car runs like till warm. and yes once warm and the engine likes it it will suddenly run great. fix the choke first but as EmTee said try the condenser if it still runs bad those things are notorious pains lol

Many Thanks go out to the members of the LI Chapter that helped out with the running of the show all the people that stepped up to help made the show a success we were able to hit all the arks needed to make it a great show Thank You again Marty

Thank You to all the owners of the 87 Beautiful Buicks that attended. You and your cars are the ones that made it great. Lets do it again next year!!! Marty

Tom beautiful pic where is that station the next time i am in your area i would like to go see it Marty

A couple more 40s and 50s cars very light and for some reason I can't upload the pre war cars

We had our 43rd annual show Sunday on Long Island with 87 Buicks on the showfield so you might say there was alot of Buick driving going on this weekend in our neck of the woods.

Beautiful job i thought it looked great before but now with the electric i think its totally killer Marty

Its getting close stop on down enjoy the day with Buick friends

parked in that lot many times over the years for games at Shea now its the location of Citi Field another great major league stadium if you parked to close to the stadium which was on the left you took a chance of the long home run ball bouncing around the parking lot this pic was probably taken from the elevated subway station for the "7 Line" looking at Northern blvd with Flushing bay behind and LaGuardia to the left behind also i see a couple of 68 Sklark/GS cars in the 4th row and maybe a Riv in the 6th thanks

admiring your 225 i notice that your top is gleaming in the sunlight. i have just rejoined the vinyl top crowd and am looking for advice on products for the vinyl, it has been quite a few years since i owned one, and also if they are temporary (wash off) or more permanent. if i may please open it up to all suggestions and maybe we can get a consensus on great products. thanks in advance

If that car was silver he was a chapter member and it is no longer on the island. that owner moved to Florida

On Easter Sunday the town of Garden City on Long Island has their annual antique car Easter Parade, this one was their 68th. It has become an unofficial beginning to the car show season and normally draws over 200 cars. I took the Reatta and my daughter (she is the middle in the pic) drove the Firebird with her boyfriend and his sister. A great day, Then home for great food from my wife with family! Some pics of other Buicks and interesting cars and I apologize in advance for our Long Island attitude lol.

In 2021 I sold my 78 Century wagon It needed alot of work and I wasn't getting to it at all, it went to a good G body owner who is local and wanted it. Then last year I parted with my B60 225 Riv, again it needed work and as much as I tried I still couldn't seem to make any headway. That was bought by Smartin who is doing some great work on it and I am glad it is being cared for. So in February the chance to buy the car you see below came up from a friend so I jumped on it. It is a repaint, new interior and top all done about 7 years ago with 84k miles. Much less work to do and I am back in a 225. I had to take it to work to get it inspected. There is nothing like driving the big cars

That Corvette is the best part of the pic (other than the Trolley lol) figuring this is about the mid 60s that vette has had a rough life already, but imagine how much that car might be worth in that condition now!!!