neil morse

On my '41, it's right in front of the master cylinder on the left side of the engine, toward the rear.

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Geoff, because of the workings of Facebook, you have to have an account to access the ad and then can only send a message to the seller through Facebook.

Yes, please keep us posted on your progress. It looks like a great project, and it's so good to hear about someone from your generation showing appreciation for the cars from this era!

"The body dons it's [sic] original color ... " That pretty much says all you need to know about the seller of this "difficult, if not impossible to come by" "beautiful" sedan. For $35K, I would think you would at least get a wiper switch and a cigar lighter! 😄

Since you're a stickler for trying to stay original (which is a very good thing), I'm wondering why you don't consider buying full harness from a reputable company. (I have personally had a very positive experience with Rhode Island Wiring Services -- www.riwire.com.) I'm thinking maybe you are trying to save some money and do the work yourself. But by the time you buy all the wire you need and the correct terminals, plus the headache of getting the correct length and gauge of each wire, you may have spent almost as much as you would have to spend to get the whole thing done by a professional in the first place. Just a thought. But I can tell you that RI Wire has a wide variety of correct wires and terminals for sale, and I'm sure they can supply you with what you need if you want to put together a harness yourself.

I have a few suggestions based on what I did with my '41. First, with regard to the tint of the internal lenses, it's hard to tell from photographs whether yours are darker than the ones on my car. If you click on the link below, you can see some photos of the internal lenses on my car for comparison. (Click on the arrow in the upper right hand corner to get to the right post.) Second, I highly recommend that you switch to LED bulbs. You will see in my thread that I originally went to halogen bulbs. But I became concerned about the extreme heat that these bulbs generate, and I didn't want to melt the plastic lenses. So I went to LED bulbs instead. These are readily available in 6 volt sizes, including the dual filament ones that you will need for the brake lights (as well as the front parking/turn signal lights). I'm sorry that I'm traveling now so I don't have access to the information that I need to give you a link to the supplier that I used. But maybe someone else can chime in here. The LED bulbs are significantly brighter, which is indeed a safety issue in today's world where other drivers are used to seeing much larger tail/brake lights on the car in front of them. They also use hardly any current and are much more efficient than the original incandescent bulbs. (Also, by the way, they make a huge difference when substituted for incandescent bulbs behind the dash to illuminate the gauges.) But I also agree that you should check the voltage, the integrity of the connections at the socket, etc. as others have recommended. Good luck!

Wow -- I really like this one. The color scheme is unusual and elegant, and, while not a Lincoln expert by any means, I see no reason to doubt the representation that the interior is original.

I'm also not a Plymouth expert, but I would think for that price, it should be perfect. Wiring looks like a DIY job with modern wire. Also, wasn't leather standard for this open car? Anyhow, I think this seller is going to get a rude awakening. I would guess it's a $25K car at most. (PS: Karate Kid drove a '47 Ford, albeit a yellow one.)

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Well, I looked into it and I'm afraid I don't have what you need. But I'll post the results of my detective work just in case it might be helpful. Here's a page from the '41 shop manual showing the switch for that year, which is identified as Delco-Remy part #1995016. Here's the box containing the switch that I got off of Ebay. You can see that the box is labeled "One 1995011 switch" (not 1995016), but someone has made the notation "41-48 Buick." Here are two views of the #5011 switch in the box. As you can see, it's quite similar to the #5016 shown in the manual, with the same thermo-circuit breaker, but the contacts are slightly different. It also appears to have the same three positions when you operate it. So I next did a google search for the part number and found that someone has helpfully uploaded the entire Delco-Remy catalog for 1948. http://restoringcornelius.com/files/29-48 Delco Remy.pdf But when I checked the catalog, I found that the #5011 switch is, in fact, a Packard switch, not a Buick switch. The catalog lists the #5016 switch for Buick from '41 to '48, but lists the #5011 switch for Packard from '40 to '42. So it appears that the Ebay seller was confused. (And, by the way, according to the Delco-Remy catalog, the one you need for your '40 Buick is #1995008.) So there you have it -- a very long-winded way of saying "sorry, I don't have what you need after all."

Drake, let me poke around in my shop. I have an extra switch for my '41 that I got off Ebay. When I had my dash apart to put in a new harness, I determined that the switch on my car was in fine shape so I didn't use the other one. However, my memory is that the extra one was slightly different. Anyhow, let me dig it out and see. If we determine that the extra one I have will fit your car, you're welcome to it. Neil

Thanks, Phil.

Beautiful car at a very fair price. I expect it will sell very quickly.

You mentioned this car over on the Buick forum so I decided to drop over and take a look. What a great job you have done with this car! Your work with both the car and this thread are most appreciated. Neil

More photos from the event. '41 Cadillac convertible '40 Lincoln Zephyr convertible Zephyr dash Rolls wheel Rolls rear compartment (you gotta love this!) '33 Pierce V-12 The lone Buick in attendance -- striving to look her best!

Upscale Cars and Coffee I attended a great gathering yesterday. It was organized by the local CCCA chapter so the "heavy hitting" true classics dominated, but the invitation was extended to all AACA members as well, so I was able to attend with my Super. There were multiple Pierces and Packards, with some Cadillacs and a beautiful Rolls thrown in. ( @Grimy was in attendance, but did not bring a car, despite the prevalence of Pierces.) Here are some pics. '24 Pierce '26 Rolls Stunning Le Baron-bodied '33 Pierce convertible sedan -- this car had just won Best in Show two weeks ago at the Ironstone Concours. '38 Cadillac V-16 convertible sedan Packard dual cowl phaeton (not sure what year)

You need to edit the title of this thread. It's very confusing as written. Having owned a '48 Windsor, I can say they are great cars. But the unexplained "loss of compression" here would really concern me. Normally, these flathead Mopar sixes are bulletproof. Something really bad must have happened to this engine. This car might be a good buy if you could get it for about half of what he is asking.

Something special for Mr. Earl lurking in there ...

Haha -- I was thinking exactly the same thing.

It has no back seat, that's the strangest part! Totally weird. I don't see how anyone could appreciate this disaster.

Does it say anywhere that the interior is original?

This looks like a very nice car, but listed at a very optimistic price.

Let me see if I can mimic his style, but make the ad copy more accurate: "This spectacularly over-priced Hudson has been graced with an astonishingly inappropriate interior, the seats draped with dramatically incorrect vinyl and topped off by a truly awful plastic headliner that will brings tears to the eyes of any experienced Hudson collector. The fabulously mediocre paint job is similarly incorrect. The inattention to detail under the hood is everything that could be expected of this horrendously botched restoration, complete with modern hoses and a superlatively out-of-place plastic radiator overflow reservoir. Nowhere in the world could you find a car that has been treated with such meticulous lack of concern and overwhelmingly poor workmanship. This car is beyond question unique in every respect!"

While this may not be any help at all, the '41 definitely uses a three contact flasher like the one in the photos posted by John. That's what it shows on the factory wiring diagram and that's what I have in my car. Someone around here must have a wiring diagram for a '39.