neil morse

And the Compound Carburetor option cost the grand sum of $15.39! So the majority of Specials sold were so equipped.

I agree completely. I started a thread on this topic a while ago and was told by the moderator to stop beating up on Ebay. I was also told that all I had to do was to go to Ebay's "help" page and I could easily figure out how to tailor a search to get just what I was looking for. No so. Ebay has become almost useless to me. Unless I somehow get lucky, I very rarely find what I'm looking for.

Yes, 4609 is the Century for sure.

With all due respect, I think that's a huge insult to the Thunderbolt. The two cars shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence. The Thunderbolt is a brilliant concept car. The Mercury Templeton Saturn Bob Hope Special Roadster is a bad joke.

Yes, thank God! Oh, my eyes, my eyes!

Weren't all Tuckers 1948 models? I don't believe there were any "1949 Tuckers."

Ok, Andrew, now I see what you mean. It's not a huge problem, but I agree that it does take away from the overall quality of the restoration.

Are you sure the two-tone scheme is incorrect? I don't have any direct experience with these cars, but I found this factory photo online: This car is not too far from me. I would be willing to go and look at it if anyone is interested.

The answer is actually pretty simple. The carbs on the Buick system are sequential. Here's how it's described by the Buick Heritage Alliance: "The compound carburetion used in 1941 and 1942 was the forerunner of the 4-barrel carburetor. Normal operation up to about 50 mph, including starting, used the front carburetor, although both carburetors functioned at idle. When greater speed and/ or acceleration was desired, linkage activated the rear carburetor which had no choke." So most of the time, the engine is using only the front carb. The system was only used for '41 and the low-production '42 year. It apparently got a reputation for being difficult to properly adjust, but I haven't had any problems with mine (and I don't read many complaints from '41 and '42 owners on the forum). Some people have converted the system to run two "front" carbs in parallel, as Ben mentions, so I'm sure you can make your set-up work with the carbs you have. If you do some searching on the forum, you will find some discussions of how to do the conversion.

Also, same car supposedly bid to 22K last October. https://autohunter.com/Listing/Details/45217484/1955-CADILLAC-SERIES-62-COUPE-DEVILLE

Nice car, and I love the included "cruise control." But price seems awfully optimistic.

And don't forget the obligatory orange wheels!

From the manual:

Wm, this is obviously not critical since you are modifying your car, but I am not "in error" in my comments about the carbs on your car. From what you have written, it is clear that you have a Stromberg AAV-16 as the front carb, which was correct. But you are using an AAV-167 (the correct single carb for 1940, as the box says) for your rear carb. The correct rear carb is the AA-1, which has no accelerator pump and no choke. You can see the difference in these photos showing the correct set up.

These motors are available on eBay. How about this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/144945665926?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-166974-028196-7&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=144945665926&targetid=2260112199759&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9031948&poi=&campaignid=20809489146&mkgroupid=157571175313&rlsatarget=pla-2260112199759&abcId=9346918&merchantid=8205884&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAopuvBhBCEiwAm8jaMc15vYNkUc7Ovgd7uYm38ERwWNqg4nlmjoxahr7OmIkNkE1UCEQRSxoCsbgQAvD_BwE Here's a photo of the box showing that the rotation is CCW and that it's correct for a '40 Buick:

I love the match between the color of the leaves and the color of the driver's hair!

According to the IMCDb.org site, it's a '33 Studebaker President Model 82 convertible sedan. Here's another screen shot from the movie that shows the front of the car. Also, two pics of the Studebaker dash that I found online. I think that pretty much sews up the correct identification. IMCDb.org is a great website for identifying any and all vehicles used in movies.

I'm posting this for a friend of mine. He found this photo of his father in an early touring car, and wonders if anyone can identify the make. I apologize for the tiny image, but my friend said the photo he found is about the size of a postage stamp. Thanks in advance!

Looks like a wonderful original. The 80 mph speedo was a bit optimistic, wasn't it? What was Henry thinking? But the pedal pads look almost new. Could they be original?

This is really the ultimate "you are the only one who will be bugged by this" situation! The heater is not only out of sight, but not anything you are likely to ever need on this car. Even if the car were being judged and you had to show the judges that the heater "worked," the sound of the turning fan would certainly convince them. But can you let it go? Haha -- maybe not. I sympathize. After all you have done with this car, you want to know in your heart that everything works the way it should!

Hi Ken: It's been a while since I rebuilt the heater in my car, so I can't remember exactly how the motor is wired up. But is there a way to simply reverse the contacts? Since it's a DC motor, won't it spin the opposite way if the contacts are reversed?

This looks like a worthy project at a reasonable price for someone with the skills to do the work. Interior looks very nice, notwithstanding the comment about lack of "mole hair" on front seat. Trap a few moles and problem solved! Dash looks particularly nice.

Great, if you can get that kind of money for this car, more power to you! But if you want to sell it on this forum, you have to expect a pretty difficult audience. A photo of the engine would be helpful, I think.